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Board Members
Stephen Robichaud – Chair Robert Twiss – Vice Chair Tim O’Neill - Clerk Mary Barry Steven Costello Michael Mecenas Raymond Sexton
Mathew Levesque – Town Council Liaison
Planning & Development Dept. Staff Support
Elizabeth Jenkins, AICP, Director
Kaitlyn Maldonado, Assistant Director
James Kupfer, AICP, Senior Planner
Karen Herrand – Principal Assistant - karen.herrand@town.barnstable.ma.us
Town of Barnstable
PLANNING BOARD
Minutes
September 12, 2022
Stephen Robichaud – Chairman Present
Robert Twiss, Vice Chairman Present
Tim O’Neill – Clerk Present
Mary Barry Present
Steven Costello Absent
Michael Mecenas Absent
Raymond Sexton Present
Also in attendance via remote participation were Planning & Development Staff; Kate Maldonado, Assistant
Director, James Kupfer, Senior Planner and Karen Herrand, Principal Assistant.
The Planning Board’s Public Hearing will be held at 7:00 p.m. by remote participation methods.
Alternative public access to this meeting shall be provided in the following manner:
1. The meeting will be televised via Channel 18 and may be viewed via the Channel 18 website at
http://streaming85.townofbarnstable.us/CablecastPublicSite/
2. Real-time access to the Planning Board meeting is available utilizing the Zoom link or telephone
number and Meeting ID provided below. Public comment can be addressed to the Planning Board by
utilizing the Zoom link or telephone number and Meeting ID provided below:
Link: https://townofbarnstable-us.zoom.us/j/86993841814
Phone: 888 475 4499 US Toll-free Meeting ID: 869 9384 1814
3. Applicants, their representatives and individuals required or entitled to appear before the Planning
Board may appear remotely and may participate through the link or telephone number provided above.
Documentary exhibits and/or visual presentations should be submitted in advance of the meeting so
that they may be displayed for remote public access viewing.
Application materials may be accessed by contacting Karen.herrand@town.barnstable.ma.us or calling
508-862-4064.
Call to Order Introduction of Board Members and Staff Members
Town of Barnstable
www.town.barnstable.ma.us/PlanningBoard
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Attendance
Bob Twiss
Mary Barry
Tim O’Neill
Ray Sexton
Stephen Robichaud
Notice of Recording This meeting is being recorded and broadcast on Channel 18 and in accordance
with MGL Chapter 30A §20. The Chair must inquire whether anyone else is taping this meeting and to
please make their presence known.
Public Comment:
Chair Stephen Robichaud asks for any general public comment – None.
Approval Not Required:
Wilkens Lane Properties LLC c/o New England Development have submitted a request for an approval
not required plan entitled “Approval Not Required Plan – 35 Wilkens Lane, Assessors Map 296 Lot 39,
Hyannis Massachusetts, prepared for Wilkens Lane Properties LLC – 75 Park Plaza, Boston,
Massachusetts, 02116, Tel. (617) 243-7843, dated August 16, 2022”. (Majority of Full Board)
Attorney Michael Ford in attendance, representing the applicant/owner. He explains to reconfigure two
lots on Wilkens lane, 23 and 3 acres. Create new lots. Frontage on Wilkens Lane and frontage from
both Kidd’s Hill and Wilkens Lane. Cape Cod Commission (CCC) review, under a development
agreement, approved by them. Lot 3 will be the site of Hanover residences, also approved by CCC.
Meets provision for tract of land. Have filed a new plan with two changes, referred to, Exhibit A.
Grading and construction easement. Easement has been recorded, this has been changed to reflect
that, plan dated Sept. 6, 2022.
Ray Sexton asks if this is the site that was going to be used for medical, now a residence?
Attorney Ford, yes. Town did create a special sub zone over this area so residences could be put in.
