02/13/2013 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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• 3 r rotin of lashpee 16 Great Aeck'Qoad tadahpeMassachusetts 02649 . MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FEBRUARY 13, 2013 MINUTES The Mashpee Zoning Board -of Appeals held Public Hearings on Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. in Conference Room #1 at the Mashpee Town Hall, 16 Great Neck Road North. Board Members Jonathan D. Furbush, William A. Blaisdell, Ronald S. Bonvie and James Reiffarth and Associate Members John M. Dorsey and Domingo K. DeBarros were present. Building Commissioner Richard E. Morgan was also present. Board Member Judith Horton was unable to attend the meeting. Chairman Jonathan D. Furbush opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m. He announced that the meeting was being televised live on local Mashpee television. Mr. Furbush also announced Cynthia Bartos, the Administrative Secretary to the Zoning Board of Appeals accepted a position with the Human Resources Department for the Town of Mashpee, and Mary Ann Romero was welcomed as Cynthia's replacement as the new Administrative Secretary to the Zoning Board of Appeals. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE • CONTINUED HEARINGS Barry A. and Lois S. Sahl: Request a variance from § 174-31 Zoning Bylaws to vary the rear setback requirements to allow for construction to an addition to a garage onto a dwelling to an R-3, at 7 Chicory Circle, Map 89 Parcel 28 Mashpee, MA, at the request of the Attorney, continued from January 23, 2013 public hearings. Open but not heard. Sitting: Board Members Jonathan D. Furbush, William A. Blaisdell, Ronald S. Bonvie and James Reiffarth and Associate Member John M. Dorsey. Attorney Kevin Kirrane represented his clients, Lois and Barry Sahl, who have applied to the Board for variance relief for the purposes of putting a small addition on the rear of the structure situated at 7 Chicory Circle. The particular structure is in the Greenwood Subdivision in an open space development. The addition will create a master bedroom suite at the rear of the existing garage which will allow the Petitioners to live on the first floor without having to go up and down stairs. The lot situated consists of 12,832 square feet. It is also an irregularly shaped parcel and angles to the rear property line. In addition, the intrusion of the cul-de-sac has • essentially pushed the location of the building to the North West comer of the site. The premise is situated in the R3 Zoning district, which calls for minimum of 40,000 square feet, and rear and side yard setbacks of 15 feet.