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*DRAFT#2 OCTOBER 19, 2020 ANN-UAL TOWN MEETING* Article.16 To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 174-41.F Driveway Design as follows: F. Unless alternate paving is approved by the permitting authority, all parking areas and driveways shall be constructed on a base of not less than eight (8") inches of dense-graded crushed stone or reclaimed asphalt or(12")twelve inches of good binding gravel or other suitable road base material meeting the Massachusetts Standard Specification M 1,03(b), all of which shall be properly shaped and compacted. Subsoil shall be clear of all roots, peat or similar spongy material, clay or other such unsuitable material and shall be excavated and replaced with solid fill as necessary to support the finished surface. All parking areas and driveways required to meet the minimum parking space requirements of §174-39 shall be paved with a minimum of three (3") inches of bituminous concrete,type 1, consisting of one and three quarters (1-3/4") inches of binder course and one and one half (1-1/4") inches of surface course, both properly compacted by a ten-ton roller. Where additional overflow parking areas are proposed, the base shall be constructed as above, but alternate materials or grass may be used as a finished surface if approved by the permitting authority" Submitted by the Planning Board Explanation:This Warrant Article would update the minimum.standards for material thickness of new and redeveloped driveways consistent with engineering best practices today. This article would increase the minimum thickness of the paved surface to a total of three (3) inches from two and one half (2.5) inches of bituminous concrete. The minimum binder course of pavement would increase one quarter (0.25) inches to one and three quarters (1.75) inches and the minimum surface course would increase one quarter (0.25) inches to one and one quarter (1.25►) inches. The article further clarifies the standards for suitable base material by citing the Massachusetts Standard Specifications. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article..by a vote of The Finance Committee recommends approval Of Article.-by a vote of Article.17 To see if the Town will vote to add the following clause B.6 to Mashpee General Bylaw Chapter 170 §6-B: 6. The use of Personal Watercrafts , including jet-ski watercrafts, surf jet watercrafts, and wet bike watercrafts is prohibited on Ashumet Pond, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Department of Natural Resources Explanation:This Article will add a paragraph to the Town of Mashpee bylaw Chapter 170§6-B, prohibiting the use of Personal Watercraft on Ashumet Pond.The Town of Falmouth has a bylaw with similar wording and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will not enforce the Falmouth bylaw unless Mashpee has a similar bylaw. The Falmouth and Mashpee town line goes through Ashumet Pond with most of the pond in Mashpee. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article_by a vote of The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article-by a vote of THIS CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 10