Stephen and Jane McCarthy were issued an Amended Order of Conditions for their proposed house reconstruction at 43 Dexter Road during the December 13 meeting of the Marion Conservation Commission.
The embankment at the site was a sticking point in the continued public hearing, when their representative, Dave Davignon of Schneider, Davignon & Leone, Inc., said the retaining wall can be rotated so that the changed to the required 1-to-1 slope would not make the revision more injurious to the conditions.
Commission Chairman Jeff Doubrava had questioned the manner in which the slope would achieve its required grade, reiterating his concern that the altered slope not become more impactful. Conservation Agent Doug Guey-Lee shared Doubrava’s concern.
In making his motion, commissioner Emil Assing amended his initial motion that the stone embankment structure maintain a 1-on-1 slope as stated on the site plan and that it not further encroach on the beach side of the house. He also listed several conditions leveraging a strong management of stormwater runoff.
The commission issued an Order of Conditions to the Robert Glenn Seiple Trust for residential pier-facility improvements at 53 Piney Point Road.
Project representative Dave Davignon of Schneider, Davignon & Leone, Inc., described a complicated pier reconstruction around and atop somewhat-unstable boulders. Davignon said that Marion Harbormaster Adam Murphy was consulted, that Murphy told the commission he would look at the project and the Weweantic project also designed by Davignon, but Davignon said he had no comments from Murphy.
Likewise, the commission voted to issue Weweantic Realty Trust an Order of Conditions for similar work at 312 Delano Road. The application had been approved for improvements four or five years ago, according to Davignon, who explained that the last two steel posts holding up the last two sections of the pier, rebuild the walkway.
The 8×20-foot float would be expanded to 10×20 and be moved seaward and its bottom-anchor-chain system replaced by piles and an electric-powered, hydraulic system operating from above. The chains will remain for dual use.
The commission voted to issue 133 Wareham Road, LLC, an Order of Conditions for the construction of a 45×35-foot commercial building with associated parking, drainage, utilities and grading at the corner of Route 6 and Point Road. The area is approximately 15,295 square feet (23.5 acres) and is located in a flood zone. The building will be used by an aesthetician and associated spa workers.
Conditions include the management of runoff with hay bales on the site and management of slope. The owners will be responsible for any maintenance of the stormwater-management system.
Kent Bennett, Six Point Road LLC, was issued an Order of Conditions to construct a wood deck around an existing house and reconfigured in-ground pool location, spa, patio area and gravel driveway with associated planting areas in a mapped Flood Zone VE at 6 Point Road.
Commissioner Matt Schultz conditioned the order with the requirement of an additional minimum of 20 feet of floatation fencing or 10 hay bales and that the pool discharge into a dry well.
The commissioners voted a three-year extension to the long-held permit as filed by Alewives Anonymous, the volunteer organization cleaning up the Sippican River from County Road to Dogget’s Brook to keep the river passable for herring migration.
The Marion Conservation Commission was scheduled to meet on December 27 and is next scheduled to meet on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at 7:00 pm at the Police Station.
Marion Conservation Commission
By Mick Colageo