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2 "An Open Space Multi-family Levelopment may be allowed in R-3M and R-4 zoning districts in accordance with the following pro- cedure and standards and then delete zoning districts R- 1 and R2 and replace with: Zoning district ii-3in so that the first phrase reads as follows: "Si.te eligibility - a parcel ofJand located in zoning district l;-3.. containing at least twenty acres. and 9. 321-- Delete and replace with the follwing: The parcel A to be developed with attached or detached single-family dwelling units at a density not to exceed y- units per acre in the R-4 aistrict and 1 unit per acre in the 1:-ji% district. The big chane here is for the 1 unit per acre on the -3m whefe presently you would have 3. Will ask for an introduction froia the Board of 5electiaen. i�. `ferry : We have discussed this at Jength for over a year before finally deciding when the appropriate time to do it is. ;Ve made a decision to bring in the town, feeling that the townspeople wanted to see a move towards higher requirements or acreage per lot. I thins in direct response to feedback we got from the townspeoplg we decided to put this in front of the people February 11 . Chairman t;Citizens of Sensible Growth In l,jashppe"-- We are a group of 20 people. Uur stated purpose is land in use of growth which not only protects Viashpee, and eir. Terry' s comment , "Sone things weren' t fair to all taxpayers . . " , I think the increase to 1 to 20,000 sq. ft. will hurt alot of landowners. ;le have reobtained a city planner to help us and help the town. Eduardo Lozano from Cambridge gill explain what we are thinking of and why the change is not good at this time. Eduardo Lozano: I am Lozano Assoc. of Cambridge and are advisors for Citizens for Growth in Mashpee. We have done a series of Master plans and other studies in the Commonwealth including Barnstable, Danvers, Woburn, Newton, Chicago, and INAshington. We oppose Article 1 widespread acre lot in Mash- pee. Our major concern on these 4 parts: to plan properly and to take some time. We think the necessary support for the town planner; you could have much better results for the committee. We are in full agreement with environmental guide lines of 1 unit per acre. The difference is a ratio. This is not a design, not a specific zoning by law, not a master plan; it is a ratio.: 'We are in full agreement with your tactic of water protection. If ;you read the work we did for Barnstablk, I can lead you to the area of water and the problems exceeding it in geological terms. Why are we against that. Because Article 1 may in doubt soon realizing and making Niashpee another Framingham etc. and is going to disperse homegenously 1 house per acre all throughout town. Eventually, you may stimulate more growth which is against what you want to do. The mistake is to confuse the ratio from the acre with plan- ning or designing actual physical element as well as the mistake that growth can be controlled by putting up this type of regulation. There is room for maneuver ; you may have time to achieve consensus. We are not pretending that we can bring solutions, orproposals. �iy best advice--no time to wa-.e.