03/13/2013 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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Mr. Slavinsky mentioned that under §174-64 the Zoning Board of Appeals must • submit an annual report to FEMA referencing a house built that does not conform to the flood zone rules and regulations. He said the Building Commissioner asked for a profile showing dimensions of the fill that depicts the cross section of the ground water at the rear of the property to the cover on the septic and soil absorption system. When he filed this information with the Board of Health; his plans showed two walls because he could not transpose the picture of lot 14 located to the left of the proposed lot. He mentioned his dimensions were within inches of the existing average grade of a wall in the rear and a wall along the beach front property. The Board of Health wanted a wall as opposed to a swale due to the design. Mr. Slavinsky agreed to filing under §174-27.2 because he is going to stop the water from flowing onto the abutting properties. He believes he should file under bylaws §174-65 and §174-66 referring to a comment by FEMA that states a project located on a flood zone map would allow or disallow you to complete a project and file an ALOMA F. which stands for "a letter of map amending". He found three similar projects in the Town of Mashpee; Uncle Henry's, Popponesset Island, and the last lot in the Meadowbrook subdivision that abuts Monomoscoy. Mr. Slavinsky said he submitted documentation admitting he is changing the drainage patterns. He said all abutters, and some of Squaws Lane are actually sending their water onto this property. The lot fill on the back of this property is at • the absolute minimum elevation. Digging a four (4) foot hole would reach ground water. The DEP and the Town of Mashpee stated that the bottom of the septic system and the sole absorption system has to be five (5) feet above ground water. Mr. Slavinsky said he will install one (1) foot shallow depth concrete units as opposed to two (2) feet in depth with nine (9) inches of fill over the distribution box and back over the tank to be compliant with The Town of Mashpee and Title V, but could alternatively add enough fill to raise fifteen (15) feet above the flood zone level. The flood zone between Waquoit Bay, Popponesset Bay, and along the shore line, is 117 million square feet. He said his 450 yards of fill would raise the grade level 1.4 thousands of an inch to the shore line. That's about one third the width of a human hair. He said he has performed many similar projects in the past and did not require filing with the Zoning Board of Appeals. He referred to a February 13, 2013 hearing that are installing 850 cubic yards of sand in a V -zone on Maushop Beach. On February 13' 2013, Mr. Slavinsky went to the Board of Health, and one particular member had a problem with water flowing onto Squaws Lane. He said there's going to be less now because there will be new sod, new dry wells or a French drain below the drip edges. He said he will capture more water than what is currently captured. He will incorporate a French drain on the entire front along the street that runs from property line to property line. is Mr. Slavinsky said a couple years ago with limited funding, he gave this project a "band aid" approach to lessen the water puddle. The issue is the collecting water 2