Two Applications Before Wetlands

By Susan MacEachron
The Inland Wetlands Agency accepted an application for a new septic system and heard a presentation about development of a building site from Kate Briggs Johnson, president of the Foundation for Norfolk Living, at the meeting on May 5.

Scott Kelly, the builder for owner Karen Rossi, described the septic project at 60 Estey Road where there are two existing buildings. One is an older building being converted to a storage facility and studio; the other building will be a three-bedroom house. Kelly said the existing septic system will be removed and a new one installed in the upland review area.

The septic will support the house and a half-bath in the studio. Kelly said that Clayton Deming will install the new septic system. The matter will be on the agenda for the June meeting.

Johnson presented plans to construct a gravel driveway, utility trenching and grading for a single-family dwelling on Old Colony Road. George Logan, a soil scientist with Rema Ecological Service, advised that there would be no impact on wetlands. The building site is in the upland review area.

The foundation owns a building plot on Old Colony Road. The Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity approached them to build a single-family home on the site. The entrance to the proposed driveway will be on the road leading into the Haystack Woods development; the road is currently owned by the foundation. At some point in the future there will be a town meeting to approve the town assuming ownership of the road. It was determined that Wetlands Enforcement Officer Stacey Sefcik could handle the application.