Wellfleet National Seashore Homeowners Association

Blasch del Mar, LLC, House Completed on Bayside Dunes

Admin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:23:38 +0000

Residential Zoning Amendments for Town R-1 & R-2 Zones Defeated at Annual Town Meeting

Admin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:04:29 +0000

At the Wellfleet Annual Town Meeting on April 25, 2011, proposed zoning bylaw amendments to limit the size of houses in non-CCNS residential zones R-1 and R-2 were defeated, failing to gain the needed two-thirds vote. The proposed amendments were prepared by the Planning Board after extensive analysis and public hearing process, and had the approval of the Board of Selectmen.

The proposed amendments would have limited the gross floor area of houses in relation to their lot sizes, based on a study of existing housess, to keep house expansions roughly in line with existing houses.

Related proposed amendments to change the terminology of previously passed Seashore District zoning amendments from “site coverage” to “gross floor area” were referred back to the Planning Board.

See the 2011 Annual Town Meeting Minutes, pp. 23-29.

Planning Board Hearing on Town Residential Zoning, Formula Stores 3/2/11

Admin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:18:48 +0000

The Planning Board will hold a public hearing on March 2, 2011, at 7:00 pm at the Senior Center to receive public comment on proposed zoning amendments affecting houses in Residential Zones R1 and R2 and on “formula” businesses in the Central District.

The residential zone amendments would regulate house size with the intention of preserving the traditional character of the Town, as amendments for the Seashore District have already done. Any proposed large, out-of-scale house (relative to its lot size and neighborhood) would have to receive a Special Permit.

They would also allow for more affordable housing.

The fast food and formula business amendments would disallow such stores in the Central District.

Read the full notice and amendments here.

A Winter Stroll Past the Blasch House

Admin — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:20:48 +0000

A clamming, sculling, biking, and hiking blogger has described his winter walk along the Gut and on Great Island, with photographs of and commentary on the Blasch, LLP, “starter castle”.

ACEC Regulations Adopted

Admin — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:51:43 +0000

Regulations for the Wellfleet Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) and areas subject to Coastal Flooding were added to the Town’s Environmental Regulations by vote of the Conservation Commission on Dec. 15, 2010.

The Regulations are authorized by a new Bylaw. Read the full ACEC Regulations here.

Appeal of Blasch Building Permit Dismissed by Agreement of All Sides

Admin — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:33:54 +0000

On October 22, 2010, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Wellfleet Zoning Board of Appeals, and Blasch del Mar LLC agreed to dismissal of the federal government’s appeal to the Massachusetts Appeals Court of the Town’s issuance of a building permit to Blasch del Mar LLC.

Read the Appeals Court docket entries here.

Town Posts Information on Septic System Maintenance

Admin — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:05:55 +0000

The Town of Wellfleet has posted a compilation of memos on septic system protection and maintenance.

Careful maintenance is needed throughout Outer Cape towns and the Seashore because of the single-source aquifer.

Read them here.

R1 and R2 Residential Zoning Proposals to Limit Excessive House Size Discussed

Admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:15:53 +0000

The Planning Board held a public information session on June 16, 2010, on its draft revisions of the zoning bylaws to prevent disproportionately oversized houses from being built in the R1 and R2 zoning districts.

Read the draft zoning bylaw provisions here.

Settlement Negotiations Underway in Blasch Zoning Appeal

Admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:42:22 +0000

The United States and Blasch del Mar LLC remain in settlement negotiations in the United States’ appeal of the Land Court’s dismissal of its challenge to the Blasch building permit.

The United States had previously been given an extension to file its brief in the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Beginning on June 25, 2010, court proceedings were stayed for 30 day periods to permit final settlement negotiations to proceed. A status report was filed on July 28, with the stay pending settlement negotiations extended to August 30.

On August 28, the United States and Blasch filed a joint motion to stay the appellate proceedings in order to go back to the Land Court to jointly request that court to vacate its decision and to modify its judgment. The parties had until September 28 to dismiss the appeal if the lower court decision is vacated or to report back to the Appeals Court if it is not.

On September 20 the parties filed another status report and request for stay of appeal and were granted an extension until October 25, 2010.

See the Mass. Appeals Court docket in case 2010-P-0385 here.

Ice-Age Modern Esthetic

Admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:37:25 +0000

The ice-age geology of the Outer Cape and the history and restoration of the Kugel-Gips House on Northeast Pond in the CCNS are discussed and illustrated in “Pleistocene Modern - Where Architecture Meets the Ice Age” by Friends of the Pleistocene, March 19, 2010.