Chair Stephen Robichaud entertains a motion, moved by Tim O’Neill to endorse the plan entitled
“Approval Not Required Plan 35 Wilkens Lane” prepared for Wilkens Lane Properties LLC, drawn by
DiPrete Engineering dated September 6, 2022, as an Approval Not Required Plan, seconded by Mary
Barry,
Roll Call Vote:
Bob Twiss - aye
Mary Barry - aye
Tim O’Neill - aye
Ray Sexton - aye
Stephen Robichaud - aye
Special Permits:
Special Permit No. 2022-003 - Ronald Bourgeois, Owner, Our Child, LLC, 233-239 Barnstable Road,
Hyannis, MA 02601,. The Applicant proposes a change of use. The As a result, the Applicant has
requested relief from Section 240-24.1.11(A)(4)(a) in accordance with Section 240-56 for parking
reduction, by providing 51 parking spaces where 78 are required. The Site is located at Assessors Map
310, Parcel 170, zoned Hyannis Gateway and Wellhead Protection Overlay District. The subject property
is within the Hyannis Village zoning districts. (2/3Majority of Full Board)
Motion made by Bob Twiss to open the public hearing, seconded by Ray Sexton,
Roll Call Vote:
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Bob Twiss - aye
Mary Barry - aye
Tim O’Neill - aye
Ray Sexton - aye
Stephen Robichaud - aye
Ron Bourgeois in attendance. He gives an explanation of the application. Layout of the bldg. A rental
store has moved out and there is a party store there now. Gigi’s beauty is now where the accountants
office/unit was. They will need about 10 to 15 spaces, and especially on Saturday. Second floor has
accounting, 10 employees. These are the occupants. Half acre lot next to it, could make a condition to
put an easement for 9 or 10 spaces in perpetuity with the property going forward.
Chair Stephen Robichaud clarifies, now 42 spaces? Confirms maximum of 45 needed? Possibly offer a
special permit for 43 rather than 52. Leave native trees in place and for simplicity.
Bob Twiss, would 43 be adequate?
Ron Bourgeois, yes.
Bob Twiss refers to Staff Report, Exhibit B. Specify spaces, special condition for an easement.
Mary Barry, is the Bldg. Commissioner going to approve without the 9 additional?
Jim Kupfer replies, he has gone through Site Plan and Bldg. Commissioner did state that he was short on
parking, in order to move forward. Special Permit would then be handed to Bldg. Commissioner to
demonstrate.
Mary Barry, reduction is for the business uses as sited in this application – as long as how it is now?
Jim Kupfer, may need to be adjusted
Tim O’Neill, agrees to try to keep as is and not clear cut/keep green space. If any businesses change
should be appropriate that Board looks at again.
Ray Sexton, how big is the lot on Grove Street? Looks like an extension/access on Mulberry. Can we get
some kind of agreement for greenspace or something else?
Chair Stephen Robichaud, only a portion, not the whole property.
Ron Bourgeois, it’s a half acre site. 70 x 230 ft. if got easement would affect 24 ft. of this. Still have
about 200 ft. left.
Ray Sexton, big piece of property.
Chair Stephen Robichaud, edits to be made to the Findings – discussion of what to edit and Conditions.
No public comment.
Chair Stephen Robichaud entertains a motion to close the public hearing, moved by Bob Twiss,
seconded by Mary Barry,
Roll Call Vote:
Bob Twiss - aye
Mary Barry - aye
Tim O’Neill - aye
Ray Sexton - aye
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Stephen Robichaud - aye
Chair Stephen Robichaud entertains a motion, moved by Bob Twiss, preliminary to adopt draft
Findings, pg. 2 of Staff Report, dated Sept. 9th2022;
Draft Findings
1. The property location is 233-239 Barnstable Road, Hyannis, MA. 233-239 Barnstable Road,
Hyannis is shown on Assessor’s Map 310 Parcel 170 in the Hyannis Gateway District and
Wellhead Protection Overlay District.
2. The Applicant, Ronald Bourgeois, and Owner, Our Child, LLC, seeks a Special Permit pursuant to
Section 240-24.1.11(A)(4)(a) in accordance with Section 240-56 for parking reduction, by
providing 51 parking spaces where 78 are required
3. The applicant has provided a site plan proposing an easement to the abutting lot at 139 Grove
Street that the Applicant owns to provide expanded parking options.
4. The Planning Board finds that the issuance of the Special Permit is consistent with the Design
and Infrastructure Plan and that the development meets the following criteria:
a. The development provides for or supports mixed use development where appropriate;
b. The development provides for the minimizing of curb cuts and driveways on Barnstable
Road through a shared use for parking purposes with the direct abutting property.
5. The application falls within a category specifically excepted in the ordinance for a grant of a
Special Permit. Section 240-24.1.11(A)(4)(a)[4] allows the Planning Board to reduce on-site
parking requirements by Special Permit.
6. After an evaluation of all the evidence presented, the proposal fulfills the spirit and intent of the
zoning ordinance and would not represent a substantial detriment to the public good or the
neighborhood affected.
7. A Site Plan has been reviewed and approved by the Site Plan Review Committee. The conditions
of Informal and Formal Site Plan Review shall be incorporated by reference as conditions of this
Special Permit.
8. Lesser off-street parking is shown to be adequate given special circumstances including:
a. Supplementary parking provided off premises through a shared use easement with the
abutting property.
b. Characteristics of use invalidating normal methods of calculating parking demand.
