HomeMy WebLinkAboutConservation Comm Hearing 3/12/1974Hatch Act Hearing
March 1'0 loili
Chairman Deborah Button: This tie: -ri.:. is opened a1; `3•_ m, The
£o.'.lowing Is the rot;ice tl:at :it i,nnrcd in tl, o. News:
In accordance mitt, the Provi s! ,n:; of the Goner ,l
Charter 131, Secti.op ti0 on Tup,d ,-iv, ?'nrr }- 12, at. ":('' p.m.,
the Mansfield Conservation Ccanmiss ?c:n !,111 he'd a Eatct let
hearing on the appli r';t.i on of John b-% T -zy1 or, .7c„ Pox tin
Village, Inc., Box 1,,Aj, Mansfi eld, ;Mass. Loc.:t'on o^ project
Is East .street, Mansfield, iias ?arT qse of t,!(, ro ject ns
dosrrtbed on the appl'ication is le remove- const,'uat.i,:n spill fro,,
low area and to construct },owe on solid area. Sa.d 1,n ;ring will
be held in the Plarnin-, Room, To an of N.an� fie'? of c , 13-1
North Main Street, T4ansfield, avo rn, ^111 _ Taylcr'
chec` for ,$25, rind !:e
"ents, Wo L'avo recel.Vo.d. r ';`y ^^ 1' :l n.'? wi' -1'
rt'r.. Mr. Taylor T,r!t'r?ed 1 �l. t ;er d tT.a'i ,t x` -• 1 '.'l�•
Brownell of the Depr_:rt.e rf c.f
notified on the hearing. M Ta,- or, ?
'::Y'• � Tuylov: Regarding the i`1 : :n, it -p '!_ %-
The situation was one in HTln.l 11 dF ] t [ t1y I ^� ''il,' oprr','_
' tor, .oven :tho,.t,..t engllnee2 . 3
push ;mater .al into t. e '_r!rx! `n nuc f,, ;;9r,n, lvr: '' :.d. i :.un
fectly willing to 3n;11 `_, a,_ f
I would like to br.ng cjut th ..t .,s f , a:'. +'.1s ar-
eel of property Is concerned,, the Geodet'c ?'tt; of 1 ;y5 did not
show the body of water; across the street !i',; c} w :: ere ted by
Mr. Willis. This was meadow land clear land. T1ere was no
evidence of any stream. .'If the Qonservation Commission looked
at this.map, it would see that this body of water did not exist.
It was *a self -made situation created by Mr. A' -an Willis. Some
of the abuttors .are here tonight, Mr. and Mrs. Tur':e, .:nd they
will tell you that Mr. Alan Willis did ere-to an area across
the 'street from this property. You have a drain, underneath
the road, but there is no physical evidence of' ttis drain under-
neath the road as 'far as I could determine at the iiegistry of
Deeds for Bristol 'County. I (am very qu361c to acl:noyTledee the
simple fact' that something has existed so many yerre. and is ac-
ceptable. The ,point being that back in 1945, (if I had a moment,
I would goibac'c to my 'office to get the map the one you are
looking at is the 'Geodetic Map or 1962) if you look at map, you
will see 'the existence of no body of water - i t is ra rian -make.
situation. The filtration of water through gravel a body of
water is only maintained If it: :i s r•estainod in solar: manner.
They have ducks and goese, w?ri.ch is a very. nice thin&, they
swim 'there, !they' quack ;nt me oc.cassionall; . All I nni hasically
is this: In.1945'there was one house the -e as you r•!me around
the bend. This house hap since b ^en destr(,)ynd, ;anti there 4.ave
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been several new ones buS't tl.ete, tt:r Turt,r ' —d the Ci rdinast.
Tn October or November of 1 , ,,u , t after f, c ly o t y w s nr-
c aced, I went in there w t?r ;a b ,cidwe and exc..vated a situ .tlon
whore there were doors, cte., a 'rn'ces}hif' sor' of bridrn that l
existed in there. I cleared it out, t'. �rn.t: ter of torn or
three hours time. l t , ,n�Y.t -i.n core ^tt to l :num plpe and I
channeled. either —illo of '+ ,1^ rna',tcr
TI'e following day, P,Vt ?r`;T: nC nn-1 Mn cousin '..'t3 sn my bac,:",
's to say, ':a comp'_a'nt ''7n3 ^i'r,tt (:"a- d'nr* -it c: iP' ;A,t Ir
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actual i Ly, al 1 T d, a z,^
t' ere was debr t,? ,. c::aei f P ma .e.
shift tort of bridges I _'n'l -iry f +ho e_,e tJ:at 'lnu;
a. eomn ..Ir.t'tcnlght :a:'tn_'Lnly are, cognise :: `:c .. ".:c' tl: >.t `.'..
