5/10/2017 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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Town oj'11ashpce 16 ('reat X11 eck, fparl , N,° rd i hlashjxr,Mrassachwwt(s 02649. MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING MINUTES MAY 10, 2017 The Mashpee Zoning Board of Appeals held Public Hearings on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. in the Waquoit Room at the Mashpee Town Hall, 16 Great Neck Road North. Chairman, Jonathan D. Furbush, Board Members William A. Blaisdell, Ronald Bonvie, Dom DeBarros, Scott Goldstein, and Associate Member, Norman J. Gould were present. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE CONTINUED HEARINGS 41 Greenwood Road: Owner, Ellen J. Harris requests a Variance to allow for a shed to be placed less than one foot from the rear and side yard setback under §174-31 of the Zoning Bylaws on property located in an R-3 Zoning District, and Popponesset Overlay District, Map 117 Parcel 312, Mashpee, MA. (Continued from April 26, 2017 at the request of the applicant). Ellen Harris represented herself for the variance request. She said she originally requested the shed to be placed in the back corner of the property between Lot 3, Lot 7, and Lot 8. She said the Lewis' (Lot 7), requested that the shed be 5 ft. from her property. The Wagner's (Lot 8), and her brother (Lot 3) have no issues where the shed is placed. She said the Wagner's do not mind that the shed is placed directly behind their shed (Lot 8), which would be 1 ft. from the property line. Chairman Furbush asked how she would do maintenance on the shed, or if the Wagner's sold their house. The new neighbor may not approve of the shed's location. That is why there is a 5 ft. setback requirement, and it used to be 15 ft. Mr. Bonvie said if a new neighbor put up a fence then there would only be a 1 foot distance between the shed and fence. He asked Ms. Harris what the shed dimensions were. The Board had a discussion with the applicant regarding the dimensions of the shed and where the best possible location for the shed to meet the Board's approval. Chairman Furbush suggested that the applicants continue their hearing and return with a revised site plan showing an appropriate location for the shed with the correct dimensions depicted on the revised plan. The Board told the applicants that they cannot make a decision until they have a definitive location of the shed depicted on a revised site plan. Mr. Bonvie made a motion to accept the request for continuance from Ellen Harris of 41 Greenwood Road, until Wednesday, May 24, 2017 hearings. Mr. Goldstein seconded, yes. Mr. Blaisdell, yes, Mr. Furbush, yes, Mr. DeBarros, yes. All were in favor to continue the hearing until May 24, 2017. 1