FAIRHAVEN – The Mass. Department of Environmental Protection has penalized Fairhaven resident Anwar Faisal $46,950 for unauthorized work on his Bella Vista Island property, MassDEP announced Thursday.
Faisal is the owner of the notorious Alpha Management, known for owning and leasing a massive number of rental properties to college students in Boston.
MassDEP said Faisal’s violation in Fairhaven included the construction of 93 feet of new, unpermitted seawall, 170 feet of improperly reconstructed seawall, unpermitted placement of stone revetment within a coastal beach, removal of large stones from a coastal beach to utilize for a seawall, and clearing a wetlands buffer zone.
MassDEP said the Fairhaven Conservation Commission had issued three enforcement orders relative to unauthorized work at the property in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Additional violations were noticed by MassDEP in 2013.
MassDEP also found that 526 square feet of coastal beach and 263 linear feet of coastal bank had been altered without approval.
Faisal must submit a plan for approval that includes construction according to what was previously approved by the local commission, removal of the expanded revetment and dredging work necessary to ensure no work will be reconstructed seaward from the present location. The plan must also include a redesign of the seawall landward and the revegetation of the disturbed coastal bank.
“Regulations clearly forbid new, unpermitted engineering structures on a coastal beach, the unpermitted placement of toe stones and the alteration of coastal wetland resource areas,” said Millie Garcia-Serrano, director of MassDEP’s Southeast Regional Office in Lakeville. “Extending the seawall well beyond the dwelling was unnecessary to protect it from erosion.”
The roughly 7-acre property is its own private island and features a mansion-style home built in 1972, according to property records. The property was last assessed at $2.5 million.
