12/21/2022 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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May 17, 2022 Mashpee Planning Board Mashpee, Massachusetts Re: Proposed new curb cut at 532 Main Street—Route 130 Dear Planning Board Members I have viewed the last two Planning Board meetings regarding the discussion about the proposed curb cut at 532 Main Street. My current understanding is that the proposed location would be 253 feet north of the intersection at Nicoletta's Way. A position has been forwarded that because the proposed curb cut is more than 200 feet north of Nicoletta's Way it complies with the Zoning By Law 174-40. For that to be true you would need to ignore the highlighted language in Evan Lehrer's May 2"d Memo. As the language states the 200-foot distance requirement includes intersections on said roadways, meaning adjacent intersections on Main Street—Route 130. 1 suppose one could argue that it means intersections on the same side of the road, but that's not how it's written. Nor does ignoring adjacent intersections across the street and their traffic impacts make common sense. I've attached several illustrations: Exhibit A: This shows the proposed location of the curb cut in relation to Nicoletta's Way. Note the intersections on the east side of Main Street. Baker's Road is directly aligned with the proposed curb cut. Exhibit B:This shows the distance from the proposed curb cut to Sturgis Lane. 97.2 Feet is far less than the mandated 200 feet. Also note the bike and pedestrian crossing is situated between Baker's Road and Sturgis Lane. This frequently used crossing is already dangerous to use. Exhibit C:This shows the distance of 200 feet south of the Sturgis Lane intersection and goes beyond the south boundary of the proposed subdivision. Exhibit D:This shows the distance of 200 feet north of the Sturgis Lane intersection and goes beyond the north boundary of the proposed subdivision. It appears to me that the proposed curb cut has no compliant location along Main Street. It was said that there is an absolute right to provide a curb cut in the Main Street in support of the subdivision. I also challenge that assumption for reasons of public safety.As has been noted by me in a prior letter to the Planning Board and has been stated in public hearings,this section of Main Street is already dangerous enough. In order to get a full understanding of the situation, I suggest that the Planning Board require a survey to be done on both sides of Main Street extending from 50 feet north of the Subdivision/Stonewood property line and extending to 50 feet south of the Nicoletta's Way intersection. The surrey to include the proposed curb cut as it intersects Main Street and all the other driveways and intersections within that frontage.The survey should clearly stake the location the proposed curb cut so that Planning Board