Board Approves Septic Upgrade, Splits 4-1 on Grease Trap Barnstable Board of Health splits 4-1 on hotel grease trap, flags a gap in tattoo licensing rules. The board approved a nitrogen-reducing septic upgrade for the Helen H.
Planning Board continues two Hyannis land-use items to September 14 Barnstable Planning Board postpones two Hyannis hearings after failing to reach a quorum.
Barnstable Conservation Board Agrees to Raise Mitigation Fee to $25 Barnstable Conservation Commission agrees to raise its wetland mitigation fee sevenfold, from $3.50 to $25 a square foot. Conservation Administrator Ed Hoops said the rate hadn't changed since roughly 2006; a consulting wetland scientist told the board other commissions charge $25 to $30.
Barnstable Zoning Panel Drops Site Plan Review From Home Occupation Draft Barnstable's zoning committee advances a two-tier home occupation permit framework, dropping a proposed site plan review step.
Barnstable Conservation Commission Issues Seven Enforcement Orders at August Meeting Barnstable Conservation Commission issues seven enforcement orders and continues contested pond herbicide application to September 8.