HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-28-21 Decision 4874-D-Y Regional School DistrictFILED WITH TOWN CLERK:
PETITION NO:
HEARING DATE:
#4874
TOWN OF YARMOUTH
BOARD OF APPEALS
DECISION
February 23, 2021
January 28, 2021
PETITIONER: Dennis Yarmouth Regional School District
Carol Woodbury, Superintendent
296 Station Avenue, South Yarmouth, MA
PROPERTY: 296 & 276 Station Avenue
South Yarmouth, MA
Zoning District: R-40 and APD
Map & Lot#:0078.315 & 0078.316
Book/Page: 906/486
A TRUE COPY ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK
MAR 18 2021
MEMBERS PRESENT AND VOTING: Steven S. DeYoung, Chairman, Sean Igoe, Dick Martin,
Tom Baron and Tim Kelley.
Notice of the hearing has been given by sending notice thereof to the Petitioner and all those owners of
property as required by law, and to the public by posting notice of the hearing and publishing in The
Register, tlke hearing opened and held on the date stated above.
The Petitioner is the Dennis Yarmouth Regional School District which seeks relief in connection
with property located at 276-296 Station Ave., South Yarmouth MA, property located in an R-40
& APD Zoning District. The relief sought relates to a component of a larger project that will add a
new school structure at the location. In order to provide the necessary parking spots for those
using the new facility ( and particularly those using the auditorium space), parking must, as a
practical matter be located to the front of the structure. Additional relief is sought in connection
with the location of an emergency access road which, for a short length of its distance, encroach
into the required 20' vegetated buffer to the rear of the property in an area where such a minor
encroachment as proposed will have little effect.
The project had been well vetted through the Site Plan Review process and the Board collectively
agreed that the relief sought in connection with the proposed parking expansion and location
would not result in any undue hazard, nuisance nor congestion nor be detrimental to the present
and future character of the neighborhood or Town. A roll call vote was taken on a Motion by Mr.
Igoe, seconded by Mr. Baron to allow the grant of a Special Permit concerning the parking relief
sought by the Petition and on the sole condition that any new lighting to be installed is not to be
allowed to be projected beyond the property. On this Motion the Board voted as follows: Mr.
Igoe -aye Mr. Kelly -aye Mr. Martin -aye, Mr. Baron -aye and Mr. DeYoung-aye. The Board then
considered the request for a Variance in connection with the relocation of the emergency access
road which, if built as planned, would encroach into the buffer area to the rear of the property.
The Board was persuaded by the fact that there is no impact to any abutting neighbor should the
road be, in part, located within the buffer. The relief is necessary due to the shape and topography
of the property and is a detriment to the Petitioner if not allowed as the project would not be able
to proceed without this necessary access road. It was felt that the relief, if granted, would not
derogate from the meaning and intent of the by-laws. Mr. Igoe moved to approve the grant of
Variance as prayed for by the Petition which Motion was seconded by Mr. Baron. On this Motion,
the Board members voted as follows: Mr. Igoe -aye, Mr. Kelly -aye, Mr. Martin -aye, Mr. Baron -
aye and Mr. DeYoung-aye. Accordingly, the Petitioner was granted a Special Permit on the
condition stated and a Variance as prayed for by the Petition.
On this Motion the Board voted as follows: Mr. Igoe- Aye, Mr. Barron- Aye, Mr. Kelley- Aye,
Mr. Martin- Aye and Mr. DeYoung- Aye.
No permit shall issue until 20 days from the filing of this decision with the Town Clerk. Appeals
from this decision shall be made pursuant to MGL c40A section 17 and must be filed within 20
days after filing of this notice/decision with the Town Clerk. Unless otherwise provided herein,
the Special Permit shall lapse if a substantial use thereof has not begun within 24 months. (See
bylaw § 103.2.5, MGL c40A §9) Unless otherwise provided herein, a Variance shall lapse if the
rights authorized herein are not exercised within 12 months. (See MGL c40A§ 10). This Decision
must be filed with the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds, Route 6A, Barnstable.
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Steven S. De dung, Chairman
a TRUE COPY ATTEST:
'TOWN CLERK
MAR 18 2021
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TOWN OF YARMOUTH
` BOARD OF APPEALS
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Appeal ##4874 Date: March 16, 2021
Certificate of Granting of a Special Permit and Variance
(General Laws Chapter 40A, section 11)
The Board of Appeals of the Town of Yarmouth Massachusetts hereby certifies that a Special
Permit and Variance has been granted to:
PETITIONER: Dennis Yarmouth Regional School District
c/o Carol Woodbury, Superintendent
296 Station Avenue, South Yarmouth, MA
Affecting the rights of the owner with respect to land or buildings at: Properties: 296 and
276 Station Avenue, South Yarmouth; Zoning District: R-40 & APD; Map/lot#:0078.315 &
0078.316; Book/Page: 9061486 and the said Board of Appeals further certifies that the
decision attached hereto is a true and correct copy of its decision granting said Special Permit
and Variance, and that copies of said decision, and of al plans referred to in the decision, have
been filed.
The Board of Appeals also calls to the attention of the owner or applicant that General Laws,
Chapter 40A, Section 11 (last paragraph) and Section 13, provides that no Special Permit, or
Variance or any extension, modification or renewal thereof, shall take effect until a copy of the
decision bearing the certification of the Town Clerk that twenty (20) days have elapsed after the
decision hds been filed in the office of the Town Clerk and no appeal has been filed or that, if
such 'appeal 'has, been filed, that it has been dismissed or denied, is recorded in the Registry of
ADeeds for the county and district in which the land is located and indexed in the grantor index
under the name of`the owner of record or is recorded and noted on the owner's certificate of title.
the fee for such recording or registering shall be paid by the owner or applicant.
tes eri S' W ng, Chairman
TRUE C Y ATTEST:
WN CLERK
MAR 1 8 2021
TOWN OF YARMOUTH
1146 ROUTE 28, SOUTH YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS 02664-4451
Telephone (508) 398-2231 Ext. 1285, Fax (508) 398-0836
CERTIFICATION OF TOWN CLERK
Town
Clerk
I, Mary A. Maslowski, Town Clerk, Town of Yarmouth, do hereby certify that 20 days have
elapsed since the filing with me of the above Board of Appeals Decision #4874 that no notice of
appeal of said decision has been filed with me, or, if such appeal has been filed it has been
dismissed or denied. All appeals have been exhausted.
Mary A. Maslowski
T6wfi'Clerk MAR 18 2021
A TRUE COPY ATTEST:
. al TOWN CLERK
BARNSTABLE REGISTRY OF DEEDS
John F. Meade, Register