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Milford inland wetlands agency tables pool application after staff flags wetlands proximity
Summary
The Milford Inland Wetlands Agency on April 1 tabled an application for a 20-by-30 ft in-ground pool at 110 Pine Knob Terrace after staff and commissioners raised concerns that proposed work and erosion controls sit within a few feet of a mapped wetland; the applicant did not appear at the meeting.
The Milford Inland Wetlands Agency on April 1 tabled application IW26011, a proposal by Robert Longo for a 20-by-30-foot in-ground pool, pool equipment and a 15-by-35-foot concrete patio at 110 Pine Knob Terrace, after staff said the mapped wetland line and the proposed work were unusually close.
"This is IW26011," Mary Rose, agency staff member, told commissioners as she shared an updated map prepared by a professional wetland scientist and field-verified by Richard Plain Surveying. She said the application shows silt fencing roughly 10 feet from the wetland line but that updated mapping revealed more wetland on the property than previously thought.
The proximity concerned commissioners. "Are they going to stockpile materials behind that silt fence…
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