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Inland Wetlands Commission approves pool permit at 187 Forest Street with conditions
Summary
The commission approved application IW2505 for an inground pool, patio and associated fill at 187 Forest Street on Nov. 5, 2025, adding conditions to mark permitted fill limits before construction; commissioners discussed pool drain water handling and preferred engineering measures to avoid direct wetland discharge.
The Naugatuck Inland Wetlands Commission voted on Nov. 5 to approve application IW2505, allowing an inground pool, patio, fence and placement of fill within the 100‑foot upland review area at 187 Forest Street, subject to conditions including clearly marking the limit of permitted fill before work begins.
Applicant Matthew Patino presented a revised design that he said reduced the originally submitted volume of fill and re‑oriented the pool closer to the house to reduce upland impacts. During the hearing staff and commissioners questioned how pool water would be disposed if the pool ever needed to be drained and whether chemical or salt pools might affect groundwater or wetland vegetation. The applicant and his engineer described engineering options — riprap swales, dry/wet wells and routing into vegetated grass before any off‑site flow — to disperse discharged pool water and avoid direct wetland discharge.
Commissioners explicitly required that the contractor mark the maximum fill extent at the site with stakes or flagged markers prior to construction so work crews and inspectors can verify that no fill extends beyond the permitted footprint. The commission’s motion to approve passed without a roll‑call tally recorded in the meeting transcript; the motion included the condition that the fill limits be surveyed and staked prior to starting work.
Numbers on the record varied during discussion: the applicant described an original plan with roughly 870 cubic yards of fill and later said the revised alternative reduced that quantity (one comment in the public presentation cited 63 cubic yards). During the motion the commission referenced a fill quantity of "600 cubic yards" as part of the motion language. The permit file will record the final approved fill volume; the commission also required that any pool draining be handled to avoid direct discharge into wetlands or watercourses.
What happens next: the applicant must stake the fill limits, and staff will confirm those markers before permitting and construction. The permit includes routine conditions for site stabilization and erosion‑control measures.
