Mattapoisett Conservation Commission — September 28, 2026

The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission met on September 28, 2026, to consider several requests for determinations, notices of intent, certificates of compliance, and enforcement matters. The commission granted a Negative 2 Determination of Applicability for a septic system repair at 1 Harbor Road and approved a complete Certificate of Compliance for work at 17 Nets Point Road. It also approved a Notice of Intent for a residential addition under the FEMA 50% rule at 18 Pico Beach Road, as well as an order of conditions for seawall toe stone riprap installation at 19 Shoreview Avenue, which qualified under coastal bank regulations protecting pre-1978 structures. An order of conditions was approved for house demolition and reconstruction at 4 Pearl Street, conditioned on receiving a legible erosion control plan.

A significant portion of the meeting was devoted to a continued Notice of Intent for Byrne Avenue and Shell Beach Road, where applicants proposed ADA-compliant beach access mats, parking spaces, vegetation trimming, and beach amenities. Abutters and neighbors raised substantial concerns about coastal erosion, property rights, dune destabilization, and lack of notice, prompting the commission to continue the matter to October 14, 2026. The commission also considered an amendment to an existing order of conditions for foundation and seawall reinforcement at 36 Water Street, approving the request with conditions to work in the dry at low tide and seek town permission for localized equipment storage.

In administrative and enforcement business, the commission approved a Certificate of Compliance for 2 Jowick Street, and confirmed that the continued public hearing for the Mahoney's Lane project would take place on October 28, 2026, at the Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium. Lastly, the commission voted to issue an enforcement order for 11 Sea Marsh Way requiring the immediate removal of an unpermitted metal sign and cable structure erected in the intertidal coastal beach resource area.

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