Gas a m ?'zeshif-, brid6o, ..dC..Of � �:nC�t(.'; _(:f �'t:.e , 1 .'.n� Un ' ".70()f'
ehllrol doors. So, I relieved t,l.t si- L.uation. T
m s y =ing here s '.},1 l,,nd on !;he .r +3. ^�? n? fl.c. of
stream. The man does ;ho ., t: -daj t .,, situa! ion ;;f a oncl that
was titan- created. ;T ere is a filtrn_tion of,w,lter a gravel
road onto the property. There mlget be )udt ?les, r.nd there M14;ht
be water; it has become blueberry patch. It '..s a b:,sin. It
might show today on the 1962 maps of the Goodetics as being wet-
land, and I can si on you that this is open -meadow, not even sub-
jeot to seasonal flooding, but ,;because of the man -made situation
across the street, there is now seasonal flooding. Regarding
my own particular situ tion, I received from the Bo..rd of Health
a permit, and I received fromlthe- Building Inspector a permit
to construct a dwelling„ There is a rsi }nation where inadvertent -
ly, my bulldoA.er operator moved material into this particular
loarland. Is am wf t ing y ; to withdraw this matori al if this is the
desire of the Commission. I will not have,to. touch any part of
that area in order to construct this`dwel.ling. I would also
like to point out to the Commission'. that.. as far as future de-
velopment to.-the rear of this property, this'particular right -of-
way that abuts this property, Pox t3un has no intention of using
this,, at this time. In 'fact-, I.woul.d say,vithclat: 3 question of
doubt that we are not going to use it as a fut�.tre entrance into
the rear lots, as -far as subdivj •• ion Is conc� rned. Also, as far
as the lots, and there are two >other lots, in this; particular
area,'with'the requirements of tlie, present Board of Health, there I
is a- serious question as to wi ther we could ever use them. By
saying this, I am not saying that are will 'never- use them - there
might be a(possibilityithat they could be used if a septic system
could be provided. At.'the present time, we are riot thinking in
terms' of going forth • itth them.
Chairman Button:` I will re ognize anyone that has x question. I
would ask, that you state your name and your:address.
John Turke (1384 Uast Street): In re ::once to Air. Ta =lor's remarks,
I croul.d lire: to joint . out what 'T °ee] to bc• d ,ere aacic s. First,
Alan Willis did rot crc•;te 'he o^ ,(rd z.n tl'_c nort'_erl
side of %ast Str ct. nd the
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m.rsh all. at} c' °' 'f) 11 t dil r ]o t._ T1,
r,c,e rch_nf;
t't.`_ie on my c2`,�, T to s 1) 6 n.'. Tli,. Ber. Plint Sr.
o n.t ne time 'o2' e,' it ' ., 'o, -crl.y 'H..err nl; .c;,-.1r' n 'C Gently
located, cutt -n. Oe it Lhe r L- C. ",.o, by °_ously, there was
water`,thore prior 1;��' ::. ,, t:.c' to;:.. concede ^ tli_, e 3 t;-
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the Mcni4n .7 iwi:
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qF the town of Luston is wlnoornQ a"
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:�ed' that drat 7, appr[ tely 5 . 'r.. in'd On
the nor`,her!y M de of tr: :., 1 _uK mound ,,.c ca of 1 W -<1
in Euston on the no t, orl, Mu , -f East "truet. in n :a0t ur of
fact, Mr. Douglas King was denied a protect "ON" oq an apart- '
went complex, #o_go in on the no.therl_;, side of East ",Met be-,
cause of the danger of flooding into this watcr shell.
Ed Giardina: I live "crosr the ltro.t fr6n the p_o;Gvt� 1 qucstion,
and very close to the pond on t1a northerly sido .f the street.
