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FILED WITH TOWN CLERK: February 20, 2024
PETITION NO: 5074
HEARING DATE: February 8,2024
PETITIONER: Francisco C.DaFonte and Karen M.DaFonte
PROPERTY: 32 and 40 Old Church Street,Yarmouth Port,MA
Map 133,Parcel 49 and 50
Zoning District: R-40
Title: Book 31187,Page 95
MEMBERS PRESENT AND VOTING: Vice Chair Sean Igoe,Jay Fraprie,John Mantoni,
Barbara Murphy and Anthony Panebianco
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 Cape Cod Times,the hearing opened and held on the date stated above.
The Petitioner seeks to overturn the Decision of the Building Commissioner,or in the alternative,
secure a Special Permit pursuant to Zoning Bylaw Section 104.3.5(2), or amend prior Decision
4001, to allow for the reconfiguration of parcels which will render the property at 40 Old Church
Street less non-conforming as to area and frontage, and which will maintain the existing
applicable bulk requirements for 32 Old Church Street in the R-40 Zoning District.
In February of 2006, the then-owner of the property at 32 and 40 Old Church Street proposed an
Approval Not Required Plan,which created a lot at 40 Old Church Street (Parcel 40) containing
8,540 square feet, consisting of a rectangle measuring 80.5 feet by 106.75 feet, improved with a
single family dwelling. That plan was endorsed by the Yarmouth Planning Board and recorded in
the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 607,Page 96 (ANR Plan#1).
In September of 2023,the petitioners sought to increase the size of the parcel known as Parcel
40, and proposed to move the lot lines established in the ANR Plan#1, which would result in the
increase of the area to 12,487 square feet and the frontage from its present 80 feet to 100 feet
along Old Church Street. A new ANR Plan was prepared and submitted to the Yarmouth
Planning Board for endorsement.However, it was the opinion of the Yarmouth Town Planner,
Kathy Williams, and the Yarmouth Building Commissioner, Mark Grylls, that although the ANR
Plan could be endorsed, that a Special Permit pursuant to Zoning Bylaw Section 104.3.5 would
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need to be secured from the Zoning Board of Appeals pursuant to Zoning Bylaw Section
104.3.5(2). That section of the Bylaw reads as follows:
2. When the owner or owners of abutting lots, whether or not any of such lots are
currently developed, wish to combine or redivide such lots,but where one or more of
the existing lots do not conform to the current dimensional requirements, and where
one or more of the resulting lots will not conform to the current dimensional
requirements, such combinations or redivisions may be allowed by Special Permit from
the Board of Appeals,upon the following conditions (also see Section 104.3.5,
paragraph 5 for other applicable provisions):
The Bylaw then recites 4 conditions, each of which the Board believed that the petitioner's
proposal either met or which was not applicable.
It was, and is, the petitioner's position that no Special Pennit is needed from this Board, based on
the language of Zoning Bylaw Section 104.3.5 (4), which reads as follows:
4. Nothing in this section shall be intended to prevent the addition of land area to an
otherwise buildable or developed lot,provided that such addition renders the resulting
lot less non-conforming and does not create any additional non-conforming building
lots, and does not otherwise make any other lot more non-conforming.
On December 6, 2023,the Yarmouth Planning Board did indeed endorse the new ANR Plan
(ANR Plan#2). With the application, filed on December 23, 2023 with the Yarmouth Clerk's
office, a copy of an email exchange, dated November 29, 2023, between Yarmouth Building
Commissioner Mark Grylls and the petitioner's attorney was submitted. It is from this Decision
that the petitioner is appealing. In the alternative,petitioner is seeking a Special Permit pursuant
to Zoning Bylaw Section 104.3.5(2).
The Board heard testimony from the petitioner regarding the interpretation of differing Zoning
Sections and contained in Section 104.3.5(2) and 104.5.3(4). After analyzing the criteria for a
Special Permit pursuant to Section 104.3.5(2), it was the consensus of the Board that the
petitioner met the.requu-ements for a Special Permit. The Board agreed that sub-sections
104.3.5(2) and (4)need more clarity regarding when lots could be combined by right and when
they must be authorized pursuant to Special Pennit from the Board of Appeals.
Accordingly, a motion was made by Mr. Fraprie, seconded by Mr. Panebianco, to grant the
request for a Special Permit pursuant to Bylaw Section 104.3.5(2), for the reasons that the
petitioner met all of the criteria for that relief. The members voted as follows:
Mr. Mantoni AYE
Mr. Igoe AYE
Mr. Fraprie AYE
Mr. Panebianco AYE
Ms. Murphy AYE
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On the second form of relief requested, a motion was made by Mr. Fraprie, seconded by Mr.
Mantoni, to deny the request to Overturn the Decision of the Building Commissioner. The
members voted as follows:
Mr. Mantoni AYE
Mr. Igoe AYE
Mr. Fraprie AYE
Mr. Panebianco NAY
Ms. Murphy 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 34 months. (See
bylaw§103.2.5, MGL c40A §9)
Sean Igoe, Vice Chair
CERTIFICATION OF 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#5074 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,CMC
MAC 1 2 2024
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Petition#: 5074 Date: March 12,2024
Certificate of Granting of a Special Permit
(General Laws Chapter40A, Section 11)
The Board of Appeals of the Town of Yarmouth Massachusetts hereby certifies that a Special Permit has been
granted to:
Francisco C. DaFonte and Karen M.DaFonte
Affecting the rights of the owner with respect to land or buildings at: 32 and 40 Old Church Street, Yarmouth
Port,MA; Map 133,Parcel 49 and 50; Zoning District: R-40; Title: Book 31187, Page 95 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 copies of said decision, and of all 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 Pennit, 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 has 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 Deeds 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.
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Sean Igoe,Vice Chair
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REFER TO FILE NO.
March 28,2024 •
Dolores Fallon
Yarmouth Zoning Board of Appeals
1146 Route 28
South Yarmouth, MA 02664
RE: Zoning Appeal —40 Old Church Street, Yarmouth Port
Francisco and Karen DaFonte - Petition#5074
Dear Ms. Fallon:
• Enclosed please find a copy of the Board of Appeals Decision, which was recorded, for
the above referenced matter on March 15, 2024 in the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in
Book 36265, Page 1. Please note that a copy of the recorded Decision has been forwarded to the
lding Des. ment for their records. I thank you for your assistance in this matter.
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Mark Grylls, Building Department
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BUILDING DEPARTMENT
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