Billerica Conservation Commission closes 14 Pequot Street hearing, grants two bylaw variances

BILLERICA -- May 11, 2026, Billerica Conservation Commission closes 14 Pequot Street hearing with dual variances for a lakefront ADU project. The commission unanimously granted two bylaw variances Monday for owner Christopher Pelletier, one under section 3.03(C)(2) for impervious surface and one under section 3.03(C)(3)(v) for the 25-foot no-alteration zone, citing the property's lakefront constraints and lack of alternatives for adding the accessory dwelling unit. Conservation agent Isabel Faulkner flagged that the visual barrier plan remained incompletely shown, and commission member Laura DeCruz pushed for a "more permanent" barrier near the lake, leading the panel to condition the chain-link fence as the official visual barrier with a replacement requirement if it is ever removed. A new hearing was opened for Zero Crimson Road, where applicant Matthew Langone's representative Maureen Harold of North Environmental Services must determine before the May 27 meeting whether a drainage connection between two isolated wetland pockets triggers a required state DEP filing under the Isolated Land Subject to Flooding standard.