John has spoken about Mr.iT._ylores claim that Aj_r Willis created
this body of crater, but from-my dinnusnions with Hr. Will in, I
would assume that th's'is not tr'e. T have never.s or: the Geo-
detle maps tl_r-t 3;r. Taylor refers t of however, the Tait PArner
does have a soil conservation map w e'. r',oes show the general
soil ' areas. I will put this up here. This is the same map which
will be incorporated into the.proFosed zoning bylaw that the Plan-
ning Board will put to the :lnnnnl Ta�r.n.Meet&G. The location of
the land we' are talking about..is right hero, and you c,•n see that
land its clearly marred Soil Association 12. East 3treot is shown
running directly - through the svtmip here, and the water on both
sides of the street is indicated. This is officially designated
as a <swamp.',I donit kn. � the `daT.tc of this :map, but it clearly
establishes! that 'there in water in the area on. both sides of
the street and that it is officially designated as swamp.
Mr.iTurke :` I would life to interject n mething ',ore. it shows that
It is 1959, and show: that it . i s a water sih d and wildlife re-
fuge. The area we are discussing has been prcposo& as a wild-
life refuge. Unless i tun misintailreting their intentions, this
being swamp already and part of what' they cor.;der,t,o be a natu-
ral water shed. It was deeded necessary for w ldl fe and as s
retainer for the w en shed. Actually all this wat o'lects
and it Plows into ,tine .Canoe River. This date hnc' to 'ire.
Mr. Giardina; AV you ens coo, t, to 1, th Canur 07-, ` . . "t :sere,
and you can sk this 12 oc rin! tell Y I r butury R've
Olnted out by JGill1 C r1.1C 7 , ni l oximst e J 75 'n �
:ton and Mansfield draene irtc !Mw iron *MOLL ? eiv whirh event -
ually flows into the River. �I he „_ ':e JM of ;;our
b.lild;_ng pornit and of yuuy j..conf' fAU.: �he v..` d of he:Tlth. T
spohn to them T ;oi rooL buL nanhur Lr them
they had cil any r PY7 s.
:.:,t me or,y t_. t. y _ l of Td Lire.
building permit Gre loth J 'too of or:?. :.t i0 the sca'e
on the mal� you �,re lobl:l nt; .,t -7
",r.' G9 andina: I am hot p-re
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Mr. sTaylor: You said you ire not sure. Tfow cnii you discuss my
particular situation .then you do riot even knows wlitit the scale
is' What you are lookin-.it here is a soil concervati.on map
and you have picked out a certain area from that ilap for your
own purposes.
Mr. Giardina: No, this p articulvx soil conserv.tion map is part
of a larger map that is being; used by the Dept. of agriculture.
Mr. Taylors I did not ask that question. As far ns the .Dept cf
Agriculture Is concerned, Vrio Planning Board has the same soil
map .
Mr, Giardina- By the way, that is Chad Maurer's map.
Mr, Taylor: Let me say this. in this particular incident, this is
the point I.would like to make apparent to this Board. ,'There i
has been a Board of Health permit-issued, percolation tests
had been performed, and a permit was iissued ,;Uy the Bldg. In-
spector. 8o, what I am here for tonite is not for a lot where
I am looking for relief from, but where a mistake was made by
an operator of my equipment, He received directions from me
to make an exopvation and 'had stakes to work by. I slave other
bperations I am operating on Martha!s Vineyard, in Norwood -
other outside operations. In this particular instance at this
ti me, `I did not have that much )activity here In Mansfield, so '
I gave my operator instructions to excavate and do a job. I
am the one that irresponsible for the end result of something
that is done wrong and something was 'done wring - this material'
was pushed inadvertently, into a piece of lowland.- I am respon-
sible for this, When I was.asked to stop by your Department
and the Bldg, Inspector, it stopped..';The• operation ceased -
there wae'no defiance - it stopped. What I am seeking tonight, i
and I talked to the Dept, of 21titural Resources in Boston about ! 3
this,; is that I did have the two permits. I did inadvertently,
because I take the. whole blame for this, allow my operator to
move that stuff in; I-am perfectly willing to snythins that
this particular commission wants me to do. Tf it vmnLs me to
pull the material put of this low area, which is not ,a very
-difficult thing, I'can do that. I can build a house with no
problem - there was nover any problem as far as building ti.e '
house; There is absolutely no. problom in building the h6uo
on this particular lot, building a sanitary system on i lot
where the percolation was superlative. This is not the problem
The probb m'we face here tvnight.is a simplo ,roblom *..,hero Pox
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Run Village ;pushed mator i al into an area the: -•e tl:e law says they
did not have any right to. Pox Run Village is perfe:otly willing
to pull this material from what you consider n low area. The
question Is whether it is 'a loaf area, iikietl.er it is a swamp. And
If it is a swamp, whether it is subject; to seasonal. flooding.
The Geodetic maps ;here dontt show any stream.. I think you all
will recognize these.maps'are extremely accurate.
