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P. O. BOX 1106 r MASHPEE. MA 02649 -3 BOARD OF APPEALS DECISION FOR A VARIANCE A Petition was filed by Forward Development Corporation of Pittsfield, Massachusetts for a Variance under Section 174-46.E.6.0 of the Zoning By-laws for permission to vary the sidewalk requirements in the Quashnet Woods Open Space Incentive Development on property located in an R-3 zoning district at 765 Falmouth Road (Map 81, Block 1) Mashpee, Massachusetts. Notice was duly given to abutters in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40A. Notice was given by publication in The Enterprise, a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Mashpee on December 22 and December 29, 1989. A public hearing was held on the Petition at the Mashpee Town Hall on Wednesday, January 10, 1990 at 7:30 p.m. at which time the following members of the Board of Appeals were present and acting throughout: Cheryl A. Hawver, Michael A. Makunas and William J. Hanrahan. Attorney Alexander L. Dittami represented the Applicant. He informed the Board that the Final Master Site Plan dated September 20, 1989 had been approved by the Mashpee Planning Board in conjunction with an OSID permit. The plan called for the re-alighment of the sidewalk from the side of the roadway to the front of the buildings in and through the interior of the development. The proposed sidewalk configuration allowed for a pedestrian pathway around the entire development. The Planning Board endorsed the granting of a variance. No comments were received from abutters. The Board determined that the design as shown and the Variance requested will not affect the zoning district as the structures on this lot make it unique to the property. Further, given the density of the project, the traditional design would have promoted increased potential for number of pedestrians along the side of the road.