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ARTICLE 44 To see if the Town will vote to change Mashpee Town Bylaw 170-6, to read as follows: 170-6 Personal Watercraft Operation. A. All personal watercraft operation is subject to the applicable provisions of the General Laws of the commonwealth, as amended, and to the further restriction that no motor or propelled surfboard or other personal watercraft operation is allowed in Mashpee in or on freshwater ponds before the hour of 10:00 a.m. and after the hour of 5:00 p.m.n Submitted by Petition Motion made by Robert Whritenour to indefinitely postpone. Motion to indefinitely postpone passes at 8:58 p.m. ARTICLE 45 To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning bylaw to add the following new section 174-21.1. A. For any new residential or non-residential development requiring either subdivision approval, a special permit, plan review under the provisions of Subsection 174-24.B., or a building permit for a building over one thousand (1000) square feet in area (except for one-family dwellings on individual lots in existence on May 3, 1999 and their accessory structures a system of stormwater management and artificial recharge of precipitation shall be required which is designed to achieve the following purposes: prevent untreated discharges to wetlands and surface waters, preserve hydrologic conditions that closely resemble pre-development conditions, reduce or prevent flooding by managing the peak discharges and volumes of runoff, minimize erosion and sedimentation, not result in significant degradation of groundwater, reduce suspended solids, nitrogen, volatile organics and other pollutants to improve water quality and provide increased protection of sensitive natural resources. B. These standards may be met using the following or similar best management practices: 1) For lots occupied, or proposed to be occupied, by single or two-family residences, recharge shall be attained through site design that incorporates natural drainage patterns and vegetation in order to maintain pre-development stormwater patterns and water quality to the greatest extent possible. Stormwater runoff from rooftops, driveways and other impervious surfaces shall be routed through vegetated water quality swales, as sheet flow over lawn areas or to constructed stormwater wetlands, sand filters, organic filters and/or similar systems capable of removing nitrogen from stormwater. 2) For lots occupied or proposed to be occupied by other uses, a stormwater management plan which 1) utilizes site planning techniques to minimize runoff, 2)