Planning Board Public Hearing

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Judge Welsh Hearing Room, Town Hall

260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657

 

Members Present: Anne Howard, Ellen Battaglini and Kevin Rich

Members Absent: Howard Burchman and Joe DeMartino

Staff Present: Maxine Notaro, Permit Coordinator and Matt Mulvey, Acting Building Commissioner and Director of Community Development

 

Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m.

 

Case #2007-05 Site Plan Review

Application by John DeSouza under Article 4, Section 4100 of the Zoning Bylaws for Dwelling Units and Commercial Accommodations.  The applicant seeks approval to create a fourth dwelling unit on the lot at the property located at 22 Conwell Street, Provincetown, MA. (Res3 Zone).

Abutter notification cards submitted. Applicant wants to build a single family dwelling in back of current structure.  Proposal conforms to all Zoning by-laws and while not in historic district, does conform to historic design requirements.

The following abutters submitted letters in support: Robert Small-Jason,

Thomas Trykowski, Albert Sherman & Bettrand Belliveau and Kevin Berry.

Site visit scheduled for March 28, 2007 at 6:00 p.m.

Motion: to continue to March 28, 2007

Moved: Kevin Rich                     Second: Ellen Battaglini             Vote: 3:0:0

 

Case #2007-06 Site Plan Review

Application by Cassandra Benson and Geraldine Anathan on behalf of White Sands Beach Club Inc. under Article 4, Section 4100 of the Zoning Bylaws for Dwelling Units and Commercial Accommodations.  The applicants seek approval to convert an existing 12-unit motel building into 12 residential units and to add a second story to an existing structure at the property located at 6 Sandy Hill Lane, Provincetown, MA. (Res3 Zone).

Cassandra Benson, Gerry Anathan, Kevin Redmond and Ted Malone representing applicants. Abutter notification cards were submitted.

Proposal calls for 3-2 bedroom and 9-1 bedroom, deed restricted,  affordable sale units. Applicants had a favorable meeting with Conservation Commission and are planning to have this be a “green project”. They are working with Gordon Peabody on  wetland mitigation. Over 55% of property will be green space. Existing structure is 3360 square feet, proposed structure will be 5500 square feet with addition of 2nd story. Applicants would like to hook-up to sewer if possible, if not, they are committed to installing new system.  Carol McDonald, President of CASAS which is an abutter spoke in favor of the proposed project. Charles Rogers, an abutter, expressed his support for the project, stating that his initial concerns have been satisfactorily addressed in discussions with applicants. Applicants are going before Zoning Board of Appeals on March 22, 2007 to request the following variances: 3110-Change, Alteration, 4120-lot area and 4170-change of use

Site visit scheduled for March 28, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. Planning Board members informally expressed support for project.

Motion: to continue to March 28, 2007

Moved: Kevin Rich                     Second: Ellen Battaglini             Vote: 3:0:0 

 

 

The Planning Board will consider the following proposed changes to the Provincetown Zoning By-laws:
Article A. Zoning By-law Amendment: Section 4800 Affordable Housing By-Law. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Provincetown Zoning By-laws, as follows, with added text shown in underlined, bold, italics and deleted text shown in strikethrough:

(1) Modify the following definitions to Article 1 Definitions:

Accessory Dwelling Units A dwelling unit, which is subordinate in use and area to that of the principal structure and is located on the same lot therewith and subject to the requirements of Article 4 Section 4800 of these By-laws.

(2) Strike line A7 of Section 2440 Permitted Principal Uses so that it reads as follows:

2440   Permitted Principal Uses

 

 

Residential

Commercial

Seashore

Public Use

 

 

Res1

Res2

Res3

ResB

TCC

GC

S

M

A.

Residential

 

A1a

Single Family Dwelling

 

1. one per lot

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

 

2. two per lot (each separate structure)

BA11

BA

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

 

3. three or more  (each separate structure)

NO

BA11

YES8

YES8

YES8

NO

NO

A1b

Two Family Dwelling

 

 

1. one per lot

BA11

YES

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

 

2. two per lot

NO

BA11

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

 

3. three or more per lot

NO

BA11

YES8

YES8

YES8

NO

NO

A2

Multi Family Dwelling

NO

NO

YES8

YES8

YES8

NO

NO

A3

Boarding, lodging or tourist homes

NO

YES

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

A4

Nursing Home

NO

BA

BA

BA

BA

NO

NO

A5

Manufactured home park or subdivision

NO

NO

NO

BA

BA

NO

NO

A6

Cluster Development

NO

NO

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

A7

Dwelling, Accessory Apartment

BA

BA

BA

BA

BA