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PON <br /> Comprehensive P1 an <br /> Mashpee <br /> Land Use & Growth Management Element <br /> Y�} <br /> t The chairman recognized Thomas Fudala, Town Planner, for the <br />, � r• � purpose of making a presentation in this regard. <br /> ■l�j <br /> e <br /> F NOTE- There were four (4) members of the general public and <br /> , one (1) member of the Press in attendance. <br /> >,: Town of Mashpee comprehensive Plan, Land Use & Growth <br /> s��,i�,, j Management, November 19, 1997, Summary Presentation, Mashpee <br /> ' ■ Town Planner: <br /> t• .��, Planning Department, F. Thomas Fudala, o <br /> rr Goals and Objectives, adopted by the Planning Board-Target <br /> build-out population for the Town of 15, 000 people year-round.The current approximately r nt census count is a roximatel 10, 000 . The target <br /> ► � E, summer resident population is 30, 000 . The current count being <br /> 25-26, 000 . Mashpee Planning Zones-Map 5-1 . The Town has been <br /> divided into three census tracts by the Federal Government, <br /> R <br /> f 151, 152, and 153 . Forty-five (45%) percent of the housing units <br /> 1'10 in Town are occupied during the winter months . The population <br /> more than doubles in the summer months. As a result, the Town is <br /> considered to be extremely seasonal . There are projected to be <br /> very few seasonal homes built in Mashpee over the next twenty <br /> (2 0) years. The tax base for the support of schools, <br /> etc. is expected to be an on-going problem. Under current <br /> zoning, the Town should have a build-out population of <br /> g, P P <br /> � approximately eighteen and one-half thousand people. <br /> �� i ` r i i ins- and request f o r <br /> �:. Recommendations for land acqu s t o <br />� . � 1 low income housing have been made <br /> NOV <br /> All <br /> ,. construction of additional o g <br /> Land Use Issues-Land Uses Incompatible with water Resource <br /> Protection: Massachusetts Military Reservation; High-density <br /> Al" S, residential developmentment using inappropriate septic systems; <br /> Run- <br /> Unlined Town Landfill and Iseptage lagoons_ , Motor vehicles, <br /> off from man-made surfaces (roofs, parking lots, and acid rain) . <br /> m s are reaching the <br /> Traf f lc Impacts of Development: Some ■roads <br /> traffic. <br /> �c.oad g <br /> ,., ,. n additional In <br /> point at which they cannot handle any add t o <br /> j. some instances it has been recommended within the Transportation <br /> Element to implement lane additions (Routes 28 and 151) ; <br /> •,ul�l� � <br /> al Recommended that poorly designed intersections in Town that have <br /> become dangerous due to the increase in development be addressed. <br /> Community Character and Appearance: Division of landscape <br /> ' issues; Sign impacts, <br /> Buildin scale; Lighting. <br /> gg <br /> Bylaws and Regulations-Problems with Zoning Bylaw Text: <br /> Conflicting sections; Difficulty in interpretation; Recommend <br /> . , updating and clarifications be made; Disappearance of some <br /> "t�=�. • I,! portions of the bylaw without benefit of Town Meeting vote (C-1-- <br /> Sv Zone) . <br /> -6- <br /> or <br /> 14 <br /> .d jib <br /> �Y <br />