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Administrative: on local cable channel 18. We urge all citizens to attend and participate in your town's planning deliber- The board developed and adopted a Special ations. permit Decision Procedures Checklist and began working towards adopting Public Hearing/Meeting Respectfully submitted, Procedures Guidelines. Beverly A. Kane, Chair Zoning articles approved by the voters at the Dennis Balzarini, Vice-Chair May town meeting: Don Myers, Clerk Steve Dolan An amendment to the Zoning By-Law that would Lee Gurney ] allow motels and hotels in the I-C Overly Zoning District. An amendment to the Zoning By-Law maintain- Report of the ing a 150 foot front setback requirement from Routes Planning Department 28 and 151 in the I-1 industrial district but reducing it to 75 feet from all other public and private streets. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Zoning articles approved by the voters at the and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee October town meeting: On behalf of Assistant Planner Eric Smith, An amendment to the Zoning By-Law increasing Administrative Assistant Myra Suchenicz and myself, the membership of the Board of Appeals from 3 to 5 it is my pleasure to submit the 20th annual report of members. the Planning Department. An amendment to the Zoning By-Law updating Much has changed since I became your first the Town's parking facility standards, providing park- Town Planner in 1984, yet much has stayed the same. ing-related definitions, establishing design and land- scaping requirements for parking lots,and establishing In that time, Mashpee's population has quadru- loading facility requirements. pled. The rotary area has developed as a major regional commercial center. We now have a munici- An amendment to the Zoning By-Law requiring pal water district and seven private sewage treatment a 10-foot vegetative buffer adjacent to side and rear lot plants. In 1984, we had no stoplights; now we have lines in Commercial and Industrial Districts. four, with three more coming, reflecting a tremendous increase in traffic on our roadways.We had one school An amendment to the Zoning By-Law creating then; now we have three, including our first high new guidelines and regulations relative to accessory school. In the last 20 years we have also built a new apartments. library and rebuilt our senior center, police station, town hall and fire station and are about to build The staff of our town's Planning Department pro- another new senior center (with a new library waiting vides invaluable assistance to the Board, and we con- in the wings). We now have a National Wildlife sider them the best! Many thanks to Town Planner Refuge.to help save our forests and put Mashpee on Tom Fudala, Assistant Town Planner Eric Smith, and the national "map"of conservation-minded communi- Administrative Assistant Myra Suchenicz for their ties. In 1984 we had lots of scallops in Waquoit Bay; contributions. now there are virtually none and algae blooms have become common on the bay. Southport is finally a A big Thank You! to these members of the team: reality. Earle Mills has sold the Flume! to Board Secretary Sonny DeArcangelis, to Arden Cadrin for ably filling in for Sonny during her On the other hand, we still have our precious absence, and to Consulting Engineer Charles Rowley ponds, rivers, bays, beaches and most of our forests. for the excellent technical expertise provided to the The latter have been protected through the efforts of Board. many people and the generosity of voters in approving dozens of purchases of conservation and Land Bank Your Planning Board conducts public meetings properties. While our water bodies are threatened on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the more than ever, they are still there to be saved, if we Mashpee Town Hall. These meetings are televised live wish to make the effort. Alas, "Save the Mashpee 109