08/14/2019 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 14,2019 The proposed use is relatively passive and most of the activity occurs off site. The employees will come in and order their appropriate supplies such as fertilizers to supply their vehicles for purposes of spreading those materials for lawn and tree care services. Attorney Kirrane said this is largely a storage facility with offices for the applicant's business. The project was approved by the Design Review and Plan Review committees. The design of the building was improved as recommended by the Design Review committee with additional windows and lighting. Dan Ojala,with Down Cape Engineering spoke to discuss the specifics of the site. He said that this is an open space subdivision,and is a Cape Cod Commission DRI with huge tracks of land dedicated as open space to help protect the environment around this particular area. He said the project was presented to the Design and Plan Review committees as mentioned. There were a few Board of Health conditions for the septic system to be located underneath the parking lot. There were drainage calculations provided, and he revised the lighting plans to add natural light in all the units. Jonathan asked if there are 23 parking spaces. Ron wanted clarification on the landscape buffer of the property.Dan said that this lot abuts an industrial zone.Ron asked Evan,Town Planner if a buffer is required between industrial and commercial. Attorney Kirrane said that if a commercial abuts a residential zone, it would increase the setback criteria. It would be a 50 ft. setback criteria. Ron asked the applicant if they would object to having the Town Engineer review this project. Attorney Kirrane said that he does not object. Bill Blaisdell noticed that the changes to the building were addressed that were requested by the Design Review committee. Ron asked Evan, Town Planner if the Planning Board ever had input or conditioned an approval in reference to a rain garden on a maintenance plan.Evan said he could not answer that question without any specificity. He said maybe it would be an appropriate condition that adequate maintenance could be required as a condition of the special permit to maintain the rain garden. Evan said that the Planning Board will often require a storm water maintenance plan, and that maintenance plan would be accepted as part of the special permit, and that plan would outline the criteria that the special permit recipient would be required to maintain their storm water infrastructure. The consulting engineer would make the inspections and are triggered upon requests of the applicant to either modify the special permit or inspections would be placed as a condition of the special permit. Ron has concerns that rain gardens for commercial and industrial projects are not maintained after a project is approved, and he would like to propose that the community accept if the Board approves a commercial or an industrial project that it goes on record that there is a maintenance plan, and someone inspects it. 7