6.1 Projects on Slopes 8% or Greater
For projects occurring on slopes of 8% or greater, the conservation buffer zone is 500 feet. The Town of Sturbridge Wetland bylaw and regulation applies to said 500 foot buffer zone. When slopes of 8% or greater dominate the initial 200 feet of resource buffer zone the 25-foot “no disturb” zone and the 50-foot no structure zone shall begin at the top of slope or at 200 feet, which ever is smaller. Determination of the start of the 25-foot no-disturb buffer or the 50-foot no-structure buffer within the 500-foot 8% slope buffer will be at the sole discretion of the Commission and will be based on site specific natural features, on a case-by-case basis.
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