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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWaiver - 440 GREAT POND ROAD 8/7/2012 eNaoTaq 3+ ,.:, ., oL Town of North Andover . ' - p Office of the Planning Department ��y Community Development and Services Division 4fi ,,,HUSE 1600 Osgood Street North Andover, Massachusetts 01845 NOTICE OF DECISION Watershed Special Permit-Waiver Date of Decision: August 7,2012 Application of: Anthony DiNapoli 440 Great Pond Road North Andover, MA 01845 Premises Affected: 440 Great Pond Road,North Andover,MA 01845, Map 37.A Parcel 1, within the R-2 zoning district. HISTORY AND BACKGROUND On August 7, 2012, the applicant, through its agent Schuyler Vicnaire, requested a waiver of the Watershed Protection District Special Permit, in accordance with the North Andover Zoning Bylaw section 4.136.8, so as to allow the removal of invasive vegetation within the Non- Discharge Buffer Zone of the Watershed Protection Zone. DECISION After a Planning Board meeting on the above date, and upon a motion by L. Rudnicki and 2nd by D. Kellogg, a vote was taken with regard to a waiver of the Watershed Special Permit. The vote was unanimous in favor of the waiver. FINDINGS OF FACT The Planning Board has made its decision based on the following findings: • All the proposed landscape maintenance work will be done in the Non-Discharge Zone or the General Zone of the Watershed Overlay District and is an allowed use per Section 4.136 of the Zoning Bylaw. • The Non-Discharge Zone is shown on a Site Plan titled"Existing Conditions Plan, 440 Great Pond Road,North Andover, MA, Owner and Applicant: Anthony DiNapoli, prepared by GA Consultants, dated July 2, 2012". • The planned vegetation clearing, within the Non-Discharge Zone, as defined on the above referenced Plan,was described as follows: • Removal of invasive plants, including but not limited to Buckthorn, Bittersweet, Poison Ivy and Poison Oak. • Removal of dead trees and trimming of dead branches and low hanging branches. CONDITIONS • The use of any lawn care or garden products, including fertilizers,pesticides,herbicides is prohibited. Also prohibited is the use of lawn care or garden products that are non- organic or slow-release nitrogen. • The applicant is required to apply for a Watershed Special Permit for any vegetation clearing within the Non-Disturbance Zone, as defined on the above referenced plan and for any vegetation clearing that is not included within the Findings of Fact, as stated herein. • The Planning Office will perform an inspection before and after vegetation clearing. /At No h Andover PI ning Board Ri hard Rowen Dave Kellogg Lora McSherry Lynne Rudnicki 2