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6 R.E.Developer: Because we have a controversey and because some attorneys in Boston have said its 99;b, the intent is there , but because there might be a difference of opinion, they wanted to confirm it with a variance. I' ve seen t his. I have a oase pending, depending on what happens with zoning, thdir going to require the individual to get a variance , just to be insured everything is alright. That is the type of thing by exemp- tion of the existing neighborhood could be eliminated. R.Dubin : A good point , but you can' t say if we passthis article then everybody is going to need a variance. Some attorneys are more rigorous in their demands than others. A few may want it but not on a large scale. I think everyone will agree that this is not a cure all. It will not stop the growth of the town, stop it from being suburbanized, or stop it from turning into what the other towns are like because zoning itself is not going to change that. 'Long-term planning may, but insofar as my opinion, the gown starts to buy land; that' s the proven way to set all the space aside. Normally you can' t do that with zoning. Zoning is a planning tool. The zoning map isn' t the way to stop growth, it' s not constitutional. I would say if you use that as an argument against this article and that to me is not on the point. It is not a cure all, but it comes down to the bottom line. . .What is the optimum lot size? R.L. Developer : There' s alot more that has to go into dis- cussion other than what the optimum lot size is. When you talk about the single family home on 40,000 sq. ft. , you have to realize from the towns point cf view, we have no control over the bedrooms ; 3 - 4 bedrooms 5 - 6 people and that type of growth and what does that type of growth if its the exclusive type of .growth. What can it do to the town of Mashpee iLe. schools. Conversely, if you could say the only growth is 1 bedroom multi-family on 30 acres, 2 units per acre , the town then can control the number of bedrooms. So , instead of 4 bedrooms in 1 house per acre you have 2 bedrooms for 1 unit for acre. Also, the Falmouth Enterprise had an editorial stating, "Recognizing the fact he town had a great deal of con- trol when t came to multi-family, they can practically pres- cribe what that developer is going to build , what it' s going to look like, whereits going to go, water ystern, sewerage system, all those things. They do not have that control when it comes to single family homes" . 3o, here' s another trade-off Do we want control, do we want strings attached, do we want to keep -the density and the bedrooms down, do we want to rnix? Or on the other hand , do we want to go all the acrd. R. Dubin : That may be true , but you don' t want to overlook the obvious. If you change from 1 to acre you can afford to have an extra bedroom or 2 in each _house.