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e. The existing condition of the receiving water body, operating satisfactorily. The Board may also require
<br /> or water supply (existing or proposed), including the submission of an appropriate performance bond
<br /> physical characteristics and water chemistry.Meas- to guarantee satisfactory operation of said mitigating
<br /> urement of existing water quality must be adjusted measures.
<br /> for summer(peak population)conditions.Measure- Motion to accept as amended
<br /> ments shall specifically include concentrations of Planning Board held hearing — Unanimous approval
<br /> total phosphorus in fresh water bodies and total Motion carries on an unanimous vote — 9:45 P.M.
<br /> nitrogen in salt water bodies.
<br /> f. The expected change in the condition of the water AMENDED VERSION
<br /> body or water supply as a result of the proposed
<br /> development. ARTICLE 13:To see if the Town will vote to amend the
<br /> g. The comparison, on a total pounds and a pounds- Zoning By-Laws by adding the following new Section 6.5:
<br /> per-acre basis,of the total nutrient loading from the "6.5 Water Quality Report
<br /> proposed development with the existing and poten- 6.5.1
<br /> tial loading from all other developments and acreage As a part of any application for approval of a
<br /> within the recharge area of any receiving water body Definitive Subdivision Plan (excluding plans which
<br /> or water supply well. would divde any parcel shown on the 1985 Mashpee
<br /> h. A comparison, on a per-acre basis, of the total Assessors'Maps into 5 or fewer lots or where proposed
<br /> nutrient loading from the proposed project with the density of residential development would be less than
<br /> loading rate which would be expected to produce one unit per two acres) or of a Special Permit requir-
<br /> critical eutrophic levels in a water body(.02 mg/litre ing approval by the Planning Board,the applicant shall
<br /> total phosphorus in fresh water bodies, .75 mg/litre submit ten (10) copies of a Water Quality Report
<br /> total phosphorus in salt water bodies)or,in the case regarding the proposed development. Said report shall
<br /> of a water supply,the loading rate which would pro- be completed by a qualified firm, experienced in
<br /> duce nitrate-nitrogen levels in excess of five(5)parts groundwater and surface water quality evaluation and
<br /> per million. Where the per-acre loading rate from in determining the impacts of land uses on receiving
<br /> the proposed project will equal or exceed the critical waters. One copy of the Report shall be transmitted
<br /> loading rate when combined with existing and for review and comment to the Board of Health.
<br /> potential development within the recharge area of 6.5.2
<br /> the water body or water supply well,the Report shall The Water Quality Report shall contain, at a
<br /> specify measures to reduce nutrient loading such as minimum, the following information:
<br /> sewage treatment, reduction of development den- a.
<br /> sity, elimination or reduction of lawn areas and Whether or not the development lies within a
<br /> other appropriate measures. Groundwater Protection District (see Section 11),
<br /> 6.5.3 within a previously defined"Zone II"recharge area
<br /> No Definitive Subdivision Plan or Special Permit sub- of an existing or proposed public water supply well,
<br /> ject to the provisions of Section 6.5 may be approved within 300 feet of the Santuit, Mashpee, Quashnet
<br /> by the Planning Board unless it has determined, after or Childs Rivers, Quaker Run south of Route 28,
<br /> reviewing the Water Quality Report and any comments Red Brook,or any pond,bay or other surface water
<br /> from the Board of Health, that the proposed project body or any adjacent wetlands as defined by Massa-
<br /> will not adversely affect public health or safety,aquatic chusetts General Law Chapter 131, Section 40, or
<br /> vegetative resources, any fisheries or shellfish beds or within the ground water recharge one of any great
<br /> other wildlife due to hazardous or toxic materials, pond or bay or other surface water body over one
<br /> roadway drainage or sedimentation or excessive acre. (With regard to the groundwater recharge ones
<br /> nutrient levels, and that added to the existing and of Santuit Pond, Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, John's
<br /> potential nutrient level of other development and Pond and Moody Pond, Jehu Pond, Ockway Bay
<br /> acreage within the specific recharge area, will not and Hamblin Pond/Red Brook, reference shall be
<br /> result, on a pounds-per-acre basis, in nutrient levels made to maps produced by K-V Associates of
<br /> that exceed the receiving waters'critical eutrophic level Falmouth, Mass. which are on file in the office of
<br /> or,in the case of well recharge areas, nitrate-nitrogen the Town Planner. For other great ponds or bays
<br /> concentrations in the well in excess of five(5)parts per and surface water bodies over one acre a map of the
<br /> million. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant groundwater recharge zone shall be produced as part
<br /> to demonstrate that any proposed mitigating measures of the Water Quality Report.)
<br /> required to produce a negative determination regarding b. Whether or not the development will produce any
<br /> the above items will work as designed, and the Plan- hazardous or toxic materials(as defined in 314 CMR
<br /> ning Board may require, as a condition of any ap- Section 3.02(21), (22)and(48))or if such materials
<br /> proval,that the applicant or his successor demonstrate will be stored(upon completion of the development)
<br /> on an annual basis that said mitigating measures are on the site. If so,the Report shall specify how such
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