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Homeowner urges leniency on plantings as staff recommends removing boardwalk from salt marsh; commission schedules site visit
Summary
Staff recommended the commission require removal of an unpermitted salt‑marsh boardwalk and reinstate mitigation plantings for 29 Osset Ave (MassDEP #25‑4627). The homeowner said he completed required planting and cited septic constraints; commissioners will visit the site and continued the COC to allow the visit and follow-up.
Alyssa, a conservation department staff member, presented a Certificate of Compliance request for 29 Osset Ave (MassDEP #25‑4627) and described several outstanding items that preclude issuing a full COC tonight.
Staff said a small boardwalk lies within a salt marsh and must be removed, that one required canopy tree was not planted (staff approved an understory substitute but the homeowner requested relief), and that unauthorized vista pruning had occurred. Staff…
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