SR - ANR -0 Phinneys Lane1
Town of Barnstable
Planning and Development Department
Staff Report
0 Phinney’s Lane, Barnstable
Approval Not Required (ANR) Plan
Date: April 22, 2024
To: Stephen Robichaud, Chair, Planning Board
From: Department of Planning & Development Staff
Owner: Guy Patston and Lacy Prior
Applicant: Guy Patston and Lacy Prior
Property Address: 0 Phinney’s Lane, Barnstable, MA
Assessor’s Map/Parcel: Map 251 Parcel 104 Lots HO1 and TO1
Zoning: Residential RC-1 District, Groundwater Protection Overlay District (GP)
An Approval Not Required plan entitled “0 Phinney’s Lane, Barnstable Massachusetts (Parcel located within
C-O-M-M & Hyannis Fire Districts) Plan of Land” prepared for Guy Patston, prepared by Cape and Islands
Engineering, dated April 12, 2024, as an Approval Not Required (ANR) plan.
The plan proposes to divide one existing unimproved lot into two non-buildable lots for conveyance
purposes.
Background & Proposal
The subject property is located within the Residential RC-1 District and Groundwater Protection Overlay
District. Within the RC-1 District there is a minimum lot area requirement of 43,560 square feet and a
minimum of 125 linear feet of frontage.
▪ Lot 2A: is an unimproved parcel of land that is proposed to have a lot area of 25,802 square feet of
lot area and frontage not meeting the minimum requirement on Westglow Street, a private way,
that was not constructed.
▪ Lot 2B: is an unimproved parcel of land that is proposed to have a lot area of 39,865 square feet of
lot area and no frontage.
As proposed, each of the two lots does not meet the minimum lot area of 43,560 square feet and also does
not meet the minimum frontage of 125 linear feet and therefore are labeled “not a buildable lot”.
As proposed, each of the two lots are currently not accessed by a way.
Procedure
§ 801-21 Board actions.
The Board shall, within 21 days from the date of submission, at a meeting, either endorse the plan as one
not requiring its approval under the Subdivision Control Law, or find that said plan requires the Board's
approval as a subdivision. The Town Clerk shall be notified of the Board's decision in writing. If the Board
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determines that the plan requires its approval as a subdivision, the applicant shall be notified by certified
mail.
Findings
The plan as submitted qualifies as an Approval Not Required plan and it should be endorsed by the Board
as:
▪ It does not constitute a subdivision because each of the lots have the minimum required frontage
on an existing way having suitable grades, and adequate construction to provide for the needs of
vehicular traffic in relation to the proposed use and for the installation of municipal services to
serve such use or has been labeled as “not a building lot”; and
▪ All materials and conditions of Chapter 801, Article IV Approval Not Required Plans, have been
submitted and are in full compliance.
If the Board agrees, a motion should be formulated to:
Endorse the entitled “0 Phinney’s Lane, Barnstable Massachusetts (Parcel located within C-O-M-M &
Hyannis Fire Districts) Plan of Land” prepared for Guy Patston, prepared by Cape and Islands Engineering,
dated April 12, 2024, as an Approval Not Required (ANR) plan.