06/09/2010 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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Mashpee Zoning Board of Appeals Minutes June 9, 2010 Dear Members of the Mashpee Zoning Board of Appeals: • This letter is in regards to the Affordable Housing Association of New England: Request for a Finding of Fact under Section 174-17 of the Zoning By-laws to allow for a year- round motel with nine of nineteen units to be used for occupants staying for intervals greater than thirty days on property located in an R-5 zoning district at 66-72 Main Street (Map 47 Parcel 59) Mashpee, Ma. I am a 73 year old 31 year Mashpee resident who lives at 101 Main Street. I am an almost daily user of the bike path and have observed the activities at La Plaza Del Sol motel for the 31 years that I have lived on Main Street. Up until the most recent two changes of ownership I have noted a definite decline and indifference to being a good neighbor by the last two owners. Unfortunately I am not able to attend the June 9th Public Hearing as I will be out of state on a pre planned and pre paid for airline fare visit with my son's family but I instead am writing to object strongly to both of the proposed allowances (1) for a year-round motel and (2) with nine of the nineteen units to be used for occupants staying for intervals greater than thirty days on property located in an R-5 zoning district at 66-72 Main Street (Map 47 Parcel 59) Mashpee. The following are some of the reasons that I strongly object to these changes. Out of respect for the Committee's time, I shall attempt to keep my objections as brief as • possible. 1. Other than the parking lots, there is no designated safe areas for children to play. 1 personally have seen children living in the premises playing in the only open areas, the parking lots. This is the perfect recipe for an accident waiting to happen. Cars rounding the corner cannot readily stop in time if a toddler decides to dash in front of them. 2. The motel is not an apartment buildins which is what the owners are aiming for under the guise of a 'year round motel" with units to be used for greater than thirty days. Obviously their goal is to run an apartment building by disguising it as a motel. It was never designed for year round living especially for families. If they so desire to own an apartment building, they should buy or build one. Opening the motel year round is not going to bring desirable tourists or visitors to Mashpee. 3. The significant traffic hazard to residents especially the children as cars enter and leave the motel parking lots. 4. The visual intrusion. 5. The allowance ofpets (especially pit bulls) that I have noted as I walk the bike path. One incident that I personally experienced while on a walk on the bike path was a gentleman living in the furthest unit (the one where you have to walk up the stairs to •