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T O W N O F Y A R M O U T H
1146 ROUTE 28, SOUTH YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS 02664-4492
Telephone (508) 398-2231, Ext. 1288, Fax (508) 398-2365
VIOLATION NOTICE
June 24, 2025
To: Rebecca Desantis TR
29 Green Dunes Dr.
West Hyannisport, MA 02672
From: Yarmouth Conservation Commission
Site Location: 29 Shore Side Drive, Yarmouth
Certified Mail No. 7008 0150 0003 2029 8830
The Conservation Commission of Yarmouth has information that you or your agents have violated the
Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act, G.L. c.131 §40 and its regulations at 310 CMR 10.00 and/or
the Town of Yarmouth Wetland By-law, Chapter 143 and its regulations. The following activities may
have impacted wetland resource areas and/or associated buffer zones:
• Alteration of a resource area: hand raking on beach and trampoline stored on dunes.
Please comply with the following:
1. Immediately cease from raking, or else seek permitting for continued raking
2. Remove the trampoline from the dunes by 7/15/2025
3. Contact the Conservation Commission to confirm the removal or with questions at:
Joe Jerolimo
Conservation Agent
508-398-2231 ext. 7007
jjerolimo@yarmouth.ma.us
If you do not understand the requirements of the Wetlands Protection Act, the Conservation
Commission will provide information to assist you in complying with the law. The Wetlands Protection
Act provides that:
"No person shall remove, fill, dredge or alter any area subject to protection under this section
without the required authorization, 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 an enforcement order issued pursuant to this section. Each day such violation
continues shall constitute a separate offense except that any person who fails to remove
unauthorized fill or otherwise fails to restore illegally altered land to its original condition after
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giving written notification of said violation to the conservation commission and the department
shall not be subject to additional penalties unless said person thereafter fails to comply with an
enforcement order or order of conditions. Whoever violates any provision of this section, (a)
shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or by imprisonment
for not more than two years, or both such fine and imprisonment; or (b), shall be subject to a
civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for each violation."
The Yarmouth Wetland By-law Ch143 provides that:
Any person, … who violates or causes to be violated § 143-2A of this chapter shall be
punished by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $300 for each violation and, in addition,
not less than $300 for each subsequent violation. This section shall be enforced by any officer
having police powers in the Town of Yarmouth.
Issued by Joe Jerolimo 6/24/2025