03/10/2010 ZONING BORD OF APPEALS Minutes

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Mashpee Zoning Board of Appeals MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS • MINUTES March 10, 2010 Minutes March 10, 2010 The Mashpee Zoning Board of Appeals held Public Hearings on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at the Mashpee Town Hall. Board Members Robert Nelson, Jonathan Furbush, John Dorsey, William Blaisdell, and Associate Member Ronald Bonvie were present. Board Member James Reiffarth and Associate Member Peter Hinden were not in attendance. Mr. Blaisdell wished Mr. Nelson a Happy Birthday. Chairman Robert Nelson opened the hearings at 7:00 p.m. NEW HEARINGS Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod, Inc:: Requests a Comprehensive Permit under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40B and a Variance from 174-31 of the Zoning By-laws for permission to vary the minimum lot size requirements, lot frontage requirements, and front setback requirements to allow for construction of a single-family home on property located in an R-5 zoning district at 19 Lakewood Drive (Map 28 Parcel 109) Mashpee, MA. Sitting: Robert Nelson, Jonathan Furbush, William Blaisdell, John Dorsey, and Ronald • Bonvie. Mr. Furbush read the Petition into the record. Attorney Warren Brodie represented the Petitioner along with Mr. Donald Dickinson, Project Permitting and Site Development Director and Vice Chair of the Land Acquisition Committee in Harwich. Mr. Brodie said the Petitioner is requesting a Comprehensive Permit under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40B and is seeking permission to vary the lot size, lot frontage and front setback requirements to allow for construction of an affordable single-family three-bedroom home on the subject property. The property was the subject of a land disposition agreement between the Town of Mashpee and Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod, Inc. on August 24, 2009. Mr. Brodie said that Habitat for Humanity is the grateful recipient of the Town's largesse with respect to this parcel and two other parcels of land. Habitat for Humanity has received a deed from the Town for this parcel. The subject lot will have to comply with restrictions imposed pursuant to a Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) restrictive rider which will ensure that the lot will remain an affordable lot in perpetuity and will count towards the Town's affordable housing inventory in perpetuity. The Town will receive a local preference approval from the DHCD so that two of the three affordable homes proposed by Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod, Inc. will be reserved for residents of the Town of Mashpee. Residents are defined as persons 0