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If you look at the maps, they don't shorn a body u- wotcr
across the street:. There is a body of !cater ac :;s, the
street. How did that bod. of ,water get Uero? It was
man -made, because you can see on the, further e? :7 of this
property somebody ;cast, or 'a machine pushed material into
a pile. Fox Run will do -anything, but does ir m;/ !Hind have
the privilege to construct a dwelling on that lot. I 'lave
discussed this very honestly and laid this out very clear -
ly for the Dept. of Natural Resources. Their opinion was
that there was almost not a necessity for this ':Ind of a
meeting tonight. But we do find ourselves here, and I am
not fighting that.`
Charles Mesaoely Are you going to build your house, would that
require any ,fill or draining on that lot? This would require
a Hatch Act if you did.
Mr. Taylor: If you would point this out to everyone concerned,
I don't know if people are aware of this or, not, 'you see the
radius here this is a street that Is proposed to go in.
One of the proposed right -of- ways, in the future, as far as
subdivision < Is concerned, if we ever did get into this, which
we are going to get into,,as far as this particular aright -of-
way into the rear land. We hope that cluster zoning is going
to become a reality. I talked to Chad Maurer this mornipg,
and he feels regrettably that cluster zoning is not going to
become a reality in the town because cluster zonin.- is f-oi.ng
to favor the developer. I don't believe we will ever make
use of this {right. of !.gay.
Mr. Ings: It is only on your map, s1r.
Yr. Taylors Let me say this. On our rro,�.osed subdivision, see
the radius here.
Mr. Ings: Yes, I lsnow' the radius is there, but it is not on the
original property.;' It is only dra,m,up by Tar. Libbey as a
proposed road across t!-.o wanp.
tor. Taylor: Right.' At this time, let me 'say truthfully that I
donut, thinlS we have any .intention u "- lasing tails, clad � will
tell you why. It Is --trictly cconomics. In' order to put a
road In through here, vr'would nave to go 250 - 3C feet wlth
utilities etc.
Air. ?nfs: But you fine also.sdnitting A, jt It is s!as!i.
r; sTay 1 or: No, ;;hat is not the nee.: on- The reason for' a.i andoning
this is something we did not realize before. The town of Mans -
field!,:has planning reLail.• tions tL-,t say you c -innot de,i.l.lop a
subdivision with a_dead end street beyond 500 feet- If you do
bring a road In fret: another :�tr, et and. make a complete horse -
shoe,' and then come back out on the same street, this is per -
miscible. We found this out from fine Needle i'ark. But the
reason we.are abandoning this is mon-Itary.
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Mr. Ings: You may have abandoned t1lat...
Chairman Button: 'I'm sorry, but I 1111, 'have to stop.'hi2 because
it has nothing to ao with the hnsr ng.
Mr. Giardina: Mr. Taylor has just admitted the intention of pos-
siblysfilling in more of the swamp. I, would like to Point out
on this map that after Tutting in the culvert in. October of 1972
Mr. Taylor was instructed.not:to further_ alter the swamp •r'_thout
having a Hatch Act Hearing. This map indicates that the edge of
the foundation is within the territory indicated as swamp here.
I find it hard to believe myself that Mr. Taylor could have ac-
cidently filled in part of the swamp right where the edge of his
foundation has to be as 'indicub:d by this map. Pur tile rmore0 if
we are to believe the area that is indicated as to be filled,
whether by this Hatch Act hearing or by another one, there appears
to me to be insufficient area to install aseptic system and a `
leaching field. This could cause a seepage of raw sewage; into
the swamp. I would think that if there were going to be any
construction on that lot, more 'than just that particular area
would have to be filled. I have_ some ;other evidence that bears
on this, not in particular to the construction on this particular.
lot, but to the swamp in general, and :because I feel that it would
be necessary for Mr. Taylor to 'fill In more of the area than he
Indicated,, I'would like to introduce the evidence. We feel that
any filling of the swamp ,would be a detriment to the property of
the abutters, . Johh< Turke and myself. It would damage the nature l
drainage of.the area, and I pointed out the possibility of septic
system leakage from this lot. The swamp is necess ^.r,y/ for flood
control. We found this by going to the Easton ,,Iannint 'board:
They are eurrer>tly;considering a subdivision proposed by Douglas
King which is in the area behind my house. ;It does not show on
any particular map here, althou� I did draw up a rough sketch.;
This is a general.locus of the ?area. The lot in question is
right here* 'my house 1s.hore, and John.Turl:ets house is here.
