HomeMy WebLinkAboutWW01-0000784Commonwealth of Massachusetts I Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Department of Environmental Protection
Southeast Regional Office
Address: 20 Riverside Drive, Lakeville, MA 02347 I Phone: 508-946-2700
Maura T. Healey
Governor
Kim Driscoll
Lieutenant Governor
Rebecca Tepper
Secretary
William A. Heam, Trustee of the River Street Nominee Trust
c/o BSC Group
Attn: Hannah Raddatz
349 Route 28, Unit D
West Yarmouth, MA 02673
RE: ISSUANCE OF CHAPTER 91 WATERWAYS LICENSE
Bonnie Heiple
Commissioner
Waterways License Application No. 25-WW0l-0077-APP, License No. WW0l-0000784
William A. Hearn, Trustee of the River Street Nominee Trust, Bass River,
104 River Street, Yarmouth
Dear Sir or Madam,
The Department of Environmental Protection hereby issues the above-referenced Waterways License,
enclosed, authorizing you to perform certain activities pursuant to M.G.L. c. 91, the Public Waterfront Act
and its regulations 310 CMR 9.00. Any change in use or alteration of any structure or fill not authorized
by this license may render this license void.
No work shall be undertaken until the License and accompanying Mylar Plans have been duly recorded in
the applicable County Registry of Deeds or the Land Court for the district in which the land is located,
within the chain oftitle of the affected property.
RECORDING OF THE LICENSE
This License must be recorded at the Registry of Deeds or, if registered land, with the Land Registration
Office within sixty ( 60) days from the date of license issuance. In the case of recorded land, the License
shall also be noted in the Registry's Grantor Index under the name of the owner of the land upon which the
project is located. In the case of the registered land, the License shall be noted on the Land Court Certificate
of Title of the owner of the land upon which the project is located. Failure to record this license within
sixty (60) days of the date of issuance will render this license void pursuant to 310 CMR 9.18.
Upon recording the License and Plan, you must notify the Department by accessing your Authorization
record at https://eplace.eea.mass.gov/citizenaccess and entering the recording information. Instructions for
entering recording information may be found at: https://www.mass.gov/doc/eplace-waterways-recording-
information-amendment/download. Failure to notify the Department of the recording of this License is a
violation of 310 CMR 9.00.
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REQUEST CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
Pursuant to 310 CMR 9.19, once the proposed project is completed you must file a Request for a Certificate
of Compliance form, BRP WW05, within sixty (60) days of completion but in no event later than five (5)
years from the License's issuance date. The license for any project for which such a request is not filed and
certificate issued may be revoked pursuant to 310 CMR 9 .26.
Please feel free to contact me at (857) 268-6653 or christine.koczera@mass.gov if you have any questions
pertaining to the Waterways License.
Sincerely,
n-CLc.-
Brendan C. Mullaney
Section Chief
Waterways Program
cc: Daniel J. Padien, Waterways Program Chief, DEP Boston
Office of Coastal Zone Management
Town of Yarmouth Harbormaster
Town of Yarmouth Conservation Commission
William A. Heam, Trustee of the River Street Nominee Trust
SIGNAGE SPECIFICATIONS -MassDEP Waterways Regulation Program (Updated September 20, 2012) • Signs shall utilize durable materials and methods of construction and maintained in good condition. • Signs shall be a minimum of 5" x 10" (or 50 square inches) in size. Letter height shall be a minimum of½". • The MassDEP Chapter 91 License number shall be displayed on all signs (as applicable). • Each sign shall indicate that public passage is allowed for on-foot lateral access along the shoreline for the purpose of fishing, fowling, navigation and strolling. • Signs shall be posted on both sides of the pier or structure, at the mean high water shoreline, or as directed by the Chapter 91 License (see Special Waterways Conditions, Page #2 or Page #3 for Simplified Licenses). An example of an acceptable sign is provided below. ~ FOR ss DEP M.G.L. Ch. 91 LICENSE # WW01-0000784 ~-
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No. WW0l-0000784
'Wbereas, William A. Hearn, Trustee of the River Street Nominee Trust
of --Boston --in the County of --Suffolk --and Commonwealth aforesaid, has applied to the
Department of Environmental Protection for license to --construct and maintain a fixed pier and
kayak racks and to reconstruct and maintain a bulkhead and soldier piles within the existing footprint
and has submitted plans of the same; and whereas due notice of said application, and of the time and
place fixed for a hearing thereon, has been given, as required by law, to the --Select Board --of the
--Town of Yarmouth. --
NOW, said Department, having heard all parties desiring to be heard, and having fully considered
said application, hereby, subject to the approval of the governor, authorizes and licenses the said
--William A. Hearn, Trustee of the River Street Nominee Trust--, subject to the provisions of the
ninety-first chapter of the General Laws, and of all laws which are or may be in force applicable
thereto, to --construct and maintain a fixed pier and kayak racks and to reconstruct and maintain a
bulkhead and soldier piles within the existing footprint --
in and over the waters of the --Bass River --at --104 River Street --in the --Town of Yarmouth --
and in accordance with the locations shown and details indicated on the accompanying DEP License
Plan No. WWOl-0000784 (5 sheets).
