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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Town OF Mashpee B®AIaD OF APPEALS November 26 73 _.....................................19......... Decision of the Board of Appeals on the appeal and petition of Jahn R. Umina, Quashnet Valley Country Club________._ Petitioner: John R. Umina Hearing: 067. /a, ff73 Place: Mashpee 'Town Hall Time:8 PM Appeals Board:Lawrence, Keliinui, O'Connell FACTS The petitioner requested the granting of a Special Permit for the construction of a Multi -Family Development to be ]mown as Quashnet Valley Country Club, and herein called the project. Location: 345.2 Acres. * mile north of the Pine 'Tree Rotary, and west of Tdaquoit Road, and being divided into three parcels by Lowell Road, Old Falmouth Road. and Barnstable Road. Project Size: 715 Multi- Family Units 178 Single Family Dwellings All plans for the project have been submitted to the Planning Board and have been found to meet all of the requirements of Section 9.3 of the zoning code. A letter from the Planning Board is attached hereto, and is shown as attachment "A". The Project Proposal is attached and shown as attachment "B". DECISION The Appeals Board finds that the petitioner has met all of the requirements for a multi -family development in the Town of Mashpee according to the Zoning By -Law of the Town of Mashpee approved at a Special Town Meeting on August 4, 1971 and ammended Jan- uary 31, 1973. The Board finds that the project is the highest and best use of the land and shall not have a substantially detrimental effect on adjoining property. The Board feels that a development such as this is superior to a conventional plan because of the large amount of land preserved as "open space". In this case the project will have 169.8 acres or 49h of the total land area reserved for recreational and open space use. The Town, through its Planning Board, Appeals Board, Conservation Commission, and Building Inspector, has far greater powers to control the orderly development of acreage with developments such as this project as opposed to conventional sub- divisions. Also the Board finds that the Town will feel a far lesser economic impact, especially in our school system, with a project such as thrsewhed Eompared to the possibility of 345 acres developed as three and four bedroom tract type dwellings. c FORM 1095 HOBBS B W4RREN. INC.