A.
The Town
of Wrentham is a watershed area. The freshwater and aquifer resources
of the Town must be protected and safeguarded from uses which may
cause flooding, pollution, or excessive demand or which may limit
the recharging of aquifers. Therefore, the Town has established a
Watershed Protection District, W. which overlies all other zoning
districts. This district includes the wetland areas which have been
mapped and indexed by the Department of Environmental Management,
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
(December 1977), or as amended. Compliance with orders and regulations
of the Department of Environmental Management, the Department of Environmental
Quality Engineering,[1] or the Conservation Commission of the Town of Wrentham
does not relieve any person from compliance with this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: Now the Department of Environmental Protection.
B.
The district
includes the following lands and waters:
(1)
All lakes, ponds, streams, brooks, rills, marshes, swamps, bogs,
aquifers, and other natural water bodies or watercourses within the
Town of Wrentham, as shown on the Department of Environmental Management
maps and index (1977) or the Wetland Protection Map of the Town of
Wrentham; and
The following uses are permitted within the Watershed Protection
District, provided that these do not violate the use regulations of
these Zoning Bylaws; ordinances, bylaws, or regulations of the Town
of Wrentham; or laws or regulations of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
A.
Conservation of lakes, ponds, streams, brooks, rills, marshes, swamps,
bogs, other natural water bodies or watercourses, land soil, trees,
shrubs, plants, water supply, and wildlife; and
B.
Outdoor recreation which is not harmful to the physical environment
and which is lawfully permitted; and
C.
Proper operation and maintenance of existing dams, flashboards, and
other water control, supply, and conservation devices; and
D.
Grazing, farming, gardening, nursery, conservation forestry, and
harvesting; and
E.
Use of land within the Watershed Protection District to meet area
and yard regulations for the zoning district in which the lot is situated,
provided that no less than 30,000 square feet of lot area is outside
the Watershed Protection District in all except the R-30 District,
where no less than 22,500 square feet of lot area is outside the Watershed
Protection District.
A.
A special permit to use land and waters in a manner which is not permitted in § 390-5.2 may be sought by application to the Planning Board. The Planning Board may require the applicant to submit a site plan and environmental assessment so that it may give reasoned consideration to the application. The site plan and environmental assessment shall meet the requirements of Articles VII and VIII.
B.
The Planning Board shall grant a special permit for the proposed
use if it finds that the use and any program of mitigation will not
degrade the watershed area. The Planning Board may condition its approval
in any reasonable fashion to assure compliance with the purposes of
this article.
