01/12/2005 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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Zoning Board Of Appeals Minutes • 7 January 12, 2005 available money for the Cape is tied up in the Sagamore flyover project, it does not look good for anything to help us out in that avenue. The letter virtually eliminates special permits for tear downs which when previously granted by the ZBA gave the town new septic systems which is a far cry from the cesspools currently in existence in some of the older homes. This takes away the rights of the ZBA to grant variances and takes away buildablity of vacant lots that some of the retirement community have purchased for their nest eggs. Zella Elizenberry states that a town -wide DCPC is not necessary. Mr. Regan feels the way the Planning Board is doing this is not in the spirit of communication and cooperation as we attempted to have several months ago. The Board makes a formal motion to oppose the town -wide DCPC. All a ree. So moved. Lori Corsi will draft a letter to the Planning Board for the January 20" deadline and get input from the Board. Mr. Regan asks that each board member individually write a letter expressing their feelings on this matter. Expiration of Terms for Board Members Mr. Nelson discusses the fact that the way the by-laws were accepted last October, there exists some problems regarding the expiration of the terms of the ZBA members. The Town Clerk suggested that the ZBA be polled for their opinion an vote on this matter. Mr. Nelson feels that due to the age of several of the members we should have it be a "2, • 2, 1" whereby each member's term expires one at a time. Mr. Nelson votes yes, Zella Elizenberry votes yes, Richard Guerrera votes yes, Evano Cunha votes yes, Jonathan Furbush votes yes, and Mr. Nelson votes yes. This should be addressed at the next town meeting to have that changed. Mashnee Commons — Job's Fishing Road Douglas Storrs and Buff Chase are present to informally discuss the upcoming filing of a Chapter 40 B for Mashpee Commons that has been approved by the state. They present the entire plan to the Board and page by page discuss in detail each phase and the types of houses they will be proposing to build. A set of the plans will be put in the Town Clerk's office for anyone interested in looking at them. They feel that this particular area is an excellent spot for housing of all kinds. They will offer a live/work situation, single- family homes, townhouse situations and senior housing as well as the traditional condominium type home. They will be following a traditional type look and would like to create an historic setting for the town. Buff Chase and Doug Storrs would also like to create a possible sub -committee that would be able to report directly to the ZBA so that the lengthy meetings that go on quite late at night can be removed. This project is proposed in phases as layed out in the booklet of plans. They are hoping by keeping all of the neighbors and town boards informed on an informal basis before they open up the public hearing and file with the ZBA formally, the Board will have a feel for what they are trying to accomplish and offer the town. 0