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Homeowner to file after‑the‑fact administrative review for driveway work in buffer
Summary
Homeowner Joe Beals described unpermitted reshaping of a shell drive within the conservation zone; the commission instructed him to file an after‑the‑fact administrative review with photos, a site diagram and a mitigation planting plan for review at the next meeting.
Homeowner Joe Beals appeared to describe recent work to the property's shell drive that crossed into the town's conservation buffer/flood‑zone jurisdiction. Staff performed a site visit and compared before/after photos and concluded the change was modest but within conservation jurisdiction; the commission advised that the appropriate route is an after‑the‑fact Administrative Review (AR) rather than an enforcement action, provided the applicant submits a mitigation plan to replant native vegetation on the widened edges.
Beals said he would submit the AR quickly (within a day or two) and expected the commission to take it up at their next meeting. Staff confirmed that the AR should include photos, the sketch shared at the meeting, and explicit plantings the owner will install as mitigation.
