10/23/1996 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Decisions

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Town of Mashpee 16 Great Neck Ppad JVorth BOARD OF APPEALS Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 Decision for a Variance RE: Robert E. and Helen E. Ramsey - V-96-65 21 Whippoorwill Circle Map 125 Block 166 A Petition was filed by Robert E. and Helen E. Ramsey on September 24, 1996 for a Variance from Section 174-21 for property located in an R-3 zoning district at 17 Whippoorwill Circle(Map 125, Block 167) and a Variance from Section 174-31 for permission to vary the lot size and frontage on property located in an R-3 zoning district at 21 Whippoorwill Circle(Map 125, Block 166) to allow construction of a single family house. Notice was duly given to abutters in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40A. Notice was given by publication in The Mashpee Enterprise, a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Mashpee, on October 4, 1996 and October 11, 1996, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. A Public Hearing was held on the Petition at the Carol H. Jacobson Senior Center on Wednesday, October 23, 1996 at 7:30 P.M.at which time the following members of the Board of Appeals were present and acting throughout: This Decision is issued by the Mashpee Board of Appeals pursuant to the provisions of Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 40A, Section 10 and Section 174-31 of the Town of Mashpee Zoning By-laws, Attorney Michael Dunning represented the applicants and informed the Board that the Ramseys own two separate adjoining lots on Whippoorwill Circle. He stated that one lot was purchased in 1976 and has their primary residence on it and the other lot is a vacant lot which was purchased in 1981. He explained that the vacant lot had always been held in separate ownership. The Board determined that the lot at 117 Whippoorwill Circle (Map 125,Block 167) did not require a Variance.