9. The proposed repairs, alterations and/or expansion are not substantially more detrimental to
the surround neighborhood.
Propose to adopt as read into the record, seconded by Mary Barry,
Roll Call Vote:
Bob Twiss - aye
Mary Barry - aye
Tim O’Neill - aye
Ray Sexton - aye
Stephen Robichaud - aye
Motion made by Bob Twiss to approve with Conditions, subject to the Findings voted and amended as
follows: Condition no. 3 shall read - shall allow for the reduction of parking required. The Applicant
shall provide no less than 42 parking spaces where 78 are required, No. 4 deleted in entirety,
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Add a condition for use parking, - If at any time 233-239 Barnstable Road shall change a use that shall
increase parking requirements in accordance with the Barnstable Zoning Ordinance at the Site, the
Applicant shall be required to modify this Special Permit, seconded by Mary Barry,
Roll Call Vote:
Bob Twiss - aye
Mary Barry - aye
Tim O’Neill - aye
Ray Sexton - aye
Stephen Robichaud - aye
Conditions As Amended and Finalized Below
1. The subject property shall be maintained and the parking shall be located as shown on the
existing conditions on the record plans entitled “Plan of Land #235 Barnstable Road” dated July
19, 2022, by BSC Group.
2. This Special Permit shall apply to 233-239 Barnstable Road, Hyannis, MA, Applicant, Ronald
Bourgeois, and Owner, Our Child, LLC, Map 310 and Parcel 170.
3. This Special Permit Modification shall allow for the reduction of parking required. The Applicant
shall provide no less than 42 parking spaces where 78 are required.
4. Informal and Formal Site Plan Review conditions of approval are hereby incorporated into this
Decision.
5. The proposed redevelopment shall represent full build-out of the lot. Further expansion of the
structure is prohibited without prior approval from the Board.
6. This Decision shall be recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds and copies submitted
to the Planning Board and Building Division prior to the issuance of any building permit and
commencement of use.
7. The rights of this Special Permit must be exercised within 2-years from the date it is filed with
the Town Clerk’s Office.
8. The Board determined that the 42 existing parking spaces are adequate for the uses proposed. If
at any time 233-239 Barnstable Road shall change a use that shall increase parking requirements
in accordance with the Barnstable Zoning Ordinance at the Site, the Applicant shall be required
to modify this Special Permit.
Staff Updates
Local Comprehensive Plan
Kate Maldonado update – Committee working with Barrett Consulting Group. Engagement plan.
Guidance for different levels of outreach, handouts, dialogue. Outreach. Developing a calendar. Thurs.
Sept. 22nd at 6 in person in the Hearing Room. Can sign up for Newletter. List of events.
Jim Kupfer, also working with Housing Production Plan and Housing Needs Assessment. A second
consultant going through the data. Hoping for a robust response.
Chair Stephen Robichaud - Community Housing Forum.
Kate Maldonado, can pass out info, Adult Community Center, will follow up.
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Correspondence
DEP Notice 153 Sea View Ave., Ost – McWilliams maintain existing stone revetment
Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair
Approval of Minutes
August 22, 2022, draft minutes
Chair Stephen Robichaud entertains a motion to approve the draft minutes of August 22, 2022, moved
by Mary Barry, seconded by Tim O’Neill,
Roll Call Vote:
Bob Twiss - aye
Mary Barry - aye
Tim O’Neill - aye
Ray Sexton - aye
Stephen Robichaud - aye
Future Meetings: September 26, and October 10, 2022, @ 7:00 p.m.
Chair Stephen Robichaud – Sept. 26th is a holiday, propose to continue Planning Board’s next meeting to
Oct. 3rd at 7 p.m. in respect of the holiday,
Error on Agenda - no meeting on Oct. 10th.
Adjournment
Chair Stephen Robichaud entertains a motion to adjourn, moved by Bob Twiss,
Seconded by Mary Barry,
Roll Call Vote:
Bob Twiss - aye
Mary Barry - aye
Tim O’Neill - aye
Ray Sexton - aye
Stephen Robichaud - aye
The meeting adjourned at 7:49 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted
Karen Herrand, Principal Assistant, Planning & Development
Further detail may be obtained by viewing the video via Channel 18 on demand at
http://www.town.barnstable.ma.us
List of Exhibit Documents
Exhibit A – Revised Plan dated September 6, 2022 - Wilkens Lane Properties LLC c/o New
England Development
Exhibit B - Staff Report, Special Permit No. 2022-003 - Ronald Bourgeois, Owner, Our Child,
LLC, 233-239 Barnstable Road, Hyannis, MA 02601,.