Hardscape & Paving Contractor in Foxborough, MA

Foxborough’s wetlands bylaw bars building, filling or altering land within 25 feet of a bordering wetland or the bank of a stream or pond, apart from upkeep of what is already there. New homes cannot go within 100 feet of a certified vernal pool.

The town’s named waters include the Neponset Reservoir, the Canoe, Wading and Rumford rivers, and Cocasset and Robinson brooks. If one of them is near your lot line, the Conservation Commission is the first call.

Foxborough’s Water Resource Protection Overlay District covers the land that recharges the town’s wells, and a 250-foot band around bodies of water. Inside it, impervious surface is capped at 15 percent of a lot or 2,500 square feet, whichever is greater, unless the runoff is put back into the ground.

That makes drainage part of the design for a large patio, pool deck or driveway. Permeable pavers and dry wells are two ways to stay within the rule.

Any work in the town’s right-of-way, new driveway installations included, needs both a street cut permit and a trench permit from Public Works. The town also bars openings in a street that was paved within the past five years, and keeps a list of those streets.

Look at the street cut permit page before you count on a second driveway opening or a relocated apron.

Foxborough’s zoning lets a pool that belongs to a single- or two-family home sit within 15 feet of a side or rear lot line, and limits accessory buildings and structures to 25 percent of the rear yard. A pavilion or pool house counts toward that figure.

Building permits are applied for through the Inspections Department’s online portal; the counter no longer takes paper applications.