12/11/2002 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Decisions

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4. The Board finds that, in the interest of integrating the affordable units within the project, only one of the dwelling units located on Lots 1 and 2 may be designated as affordable. The Applicant agrees with this finding. 5. The Board finds that the proximity to Meetinghouse Road could have an adverse impact to the lots that front thereon. The Board and the Applicant agree that a vegetated buffer may mitigate this concern. �I I II 6. The Town of Mashpee has not met the statutory minimum set forth in G.L. c. 40B, §20 or 760 CMR 31.04, nor is there evidence that affordable housing is located on sites comprising one and one-half percent or more of the total land area zoned for residential, commercial or industrial use. There is also no evidence j that development of affordable units consistent with the Application, as amended would result in the commencement of construction of such housing on sites comprising more than three tenths of one percent of such land area. 7. The Board finds that the conditions imposed in the following section are necessary in order to make properly address local concerns as previously stated herein. Based upon its analysis of the pro-forma, the Board finds that such conditions will not render the project uneconomic. To the extent that such conditions do render the project uneconomic, the Board finds that the local concerns in imposing the same outweighs the potential benefits of the affordable units that have been proposed. 8. The Board finds that the waivers that have been granted will adversely impact local concerns, but that the local concerns that have been affected thereby do not outweigh the Town's need for affordable housing. IV. DECISION AND CONDITIONS I' Upon Motion of James E. Regan, III, seconded by Zella Elizenberry, the Board hereby grants the Applicant a so-called "Comprehensive Permit" for the Meetinghouse Hill, as shown on the Plans, subject to the following conditions: a 1. The Applicant shall provide a vegetative buffer along Meetinghouse Road, j �I provided, however,that such buffer shall not have the effect of adversely impacting sight distances along roadways. The maintenance of such buffer shall be a restriction that runs with the land for 1, 2, 3 and 12. Appropriate restrictions, I in a form approved by Town Counsel shall be placed on the deeds for each such lot. The Applicant shall submit a final landscape plan to the Board for approval. _ 2. The housing types shall be limited to the designs submitted by the Applicant, including the "ranch" design. Although the Applicant may offer any of the designs to proposed purchasers of the market-rate units, the Applicant shall ensure that there is a mix of the chosen styles spread throughout the development. Attached garages may be added to the housing designs. i 3