The November 16 meeting of the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals listed Case 1527, filed by Allan Pineda for a Variance and Special Permit for property located at 33 Church Street, the former Mattapoisett Water Department office.
The filing’s public hearing was not opened. Instead, the board’s clerk, Tony Tranfaglia, read a letter from Pineda which simply requested a continuance to give the Conservation Commission the opportunity to render its decision on whether project plans meet the Wetlands Protection Act or if the commission has jurisdiction.
The board unanimously voted to grant a one-month continuation, but immediately thereafter, Attorney Perry asked if he could speak in representation of abutters. Although the hearing was not open, ZBA Chairman Susan Akin granted his request.
Perry stated that the sale of the municipal property had not followed the state’s procurement regulations, had not been properly appraised, had not been posted in the state’s central register and that the undersized lot is not zoned for residential use and had never been used as such.
“Mattapoisett should be embarrassed,” Perry stated of the manner in which the sale had been conducted. He said there were no hardships that would warrant a variance hearing and said the buyers should be made whole since the transaction was not correctly completed.
Akin said the matter would be discussed next month.
In response to The Wanderer, Town Administrator Mike Lorenco said that questions regarding the property sale should be addressed to Water and Sewer Superintendent Henri Renauld, whose response was not received before this week’s press deadline.
In other business, Henry Borda, 12 Linhares Avenue, filed a Variance request for the expansion of an existing shed. The Variance was granted. Tim Harding filed two Special Permit requests for two different properties, one located at 14 Marion Road and the other at 3 Oakland Street, for the construction of family-related apartments. Both permits were granted.
Christian McCullough filed a Variance for property located at 25 Cedarcrest Avenue for construction of a new single-family home on a vacant lot. The Variance was approved.
The next meeting of the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals is scheduled for Thursday, December 21, at 6:00 pm.
Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals
By Marilou Newell