The 96-unit “40B” affordable housing project behind The Wave restaurant continues to undergo Conservation Commission review, this time with revised plans including a 75- foot long timber bridge and seven lots partially within the 100-foot “buffer zone,” or area between the buildings and wetland areas.

Representatives from Baywatch Realty Trust, the developer of the project, brought the revised plans to the commission Dec. 14 as a continuance from a Sept. 14 hearing.

Another hearing on the plans will be held Dec. 28.

Richard Nylen, representing Baywatch, said the changes considerably reduced wetland impact.

The 30-foot by 75-foot bridge accessing the site will not require any fill in the wetland area.

According to a letter from engineering firm Epsilon Associates, the abutment and footing work will occur in the upland area of the site, with the prefabricated bridge being placed via crane.

The letter also said five to eight mature trees would be removed to accommodate the placement.

The letter stated any remaining vegetation removal would be done by hand.

The bridge is also more than 100 feet from vernal pools within the wetland area.

None of the proposed apartment- style buildings as well as the parking areas are in the 100-foot buffer zone.

Seven of the 36 lots are in this zone. Limited work will be done to these buildings.
Nylen said the changes make for more open space and took into consideration the commission’s concerns on intrusive wetland-area construction.

Commission member Norm Mills said that, because the plans were just being seen for the first time, further discussion and a review was needed.

“We’ll have to look at the details,” Mills said. “This certainly is something to think about.”

The site plans are available for viewing at the Town House.

The project was recently reduced from 168 units to 96 following an agreement to sell 12 acres of land to the Sippican Lands Trust.