Commission issues Order of Conditions for 11 Brook Lane septic replacement, requires equipment moved outside 20-foot buffer
January 30, 2026 | Town of Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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The Southborough Conservation Commission voted Jan. 29 to issue an Order of Conditions for a replacement leach field at 11 Brook Lane (applicant/owner Kalbinder Reale), with a condition requiring that stored construction equipment be moved more than 20 feet away from the wetland buffer.
Staff read the legal notice citing the Wetlands Protection Act (Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 40) and the Southborough Wetlands Bylaw before the applicant’s representative, who identified himself as Matt, described the proposed work: a slightly shifted leach-field replacement previously approved by the Board of Health. Matt said moving the system farther from the wetland would cause runoff concerns and risk to nearby structures, so the chosen location optimizes system performance.
Commission staff noted reviewer Joe’s comments and said the survey had not picked up a discharge pipe to the stream because of snow cover; staff also asked that equipment and material storage be relocated outside the 20-foot no-touch buffer. The applicant agreed. Melissa told the commission she would follow up with the applicant and that monitoring photos and the required mitigation planting reports had been submitted for the restoration area.
A motion to close the public hearing and to issue an Order of Conditions, conditioned on the equipment being moved outside the 20-foot buffer, passed on roll call (Zulek: Yes; Barrington: Yes; Upton: Yes; Barbara Glovsky: Yes; Smith: Yes). After the roll call, Matt said, “They’re gonna — yeah. They don’t have a choice. I told them they needed to get it out.”
The commission instructed staff to email the applicant the conditions and to record the order promptly. The vote formalizes the septic repair with standard conditions tied to erosion-control measures and equipment storage outside the protected buffer.
Next steps include staff verification that stored equipment has been removed and the final recording of the Order of Conditions.
Staff read the legal notice citing the Wetlands Protection Act (Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 40) and the Southborough Wetlands Bylaw before the applicant’s representative, who identified himself as Matt, described the proposed work: a slightly shifted leach-field replacement previously approved by the Board of Health. Matt said moving the system farther from the wetland would cause runoff concerns and risk to nearby structures, so the chosen location optimizes system performance.
Commission staff noted reviewer Joe’s comments and said the survey had not picked up a discharge pipe to the stream because of snow cover; staff also asked that equipment and material storage be relocated outside the 20-foot no-touch buffer. The applicant agreed. Melissa told the commission she would follow up with the applicant and that monitoring photos and the required mitigation planting reports had been submitted for the restoration area.
A motion to close the public hearing and to issue an Order of Conditions, conditioned on the equipment being moved outside the 20-foot buffer, passed on roll call (Zulek: Yes; Barrington: Yes; Upton: Yes; Barbara Glovsky: Yes; Smith: Yes). After the roll call, Matt said, “They’re gonna — yeah. They don’t have a choice. I told them they needed to get it out.”
The commission instructed staff to email the applicant the conditions and to record the order promptly. The vote formalizes the septic repair with standard conditions tied to erosion-control measures and equipment storage outside the protected buffer.
Next steps include staff verification that stored equipment has been removed and the final recording of the Order of Conditions.
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