04/19/2006 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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Update Mashpee Commons Meeting The Town Planner reported that he and Mr. Rowley attended the meeting. The major focus was on Nobs Fishing Road. The proposed design shows two 11-ft . lanes and 7-ft. parking on one side. The rain point made by the Town Planner, Mr. Rowley, and the Zoning Board of Appeals was that there not be a waiver of the -ft . wide parallel parking space requirement a 'Stated in the Zoning Bylaw. The width of the roadway beyond the parking spaces has not been determined. The concern being with the hard vertical granite curbs located on bath sides. In the event of an emergency traffic should be able to move over to the side to allow the emergency vehicle to travel through the middle. Mr. Rowley suggested 1 - t. wide lanes. Fire Chief Baker expressed concern that there be adequate room for the emergency fire vehicles/equipment to pass . Nor. Rowley also expressed concern regarding the -way intersection shown on the plan. He suggested moving the southern extension to Jobs Fishing Road in order to reduce the intersection to a -way. Mr. Storrs has agreed to reanalyze- the issue of road width. There was also some discussion regarding the Zoning requirement for parallel parking spaces to be 2 -ft. lone (with the possibility to approve a waiver request for 2 - ft . in a low traffic area) . Mashpee Commons expressed a preference for - t. long spaces, which the Zoning Board is willing to consider waiving. Eowever,, the matter was not resolved as there was discussion regarding the existing traffic conditions in Mashpee Commons . The "down Planner took the position that Jobs Fishing Road 'is meant to serve as a bypass and is part of the Mashpee Commons ring road. There needs to be adequate traffic flow so as not to be conceived a-s a slow, crowded road, to be avoided. The Town Manner reported a conversation -he had with Jason Talimam, special Counsel 40B, Kopleman & Pace, 6