08/09/2000 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Decisions

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Mashpee Zoning New Seabury Properties, LLC 4 Board of Appeals SP-00-151 11 Mr. Morgan Peters, a resident at 201 Main Street, stated that he also represented ' his brother's property at 131 Main Street. He said that the use of the word"dormitory automatically conotates a transient living"place and objected to a dormitory being moved into a residential community where people have maintained their homes. Mr. Peters said that Mashpee is "a segregated Town,that is both economically and ethnically segregated" and that New Seabury is attempting to move its "transient living situation into this side of the segregated Town that Mashpee has turned into" and that the proposal would destroy the residential community. I I ;. Dr. Soliz stated that he has lived in Mashpee for many years and he would never condone a situation that would be detrimental to the Town. He said that the proposal would not devalue any neighboring property and that New Seabury Properties is in a i position to enhance the neighborhood with improvements. The Board voted unanimously to take the Petition under advisement. j At approximately 9:00 P.M. on August 23, 2000,the Board proceeded to discuss I; j the Petition at great length. The Board determined that the Petitioner failed to prove that such change, extension or alteration shall not be substantially more detrimental than the existing nonconforming structure or use to the neighborhood. In view of the foregoing,the Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously to Deny With Prejudice the Petition submitted by New Seabury Properties, LLC. � i 10, i i I