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16 Great Neck Road North <br />.Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 <br />Amendments to the Zoning Bylaw (as suggested by DNR Director and Town Manager at <br />8/8/2022 Select Board Meeting <br />Mr. Lehrer initially thought Special Permit regulations and subdivision rules and regulations, as <br />the Planning Board is the sole decision maker for establishing those rules and they don't need <br />a Town Meeting vote for those. They would like to facilitate better treatment of storm water <br />before it enters groundwater. He provided two potential zoning articles that could go to October <br />Town Meeting Warrant pursuant to notes from Ms. Waygan in that discussion. <br />First, 174-27: water quality report. Ms. Waygan noted correctly that a water quality report is <br />required for residential subdivisions to assess impacts of nearby waters and she proposed an <br />action of amending the bylaw so water quality reports are required for all commercial and <br />residential subdivisions. He reviewed the existing language for water quality reporting <br />requirements for subdivisions or special permit requirements, and he noted we do capture the <br />necessity for the submission of a water quality report for any project reviewed by the Planning <br />Board. That would be anything greater than 10,000 s.f., any mandatory referral to the Cape <br />Cod Commission, any cellular tower, OSID, mixed use or multi family project. The proposed <br />action is captured in zoning already. If trying to be comprehensive, we do not require a water <br />quality report for a special permit less than 10,000 s.f. outside a C3 district that aren't granted <br />by the Planning Board. This would be small retail facility, restaurants, contractor bays, <br />currently do not require water quality report. Generally, their uses are not substantial in flow <br />but still collect storm water. We capture substantial commercial developments, but not those <br />less than 10,000s.f. This is in response to what Ms. Waygan was suggesting. He doesn't know <br />if it adds an additional barrier to permitting in terms of costs, but he proposes it, but not sure if <br />it is something they want to do. <br />Ms. Faulkner repeated his comment that the benefit would be negligible. <br />Mr. Lehrer stated that is in consideration to the cost of having the report done. This isn't <br />something where the load will be substantial they need to assess the impact on nearby waters. <br />Talking about contractor bays and yards where there is one employee in the building. Storm <br />water requirements and management which we could do a better job at design requirements <br />but do we want to require the applicant to go through the water quality reports where the data <br />may not show us much. <br />Mr. Fulone asked about the cost of a report. <br />Mr. Balzarini asked about the frequency of these reports. <br />14 <br />