OS 5 Inspection

[Teresa Gallagher]

I’ve inspected OS 5, located on Kazo drive just off of Rt 108 not far from the Trumbull town line. The one acre swamp appears to have been intended as a building lot before wetland regulations were enacted, but was left for last and was eventually acquired for backtaxes. Look at the old filed map…the adjacent corner lot that is identified as “all swamp” now is all upland with a house and yard!

 

http://www.sheltonconservation.org/OS/OSproperties/OS_5_Kazo_Drive/OS_5_Kazo.html

 

Issues: 

 

1. Piles of dirt and rock line the road and are unsightly. You can’t see the swamp from the road due to the piles, yet, there is plenty of room for cars to pull over, which is not necessary since there is no way for the public to walk this swamp.
2. Litter in the swamp.
3. An odd little shed or play fort is located in the swamp, probably on City property, but the location of the western property line is uncertain (you can see it in one of the photos online).
4. The neighbor to the east stores lots of material along their property line. Because the location of the property line is uncertain, the material may or may not be on City property.
5. In general, the property is something of an eyesore.

 

Recommendations:

1. Have city crew remove the unsightly piles – especially if they need fill for a project.  This must be done carefully and with coordination with John Cook, since this is right on the edge of a swamp with standing water.
2. Block the pullover with boulders to prevent dumping.
3. Refer the structure in the swamp to Zoning & wetlands (I am doing this)
4. List the property as needing a litter cleanup for Shelton Clean Sweep.  Waterproof boots needed!
5. Consider a survey of the property line to ensure the neighbors on either side are not encroaching onto the property.

 

 

 

Note that I have started up a notebook for my open space inspections that I will be bringing to our meetings and can pass around so you can see the status of the inspections.

-T

 

 

[McCreery, Edward P.]

Good job.

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[Teresa Gallagher]

Thanks. FYI…There was also an issue on the wooded section of OS 7 (Capewell Park).  I checked in with Ron before sending out any letters and he said Conservation has no jurisdiction there and any issues should be forwarded to him.  There was a pile of freshly cut spruce and pine branches 65 feet long and about 20 feet wide, plus other piles and some construction debris. There’s always something!

 

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