04/05/1989 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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i easement; e) there having been no such application filed or approved, there is no evidence of a proper road connection for access to the proposed sub- division; f) the use of the private Childs River East subdivision streets, namely "Bog River Bend" and "Leather Leaf Lane" as the only access to the proposed 75-lot subdivision, as well as to a second subdivision of approxi- mately 50 lots also currently before the Board and to 35 potential lots on ! land made accessible by the proposed subdivision access road would, in the judgement of the Board, result in unacceptable traffic hazards with the Childs River East subdivision as a result of roadway geometry, the presence of numerous driveways with traffic backing onto Bog River Bend and Leather Leaf Lane and the presence of numerous children in the neighborhood along those streets. The traffic study submitted by the applicant did not address these concerns relative to the adequacy or safety of access through the Childs River East subdivision streets. 2. As private streets, Bog River Bend and Leather Leaf Lane are maintained at j the expense of the homeowners in the Childs River East subdivision. The Board is concerned that the increased traffic caused by the proposed sub- d. division will adversely affect the ability of the homeowners to properly " 5 maintain those roads at reasonable expense. 3. The proposal to access the applicant's subdivision, and the other afore- mentioned lots, via a single roadway of over 3,000 feet in length (from Bog River Bend to the first intersection within the subdivision) constitutes a significant safety hazard with regard to emergency access for police ' and fire vehicles, ambulances, etc. due to the potential for blockage of the roadway. The applicant's proposal to consider the undeveloped and un- maintained dirt track known as "Milford Road" as secondary emergency access i ; ! to the subdivision is inappropriate. The road lies within a Mashpee Town conservation area and other private lands owned by the Falmouth Rod and Gun Club, and no permission has been received from those owners for sub- stantial improvements to Milford Road which might make it feasible as alternate emergency access. Milford Road is not maintained or plowed by the Town and would be unuseable by any emergency vehicles during signifi- cant portions of the year due to snow and mud conditions. 4. In the opinion of the Board, the 3,000 foot access road and appended �t subdivision streets constitute a "dead-end" under the definition of the r "Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision of Land" of the Town of • � Mashpee, having only one real access which also serves as the only exit, i.e, the access through the Childs River East subdivision. As such, the road does not cimply with Section VIII A.7 of said Rules and Regulations which requires that "dead-end streets shall be no longer than eight hundred feet". The Board has not granted, and would not be inclined to " grant, a waiver of that requirement. 5. In the judgement of the Board, the increased traffic caused by the pro- posed development on Old Barnstable Road, given the current width and condition of that road, would increase traffic safety hazards on that road. (See attached memo from Mashpee D.P.W. Director, Ernest Virgilio.) "► 6. Thee Board did not have sufficient time to review major revisions to the subdivision and to the relocation of the proposed "Turner Road", as well as a revised water quality report and revised traffic study for the