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Salt storage at Legacy Farms potentially in violation of bylaw

Salt storage at Legacy Farms may be in violation of the town’s Water Resources Protection Overlay District bylaw. PHOTO/NICK SCHOFIELD

Salt storage at the Legacy Farms housing development continues to be a concern for the Water-Sewer Advisory Board.

During the WSAB meeting Wednesday night, Ken Weismantel, who was attending the meeting, informed the board and Department of Public Works Director Kerry Reed that salt piles had returned at the development.

“The parking lot’s got big piles,” said Weismantel. “I’m about ready to do a [formal] complaint to the zoning enforcement officer.”

In a follow-up email to the Independent, Reed clarified that Weismantel’s complaint referred to a violation of the town’s Water Resources Protection Overlay District bylaw (WRPOD). Under the bylaw, the storage of de-icing chemicals and salt is prohibited in the overlay district. Salt only can be stored if it is “within a structure designed to prevent the generation and escape of contaminated runoff or leachate,” according to the bylaw.

“The concern with the salt pile is polluted runoff with a high concentration of salt,” Reed stated.

The WSAB has been critical of Legacy Farms’ salt storage practices before. At a meeting in August, vice chair Rob Scott bluntly referred to the people in charge of maintaining the salt piles as “slobs.”

Member Aditya Singh, who was not in attendance at Wednesday’s meeting, reportedly was supposed to discuss the issue with the Legacy Farms homeowners association.

The Independent reached out to the zoning enforcement officer regarding what actions could be taken to bring the housing development into compliance with the bylaw but did not receive a response prior to publication.

— NICK SCHOFIELD

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