License No. WW0l-0000784 Page2
The structures hereby authorized shall be limited to the following use(s): noncommercial docking and
boating access to navigable waters and shoreline stabilization for the protection of existing structures.
This License supersedes Department of Environmental Quality Engineering License No. 990,
issued on June 6, 1983 to Muriel B. Townsend.
This license will expire thirty (30) years from the date oflicense issuance. By written request of the
licensee for an amendment, the Department may grant renewal for the term of years not to exceed
that authorized in the original license.
Special Waterways Conditions:
1. In accordance with any license condition, easement, or other public right of lateral passage that
exists in the area of the subject property lying between the high and low water marks, the Licensee
shall allow the public in the exercise of such rights to pass freely around all structures within such
intertidal area. Accordingly, the Licensee shall place and maintain, in good repair, a public access
sign on both the northerly and southerly sides of the pier authorized herein, adjacent to the mean
high-water shoreline. Nothing in this condition shall be construed as preventing the Licensee from
excluding the public from portions of said structure(s) or property not intended for lateral passage.
2. In partial compensation for use of the structures on tidelands of the Commonwealth, which
interferes with the rights of the public to use such lands, the Licensee shall allow the public to pass
on foot, for any purpose and from dawn to dusk, within the area of the subject property lying seaward
of the high-water mark. This condition shall not be construed to prevent the Licensee from taking
reasonable measures to discourage unlawful activities by users of the area(s) intended for public
passage, including but not limited to trespassing on the adjacent private areas and deposit of refuse of
any kind or nature in the water or on the shore. Further, the exercise by the public of free on-foot
passage in accordance with this condition shall be considered a permitted use to which the limited
liability provisions of M.G.L. c.21,s.17c apply.
3. No dredging (including, but not limited to the effects of prop wash) is permitted herein.
4. All work authorized herein shall be completed within five (5) years of the date of license issuance.
Said construction period may be extended by the Department for one or more one-year periods without
public notice, provided that the Applicant submits to the Department, thirty (30) days prior to the
expiration of said construction period, a written request to extend the period and provides an adequate
justification for said extension.
5. Within sixty (60) days of completion of the licensed project, the Licensee shall request, in writing,
that the Department issue a Certificate of Compliance in accordance with 310 CMR 9 .19. The request
shall be accompanied by a certification by a registered professional engineer licensed in the
Commonwealth that the project was completed in accordance with the License.
Duplicate of said plan, number WW0I-0000784 is on file in the office of said Department, and
original of said plan accompanies this License, and is to be referred to as a part hereof.
License No. \VW0l-0000784 Page 3
STANDARD WATERWAYS LICENSE CONDITIONS
1. Acceptance of this Waterways License shall constitute an agreement by the Licensee to conform with all terms and
conditions stated herein.
2. This License is granted upon the express condition that any and all other applicable authorizations necessitated due to
the provisions hereof shall be secured by the Licensee prior to the commencement of any activity or use authorized
pursuant to this License.
3. Any change in use or any substantial structural alteration of any structure or fill authorized herein shall require the
issuance by the Department of a new Waterways License in accordance with the provisions and procedures established
in Chapter 91 of the Massachusetts General Laws. Any unauthorized substantial change in use or unauthorized
substantial structural alteration of any structure or fill authorized herein shall render this Waterways License void.
4. This Waterways License shall be revocable by the Department for noncompliance with the terms and conditions set
forth herein. This license may be revoked after the Department has given written notice of the alleged noncompliance to
the Licensee and those persons who have filed a written request for such notice with the Department and afforded them
a reasonable opportunity to correct said noncompliance. Failure to correct said noncompliance after the issuance of a
written notice by the Department shall render this Waterways License void and the Commonwealth may proceed to
remove or cause removal of any structure or fill authorized herein at the expense of the Licensee, its successors and
assigns as an unauthorized and unlawful structure and/or fill.
5. The structures and/or fill authorized herein shall be maintained in good repair and in accordance with the terms and
conditions stated herein and the details indicated on the accompanying license plans.
6. Nothing in this Waterways License shall be construed as authorizing encroachment in, on or over property not owned
or controlled by the Licensee, except with the written consent of the owner or owners thereof.
7. This Waterways License is granted subject to all applicable Federal, State, County, and Municipal laws, ordinances
and regulations including but not limited to a valid fmal Order of Conditions issued pursuant to the Wetlands Protection
Act, G.L. Chapter 131, s.40.
8. This Waterways License is granted upon the express condition that the use of the structures and/or fill authorized
hereby shall be in strict conformance with all applicable requirements and authorizations of the MassDEP.
9. This License authorizes structure(s) and/or fill on:
_x__ Private Tidelands. In accordance with the public easement that exists by law on private tidelands, the licensee shall
allow the public to use and to pass freely upon the area of the subject property lying between the high and low water
marks, for the purposes of fishing, fowling, navigation, and the natural derivatives thereof.
