During the March 14 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, on this night chaired by commissioner Barry Lima, a longstanding Enforcement Order issued to Kenneth Wood, 1 Pinebrook Lane, was discussed.
Brandon Faneuf, the commission’s environmental agent, said that he recently made a site visit to the Woods property where he not only found the installation of PVC pipes in a designated replication area, but also that the replication area had not been planted. Faneuf said that a superseding order of conditions issued by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection after the property owner appealed an Order of Conditions issued by the commission has not been followed.
Mattapoisett’s commission had issued an Enforcement Order in September 2021 after discovering failure to comply with the DEP’s orders. Woods did not respond, Faneuf reported. The commissioners voted to contact the DEP for state assistance in gaining compliance from the property owner.
In other matters, the commission issued a Negative 2 ruling for a Request for Determination of Applicability issued to Robert Barnes, 1 Silver Shell Avenue, for the construction of a 10×14-foot shed installed on helical piles.
The same ruling was issued to Stacy Walker, 4 Ripple Street, for the construction of a self-supported deck also on helical piles.
Continued to March 27 was a Notice of Intent filed by the Town of Mattapoisett for reconstruction of Old Slough Road and a Certificate of Compliance requested by Farland Estates III, LLC, for 1 Martha’s Vineyard Drive.
Also continued was a Request for an Extension Permit for an Order of Conditions issued to David McIntire for property located on Mahoney’s Lane.
A Notice of Intent filed by Carmelo Nicolosi for the construction of a new single-family home located on Beechwood Avenue was withdrawn.
The next meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission is scheduled for Monday, March 27, at 6:30 pm.
Mattapoisett Conservation Commission
By Marilou Newell