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income housing as set forth by Chapter 40B of the applicants, for a total of 22 new residential lots in Massachusetts General Laws. Mashpee. A unanimous vote of the three sitting Board mem- In May, it became apparent to the Planning Board bers is required for grant of a Special Permit or that in order for Mashpee to complete the Local Variance under Chapter 40A. A total of 94 new appli- Comprehensive Plan, it would be necessary for the cations were heard by the Board of Appeals in calen- Planning Department to limit the number of hours it dar year 1994. The Board collected $14,202 in appli- would be open to the public. As the designated Local cation and abutters fees in 1994. Planning Committee (LPC) for the Town of Mashpee, the Planning Board requested the Board of Selectmen In 1994 Michael A. Makunas retired from the to allow the Town Planner to close his office for three Board after many years of dedicated service to the days per week in order to concentrate on completing Town. We commend him for his outstanding work on the plan. The Selectmen agreed, and the Planning the Board. James E. Regan III was appointed a regular Department was closed on Tuesdays, Thursdays and member to fill this vacancy and the Board welcomed Fridays to the public. The draft documents for the two new Associate members — Kenneth E. Marsters Goals,Policies,and Objectives portion of the plan was and Robert G. Nelson. completed at the end of 1994, with Public Hearings planned for 1995. The work of the Board could not be accomplished without the cooperation and input from many of the At the Special Town Meeting in May, the Planning Town Boards, Agents, and Departments. The Board Board submitted an article to revise the boundaries of would like to thank the Building Inspector,William F. the Groundwater Protection District located in the Hauck, for his detailed review of applications and northwestern portion of the Town by adding land lying research of the Zoning By-laws. between Route 130 and Mashpee Pond that had recently been determined to lie within the recharge Meetin gs of the Board of Appeals are normally held area of the Water District's new "P-11" well, and on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at deleting an area which lies to the west adjacent to Otis 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall. The Board of Appeals National Guard Base and which lies outside of the meetings are always open to the public. recharge area. The Town voted to approve this article. Respectfully submitted, At the October Town Meeting the Planning Board submitted two articles. One sought to remove the Edward M. Govoni, Chairman Mashpee Industrial Park from the boundaries of the James E. Regan III, dice Chairman p Groundwater Protection District within which it lay. John J. Friel, Clerk 1 A. Hawver,Associate Member Cher The Planning Board was concerned that valuable �' industrial land was severely impacted by the regula- Kenneth E. Marsters,Associate Member tions restrictingthe use of the land because of its Arnold D. Mindick,Associate Member inclusion in the recharge area. The Planning Board Robert G. Nelson,Associate Member and the Mashpee Water District worked cooperatively Elinor K. Walsh, Secretary p to come to agreement about the boundaries that were necessary to protect the recharge area for the Water District's new well. Both supported the article, the objectives of both were realized, and the Town voted i Report of the to approve the article. Planning Board Also approved at the October Town Meeting was an article submitted by the Planning Board to amend the To the Honorable Selectmen and the Citizens of the zoning By-law to allow less restrictive regulations Town of Mashpee: governing driveway access to single family resi- The Planning Board year-in--review shows a dences. remarkable decline in requests to subdivide property. The PlanningBoard anticipates that 1995 will see Although the issuance of building permits has begun p considerable progress in the completion of the Local to Increase, they are for land subdivided in previous Comprehensive Plan. Public Hearings on the Coals, years. In 19941 the creation of new residential subdi-- Objectives, and Policies will be held on each of the 15 vision lots reached a new low of eleven new lots cre- plan elements. Further, as the economy improves,the aced in four new subdivisions, and eleven new p y p Board expects to see an increase in the number of Approval Not Required (ANR) lots submitted by five applications to create new building lots. Pp g 92