17-A019 OKH Denial Lettera�Y TOWN OF YARMOUTH
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OLD NING'S HIGHWAY HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMITTEE
April 26, 2017
Guilherme Nunes
45 Skipper Lane
Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
SUBJECT: OKH Certificate of Appropriateness Application #17-A019
Dear Mr. Nunes,
This is to inform you that at their meeting on Monday, April 24, 2017, the Old King's Highway (OKH)
Committee voted to deny your solar panel application.
As stated on page one of the application packet, "The applicant or contractor/agent is required to attend
the hearing to present the application. If no one is able to attend the hearing, please send a letter to the
OKHC office Administrator requesting that the Committee act in the applicant's absence or asking that
the application be tabled to a meeting when a representative is available."
Since no one appeared to present this application and with no correspondence received directing them
otherwise, the OKH Committee had the option to deny the application due to no representation, continue
the application to the next OKH meeting or make its determination based on the application materials
submitted. Taking into consideration the abutters in attendance along with the written correspondence
that had been received by other abutters, the Committee chose to continue with the review of this
application to allow these public comments to be heard.
After reviewing the application materials, reading abutters' correspondence and listening to the abutters'
that appeared to express their concerns, the Committee voted unanimously to deny this application on the
basis that the proposed solar panel configuration would be very much visible and would have a negative
visual impact on the neighborhood.
This denied application was recorded with the Yarmouth Town Clerk on Tuesday, April 25, 2017;
therefore the 10 calendar day appeal period to the OKH Regional Commission ends on Friday, May 5,
2017.
Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions.
Sincerely,
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Beth VoAlla
Office Administrator
Yarmouth OKH Committee, /Historical Commission
Tel: 508-398-2231 X 1292
bvozella@yarmouth.ma.us
CC: OKH File; Building Department
Encs: Appeal Form
Denied Certificate of Appropriateness