1980-1981-ZBA APPEALS - BLACKBOOK

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the Town of Mashpee exceeds the criteria of ten percent (10%) of the i housing units in existence as low or moderate income units based on the 1980 census, at the time the application was presented. 2. Taking into consideration the fact that the Town of Mashpee is located in a seasonably adjusted area, wherein the pop- ulation fluctuates according to the seasons, and taking into consideration that there are two thousand nine hundred and eighty-two (2,982) living units in Mashpee, of which only fifty percent (50%) are year-round, allowing for seasonal adjustment, the one hundred forty-nine (149) existing assisted units in the Town of Mashpee, meets the criteria of local need and under Section 20, is presumed to meet its committment for the region. 3. The applicant does not meet the standard of health and safety insofaras it is within the Compatible Use District 11A, as defined by the Otis Air Force Base Air Installation Compatible Air Zone .(AICUZ), wherein it was recommended by the Chief of Base Services in a letter from the Department of the Air Force, addressed to the Board of Appeals, that the proposed site is incompatible with the Air Force (AICUZ) plan, and is so situated that it is included within the glide path of the North eastern sector of the Otis Air Force Base and that to place two hundred (200) bedrooms within that prohibited zone would be detrimental to the health and safety of the individuals projected to be living there. 4. The Petitioner did not satisfy the Board with respect to its plan to provide for appropriate water quality. That no evidence was offered to satisfy the Board that the applicant could qualify with Title V of the Environmental Code, especially since it was testified that the nursing home personnel had alredy objected to the quality of water when a representative testified at a hearing concerning a new dump location. -2-