12/13/2017 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING MINUTES DECEMBER 13,2017 House Plans: New Addition/Remodeling for: Richards Residence, 65 Treasure Lane, Mashpee, MA. Prepared by: Cotuit Bay Design, LLC, Scale: "/a" = 1', Date: 7/1112017, Drawing No: A-1 --First Floor Plan,A-2—Second Floor Plan,A-3—Front Elevation,Right Elevation, A-4 --- Rear Elevation and Left Elevation. Conditioned upon all Town Department comments read into the record. This is also conditioned at the applicant's request for a new covered porch on the front section of the property as displayed on the site plan prepared by Warwick and Associates that was read into the record. Mr. Pittsley seconded,yes,Mr. Blaisdell yes,Mr. DeBarros,yes,and Mr. Gould,yes. All were in favor of the house project. OTHER BUSINESS -16 Bluff Avenue: Variance Mr. Blaisdell addressed the Board stating that the applicant applied for a Variance project that came before the Board back in November, and included some renovations for a handicapped bathroom. The Board asked a lot of questions,and subsequently the applicant met with the Building Commissioner who did an in depth analysis of what this project included. Mr. Blaisdell suggested that the Board might want to reopen the case because there's some mitigating circumstances associated with this particular case that involves trying to accommodate a handicapped person. Mr. Blaisdell suggested that the Board review the application because there's a hardship involved and therefore a Variance may be appropriate for this and may warrant taking a another look at this case considering the special circumstances. Mr. Blaisdell asked the Building Commissioner to present his findings, and make some recommendations. Mike Mendoza, Building Commissioner addressed the Board and recommended that the applicant meet with him and review the drawings to see how to comply with the 15 ft. side setback. He said he met with the applicant on several occasions. He'supplied the Board with the plot plan of the proposed addition showing 5.2 ft., and the other end is 4.6 ft. The property line is not straight, so there's an issue with the shape of the lot. The second page was the original floor plan. The applicant was seeking a 6 ft. wide 13 ft. long addition. The dots depicted on the plan represent the 15 foot setback from the property line showing the addition a few feet over the dotted line. The original plan shows the opening of the shower area being a 34", 36" door. The distance from the wall to the toilet, is 39". These are key indications which detail the case for the Board to reconsider the application. The Option A page is an example of trying to be compliant with the zoning bylaw of today. The door dropped down to 24". The distance between the front of the toilet and the wall is 22". The Option B page shows a 24" door, and 22" from the front of the toilet to the wall. It shows how tight the building is from the 15 ft. setback which is right on the edge. 9