Dennis Conservation Commission approves deck-addition project with variance; issues three enforcement citations.
Dennis Conservation Commission approves dwelling addition with coastal-bank buffer-zone variance. Chairman MacDonald and Members Clark, Norman, Hulst, Lombardi, and Chamberlain voted 5-1 to allow the Goodman Family Trust to construct a 217-square-foot addition within a 50-foot buffer zone at 9
Conservation Commission · Meeting of May 7, 2026
Dennis Conservation Commission approves dwelling addition with coastal-bank buffer-zone variance. Chairman MacDonald and Members Clark, Norman, Hulst, Lombardi, and Chamberlain voted 5-1 to allow the Goodman Family Trust to construct a 217-square-foot addition within a 50-foot buffer zone at 9 Division Street, Dennisport, contingent on 504 square feet of native plantings as mitigation; Commissioner Hulst opposed. The Pollock Notice of Intent for an addition and accessory dwelling unit was continued pending a revised mitigation plan.
The Commission voted unanimously to issue three $300 enforcement citations for unpermitted deck construction and expansion at 13 Dunes Road, 61 Uncle Stephens Road, and 155 Route 134, requiring removal of any work outside originally approved footprints.
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Source: the Conservation Commission meeting of May 7, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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