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The gavel drops on a winter agenda that quietly packs a masterclass in practical conservation. We walk through a ranch home at 35 Cypress Way with a planned pool near a mapped wetland and show how one smart choice—a cartridge filter or a backwash recharge detail—can protect water quality for years. Add a post-and-rail fence at the 25-foot no-touch line with clear placards, and you’ve got a boundary that survives beyond the build and keeps mowers, fill, and future “improvements” out of sensitive ground.

From there, we move down Spruce Street and keep the guardrails consistent. Lot 10 earns a clean approval outside the 100-foot buffer, with the crucial reminder that any work between 50 and 100 feet comes back to the commission. Lot 11 hits pause when a limit-of-work drifts inside 50 feet—so we continue it to fix the plan, not the policy. Lot 12 gets a green light by respecting the 50-foot line from the start. Along the way we talk erosion control at the no-touch boundary, the subtle role of soils and micro-ridges in defining wetlands, and why visible markers matter when topography doesn’t tell the whole story.

We close by looking ahead to a Chick-fil-A redevelopment within the 200-foot riverfront area. That triggers a deeper dive on RDA vs NOI, when stormwater calculations are needed, and how early coordination avoids late-stage surprises. If you’re a builder, homeowner, or planner navigating Massachusetts wetlands and riverfront rules, this is a clear, candid walkthrough of what earns approvals, what prompts continuances, and how to design once instead of revising twice. Subscribe, share with your project team, and leave a review to tell us what topic you want unpacked next.

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