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16 Great Neck Road North <br />Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 <br />Solar Bylaw (no draft prepared yet) <br />Mr. Richardson is in charge of this, he needs to meet with Mr. Lehrer. <br />Accessory Apartment Zoning Bylaw Amendment <br />Mr. Lehrer commented there are two now. The first allows someone to rent their principal <br />dwelling and live in their ADU. Originally, the ADU bylaw was calculating s.f. using a ratio, <br />which isn't working well for detached units. If you have a 3,500 s.f. home you could have a <br />giant ADU. It cannot exceed 40% gross s.f. of principal dwelling. Sandwich has a hard cap of <br />900s.f. He proposed getting rid of the percentage and providing a range and/or maximum. It <br />has to be between 350s.f. and 900s.f. The homeowner won't have to hire someone to measure <br />square footage. The current restriction for rentals is 30 days. <br />Ms. Waygan thinks that is too short of a figure. Mr. Balzarini agrees to make it longer, like 6 <br />months. We have less than 100 ADUs right now. Ms. Waygan would like to ask if the Building <br />Commissioner gets any complaints about the 30 days rental condition. The Board would like <br />more year round housing. Ms. Waygan stated 6 months is a seasonal worker, like a J-1 <br />student, they are here for 5 months. She also wants to know if LLC's can be property owners. <br />Colton Atkinson- He stated this is an ideal living situation for any J-1 who is only here for 5 <br />months at best. An ADU is a good use for seasonality. He thinks the time frame should mirror <br />peak tourism, like three months, June to August. <br />Richard Klein- He noticed someone on his street last year rented out their house on a weekly <br />basis. They have an RV and they go in the RV for the summer with sometimes as many as 6-8 <br />cars showing up to stay in their home. One day he called the police because they were parked <br />on the street and the road is difficult to maneuver. <br />Mr. Lehrer stated the requirement for an Airbb is to register the property with the BOH for co - <br />compliance certification. You can call the BOH to make sure the property is properly registered <br />and inspected through the town. He noted the town is most likely aware of every property listed <br />on those vacation home rental sites. <br />Potential Raze and Replace Amendment <br />After much reading, and consideration of language, Mr. Lehrer is not recommending this be <br />put forth as drafted to Town Meeting, if he is confused everyone is. It states you can demo and <br />reconstruct with a special permit through the ZBA if no detriment. It doesn't define what that <br />detriment is which leaves it purely to the discretion of the ZBA. <br />14 <br />