1/23/1991 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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TOWN OF MASHPEF Board of Appeals Minutes January 23, 2991 The Mashpee Board of Appeals held a meeting at 7 : 30 P. m. on Wednesday, January 23, 1991 at the Mashpee Town Hall . Board members present and acting throughout were : Cheryl A. Hawver, Michael A. Makunas, William J . Hanrahan, Edward M. Govoni, John J . Friel and B . Thomas Christian. Building Inspector Douglas S . Boyd was in attendance . Chairman Hawver called the meeting to order at 7 : 40 P. M. Little River Boatyard Inc . - Requests a Special Permit under Sections 174-3 and 174-25 .E.5 of the Zoning By-laws for the construction of an enclosed building for storage of boats on land in an R-3 zoning district on property located at 15 Riverside Road ( Map 119, Block 88 ) Mashpee, MA. (Owner of record : William E. Burtis ) . Members present : C. Hawver, M. Makunas, W. Hanrahan, E. Govoni, J . Friel, T. Christian Attorney John Connolly represented the applicant . Mr. Makunas asked permission of the Chairman to ask the Building Inspector if this structure is an auxiliary structure or a primary structure . Mr. Boyd responded that there were many questions on the definition and he did not have an opinion. Mr. Makunas asked Mr. Connolly if he had an opinion on the definition of the structure . Mr. Connolly replied that he believed it was a primary structure and an open-air commercial structure . He said he believed the application should be exempt from the Cape Cod Commission. He asked that the Board of Appeals apply to the Cape Cod Commission for a Jurisdictional Determination and should receive a reply in 21 days . Mr. Connolly informed the Board that he was going to apply to the Commission for a DRI Hardship Exemption. He explained that the issue of Cape Cod Commission review had been introduced by the attorney for abutters, John and Virginia Driscoll . He said that the original permit was issued before the existence of the Cape Cod Commission. Mr. Connolly said that they had tried to accommodate the objections of the Driscolls . He said the current application involves removing 40 ' of the building because of their objections and is now within the setbacks .