Wellfleet National Seashore Homeowners Association

The Planning Board returned to its lot coverage and site plan review proposals for the Town, minus the Seashore District, at its December 3, 2008 meeting.  It decided to post its proposals for comment on the Town’s website and to include opportunities for citizen comments at its future meetings.  From the meeting Minutes:

Planning Board discussed approaches for continuing bylaw revisions of lot coverage and Site Plan Review with community input.  O’Connell recommended following Joanne Gorfinkle’s suggestion to keep the bylaw simple.  The Board discussed whether they or ZBA should be the permit granting authority.  The bylaw, as originally drafted with the Seashore provisions removed and a few needed corrections, will be put on the Town website to open it to public discussion.  Time at future meetings will be set for open sessions with the public.

Read the full Minutes.

Five Modernist houses in the Seashore by architects Marcel Breuer, Charles Zehnder, and others are to be restored under a lease agreement with the CCNS.  Photographs of the houses are at “Modernist Cottages on Cape Cod”, boston.com (Dec. 7, 2008).

See “That Old Cape Mod”, Jaci Conry, Boston Globe & boston.com (Dec. 7, 2008).

At its regular meeting on November 19, 2008, the Planning Board prioritized its upcoming work:

The Board arranged the Priorities List according to high, medium or low level.

Rules & Regulations revision, coordination with DPW for Scenic Rd. tree removal procedure, Wind Turbines bylaws, and Lot Coverage bylaws were all considered high level.  Cluster Development that addresses Affordable Housing incentives, Route 6 planning and more work on the C2 District were put at a medium level.  Added to the list at an unspecified level of priority were: a nitrogen loading “Growth Neutral” bylaw (if it is not a Board of Health issue), response to LCPC, pursuit of the Landing Strip, adding an Inclusionary bylaw for Affordable Housing, and work on a Temporary Sign bylaw.  Continued effort on a town-wide zoning bylaw for size could continue through work by a subcommittee.  The bylaw could be brought back to April Town meeting basically as it is written minus the Seashore District provisions.

The Board also voted, 5-1, to send a letter to the Attorney General regarding the Seashore zoning bylaw amendments which were passed at Special Town Meeting, together with the Board’s October 15 recommendations against these amendments.

Read the full meeting Minutes here.