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RICHARD A.GARGIM,P.C. GARGIULO./RUDNICK,LLP BOSTON OFFICE <br /> EDWARD R.GARGRJLO,P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> MARIELISEKELLY* 766 FALMOUTH ROAD(RT.28) 66 LONG WHARF <br /> PAIRICIANOYES-CORRIGAN BOSPON,MA 02110 <br /> MM T.SNOW MADAKET PLACE,SUITE A-6 TELEPHONE(617)742-3833 a <br /> TRACEY L TAYLOR MASHPEE,MASSACHUSETTS 02649 'TELECOPIDL(617)523-7834 <br /> JOHNH.BEE <br /> JOSEPH F.CAVANAUGH,III <br /> GRIDLEY M.LOSES,JR <br /> TELEPHONE(508)477-6400 <br /> OFCOUNSEL TELECOPIER(508)477-0455 <br /> ANDREA W.GARGRJLO &MAIL: grg@giglaw.cwm <br /> CONSTANCE L RUDNIM P.C. <br /> ROMTI,WALDO October 27,2002 --� <br /> .AM ADMrMINNY&NH N. <br /> Robert W.Ritchie,Esq. <br /> Municipal Law Unit <br /> Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General <br /> 1350 Main Street -o w <br /> Fourth Floor wn <br /> Springfield,MA 01103 C!) <br /> c i <br /> RE: Petition Article 22—Approved at Mashpee Town Meetin> <br /> Dear Attorney Ritchie: <br /> I am writing on behalf of my client, Preserve Mashpee, to advocate that your office <br /> approve Article 22 as adopted at Mashpee Town Meeting on October 7, 2002. It is my <br /> understanding that the Town Clerk has forwarded the Article to your office for review along <br /> with a letter stating that Mashpee Town Counsel ruled that Article 22 was defective because it <br /> did not comply with Town of Mashpee Bylaw Article I, § 40-8 and or Town of Mashpee <br /> Bylaw Article XVII, § 174-97 in that Article 22 was not accompanied by a Survey Plan or <br /> geographic description and diagram of the geographic area proposed to be changed or altered. <br /> For the following reasons, the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Municipal Law <br /> Unit, should overrule Mashpee Town Counsel's determination that Article 22 fails to comply <br /> with Mashpee Bylaws and should approve Article 22 as being consistent with State and local <br /> law: <br /> 1. Petition Article 22 is not in violation of Town of Mashpee Bylaw,Article I, �40-8. <br /> Town of Mashpee Bylaw Article I, § 40-8 governs the creation or alteration of a <br /> zoning area. The Bylaw, by its express terms, contemplates the creation or alteration of the <br /> zoning in a geographic area that would alter or create new geographic areas on the Town of <br /> Mashpee Zoning Map. Article 22 does not create or alter the geographic configuration of an <br /> area. Rather, Article 22 changes the zoning within an already mapped and surveyed <br /> geographic area. Accordingly,there is no rational basis for applying Town of Mashpee Bylaw <br /> Article I, §40-8 to Article 22 because Article 22 does not change the parameters of an existing <br /> zoning area or undertake to create a new one. A survey would be a pointless repetition of <br /> what is already clearly defined on the official Town of Mashpee Zoning Map,a copy of which <br /> is attached. Therefore, Mashpee Town Counsel's opinion that Article 22 is legally defective <br /> 5 <br /> P:TUSERVE MMHPEEVM Lor Anomey Ga=W m Article 22 021023.DOC <br />