PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Fairhaven Conservation Commission
Monday, March 22, 2021 at 6:30pm
Town Hall, 40 Center Street
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
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Meeting ID: 932 3500 1083
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The Fairhaven Conservation Commission will hold a Public Hearing pursuant to Code of the Town of Fairhaven Chapter 192, Wetlands, to seek public comment on the proposed regulations on the Buffer Zone and Winter Delineation and Certificates of Compliance Requests associated with the Fairhaven Wetlands Bylaw (Chapter 192):
a. In order to protect and preserve the public interests and values of the wetlands and waterways of the Town of Fairhaven, activities in Buffer Zone Resource Areas should be avoided to the fullest extent practicable. Based on available science and information, the Conservation Commission has determined that, generally, maintenance of an undisturbed vegetative buffer zone and associated setbacks will serve to protect most wetland resource areas from adverse impacts related to development elsewhere within the Buffer Zone.
b. Delineating or verifying resource area boundaries during the winter months is difficult and under extreme conditions virtually impossible. Vegetation and other indicators of hydrology that are used to determine wetland boundaries are not readily observable or may be misleading during these times.
Any persons or organizations interested in providing comments and/or asking questions will be given the opportunity to be heard. If unable to attend this public hearing, please direct questions and comments to Whitney McClees, Conservation Agent at either conservation@fairhaven-ma.gov or (508) 979-4023, ext. 128.
The draft language for the proposed regulations may be viewed electronically at: https://www.fairhaven-ma.gov/conservation-commission/pages/proposed-draft-regulations
Public participation will be via virtual means only: Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order suspending certain provisions of the Open Meeting Law, M.G.L. c. 30A, §18, and the Governor’s March 15, 2020 Order imposing strict limitation on the number of people that may gather in one place, this meeting of the Fairhaven Conservation Commission will be conducted via remote participation. The public may participate in this meeting via remote participation. Information regarding remote meeting access, listed above, will also be provided on the Conservation Agenda posted on the Town’s website at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
Geoff Haworth, Chair, Fairhaven
Conservation Commission
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