Danbury Orders Homeowner To Make $26K Restoration

DANBURY, CT — A Barnum Road homeowner who has been accused of cutting down trees and depositing soil and wood chips into wetlands on their property has agreed to a $26,000 restoration plan.

The 1.5 acres of wetlands on the homeowner's 3.3-acre property is part of an ecological system roughly 10 times that size, according to a Danbury Health Department report.

Dainius Virbickas, an engineer representing the homeowner, told members of the Environmental Impact Commission that he and his client "concur with the conditions, and hope that we can move on to the next step from this point. "

The engineer spoke at a June 26 meeting of the EIC, resolving a matter under deliberation for 10 months. The dispute was triggered after a city inspector found the removal of the trees and the deposits in the wetlands. The homeowner now has a year to plant 12 trees, 60 shrubs and various other botanicals, among other requirements.