When it comes to a nearly 400-foot pier at Job's Cove, less is more.

Or so says the Conservation Commission.

The Commission said at Wednesday's meeting a proposed association pier on Converse Road needs to be downsized to avoid disturbing the environment.

The proposal to build the 380-foot long, 5-feet wide pier was filed with the town by Copper Medal LLC, on behalf of the property owners and is being designed by N. Schneider and Associates, a Mattapoisett based civil engineering firm.

David Davignon, a representative from Schneider, said the pier in Job’s Cove would accommodate the eight homeowners and no more. Each person would be allowed one spot to tie up a boat.

The boats will likely be between 14 and 16-feet in size, he said.

“We thought building one pier from the marsh to the waterway would solve the dilemma of providing access to all eight homes,” Davignon said.

The pier would replace an existing 48-foot wide concrete walkway, which Davignon said will be torn down and licensed as a stone jetty.

Committee Chairman Sherman Briggs said he had concerns about whether or not the pier would disturb the plant and marine life that resides in the area.

“I think that the [existing] structure already has created a lot of habitats,” Briggs said. “I think if we decreased the size then it would downsize the costs of building the new structure and downsize the environmental impact.”

Committee member Norman Hills agreed with Briggs.

“I don’t think this is the right place for the pier,” Hills said. “I don’t know why we need this huge space for eight small boats.”

Hills suggested Davignon look to an alternative plan for the pier drafted by N. Schneider and Associates. In this plan, the width of the pier would be 4-feet instead of 5-feet, with a reduction in the length of between 50 to 60 feet.

Davignon said the first design was drafted to give the homeowners better accessibility to the waterway, but that the firm created alternative plans for the town officials to review and decide which plan would work best

“The object here is to coordinate everything and come back,” Davignon said.

The next hearing with the Conservation Committee is scheduled for Jan. 11.