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Town of Mashpee Explanation: This article would prevent removal of existing natural vegetation in 50 foot buffer areas May Town Meeting along Routes 28 and 151 and Great Neck Road South Monday, May 8, 2000 and North within commercial zoning districts. The bylaw currently allows "landscaping" within this buffer area, which has resulted, in some cases, in Meeting called to order at 7:35 p.m. clearcutting of the natural vegetation and replacement 122 voters present. with minimal landscaping inconsistent with the wood- Quorum 0 land character of Mashpee's landscape. The article Moderator recognizes election winners. would also expand the provisions of this footnote to C- 2 zones and to Route 130 west of Great Neck Road, George F. Green, Jr. was elected to the Board of except in the Mashpee Center Overlay District and Selectmen defeating Frederic W. Blythe. allow the Planning Board to reduce the required set- Moderator recognizes State Representative Nancy backs and 50 foot "buffer" area for "Commercial Caffyn. Center" and Open Space Incentive Development pro- j ects. ARTICLE 32 Planning Board voted at a Public Hearing held on To see if the Town will amend the zoning by-law by April 19,2000 3-0 for approval. amending footnote 14 of the Section 174-31 Land Space Requirements Table to read as follows: Motion made by Selectman Taylor. ,,14Minimum front building setback from Routes Motion: I move Article 32 be voted as printed in the 28 and 151, from Great Neck Road South and warrant except to add in the second sentence of foot- North and from Route 130 west of Great Neck note 14, the phrase "and maintained" after the phrase Road (except within the Mashpee Center "it shall be suitably planted", and to delete the phrase, Overlay District) shall be seventy-five (75) feet "or take any other action relating thereto". and, except for permitted signs and one (1) Motion made by Robert Nelson, Zoning Board of access driveway involving clearance of a path no Appeals to indefinitely postpone. more than forty (40) feet in width, the first fifty (50) feet of the front setback area shall be left Motion to indefinitely postpone defeated at 7:44 j wooded and in its natural state, except that said p•m• j area may be reduced by the Special Permit Motion passes unanimously at 7:44 p.m. Granting Authority as part of its decision on a r special permit approved under Sections 174-45.1 ARTICLE 33 or 174-46. Where such area is not naturally To see if the Town will vote to amend the Code of the wooded, it shall be suitably planted with suffi- Town of Mashpee to create the following new Article dent trees and understory vegetation, of a type XVI in Chapter 5 "Boards, Commissions,Committees common in natural areas of Mashpee,to replicate and Agencies": li a naturally wooded area and to constitute a visual barrier between the proposed development and "ARTICLE XVI the roadway. Under no circumstances will park- Affordable Housing Committee ing, retention ponds, or any other development involving clearance of natural vegetation be per- § 5-62. Appointment; Membership. mitted within said area. Limited, appropriate tree The Affordable Housing Committee shall consist of surgery or similar limited maintenance required eleven members from the following groups: to protect the health of vegetation in this area may be allowed with the approval of the special a member from each of the Board of Selectmen, permit authority which originally authorized the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, project which included said area or, if no special Council on Aging, Mashpee Housing Authority i! Permit was required, with the approval of a and Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council, Inc., majority of the Planning Board." to be designated by each board/agency respec- tively; and by adding a reference to footnote 14 in the C-2 t row of the front setback column of said Table, one member each representing 1) the real estate development industry, 2) a housing advocacy or take any other action relating thereto. group, 3) minorities, 4) persons with special y Submitted by the Board of Selectmen needs and 5)an environmental protection agency or advocacy group, to be appointed by the Board �. of Selectmen. i� 73