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Conservation commission records motion favoring buffer-area driveway for Tuttle Lane parcel
Summary
Property owners described two access options for Lot 4 off Tuttle Lane; the commission lodged a motion favoring the buffer-impact driveway plan while neighbors raised wetlands and aquifer concerns. The Planning Board hearing is scheduled for June 18.
Property owners seeking to access Lot 4 off Tuttle Lane presented two options to the Greenland Conservation Commission at its June 10 meeting: routing a driveway through a long-mowed wetland buffer area (Plan A) or installing a culvert with headwalls that would impact an adjacent wetland complex.
Scott Cole and Frank Catapano described both access alternatives and said they will present the proposal to the Planning Board on June 18. Neighbors raised concerns about potential wetland impacts, aquifer protection and alternative uses for the property, including building duplexes rather than a single-family home.
A motion by Commissioner Jean Eno to approve Plan A (the buffer-impact plan) was seconded by Vice Chair Cindy Hoonhout. The minutes record that Alice Passer and Chair Kathleen Babin-Johnson abstained and Commissioner Chip Hussey voted aye; the minutes do not record a full roll-call tally or a complete final outcome in the record provided.
When a question arose about routing the driveway through an abutter’s corner, Mr. Catapano said there was “a pet cemetery there.” The commission noted that it could not resolve concerns about land use or aquifer districting and limited its advice to the comparative merits of the two access approaches.
The Planning Board is scheduled to consider the proposal on June 18. The commission’s recorded motion and the public concerns raised at the meeting will be part of the public record before that hearing.