_x__ Commonwealth Tidelands. The Licensee shall not restrict the public's right to use and to pass freely, for any lawful
purpose, upon lands lying seaward of the low water mark. Said lands are held in trust by the Commonwealth for the
benefit of the public.
a Great Pond of the Commonwealth. The Licensee shall not restrict the public's right to use and to pass freely upon
lands lying seaward of the high-water mark for any lawful purpose.
_ Navigable River and Streams. The Licensee shall not restrict the public's right to use and to pass freely, for any
lawful purpose, in the waterway.
No restriction on the exercise of these public rights shall be imposed unless otherwise expressly provided in this license.
I 0. Unless otherwise expressly provided by this license, the licensee shall not limit the hours of availability of any areas
of the subject property designated for public passage, nor place any gates, fences, or other structures on such areas in a
manner that would impede or discourage the free flow of pedestrian movement thereon.
License No. WW0I-0000784 Page 4
The amount of tide-water displaced by the work hereby authorized has been ascertained by said
Department, and compensation thereof has been made by the said --William A. Heam, Trustee of the
River Street Nominee Trust --by paying into the Treasury of the Commonwealth --zero dollars and
zero cents ($ 2.00) --for each cubic yard so displaced, being the amount hereby assessed by said
Department. (13 cy = $ 26.00)
Nothing in this License shall be so construed as to impair the legal rights of any person.
This License shall be void unless the same and the accompanying plan are recorded within 60 days
from the date hereof, in the Registry of Deeds for the County of Barnstable.
IN WITNESS WHEREAS, said Department of Environmental Protection have hereunto set their hands
this ~ day of V l) (~ in the year two thousand twenty-six.
f Program Chief
Department of Environmental Protection
Commissioner
THE COMMONWEAL TH OF MASSACHUSETTS
This license is approved in consideration of the payment into the treasury of the Commonwealth by
the said --William A. Heam, Trustee of the River Street Nominee Trust --
of the further sum of --eight hundred ten dollars and zero cents ($810.00) --
the amount determined by the Governor as a just and equitable charge for rights and privileges hereby
granted in the land of the Commonwealth.
BOSTON,
Approved by the Governor.
FOR REGISTRY USE ONLY I CERTIFY TiiAT THIS PLAN CONFORMS TO 11£ RULES ANO REGULATIONS Of TI-IE REGISTERS OF DEEDS Of THE COMMONWEA TH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 2/3/26 PLS DATE WfflNG INDEX ffllJ.OW ST z -' SHEET TITLE 1 COVER SHEET 2 EXISTING CONmTIONS I l PROPOSED CONDITIONS 4 CROSS SECTIONS 5 DETAILS PLAN LEGEND HISTORIC HIGH WA 1ER MEAN HIGH WATER (EL= 1.5 NA\ID 88) • • • • • • • • • • • MEAN LOW WATER (EL= -2.2 NAVO 88) EXISTING CONTOURS ----FEMA FLOOD ZONE Af. BOUNDARY NQJES• PRIOR CHAPTER 91 AYIHORIZADQNS AUTHORIZATION N/A ISSUING AGENCY N/A DATE N/A 1. EXISTING CONDITIONS SHOWN ARE PROVIDED FROM A BSC SURVEY COMPLETED ON 4/19/23. 2. ELEVATIONS DEPICTED ON lHIS PLAN REFER TO NAVO 88 DA 1UM. 3. FEMA INFORMATION FLOOD ZONE VE EL=1l DATED 7/16/2014 PANEL f25001C0589J 4. SOURCE Of: HHW -MA MAPPER HlW -NO DATA AVAILABLE MHW. MLW (BUZZARDS BAY INlERACTIVE IDAL DA 1UM VIEWER) 5. WATER ELEVATION BASED ON NOAA TIDE GAUGE STATION 8447435 CHA1HAM. 6. THIS SET OF PLANS IS FOR PERMITTING ONLY AND NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION .. (THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AU. CONSTRUCTION SPECIACATIONS) 7. THE SITE IS LISTED AS ASSESSOR'S MA.PE 43 LOT 44 Prepared by. SSC CROUP, INC. LOCUS l;i a-: r Ir: I.OCUS IMP NOTlOSCME 349 ROUTE 28, UNIT D COVER SHEET SHEET 1 OF 5 2/J/26 WEST YARMOUTH, MA 02673 J08 NO. 5-0113..00 " PLAN ACCOMPANYING PETITION OF WIWAM A. HEARN. UCENSE PLAN NO.~..........._-=-=-........._-.-lRUSTEE OF THE RIVER STREET NOMINEE TRUST TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN A FIXED PIER, AND KAYAK RACKS AND RECONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN AN EXISTING BULKHEAD IN THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT AT 104 RIVER STREET. IN AND OVER THE WATERS or THE BASS RIVER I SOUTH YARMOUTH, MA (BARNSTABLE COUNTY) Approved by Department of Environmental Protection of M,~~use ~ \jj lJ ty sJ 2{J2Jp I l I I l I I l
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