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ZBA approves multiple variances for Who's Farm LLC with a 10‑ft vegetative buffer to protect Goose Creek
Summary
The ZBA approved NRSP relief and six variances for Who's Farm LLC (30 Wainscott Stone Highway) after the applicant agreed to create a 10‑ft continuous vegetative buffer (~1,400 sq ft) along an unprotected reach of Goose Creek and to revegetate areas of former clearing; planning staff supported the mitigation.
The board reviewed a complex NRSP and six wetland/yard variances for a constrained 230,454 sq ft H‑POD parcel bisected by Goose Creek. The applicant, represented by Jackie Herbert, proposed to legalize several accessory structures and utilities placed within wetland setbacks, including a trash bin, AC unit, generator, landscape wall, deck and fence.
Planning staff and board members noted that much of the lot had been previously disturbed but that a stretch of the tributary was unprotected by any vegetative buffer. The applicant offered approximately a 10‑ft buffer along the unprotected reach (estimated at ~1,400 sq ft) to protect Goose Creek, and planning supported that approach as providing strong mitigation value.
Board members weighed the numeric variances (some sizable) against the proposed revegetation and the fact that many features lie in previously disturbed areas. Several members concluded the environmental impact could be addressed through the buffer and revegetation; they approved the NRSP and variances subject to the agreed revegetation and buffer plan.
The transcript shows members described the proposal as a step toward renaturalizing the property and securing long‑term protection for the tributary; the approvals include conditions requiring implementation of the buffer and confirmation by planning staff.
