8/14/2008 PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES Minutes

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Memorandum Page 2 Town of Mashpee—Plan Review August 14,2008 It is only on a rare occasion that a client of Mr. Beaulieu would wait while their car was being repaired and, in those instances, it is for only a very minor repair and short period of time. There is no reception or waiting area in this unit,providing no searing for a patron to comfortably wait for their vehicle to be repaired. According to Jack Landers-Cauley the use anticipated by Mr. Silva was for a contractor to assemble his employees in the mornings and assign them jobs for the day. At the close of the day they would return to drop off equipment and then go home. It was determined that the average employer, including the employer,would have three or four people. For Unit#5, with what is proposed,there is only one employee. The Mashpee Zoning Bylaw does not specifically address the parking requirements for automotive repair. I conferred with Building Inspector, Charlie Maintanais, about parking requirements for Foley Auto Repair. It was suggested that automotive repair could be considered"Service" in which case Mr. Beaulieu's operation would be required to have 14 parking spaces. However,based on Mr. Beaulieu's operation, as I described, 14 parking spaces would be considerably more than what is needed for Foley Auto Repair. Mr. Maintanais referred me to the section of the Mashpee Bylaw that outlines the Required Number of Spaces, Section 174-39,where the bylaw states that required spaces for any use not specified shall be determined by: 1)the permitting authority based on similarity of the proposed use to those listed; 2) on the most recent edition of Parking Generation by the Institute of Transportation Engineers; 3) on studies and surveys done by qualified persons regarding parking usage for similar facilities; 4) on parking requirements and use for similar facilities on Cape Cod; or 5 on other appropriate information. Based on that information, I contacted William Carlson, Carlson Traffic Consulting, a firm that I use regularly for traffic reports and analysis, and asked him to review the most recent edition of Parking Generation in the Institute of Transportation Manual. Mr. Carlson informed me that there is nothing specific to automotive repair in the ITE Manual. He identified Land Use: 110, General Light Industrial, attached to this memorandum, as being the most applicable section of the ITE Manual for this use, in his opinion. The land use description for General Light Industrial in the ITE Manual is: Light industrial facilities devoted to a single use. The facilities have an emphasis on activities other than manufacturing and typically have minimal office space. The parking requirement for those types of activities is 1.1 spaces per 1,000 square feet GFA and 1.3 spaces per employee. For Foley Auto Repair, a 2,100 square foot area with one employee, 3.5 parking spaces parking spaces would be required according to that ITE formula. The permit granted to Mr. Silva provided for 4 parking spaces per unit. P. O. Box 900 ** West Falmouth, MA 02574 **Office (508) 540-2074 **Cell(508) 566-6218 F-mail- thmmnmn 7nnin9'a)1-nm1-11ctn0t