08/02/1978 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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PLANNING BOARD Town of Mashpce yard it's a. I:Tinnebago, not on public property m on private property. You can sleep overnight in trailer on private property, but not on public property. The Chief said that South Cape Beach poses another problem. 14r, Jonas has a parcel of land and he charges people to enter on it. He doesn't properly inform the public that if they cross his land, it's going to cost ti-em. He certainly has a right to control access on his property. We have passed a bylaw and it's en- forceable, but it's not fair to the public when they enter his property. The signs always get taken down. it was also said that over the extension of the boundaries, he's claiming all the way down to Dead week. Mr. Lawrence, speaking as a resident, said that we have a town-o-�med beach it was black-topped and it's nice, as well as beautiful., but most of the Mashoce residents can't find a place to park a the other cars are: from all over. Fie suggested having it for residents of the town only. He said that outsiders are drinking and have fires and have dogs. As far as overnighters on the beach go, they just say they're fishing, not sleeping. The Chief said that the beach should be closed at dusk, that the police receive the brunt of it. When the policeman goes down there, he knows the guy is going to sleep there, but he says he 's just fishing and you can't leave a policeman there for five hours. He said that it's very easy to resolve m barricade the beach at night. Of course, that mould spoil it for Mashpee residents who do {•Jant to fish. Nor. Lawrence said that during the daytime, he tries to go at 11:00 and you can't get in -- maybe 20 or 30 people from Mashoee find a place to sit. He asked why we should orov'ide a beach for out-of-towners - we should have gone to almo on the nonresident stacker. Tie said t'h^'t kids are caraping with bonfires, corning over the r1unes, with beer cans and bottles all over the place. use said that this town has no control over it ... the Police Department and Parks and Recreation canto handle it. He wants the town to shut it down and ,just keep it for town res:i_,4entw, He said that the state is going to coarse along, adding that we shouldn't have done anything with the state -- we give away everything and are left -with nothing. He also said -that ponds are private property for the most part and that South Cape Beach is the last place where a good influx of people can go to the beach on a hot day, The Chief said tr,at it costs $160.00 for two days out of the weekend to patrol and monitor. As far as the business with Winnebagos and other trailers goes, 'IRV" (Recreational Vehicles) would coven everything, He also said that he would take Mr. Lawrence's position, as a. citizen and not as Chief of Police - very little pub- lic beach area and he thinks we should. restrict it to other people. Mrs. DeLory said that she can show pictures from a few years ago and there were very few people. If a person is leasing property, they should have a right be use the beach. Mr. Lawrence said that if you check the license plates, you see cars from Quebec, Ontario, Rhode Island, etc. Mr. Bourgeois said that this is kind of getting off the subject,, but we do try to be a tourist place. Mr. Lawrence said that we have no tourist attractions, that that's a misnomer - this is a year-round community. Mr. ?Blakeman said that we have a high influx of siunmer people and they are l tourists in a certain sense of the word.. Mr. Lawrence said that we don't want Yarmouth-type motels here and Mr. Blakeman raid that you may get them yet. Mr. Bourgeois said that there must be some reason why our population increases so much during the summer. Chief O'Connor said that we don't have transient tourists and ® 7a