This is'a plan of the north. side of the street. Mr. King pro -
posed a subdivision that :will encompass 48 acres of development,
Mr. Turke: Five of those acres are In Mansfield.
Mr. Giardina: In ^the Easton Planning Board there is corresponderce
and other indications that consideration was _given to storm
drainage and in particular, 1C -year storm flood zones which would
indicate that the'develolmmt Mr. King, is proposing is going to
cast an 'additional mount of vater into this area here. The map
in the Easton Planning Board office indicates that this area I
have outlined in orange Is going to cast a groat deal of water
into this particular pond. That water, In order to not damage
the property of Mr. Turke and myself, has to flow through the
pond.-under the street, and has to be able to accumulate in some
areas across the street on its ,way down to the Canoe River. There
was a'letter in the Easton Planning Board file thciit definitely indi-
cated that one of the plans Mr.' Zing was proposing would put a foot
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of water in ;my basement, and probably a half foot of water in
Mr. Turke's' basement. The Easton Planning Boa ",l is holding a
public hearing on April 3 to consider the subdivision proposed
by Mr. King.; we are concerned that if any of the swamp across
the street is allowed to -be filled it will cut d(-:•m on the flood
zone area and cause additional ,wator ' to back upor.'.o the proper -
ties on myself and Mr. Turke, and into the house. As I have In-
dicated before, this map, is the official town map for the soil .
conservation service, and indicates 'clearly that t1-ere is water
on both sides of the street, and itclenrly indicates that it is
swamp, and is part of the Canoe River water shed. I have already
explained the problems in constructidi prr,o:;ed here. In conclu-
sion, I would like to prctone that this Coinisslon along with U
Planning Board have a joint meeting with the Ba -ton Planning Bd.
to consider both the -dev'ol opment of Mr. 'Ling'o land and 1.1r. T ayl oc t s
.land to determine hat: the f1c. -)d zones are moLectcl. We are of.
the opinion that contrary to allowing any filling of the swamp.
across the street we would propose that the prese2L culvert under
East Street be en arged, or a second `.'culve `L b_- placed next to it.
Thank you,
Mr. Frank Ings: I would like o give you so ns LTI this rn:a;•
I have lived in the area cince 1951. The ho .y of i•r,ter exists t
because of a spring, a -ioar -round running spr ng ir< Easton wfhlch
was Bart ofia farm in the old days whore they waterod their stock.
It flows down through the hills between these two persons' houses, f
under, the road, then it 'groes.in this swamp, and than goes out
through the :culvert that he has replaced into another general
swamp, passes onto my land where the hills rise on either side
and becomes a brook. The base of that brook is possibly '15 feet
wide at this point, indicating heavy flows of water. At the pre-
sent,',the brook itself flows in an area 4 feet apart. Some of ', {
the water originates from a spring on my property tha t runs d own
Into that area, but most of it 'comes from his swamp. Since I
have been there, there has been heavy water flow off and on thru
that area, sIn a serious drought, it tends to decrease to a trickle.
I was up there last Sunday to inspect what the Hatch Act hearing
would have in its 'content* and 'I don't believe this map is to
scale although there are measurements on it The ,house = founda-
tion itself , if he.is buildingthe same type of foundation that
he has built on all his others, is possibly 42 feet long: It
doesn't show that there,; although it does shoe ti.zit he. is 15 feet
from the border of the property. This would put nearly all of
that wall in the swamp, and based on win t lie la s put under there,
whioh. he says. is tie stumpage and clearirg s off the land, he
would not have any place to ,)ut that wall without going down into
the swamp .
Mr. ,Taylor: Regarding ,this 1),irt'-ciliar situation, as ;`.r. Ings is very
familiar with the situation,_ he'iwould hive to 'n all fairness,
' admit to the Board-that Vils is a m<cn- made ';situati.on.
Mr.ings :_ well., yes, it had been cle•red a bit.
Mr. Taylor- The simple point T am trying to ma'.ce is th%t it was
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N,r. 'Tngs: ''It also had a bod of w7, ter Lhore in c^ 'r ' o tale
ice: off it.
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Mr. ,Taylor: It does not. show in'ti_'; Goo(lot c mat hair,i a
pond,'bvt as low >land. Zf C' 7 'Aar �' i:_SC ;P^ C1'F- , and
go beyond, into fir. Tngs] rro ,er +�� ycu P":-6, t t
of iqatFr 7 s being; wi th'no' d }'y , 01 , T
am I wrong?
