05/02/2001 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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f Mashpee on March 2 and March 9, 2001. The hearing was continued on April 4, April 18 and May 2, 2001. W. Dedsion and Findings. On May 2, 2001 the Planning Board closed the public hearing and voted to make the following findings and grant a special permit authorizing the project, with the conditions enumerated below. The members of the Planning Board were recorded as follows: Dennis H. Balzarini, Martine Meijering, Matthew F. Malone and Beverly Kane and Associate Member Steven Dolan were recorded as voting in favor of the decision. No members were recorded as voting against. 1. The Property is located in the R-5 Zone as depicted on the Town of Mashpee Zoning Map, but was located in the R-3 zone at the time of filing the preliminary subdivision plan. 2. The project satisfies the requirements of Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40A, in that it complies with the general purposes and intent of the Mashpee Zoning By-Law. 3. The proposed development complies with the lot area and dimensional requirements set forth in the Zoning By-Law for cluster subdivisions. 4. The project does not lie within a Floodplain Zone, the Mashpee and Quashnet River Protective Districts, a Groundwater Protection District or an Area of Critical Environmental Concern. It does lie within the Otis A.N.G.B. Accident Prevention Zone and is subject to the height and occupancy restrictions subject to that Zone. 5. A water quality report was provided, as required by Article VI, Section 174-27 of the Zoning Bylaw, dated April 5, 2001 by C3H Environmental, Inc., 31 Tosca Drive, Stoughton, MA 02072. The report included water quality sample results for three pairs of monitoring wells, numbered #1 through 6 (one with screen set at 100 feet below grade, the other at 6 feet below the apparent water table) located on lots 1, 10 and 18. The locations had been approved by the Mashpee Board of Health on February 16, 2001. 6. Based on the amount of wastewater Flow projected to be generated by this project, the proposed systems of wastewater treatment and stormwater management and the mitigating measures required by the Cape Cod Commission for this Project, the Board has made the findings required by Article VI, Section 174-27.C. that the Project will not have a significant adverse effect on public health or safety, aquatic vegetative resources, any fisheries or shellfish beds or other wildlife due to hazardous or toxic materials, roadway drainage or sedimentation or excessive nutrient levels. The Board has also imposed a number of conditions regarding water quality monitoring to determine whether these findings will continue to be met in the future. 7. The Project plans were reviewed by the Board's Consulting Engineer Charles L. Rowley, whose interim report to the Board was by letter dated March 21, 2001. Mr. Rowley's letter included a number of comments and recommendations. In response to Mr. Rowley's comments, amendments were made to the plans, and a second letter was submitted by Mr Rowley Dated April 18, 2001 indicating that all of his previous concerns had been addressed, with the exception that further confirmation was needed regarding the sizing of -2-