Filing Tips and Public Notices

• Common Resource areas in Somerville:
  -Bordering Vegetated Wetlands (BVW - rare in Somerville)
  -Inland Bank
  -Bordering Land Subject to Flooding (BLSF, 100-year floodplain)
  -Riverfront Area (25 feet)
• Both Alewife Brook and Mystic River are fish runs

Somerville is not subject to Wetlands Restriction Order (Page 5 of NOI) and does not have a local wetland by-law (as of 1-29-2009)

Notification of Public and Abutters
Submit the NOI package (application and plans) at least 2 weeks (10 business days) in advance of hearing. Submit the completed application and filing fees no more than 15 and no fewer than 10 business days prior to this hearing to provide timely placement of a Legal Notice of Public Hearing in the local paper, the Somerville Journal. The applicant will be directly invoiced by the newspaper for the cost of the Legal Notice.

Abutter Notification: Abutters must be notified of the public hearing on the Notice of Intent. Abutter Notification is the responsibility of the applicant. Abutter notification certified mail receipts are to be supplied to the SCC prior to or at the Opening of the Hearing.

After the Hearing (and any Appeal periods)
Record the Order of Conditions: Once an Order of Conditions has been issued and the ten day appeal period has expired with no appeal, the Applicant must record the Order of Conditions with the Middlesex South County Registry of Deeds, 208 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02140, ph: 617-494-4500, and must send a copy of the tear-off form with the Registry book and page marks to the SCC. The Applicant may then apply for a building permit and begin the project in accordance with the conditions of the SCC.

Certificate of Compliance: Upon completion of the project, the Applicant must send a written request to the SCC for a Certificate of Compliance (refer to the Order of Conditions for the form and procedures to be used). When applicable, include an as-built plan stamped and signed by a PLS and a written certification signed and stamped by a PE or Architect that the project has been completed in "substantial compliance" with the cited plans and with the Order of Conditions, and stating any deviations.

The Applicant's Certificate of Compliance must be recorded at the Middlesex County (South) Registry of Deeds and certification of recording sent to the Conservation Commission as required by the Wetlands Protection Act regulations.