12/12/2018 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS ZBA Decision

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. 1own of Mashpee .. s F� 16 owal';�Ivel �r�url t 1ordi. MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS DECISION FOR A VARIANCE V-2018-61 Gooseberry Island Trust& SN Trust Ctf: #195170 Robert D. Emmeluth, Trustee of Gooseberry Island Plan#: 25209-A 0 Gooseberry Island (Map 100 Parcel 6-0-4) Mashpee, MA 02649 A Petition was filed on November 9, 2018 by Owner, Gooseberry Island Trust & SN Trust requesting 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, 0 Gooseberry Island, (Map 100, Parcel 6-0-R), Mashpee, MA. Notice was duly given to abutters in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40A. Notice was given by publication in The Mashpee Enterprise, a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Mashpee, on November 16, 2018 and November 23, 2018 a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof The Mashpee Zoning Board of Appeals issues this Decision pursuant to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40A §10 and the Town of Mashpee Zoning By-laws. Public Hearings were held on the Petition at the Mashpee Town Hall on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at which time the following members of the Board of Appeals were present and acting throughout; Chairman, Jonathan Furbush, Board Members, Scott Goldstein, Norman J. Gould, and Associate Members, Brad Pittsley and Sharon Sangeleer. Also present was Attorney Kate Connolly, Town Counsel, and Michael Mendoza, Building Commissioner. Attorney Brian Wall represented the applicant for the Variance request. Also present was Tom Bunker, of BSS Design, and Mathew Haney, who is a representative of the Trust. Attorney Wall 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. Attorney Wall claims his client owns a strip of land 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 the mainland at Punkhorn Point Road across the channel to Gooseberry Island. 1