Two separate petition articles submitted for November’s Town Meeting call for a conservation restriction for the same town-owned parcel on West Falmouth Highway that the town wants to free up for affordable housing.

Further complicating things, the two groups named as holders of the restriction—the town’s Conservation Commission and The 300 Committee Land Trust—were not consulted by the petitioner prior to his submission.

Filed by West Falmouth Highway resident Eric Hryniewicz, the two petitions ask Town Meeting to authorize the Select Board to grant a conservation restriction on 0 West Falmouth Highway.

Article 20 aims to transfer the restriction to the town’s conservation commission and Article 19 calls for the restriction to be transferred to The 300 Committee.

Hryniewicz told the S

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