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Commission approves in-kind bulkhead replacement at 3 Port Way, West Dennis
Summary
Downkeep Engineering described an in-kind replacement of a bulkhead at 3 Port Way; the commission approved the project, instructed staff to prepare an order of conditions, and granted a variance to allow work within 50 feet of a wetland resource.
The Dennis Conservation Commission on May 21 approved an in-kind replacement of a bulkhead at 3 Port Way in West Dennis and instructed staff to prepare an order of conditions. Dan Ojila of Downkeep Engineering explained the proposal: removing the existing bulkhead and rebuilding to the licensed footprint, using inert vinyl pilings, inert plantings, and pervious concrete pavers to stabilize the area and enhance the buffer.
Ojila said state division comments (DMF) echoed concerns about minimizing in-water work, and that the proposal keeps all work within the existing licensed footprint and uses non-CCA materials. "We don't go any further into the water — just pull out what's there and rebuild it exactly in kind according to the existing license," he told commissioners.
Commissioners noted DMF had no substantive objections and moved to close the hearing, approve the project under the Wetlands Protection Act and the town of Dennis bylaws as shown on the plan of record, instruct staff to prepare an order of conditions, and grant a variance from section 21 to allow work within 50 feet of a wetland resource. The motions were seconded and approved on voice votes. Staff will include any time-of-year restrictions and standard conditions in the prepared order.
The applicant and consultants said the rebuild will not extend seaward of the current footprint and that plantings will be added behind the bulkhead to increase buffering; commissioners asked staff to draft conditions consistent with DMF and the plan.
