11/18/2020 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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1. The Property is owned and in the custody and control of MAHT and, pursuant to a development agreement, a long-term ground lease will be executed by and between MAHT and the Petitioner to allow the Petitioner to develop the Property for affordable housing. 2. The Petitioner provided the Board with a copy of its development agreement with MAHT regarding the Property and copies of the deeds held by MAHT for the Property. 3. The Property is vacant and consists of approximately 12.83 acres of land on three parcels which are identified on the Mashpee Assessing Maps as follows: Parcel A: Assessing Parcel 93-6-0 (2.49 acres) Parcel B: Assessing Parcel 93-7-0 (3.26 acres) Parcel C: Assessing Parcel 94-7-0 (7.08 acres) 4. The Project will have 39 residential rental affordable units, with a total of 68 bedrooms,with all of the units located on Parcel A. The wastewater treatment infrastructure for the Project will be located on Parcel B and Parcel C shall remain as open space. 5. The Property is located in an R-3 Zoning District and portion of Parcel C is located in the Groundwater Protection District; however, Parcel C will remain as open space. 6. The Property is located on either side of Cross Street, a 40-foot wide private way approved as part of an eight-lot subdivision known as"Massasoit Crossing" and which recently was renamed as Cooper Street by the Planning Board. 7. The Project is shown on the Plans and will consist of three buildings as follows: Building A will be two-story apartment building, with twelve rental units,with ten 1-bedroom units and two 2-bedroom units. Building B will be a three-story apartment building, with 23 rental units, with four 1-bedroom units and nineteen 2-bedroom units. Building C will be a two-story townhouse quadplex,with four 3-bedroom rental units. 8. The Petitioner will construct the portion of Cooper Street(f/k/a Cross Street) as shown on the Plans,to provide access to the Project. 9. The Project will include 59 parking spaces as shown on the Plans. 10. The parallel parking spaces shown on the Plans are allowed to be 23' in length, rather than 24' in lengthy, in accordance with the provisions of ZBL§174-38, because the Project will not have high parking turnover or a large proportion of large vehicles,thus making 23'feet of length appropriate. 11. The on-street parking spaces shown on the Plans are an appropriate alternative location to placing them on Parcel A as the on street location will substantially reduce impacts on natural 3