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The Zoning Board of Appeals thanks the Town Boards, ning tools are allowed only in towns with Agents and Departments for their excellent cooperation. Comprehensive Plans certified by the Cape Cod The Board especially thanks the Building Commissioner Commission. William F. Hauck and Local Inspector Russell W. Wheeler 1 The Board is currently in th 3 for their detailed review of Applications, research of the Y e process of revising our 1 Zoning By-laws and attendance at all Board meetings. Subdivision Rules and Regulations to bring these reg- i, ulations up to date. Our current regulations have not Meetings of the Zoning Board of Appeals are normally had a major update in over a decade, and revisions are !. held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at needed to give clear guidance to developers for the 7:30 P.M.at the Town Hall.These meetings are open to the construction of ways within a subdivision.In calendar public. year 1999 the Planning Board collected a total of $21,126 in fees of which $11, Respectfully submitted, 200 represented appli cation and review fees for the Southcape Factory Edward M. Govoni, Chairman Outlet project). James E. Regan III, Vice Chairman Robert G. Nelson,Board Member Finally, the Planning Board would like to extend its Richard T. Guerrera,Associate Member appreciation to former Chairman Patrick Coffey, Zella E. Elizenberry,Associate Member whose resignation took place early in 1999 and who Marshall A. Brem,Associate Member served on the Board for close to ten years. Pat's exper Frederick R. Borgeson,Associate Member tise and participation were instrumental in helping to Cynthia Bartos,Administrative Secretary guide the Comprehensive Plan to completion,as well as in representing the citizens of Mashpee in a variety of planning, zoning and subdivision matters. The Board would also like to thank Chance Reichel,who Report of the resigned in April, for his service during the past sev- Planning Board eral years. Respectfully submitted, r John D. Kuchinski, Chairman To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and James M. Dorgan, Vice Chairman the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Matthew F. Malone Dennis H. Balzarini We are continuing to build upon the work of devel- Martine Meijering oping Mashpee's Comprehensive Plan by implement- Beverly A. Kane,Associate Member ing the recommendations of the Plan. In order to do this,we submitted a number of Zoning Bylaw changes at the October Annual Town Meeting,the most signif- icant being the adoption of a revised Growth Management Bylaw. Under the old bylaw, the allow- Report of the t able number of building permits was set at 2 1/2 per- cent of the existing housing for that year. As the num- Planning Department ber of houses increased, so did the cap onpermits. This year the cap was set at ninety permits peryear. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Additional zoning articles submitted include revi- the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: sions to the Stormwater Management Bylaw that was approved in May last year, creation of a historic dis- On behalf of Assistant Planner Eric Twarog, trict around the traditional Mashpee town center and Administrative Assistant Myra Suchenicz and myself, many others, reflecting the goals, objectives and rec- it is my pleasure to submit this annual report of the ommendations of the Comprehensive Plan. Planning Department. Other related issues include funding for a study to With the adoption of our Comprehensive Plan is create an Impact Fee Bylaw for the Town of Mashpee. 1998,Mashpee is now one of only six Cape Cod towns ' We also submitted a Development Agreement Bylaw which have completed the long and arduous process of in conjunction with the Board of Selectmen that would crafting and adopting a Comprehensive Plan for its 1 allow the Planning Board to negotiate development future. 1999 saw the beginning of what promises to be i agreements for large projects in Mashpee subject to approval by the Board of Selectmen. These new plan- an equally challenging process of imp ementing that Plan. LA&a. 98