Nelson v. Conservation Commission of Wayland

The plaintiff 1 appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court affirming a determination by the conservation commission of Wayland (commission) that there are wetlands on his property. 2 That determination was made under Wayland’s wetlands and water resources protection by-law. See chapter 194 of the Wayland town code (2015) (by-law). Under the by-law’s definition, wetlands are protected more broadly than they are under the Wetlands Protection Act and the accompanying regulations. See § 194-1 of the by-law (“The purpose of this chapter is to provide a greater degree of protection of wetlands,…