The vote to approve was unanimous. Mr. Kirby presented the project. He presented photos of the site. Ms. Beckwith and Mr. White also conducted separate site visits. A new house is proposed to be built partially within the Buffer Zone and two new concrete block retaining walls will be installed on the slope down to the Mystic Lake.
Water also seeps between the blocks.
One existing wood retaining wall will remain and another will be removed. The proposed landscaping plan will involve retention of the large maple on the site and no other trees will be removed. Lawn will be placed on the terraces created above each wall with creeping juniper planted on the walls. The runoff from the house will be directed towards the new terraces where the water will infiltrate into the lawn areas which will be graded as gentle swales. The Commission made a request that the landscaping include some Native non-invasive species.