02/27/2002 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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Mashpee Zoning Minutes—February 27, 2002 7 Board of Appeals • Willowbend plans to sewer Cotuit Bay condominiums, which currently have Title V septic systems that impact Shoestring Bay, resulting in a reduction of nitrate loading into the bay. • Willowbend plans to donate 20 acres of environmentally sensitive open space along Noisy Hole and Meetinghouse Roads to the Town. Mr. Besse stated that the proposed expansion would intrude into the required setback in � several small areas because of the following reasons: • due to the shape of the land. due to the topography resulting from the wetlands, which include old � cranberry bogs, the low levels and rivers. • in order to maintain the required distances for safety buffer. l i Mr. Besse quoted Section 174-47.0 of the Zoning By-laws, which states: "A minimum undisturbed buffer strip of fifty (50) feet in width shall be maintained between any area brushed or cleared for golf course or associated construction and any site boundary line or the street layout line of a public way, except for access roads to the property and for walking, bicycle or golf cart paths approved by the Planning Board......". He also referred to Section 174-471 of the Zoning By-laws, which states: "No building l constructed on the site shall be located within two hundred (200) feet of the exterior boundary line of the site". Mr. Besse went on to enumerate the areas requiring Variance relief as follows: � SOUTHERN AREA • An area in the northeast of Project abutting Quinaquisset Avenue and as shown as the golf tee area of proposed hole #22. Variance relief from the j iI buffer zone requested is from 50 feet to 10 feet. Additional landscape screen plantings shall be installed as mitigation for the reduced buffer. • An area to the east of the Project and south of Quinaquisset Avenue in the area of proposed golf tees #19 (existing hole #10), tee #21, and proposed#20; there shall be a small irrigation pump house structure allowed and the buffer may be reduced to 25 feet from the road layout. A service access may be provided to the pump house and landscape screen plantings shall be provided to mitigate the reduction in the buffer. In all other areas along Quinaquisset Avenue, the 50-foot buffer has been increased to 100 feet and an approved subdivision road curb cut has been eliminated. • An area along the eastern border of the Project, specifically the southern and �I 'I eastern side of proposed golf hole #22 and the northwest side of proposed golf hole #23. Variance relief requested is to zero in this area since the subject j land is undeveloped and predominately owned by Willowbend Development Corporation and/or the Town of Mashpee and is the subject of a land exchange to be executed within the next month or so. Said land shall then revert to predominately open space for the Project and provide greater than the required buffer. iI I '