HomeMy WebLinkAbout5046 484 Willow St Decision RecordedFILED WITH TOWN CLERK:
PETITION NO:
HEARING DATE:
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TOWN OF YARMOUTH
BOARD OF APPEALS
DECISION
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September 14, 2023
5046
August 24, 2023
NSTAR Electric Company dba Eversource Energy
PROPERTY: 484 Willow Street, West Yarmouth, MA
Map & Lot #: 73.8, 73.10.1.1, 73.11
Zoning District: B-3, APD, R.O.A D.
Title: Book 2087, Page 331
Certificate #: 62,655 and 64491
Land Court Lot #:1 & 5
Plan #: LCP 37201A, 37201B
MEMBERS PRESENT AND VOTING: Chairman Steven DeYonn& Sean Igoe, Dick
Martin, Jay Rraprie, John Mauto4 and Barbara Murphy (alternate)
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 ?dimes, the hearing opened and held on the date stated above.
The petitioner is NSTAR dba Eversource which seeks relief with respect to property located at
484 Willow Street, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, property in the 133 zoning district and within
the APD and R.O.A.D. districts.
The relief sought by the petitioner is for a certain relief by Variance in connection with a parking
facility which the petitioner seeks to expand on its current property, so as to allow sufficient
staging area for emergency equipment in the case of power outages, or other disasters, requiring
its services.
Jason St. Martin of NSTAR and Jack Moriarty of Moriarty & Associates, spoke on behalf of the
petitioner. No one spoke in opposition or in favor of the petition.
Various questions were posed to the petitionees representatives regarding lighting, vegetative
buffer, the reason for smaller trees than, usually required, the proximity of the parking area to the
airport, and generally why relief was required.
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After satisfactory Board discussion, a motion to grant the Variances consistent with the petition,
was made by Mr. Martin and seconded by Mr. Frapriey to approve the request on the following
conditions: 1. That an 8-fDot-tail, black chain -link fence with screening surround the entire
parcel; 2. That a 20-Boot buffer zone be maintained around the entire area of the parking lot and,
where it needs to be reestablished, due to elm -cutting of the area by the Petitioner, that buffer
area to 20 feet in fact to be reestablished along the southerly property line; 3. That areas of new
plantings be appropriately watered by an irrigation system and adequately maintaiped; and,
4. That there be a one-year review to ensure compliance with the conditions.
A roll tail vote was taken on this motion, which was approved by unanimous vote. The requested
Variances were, therefiare, allowed.
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 c4OA section 17 and must be filed within 20
days after filing of this notice/deciAon with the Town Clerk. Unless otherwise provided herein, a
Variance shall lapse if the rights authorized herein are not exercised within 12 months (See
bylaw §103.2.5, MGL WA §10)
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Steven DeYoung, Chairman
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 95046 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
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Mary A. Maslowski, CMC MT ` 5 293
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