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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/8/94 newpaper article - Confound Zoning BOA One Section Thursday, December 8, 1994 Hearing Continued Motel Proposals Confound •Zoning Board of Appeals Motel Proposals Confound (Continued From Page 1) By John Basile threshold limit. Mr. Davenport said the At one point during the lengthy total was arrived at by calculating the the figures more weight,he said. to the ground. He also said he . Yarmouth Zoning Board of Appeals inside room dimensions of every room Neighbors of the proposed will plant vegetation and install a hearing last Thursday night, ZBA in the proposed new motel. His figures changes to the motels have been four-foot wooden fence to shield Chairman Fritz Lindquist called the did not include deck or porch space. following the petition process neighbors from headlight glare business before the board "a puzzle- ZBA member John Richards offered closely and attending hearings. coming from the parking area. meat." That seemed to sum up the feel- a figure of 12,800 square feet, measured They have concerns that what Despite conciliatory talk, the they see as an expansion will questions hung over the debate ings of everyone present. at the outside walls. Board member The hearing that many thought would David Reid also made some calcula- thgenerate more trafficbusyin an area and the ZBA wase unable petitions.take resolve the petitions for drastic changes tions and expressed doubt that the pro- suat is already busy during the any actionseon the nprtt go to two South Shore Drive motels settled ject could come in under the threshold. summer. ZBA asked Mr. Davenport to go nothingand had to be continued until' One neighbor, Mary McAdoo, to the Cape Cod Commission "A difference of methodology has called for a definitive answer on with his plans to seek a ruling on the middle of next month. produced three different calculations how much square footage is how the size of the proposed Under petitions filed with the ZBA, just for the Edge of the Sea building," involved. Mr. Lindquist told her construction should be calculated the Edge of the Sea Motel and some he said. Mr. Reid was among those the ZBA plans to address that and if the two petitions can be cottages on the property would be razed questioning whether the two motel pro- question. considered separately. and a new motel built on the site. The jects can be considered separately Another neighbor, Marie St. Questions also linger whether Blue Water Resort Hotel would have a because they rely heavily upon one George, questioned the impact the project would violate second story added for a total of 92 another. the proposed moves would have Yarmouth's ban on new motel units. The owners of the motels say the on the blue herons which use construction. Mr. Davenport has net result would be one fewer motel Kenney Calls for Run Pond, across the street from contended that it would not room. Jurisdictional Review the motels, as a nesting area. She because what is being proposed A putting green would be moved to The confused state of affairs led to an said lights from the motel park- is a reworking of existing motels, the south side of the street from the unusual development. Peter Kenney of ing lot that borders the pond not new construction. - north side and some parking areas Yarmouthport, who led an unsuccessful have already discouraged the The ZBA will try once again would be reconfigured. Under the plan, drive this year to get Yarmouth to pull ! herons from using the pond. Mr. to settle the matter—or at least the two motels would share a parking out of the Cape Cod Commission,found Davenport responded that he is to move the process forward — areaawn. some property lines would be himself calling for the commission to and willing to take down tall light when it reconvenes the hearing The hearing's first snag developed out a long list oflquestions suchea posts now ingh ing make a review.He and replace n Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. them with li tin that is closer in Town Hall. when Mr. Lindquist read a letter to the review might answer and stressed that ZBA from Don Fox, the chief regulato- the size of the proposed construction ry officer for the Cape Cod should have been known earlier. "This Commission. Fox pointed out that new is a question that should have been construction projects exceeding 10,000 asked at the very beginning. We all square feet of floor space are automati- know the commission exists. We all cally reviewed by the commission as know that there is a 10,000-square-foot Developments of Regional Impact. threshold. These two applications have DeWitt Davenport, president of Davenport Realty which owns the Blue been submitted in tandem. How do you Water, presented a statement from the separate them? Lines move, lots are project architect showing new construc- swapped." Mr. Kenney also pointed out tion to total 9,980.95 square feet. Many that the'figures on the size of the project of the two dozen people who turned out were not submitted under a certified arrhitt.rt'c cc.al Tlnina en wnn1t1 (chit.