The Lakeville Conservation Commission voted Feb. 25 to approve an order of conditions for SE 192932 (Merrick’s, Route 79 / Myrick Street and Rhode Island Road), adding language intended to protect an adjacent neighbor identified as Donna at 27 Rhode Island Road.

Commission members said the order includes an explicit requirement that best management practices be used to prevent flooding to adjacent properties, wetlands, or the watershed and that the applicant be fully responsible for correcting any damage resulting from improper construction or engineering. A motion to approve and issue the order of conditions carried by voice vote.

Why it matters: The added language places responsibility on the applicant to correct any project-related flooding and authorizes the commission to approve emergency corrective measures, giving the adjacent landowner an explicit safeguard in the permit documents.

What the order says and how commissioners framed it
The commission pointed to Attachment B3 in the draft order, which reads (as read into the record) that recommended best management practices must be used to prevent any flooding to adjacent properties, wetlands or watershed and that the applicant shall be fully responsible for any damage due to improper construction or poor engineering, with corrective measures subject to commission approval on an emergency basis if needed. Commissioner John LeBlanc moved to approve and issue the order; the motion was seconded and the commission voted in favor.

Ending
The chair said the order would be signed that night; staff will circulate the finalized document and follow the commission’s established process for issuance and recording.