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Resident urges Lowell to codify 25-foot wetlands buffer, says current guidance is ignored
Summary
A long-serving conservation commission member urged Lowell City to add a 25-foot no-disturb wetlands buffer to the Lowell Wetlands Ordinance, saying existing guidance (25-foot no-disturb; 50-foot no-build) isn’t codified and is being ignored by large developers.
A resident and long-serving member of the Lowell Conservation Commission urged city officials to codify stricter wetlands protections, saying current guidance that treated a 25-foot buffer as no-disturb and a 50-foot buffer as no-build is not written into the Lowell Wetlands Ordinance and has been ignored by large developers.
"Codifying a 25 foot no disturb…
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