Memo - Cotuit Center Residences
MEMORANDUM
TO: Zoning Board of Appeals
FM: Planning and Development Staff
RE: No. 2005-100 Bay Point LLC, Cotuit Center Residences, 671 – 675 Main Street, Cotuit,
request for a minor modification to landscape maintenance plan
In 2007, Comprehensive Permit No. 2005-100 was granted for Five (5) units of multi-family
housing on 2.38 acres. Two of the dwellings are affordable units marketed to qualified low
and moderate-income households at 65% and 70% of the median income. Three units are
one-bedroom new construction townhouse units. A fourth unit is a one-bedroom created
by either renovation of an existing cottage or demolition of that cottage and construction of
a new townhouse. The fifth unit is created by preservation and restorati on of the existing
historic home as a three-bedroom dwelling. Related site improvements include on -site
septic, parking, utilities and landscaping.
In a letter dated August 26, 2022, Attorney Patrick Nickerson, representing the Condo
Association, requested a minor modification of Comprehensive Permit # 2005-100 so that
the responsibility for maintenance of the existing landscaping is transferred from the
Town to the Trust, and so that the Trust may make changes and improvements to the
landscaping and its aesthetics.
By permitting this minor modification to the C omprehensive P ermit, the Trust will be
empowered to make changes, improvements, and maintenance to the landscaping and
aesthetics. The Town will also be relieved of its obligation to maintain the existing
landscaping.
Draft Motions:
Based upon the information provided by the Applicant, the Board may:
Find the request for a modification to the landscape maintenance plan as a minor
modification.
Based upon a positive vote, the Board may:
Make a motion to approve the request for the Minor Modification.
Town of Barnstable
Planning & Development Department
www.townofbarnstable.us/planninganddevelopment
Elizabeth Jenkins, AICP
Director