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Horton Electric parcel at 525 New Britain Ave: commission accepts retrofit and drainage plan, flags conservation easement
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Summary
Phil Doyle and consultants presented a retrofit and drainage-improvement plan for 525 New Britain Ave; the commission accepted the application, noted a proposed ~17,000-sq.-ft. conservation easement and asked the applicant to address staff comments before a Dec. 3 administrative review.
Phil Doyle, land planner for the applicant, described plans to retrofit drainage and create a paved storage yard for Horton Electric at 525 New Britain Ave. Doyle said the 2-acre site includes a wetland associated with Hyde Brook and that none of the proposed work will directly disturb the brook; all disturbed area will be in the 150-foot upland review area.
Doyle said the proposal includes roughly 36,000 square feet of disturbance in upland areas on the 2-acre parcel, construction of a stormwater basin at the north property line, an oil/grit separator and the regrading of a front parking area to route runoff into a grass swale and water-quality treatment basin. The plan also proposes a roughly 17,000-square-foot conservation easement to protect wetlands and the top of bank in perpetuity. "We're not proposing any wetland disturbance," Doyle said.
Ian Cole, the soil scientist of record, described the wetlands and documented invasive species; he recommended invasive-species removal and native plantings (about 15 native shrubs and 30 trees) and noted the site is not in an aquifer protection area. Brian Panico, civil engineer, explained basins sized to retain the 100-year storm with freeboard and said the pretreatment and infiltration design provides about 133% of the water-quality volume required.
Commissioners supported a site visit and asked for a clear equipment list for storage-yard contents. The commission accepted the application for review and agreed the activity is a non-significant regulated activity, with administrative review and potential action scheduled for Dec. 3, after the applicant addresses staff comments.
