08/26/2015 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Decision

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MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS DECISION FOR A SPECIAL PERMIT Triple M Management Company, LLC 29 Echo Road(Map 19 Parcel 3-9) Mashpee, MA 02649 SP-2015-33 Mr. Gildea provided the Board with a detailed application, including site and floor plans, elevation plans, lighting plans, and a drainage report. The proposal is to construct a 1,500 sq. ft. metal building with a detached 8'x8' security booth on a lot that consists of approximately 40,910 sq. ft. situated in an industrial zone (I-1). There will be seven employees on site,two of those will be security personnel. The facility will be open limited hours, and patients will be seen by appointment only with fifteen appointments per day, and will eventually be open six days a week. There should not be any issues with respect with traffic based on the above limits and because this is one of two facilities that will imminently be licensed on Cape Cod.There is a State approved project proposed in Dennis that is anticipated to be approved as well.This will be a small,low key,well run operation. In addition to the on-site staff, the applicant has a director of security who is a retired State police officer and has met with Town officials and reviewed the security plans. There is a chief operating officer, a compliance officer, and a medical director. The project has been specifically designed from the perspective of safety. The applicant has provided a detailed security plan that has been reviewed and approved by the Mashpee Police Department. The plan depicted a wired fence surrounding the entire property, and a more secure fence on the inside of the property.There will be a security booth that will be manned when the facility is open, which has been designed such that when patients drive up, their car will be checked at the security gate,and will need to provide their authenticated documents or the armed gate will not open. There are designated parking areas for the employees and patients for safety purposes. The property is somewhat void of landscaping because regulations require there be a distance of 50 feet of any entrance or any parking spaces so someone cannot hide behind landscaping and surprise patients or employees. The proposed project meets and exceeds all of the front, side and rear setbacks with the exception of the guard house which is the request for a front yard setback variance. The floor plans are designed to comply with both the Town and State regulations. Inside the building there are segregated areas for the product. There is a secured patient waiting area with a security guard at the front desk who will check people's credentials. There will be no overnight storage of product or money, and if this agreement changes,the applicant will have to return to the Board of Selectmen to discuss these changes. Raul Lizardi-Rivera, of Holmes and McGrath addressed the Board to discuss the drainage and septic system. He reviewed the plans with Charlie Rowley, the Town's Engineering Consultant. The site has been split into three drainage areas. There's a drainage area in front, a sub-surface drainage system, and a rear section. All three have the same cross sections with a two foot Swale. The sub-surface leaching system is composed of two galleys with crushed stone, and will accommodate the 100-year storm event. The septic system is in the back of the property with two leaching fields, a primary and a reserve. The Town requires the system to be rotated every couple years. 2