09/22/2010 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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'r MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MINUTES September 22, 2010 property. He said that Mr. Fudala told him that no changes had to be made to the plan in • order to construct on the three lots. Mr. Field also said that Mr. Fudala advised him to consider improving the steep entrance to the property. Mr. Field said that he was unaware of the fire protection restriction because he had never. been told about it. He said he was not told about the need to obtain a Special Permit from the Planning Board. The Planning Board granted Mr. Field a Special Permit on August 4, 2010. Deputy Fire Chief Hamblin suggested paving the driveway. He also suggested installing, a sprinkler system if a building was constructed on Lot 2A. Mr. Field said that the costs would be prohibitive - to pave the long driveway would exceed $30,000; installation of a sprinkler system would cost from $12,000 to $18,000. Building Commissioner Richard Stevens said that Mr. Field is experiencing problems due to "unfortunate circumstances from misinformation from the Planning Department". Mr. Stevens said that the road is more than adequate for fire apparatus access, which Engineer Charles Rowley has also confirmed. Mr. Field said that one of the conditions of the Planning Board Special Permit requires that the road must be widened to 20 feet in the event that Lot 2A is developed. Mr. Field said that there is a question as.to whether or not an all-weather surface has to be black pavement. • Mr. Nelson read Finding #10 of the Planning Board Special Permit. "10. An e-mail message was received from Deputy Chief Sheldon Hamblin on July 14, 2010 after a site visit to the property. His comments were as follows: `I have driven down that driveway and believe it meets the intent of the reduced requirement for a single family home. However, the fact that the intent is to service two additional homes is the trigger that I feel it should be required to be a paved access roadway of not less than 20 feet. The problem comes in where we have these homes deep in the woods and can't get water to them. The nearest hydrant that I can make out is over 1,000 feet downMainMine oain Strehe et. We would have to commit an engine to the hydrant and pump that way entrance. Then we have the driveway to contend with. That will require an engine at the driveway entrance to pump the line down the driveway to the attack engine. That means, in addition to the attack engine, I now have to commit two additional engines for water supply. If I don't, then I start stacking tankers in the driveway, because one can't come out while another is going in. Sothis is not just a paper requirement without justification. We have experienced fires where we had to stack trucks in the driveway. In view of that, there are always options.. It's not my job to design the solution, but here are my needs. 1. Water supply. This can be achieved by bringing the water line up Main Street to the driveway in question and placing a hydrant there. Once a fire line is in place, that road is now closed, but at least we can get water to it. 3