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The Falmouth EnterpriseDevoted To The Interests Of The Falmouth Community

Volume 127 Number 42 Friday, February 2, 2018Falmouth, Massachusetts

Four Sections - Thirty-Six Pages$1.25

Reunited: Former high

school sweethearts

team up for ‘Love

Letters’ – Page 1A

Coast Guard identifi es

tug that caused Woods

Hole oil spill – Page 2

Appeals board set to

approve Main Street

apartments – Page 3

School committee ap-

proves student ex-

change program in

Spain – Page 6

Wastewater superin-

tendent gives update on

sewer capacity – Page 7

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This afternoon it will be cloudy,

gradually turning mostly sunny.

Snow showers are likely, with ac-

cumulation of about an inch pos-

sible. The high will be around 34.

Tonight it will be mostly clear. The

low will be around 13. Tomorrow

during the day it will be mostly

sunny. At night it will be mostly

cloudy. The high will be about 28;

the low will be about 24. Extended

forecast for Sunday indicates

cloudy with rain likely during the

day and rain at night. The high

will be near 42. The low will be

around 34.

Air 34; Sea Water 34

The water level at Long Pond is

6.73 USGS vertical datum feet above

sea level.

Forecast and water temperature

are from the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration

(NOAA) websites.

Weather Forecast

BRENDA M. SHARP/ENTERPRISE

The trifecta of a supermoon, blue moon and partial eclipse Wednesday morning in a view over West

Falmouth Harbor from Old Dock Road.

KAREN B. HUNTER/ENTERPRISE

Jarita Davis of Engage Falmouth speaks with a participant at the

volunteer fair at Waquoit Congregational Church on Sunday. Story

on Page 2.

By BRAD COLE

So far, four accessory apart-

ments have been approved since

Falmouth Town Meeting passed

the bylaw in April 2017.

The bylaw allows homeowners

to add onto the property and cre-

ate accessory dwellings up to 800

square feet. While several home-

owners have met with town staff

regarding the bylaw, only six have

applied. Two applications are still

pending.

“I think a lot of people were

excited by this accessory bylaw.

I think people assumed it would

be easier than it turned out to be,”

building commissioner Rodman L.

Palmer said at a joint meeting of

seven town boards on Saturday .

When people meet with him

about building an accessory apart-

ment, he tries to lay out all the re-

quirements for them. He said it

is proven easier for homeowners

looking to add a lateral addition to

their house. People looking to ret-

rofi t an older home might struggle

to meet the regulations, which can

involve installing an enhanced de-

nitrifi cation septic system.

“Some people end up walking

away discouraged. It’s too much

for them, it’s too much for them to

enhance their septic system,” Mr.

Palmer said.

Planning board member Pamela

Harting-Barrat suggested it is a

disservice to those interested

in installing an accessory apart-

ment. Adding a septic system can

be cost-prohibitive and prevent

the creation of new units in town.

“I think we have, with all the

best intentions of this bylaw, have

swept this bylaw out of our regs,”

she said.

Board of health member John

B. Waterbury suggested the chal-

lenge relates to Title 5 fl ow reg-

ulations, which state anything

other than a single-family home

requires a two-chamber tank or

two tanks in a series. As this is

a state requirement rather than

local regulation, the town board

of health cannot offer a variance

on this requirement.

“We’ve already jumped from the

domestic Title 5 system to a spe-

cial case by making it an accessory

apartment, which is more than a

single-family dwelling,” he said.

Zoning administrator Sari

Budrow suggested this might not

be the case.

“Under the code of Falmouth

and under the bylaw, every ac-

cessory apartment is accessory

to a single-family unit. It does

not change the appearance or

the right as a single family,” she

said. “In essence, even though

there is another unit, it’s still a

single-family dwelling. It’s not a

second dwelling. It’s an accessory

to a primary single-family use.”

Noting this confusion, Ms.

Harting-Barrat suggested it might

be appropriate to place a mora-

torium on this bylaw to work out

these details.

“It clearly isn’t working. There

is no coordination, honestly, be-

tween the planning department,

the board of health, building and

Selectmen, Town Boards Discuss

Accessory Apartment Bylaw

see Accessory Apt. on Page 12

By BRAD COLE

The water quality management

committee has proposed a warrant

article for fall Town Meeting to ad-

dress water quality in Falmouth’s

estuaries.

“Falmouth has 15 impaired es-

tuaries, more than any town on

Cape Cod,” water quality man-

agement committee Chairman

Eric T. Turkington said at a joint

meeting of the board of select-

men, conservation commission,

planning board, zoning board of

appeals, board of health, afford-

able housing committee and water

quality management committee on

Saturday .

Falmouth’s 15 impaired estuar-

ies are Megansett Harbor, Fiddlers

Cove Harbor, Rand’s Canal, Wild

Harbor, West Falmouth Harbor,

Quissett Harbor, Oyster Pond, Salt

Pond, Falmouth Harbor, Bournes

Pond, Little Pond, Great Pond,

Green Pond, Waquoit Bay and Eel

Pond. This represents 40 percent

of all impaired estuaries on Cape

Cod, Mr. Turkington said.

“There’s an old saying: when

you’re in a hole, stop digging. In

every one of these estuaries, we

are in a hole,” Mr. Turkington said.

