A. 
Bylaw. The procedures for submitting and approving applications in the bylaw shall apply. The Commission may supplement these procedures with updates posted on its website.
B. 
Review of materials. All materials requested by the Commission for review shall be submitted at least 14 days prior to a subsequent posted meeting during which a decision is to be rendered.
C. 
Copies. All notices of intent and request for determination applications shall contain two sets of the complete filing.
D. 
Plan requirements. The following requirements apply to plans submitted. At its sole discretion, and with the exception of Subsection D(8), (9), (10), (11), (12) and (17), the Commission may relax these requirements for small projects filed by the owner of an existing single-family home.
(1) 
Sheet size: maximum 24 inches by 36 inches.
(2) 
Scale: not smaller than one inch equals 50 feet.
(3) 
Title block, located along the right-hand edge:
(a) 
Name of owner of record, applicant, surveyor/PE (if involved).
(b) 
Lot number, street number, street, Assessor's map and lot number.
(c) 
Original date.
(d) 
Revision area for dates and nature of revisions.
(e) 
Scale.
(4) 
North arrow.
(5) 
Locus.
(6) 
Nearest utility pole number, if applicable.
(7) 
Reference benchmark.
(8) 
Legend depicting all natural resources.
(9) 
All resource areas.
(10) 
Wetland boundaries indicated by number points corresponding to flags placed in field.
(11) 
100-foot buffer zone.
(12) 
Off-site resource areas within 100 feet of proposed work.
(13) 
Existing improvement, e.g., buildings, stone walls, trails, trees, etc.
(14) 
All existing topography and proposed contours at no less than two-foot intervals.
(15) 
Cross-sections.
(16) 
Location of well and septic system, with reserve area.
(17) 
Erosion/Sedimentation control measures.
(18) 
Replication areas with plantings and a plant legend.
(19) 
All proposed drainage improvements, discharge points, retention and detention areas, with calculations.
(20) 
Property boundaries, rights-of-way, easements, restrictions.
(21) 
100-year floodplain boundary and elevation.
E. 
Abutter's list. The abutter's list is to be certified by the Assessor's office.
F. 
Consultant services. In those cases wherein § 30-1.4, Application for permits and requests for determination; fees, of the bylaw is applicable, a contract for consultant services shall be signed by the Commission and such services shall be funded by the applicant prior to any further action by the Commission on the notice of intent.
G. 
Advertising fee. The advertising fee for public notice will be billed directly to the applicant by the newspaper in which the project is advertised.
H. 
Hardship. The Commission, in its sole discretion, may permit a project in a resource area if denial would result in effectively taking the use of the property from the owner. In such cases, the Commission may modify the scope and detail of the proposed project to minimize impact on the values protected by the bylaw.
A. 
The effective date of the bylaw and regulations contained herein shall be as provided in MGL c. 40, § 32. The regulation shall not, however, apply to:
(1) 
Any structure or use lawfully in existence or lawfully begun prior to the effective date;
(2) 
Any structure or use which is the subject of either a pending application, otherwise known as a "notice of intent," or a request for determination of applicability, filed prior to the effective date;
(3) 
Any structure or use for which any extensions of or modifications or amendments to any existing wetlands permit may now or hereafter be issued, the original notice of intent for which was filed prior to the effective date;
(4) 
Any lot for which a preliminary or definitive plan for subdivision has been submitted to the Groveland Planning Board and remains pending prior to the effective date pursuant to § 70-3.3, Preliminary plan, and § 70-3.4, Definitive plan, of the Rules and Regulations governing the Subdivision of Land in the Town of Groveland and Chapter 41 of the General Laws;
(5) 
Any proposed structure or use on any lot existing prior to the effective date in which a proposed structure or use cannot fully comply with the regulations due to lot size, shape or topography, in which event any such proposed structure or use shall comply with these regulations to the extent reasonably capable of so doing, as determined by the Commission in its sole discretion. Financial limitations shall not be deemed as a reason for noncompliance on any new construction if the dimensional requirements can be met.
B. 
The parcels of land excepted from the Regulations pursuant to Subsection A(1) through (5) above shall, however, together with all other land which is subject to the bylaws, remain subject to the bylaw and regulations in effect immediately prior to the effective date.
As part of a permit issued under this bylaw, in addition to any security required by any other municipal or state board, agency or official, the Commission may require that the performance and observance of the conditions imposed thereunder (including conditions requiring mitigation work) be secured wholly or in part by one or more of the methods described in Subsections A and B below:
A. 
By a proper bond or deposit of money or negotiable securities or other undertaking of financial responsibility sufficient, in the opinion of the Commission, to be released in whole or in part upon issuance of a certificate of compliance for work performed pursuant to the permit;
B. 
By a conservation restriction, easement or other covenant enforceable in a court of law, executed and duly recorded by the owner of record, running with the land to the benefit of this municipality, whereby the permit conditions shall be performed and observed before any lot may be conveyed other than by mortgage deed. This method shall be used only with the consent of the applicant.
No person shall remove, fill, dredge, build upon, degrade or otherwise alter resource areas protected by this bylaw, or cause, suffer or allow such activity, or leave in place unauthorized fill, or otherwise fail to restore illegally altered land to its original condition, or fail to comply with a permit or an enforcement order issued pursuant to this bylaw.
A. 
Enforcement authority.
(1) 
The Commission, its agents, officers and employees shall have authority to enter upon privately owned land for the purpose of performing their duties under this bylaw and may make or cause to be made such examinations, surveys or sampling as the Commission deems necessary, subject to the Constitutions and laws of the United States and the commonwealth.
(2) 
The Commission shall have authority to enforce this bylaw, its regulations and permits issued hereunder by violation notices, administrative orders and civil and criminal court actions, and by noncriminal disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21D. Any person who violates provisions of this bylaw may be ordered to restore the property to its original condition and take other action deemed necessary to remedy such violations, or may be fined, or both.
(3) 
Upon request, the Commission, the Board of Selectmen and the Town Counsel shall take legal action for enforcement under civil law. Upon request of the Commission, the Chief of Police shall take legal action for enforcement under the criminal law.
(4) 
Municipal boards and officers, including any police officer or other officer having police powers, shall have the authority to assist the Commission in enforcement.
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this bylaw, or regulations, permit or administrative orders issued thereunder, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300. Each day or portion thereof during which a violation continues, or unauthorized fill or other alteration remains in place, shall constitute a separate offense, and each provision of the bylaw, regulations, permits or administrative orders violated shall constitute a separate offense.
A decision of the Commission shall be reviewable in the Superior Court in accordance with MGL c. 249, § 4.
This bylaw is adopted under the Home Rule Amendment of the Massachusetts Constitution and the Home Rule statutes, independent of the Wetland Protection Act, MGL c. 131, § 40, and regulations, 310 CMR 10.00, thereunder.
The invalidity of any section or provision of this bylaw shall not invalidate any other section or provision thereof, nor shall it invalidate any permit or determination which previously has been issued.