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Appendix A
<br /> MOTION UNDER ARTICLE 26
<br /> That the Wetland Protection Bylaw, Chapter 130 of the Code of the Town of Lexington, be
<br /> amended by deleting in their entirety Sections 130-2, 130-3, 130-7, 130-8, and 130-11 and
<br /> replacing them with new Sections 130-2, 130-3, 130-7, 130-8 and 130-11, so that the amended
<br /> Bylaw will now read as follows, except that the underlined portions and the interlineations in the
<br /> text below are shown to indicate additions and deletions, respectively, to the current Bylaw text
<br /> for illustrative purposes only and will not appear as underlining or interlineations in the Bylaw,
<br /> as amended by this motion, and further that the Town Clerk be authorized to make non-
<br /> substantive changes to the numbering of this Bylaw in order to make numbering conform to the
<br /> numbering format of the Code of the Town of Lexington.
<br /> Chapter 130, Wetland Protection
<br /> § 130-1.Purpose. [Added 3-26-1997 ATM by Art.251
<br /> The purpose of this by-law is to preserve and protect the wetland resource areas and buffer zones of the
<br /> Town of Lexington by regulation of, and control of, activities deemed by the Conservation Commission
<br /> to have significant or cumulatively detrimental effect upon the following interests and values, including
<br /> but not limited to: public or private water supply; groundwater supply; the prevention and control of
<br /> flooding, erosion or sedimentation, storm damage, other water damage and/or pollution; the protection
<br /> of surrounding land and other homes or buildings, aquatic life or wildlife, streams,ponds or other bodies
<br /> of water, and recreation.
<br /> § 130-2 Notice of Intent; Request for Determination of Minor Activity; Request for Determination of
<br /> Applicability Permit Required.
<br /> [Amended 3-25-1985 ATM by Art. 9; 3-26-1997 ATM by Art. 25; 3-24-1999 ATM by Art. 15]
<br /> A.
<br /> No person shall remove, fill, dredge,build upon or alter any bank, freshwater wetland, marsh,bog, wet
<br /> meadow, swamp, creek,river, stream,pond, lake, vernal pool habitat, land under water bodies, land
<br /> subject to flooding, or any land bordering thereon as hereinafter defined, or riverfront area other than in
<br /> the course of maintaining,repairing or replacing,but not substantially changing or enlarging, an existing
<br /> and lawfully located structure or facility used in the service of the public and used to provide electric, gas,
<br /> water, telephone, telegraph or other telecommunication services without first filing written notice of
<br /> intent to so remove, fill, dredge, alter or build upon,including such plans as may be necessary to fully
<br /> describe such proposed activity and its effect on the environment, and without receiving and complying
<br /> with a permit issued by the Conservation Commission.
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