One way the town has worked

to address water quality issues

is with coastal pond overlay dis-

tricts, which impose limitations on

development in the area of these

impaired estuaries. The water

quality management committee

is calling to add Rand’s Canal,

Article Would

Add Estuaries To

Overlay District

see TM Article on Page 12

By ANDREA F. CARTER

Two programs in January spon-

sored by the Falmouth High School

guidance department helped to put

a face on two mental health chal-

lenges, depression and eating dis-

orders, facing Falmouth’s teens

today.Falmouth High School se-

nior Sierra Abbott spoke about

her struggles with depression at

the first program held with the

nonprofit group, Families For

Depression Awareness, an orga-

nization that seeks to inform and

end the stigma around depression.

During her sophomore year

Sierra made a suicide attempt and

tried again the following summer.

Her story with depression began

in middle school after her grand-

mother died. Both holding her

sadness inside and her tendency

to strive for perfection in school

and with athletics led her into a

downward spiral, she said.

After her fi rst suicide attempt,

Sierra was hospitalized for a week

and did not tell her friends about

her experience. During the sum-

mer she was hospitalized for a

month, spending time at McLean

Hospital in Belmont, now a part-

ner with the Falmouth Public

Schools. When she returned home

this time, she decided to share her

story on social media to promote

Programs At High School Shed

Light On Teen Mental Illness

see Program on Page 12

As of 5 PM yesterday :

Board of Selectmen, Live

Survey—Saturday, 8:30 PM, high

schoolBoard of Health—Monday, 6:30

PM, town hall

Human Services Committee—

Tuesday, 4:30 PM, town hall

School Committee, Policy

Subcommittee—Tuesday, 5:15 PM,

School Administration Building

H i s t o r i c a l C o m m i s s i o n —

Tuesday, 6 PM, town hall

S WA C S u b c o m m i t t e e o n

Composting of Food Waste—

Tuesday, 6 PM, town hall

Finance Committee—Tuesday, 7

PM, town hall

S o l i d W a s t e A d v i s o r y

Committee—Tuesday, 7:30 PM,

town hall

Water Quality Management

Committee—Wednesday, 3:30 PM,

town hall

W a t e r w a y s C o m m i t t e e —

Wednesday, 7 PM, harbor master’s

offi ceConservation Commission—

Wednesday, 7 PM, town hall

B i k e w a y s C o m m i t t e e —

Wednesday, 7 PM, town hall

Commission on Disabilities—

Thursday, 2:30 PM, Gus Canty

Community Center

C o m m u n i t y P r e s e r v a t i o n

Committee—Thursday, 6 PM,

School Administration Building

Zoning Board of Appeals—

Thursday, 6:30 PM, town hall

Meetings

By BRITTANY FELDOTT

Last week on Thursday ,

Falmouth Zoning Board of

Appeals unanimously approved

a special permit for an accessory

apartment within 1,000 feet of

Quissett Harbor—without requir-

ing a denitrifying septic system.

Zoning board members main-

tained that their hands were tied

in granting the approval, stating

the proposed apartment met all

the qualifi cations under the ex-

isting town bylaw and was even

an “ideal” application.

“Town Meeting was loud and

clear. They wanted this stuff, de-

spite our objections,” board mem-

ber Paul Murphy said. “This is

completely approvable and ex-

actly what Town Meeting wanted.”

The recently revised accessory

apartment bylaw was passed by a

two-thirds vote of Town Meeting

last April.

At that time, zoning board

members voiced concern that

the bylaw would increase density

and negatively impact neighbor-

hoods in Woods Hole, Maravista

and Falmouth Heights, effectively

eliminating single-family housing

districts.

Approval of the bylaw was seen

as a victory for the Falmouth

Planning Board, which had been

working on the revisions for

three years. The revised bylaw

was meant to remove hurdles to

building accessory apartments,

therefore promoting the produc-

tion of affordably priced work-

force housing.

The apartment under consider-

ation last week was proposed for

a 1.3-acre property on Woodriff

Lane in Woods Hole, which has

a view of Quissett Harbor and is

owned by Ranne P. Warner.

The property includes an

11-room house and 1,600-square-

foot accessory building, which

attorney Robert H. Ament de-

scribed as a barn. The property in-

cludes two Title V septic systems,

sufficient to service a six-bed-

room house and three-bedroom

apartment.

Ms. Warner and her spouse pro-

pose to renovate the second fl oor

of the accessory structure to in-

clude a one-bedroom apartment

measuring 462 square feet. The

lower level would be reserved

for recreational use, such as boat

storage or a workshop.

The couple is currently attempt-

ing to sell the house and accessory

building, which is on the market

as a six-bedroom estate.

During two hearings held on

December 7 and last Thursday,

members of the public raised

concerns about the impact of

the proposed development on

water quality in Quissett Harbor.

Massachusetts Department of

Environmental Protection has

deemed the estuary impaired, due

to nitrogen loading.

Under the accessory apartment

bylaw, properties in the town’s

Coastal Pond Overlay and Water

Resource Protection districts are

required to have denitrifying sep-

tic systems in order to add an ac-

cessory apartment, or have fewer

than one bedroom per 10,000 feet.

However, Quissett Harbor is not

included in either of those district

maps.This came as a surprise to

Falmouth resident Virginia

Valiela, who spoke as a pri-

vate citizen but also serves on

the Falmouth Water Quality

Management Committee.

In 2016, Ms. Valiela approached

Problems Become

Apparent With

Accessory

Apartment Bylaw

see Bylaw on Page 12

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