12/12/2018 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING MINUTES DECEMBER 12, 2018 At 6:25 pm., Chairman Furbush thanked the audience, and announced that the regular meetings will resume. PUBLIC COMMENT NEW HEARINGS Chairman Furbush announced that Ron Bonvie and Bill Blaisdell recused themselves from the following hearings. Sitting on these hearings are Chairman Furbush, Board Members, Scott Goldstein and Norman J. Gould, and Associate Members, Brad Pittsley and Sharon Sangeleer. Gooseberry Island and Punkhorn Point Road: Owner, Gooseberry Island Trust& SN Trust requests a Variance from §174-12 of the Zoning By-laws requiring frontage on a street and direct access to a paved town, county or state road or street as defined in said Section in order to construct a single family residence on property located in an R-3 Zoning District, (Map 100, Parcel 6-0-R), Mashpee, MA. Gooseberry Island and Punkhorn. Point Road: Owner, Gooseberry Island Trust & SN Trust requests a Variance from§174-31 of the Zoning By-laws requiring a 150' of frontage on a street in order to construct a single family residence on property located in an R-3 Zoning District, (Map 100, Parcel 6-0-R), Mashpee, MA. Gooseberry Island and Punkhorn Point Road: Owner, Gooseberry Island Trust & SN Trust requests a Variance from §174-32 of the Zoning By-laws requiring Fire Department apparatus access as defined in said Section to allow for the construction of a single family residence on property located in an R-3 Zoning District, (Map 100, Parcel 6-0-R), Mashpee, MA. Attorney Brian Wall,with an office in Sandwich represented the petitioners of Gooseberry Island Trust and SN Trust. Also present was Tom Bunker, of BSS Design, and Mathew Haney, who is a representative of the Trust. He provided the Board with two plans that were dated March 11, 2014, and July 9, 2018. The 2014 plan depicts a bridge and Gooseberry Island. The plan dated July 9,2018 is of Gooseberry Island. The Island is a 3.9 acre island in Popponesset Bay, and is separated from the main land by a channel that is about 80 ft. wide at high tide, and about 40 ft. wide at low tide. The SN Trust owns a strip of land right along the edge of the main land. His client would like to develop a single- family home on the island, and would like to propose a bridge to be built at the end of Punkhorn Point Road across the channel to the island. In order to render the island eligible for a building permit, the two trusts need three variances as listed in the public notices. Under §174-12 requires a street, and the island has no street, §174-31 requires 150 ft. of frontage on a street, and §174-32 require property to have an un-obstructive paved access roadway within 150 ft. of the furthest point of any building on a property, and the purpose of this is to provide access for first responders and fire trucks. 2