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Mashpee shall determine that such organization is ready ? and able to maintain said open space in reasonable condition , the Town of Mashpee shall cease to maintain said open space at the end of said year . If the Planning Board of the Town of Mashpee shall determine such organization is not ready and able to maintain said open space in reasonable condition , the Town of Mashpee may , in its discretion , continue to maintain said open j space during the next succeeding year and subject to a similar hearing and determination , in each year thereafter. The decision of the Planning Board of the Town of Mashpee in any such case shall constitute a final administrative decision subject to review in accordance with any applicable statute of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . The cost of such maintenance by the Town of Mashpee shall be assessed pro rata against the properties within the open space residential development that have a right of enjoyment of the open space , such assessment shall become a lien on properties . The Town of Mashpee , at the time of entering upon the open space for the purpose of maintenance , shall file a notice of such entry with the Town Clerk and at the principal office the corporation , trust or association owning the open space , which notice shall contain a statement that the individual owners within the open space residential development may become subject to an assessment and lien for their pro rata share of the total cost of the maintenance . . 9 . 3 .4 INCENTIVE BONUS PROVISIONS - In order to encourage the preservation of critical open space and natural resource areas within the Town of Mashpee for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Town , certain increases in density of residential units within an Open Space Incentive Development may be allowed in accordance with M. G. L. Chapter 40A, Section 9 . Such increase in density , in the form of bonuses allocated for transfer of development rights from portions or parcels within an OSID which will be preserved as open space to those portions or parcels of the OSID which will be developed, shall require approval by the Planning Board as part of its approval of a special permit for the OSID in conformance with the following guidelines : i 9 .3 .4. 1 For the purposes of this section , a residential unit shall be defined as a dwelling unit for use by one family or group of up to five unrelated j individuals which contains only one kitchen and not less than one ( 1 ) bedroom nor more than three (3 ) bedrooms ( subject to the restrictions of Subsection 9 .3,2) . A bedroom shall be defined as any habitable room exceeding sixty (60 ) square feet in area which is other than a living room, dining room, kitchen , utility (boiler, water heater , laundry , etc . ) room or bathroom. Where a proposed dwelling contains four or more bedrooms so defined , it shall be counted as two residential units . 9 - 8