Mr. Irgs• 110, you nre wronZ.
Chairman Bntton: Let s ju -1t ',eel tu.. , :at '.c '.r;rlrr, 1,0_" _ ..0.
Mr. Taylors I would like to ;,i)e situc..t'cn. You have a body
of water, a swamp, that flo' a into Your, I; nd, :.id t.hore i : a
sit: ation of conrol, is t-.'Cro r;ot?
Mr.iIngs: No control whatsoever.
Mr. Taylor: I do have a Board of He.•ilth pr,rmlt and a b.ti' ding permit. {
Inadvertently, material was puyliod into a 10': ,.rea. I am rril?.ing
If it- Is the desire of the Boar' to take that material from that
area., There is no scale,;whatsoover in relation to this particu-
lar piece of land.: Fox }tun has made a mistake according to the
rules and regulations that we have to live by. The relief that
Fox Run is.loolcing.for Is that it is willing to remove this mater -
ial. 'Fox Run can ;construct a dwelling without touching the low
area.
Stuart Sweet: Do you have .a definitive plan of that lot shoring the
exact location of the house?
Mr. Taylor: When you get dmrn to an exrict location, this is not the
way you build.
Mr. Sweet: You have to show an exact location for the septic tank,
do you not?
Mr. Taylor: This is a subsequent, thing that the Board of Health re-
quires, the As -built Plan. If I dig a hole with my bacichoe, and
I drop a tank in there, common 'nonse ;tells me it z impossible to
locate it perfectly on the. plan. This is £ir nished to the Board
of Health.
Mr. Sweet;, After it is -done., I -am curious where your septic tank is
going to be ?relative to .the edge of the swamp.-
Pete Mason: where will the swmrp be in, relation to foundation of the
building? I believe you <l:ave to havP a clearance of 1,15, - 21'- feet.
Hour do you get the folindat1cft in there without going in the swamp?
Mr:- Taylor: This is a corner lot. The, building e,in be turned.
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In the Agricultural zone; yes, the sideline ; ."moment, I
believe is 15 feet.
Paul Boyden: Twenty -five feet on tLc side, and Feet in tLe rear.
Dr. Moszoely: What we are concerned about is if you build n house,
will there be any further violation of the hatch let? Would
there be any more fillip or draining? We do not have all that
information.
Mr. Taylor: We are here tonight because I violated th- law. I have
no intention of violating the law. T do not wont to be back
before you people' again. This never should hav: Vnploned anyway.
I have no intention of violating this again. T `pink it is very
important that when you pen le make your decision, you realize
that no body; of water shows on the Ceoletio mq .
Pete Mason: This was 3n -V years aLo ar,d h -,s no4hi n• *u do with
this. �'
Mr. Taylor: Alright, I will try to address myself to my own situation
here.'
Mr.'Turke: I mould like to mkke one final. observation, Tt is our
contention that Mr. TaJloi is second ill gn. violation of the
hatch :•Act, which it is; V t:.o 'first oocured in hQ y nNbnr, is
a predetermined plan to 1. ,rep the w,4!;er in;t.e s n,y. This
has-been effectively achieved; the crater luvol of t4e.swamp i
has droppdd.hack a good 3 - 4 feet ^,.opt normal. ^,oi_ T say 1
normal, it is in my past .8 years, experience in this area.
By initially installing the small culvert, he created a run -off
that is much largerjhan what had previously existed. Also
there is a small gathering pool next to the run -off to take
the water out, on his .proposal for a'subdivision, he shows
a long frontage on East Street on the southerly side, which_
Is the swamp. The proposed road that he snows on his sketch
is'definitely a proposed road. 'A 'could be exercised should the
swamp be filled in According to the Assessor in the ,Town of
Wortont he is definitely 'concerned about any filling done in
Mansfield which would alter the - flow %of the Canoe River. We
Seel that before any determination is !made, the town of Easton
should also be consulted.:
Mr. Giardina: I would life to`make.a final request. Mr. Taylor's
map does point out that there is swamp on the northerly side
of Mast Street. Secondly, I would request M= 'Taylor to remove
the spill where he has already put it, , and I would request the
Commission be very ;explicit in those instructions to Mr. 'Taylor.'
Please make sure that the !design < ° :his map ;does not create
grounds fora later legal b;; -pass of this Commission. Thank you.
Air. Taylor:.. I will remove anything to the satisfaction of this.Com
mission.
(Abuttors asked to be notified 6 f tic de'
isi.on.)