12/09/2020 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

Home Browse Search

MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING MINUTES DECEMBER 9, 2020 The Mashpee Zoning Board of Appeals held Public Hearings on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. in the Waquoit Room at the Mashpee Town Hall, 16 Great Neck Road North. Chairman, Jonathan D. Furbush, Board Members William A. Blaisdell, Ronald Bonvie, Scott Goldstein, Norman J. Gould and Associate Members Sharon Sangeleer and Jim Reiffarth were present. NEW HEARINGS Chairman Furbush opened the meeting at 6:00 pm and announced that the hearings were being televised live on Mashpee TV as a virtual remote meeting. He will take public comments after each hearing. 17 Cedar Street: Owners, George L. and Kathleen J. Hodgson request a Variance under §174-33 of the Zoning Bylaws to allow for construction of an elevated stairway to a dock situated within the wetlands resource area on property located in an R-3 Zoning District, Map 77 Parcel 37, Mashpee, MA. Wayne Tavares, Landscape Architect represented the applicants. This project was before the Board a year ago for the same project that involves the required 50 ft. setback from the wetlands. The owners decided to modify this project for a simpler stairway. The Board did approve the project a year ago, but the issued Variance expired. He provided the Board with a site plan that depicts the location of the approved elevated walkway in a more desirable location that it is expanding from a brick patio adjacent to the pool and patio area down the embankment to the approved licensed dock that was approved by the State. A mitigation plant was given to Conservation because there is some disturbance around the ground area. The old stairway is much closer to the property line, but it did not encroach on the setbacks. The setback is 68.5 ft. and 57.43 ft. The dock is in the same location, the only change is the walkway. Chairman Furbush asked if the dock was built. Mr. Tavares said; no, the license was submitted, and the dock will be built this winter along with the elevated walkway if approved. Jonathan also asked who owned the adjacent Parcel D noted on the plan. Wayne said he did not know, but that area under the dock is a paper road. Jonathan wants to know who owns that just for his information. Mr. Bonvie asked what would be the extent of the Variance request if a motion was made to approve. The whole structure is within the wetlands, so it would be a 50 ft. Variance. Mr. Blaisdell agreed. There were no more comments from the Board. 1