Town of Provincetown
Historic District Commission
Public Hearing
January 3, 2024
The Provincetown Historic District Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, in the Judge Welsh Room at Town Hall, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA.
Public Hearings will be held for the following applications requesting a Certificate to be issued in accordance with the Provincetown Historic District Commission established under the General By-Laws, Chapter 15 of the Town of Provincetown.
HDC 23-298
Application by Bradford Walker, on behalf of Todd C. Blais et vir., requesting to demolish a two-family structure on the property located at 63 Franklin Street.
HDC 23-299
Application by Bradford Walker, on behalf of Todd C. Blais et vir., requesting to demolish an existing cottage on the property located at 63 Franklin Street.
HDC 23-306
Application by Dwayne Martin, on behalf of Leslie Tiffany, requesting to replace 3 windows in a dormer on the structure located at 130A Commercial Street.
HDC 23-317
Application by Chuck Stanko requesting to replace all windows and add 5 skylights, to replace a front and back door, enlarge a second-floor landing, repair an existing fence, and add more fencing, and to add a faux chimney on the structure located at 5 Alden Street.
HDC 23-318
Application by Jenifer Leighton Gracia requesting to install a new split rail fence on the property located at 539 Commercial Street.
HDC 23-320
Application by Kevin Bazarian, on behalf of 607 Commercial St., LLC, requesting to replace first floor windows with a slider, replace a slider in kind, and replace second floor casement windows with double-hung windows on the south elevation, remove a chase, remove and replace a second floor window in kind, add a first floor double-hung window, and remove a double-hung window to the left of the chase and replace it with a casement window in a different location on the west elevation, remove a window that is not visible from a public way on the north elevation, replace siding as needed, and renew the Certificate of Compliance HDC 22-74 on the structure located at 607 Commercial Street, U1.
John Dowd, Chair
Posted by the Assistant Town Clerk www.provincetown-ma.gov, 12/06/2023, 9:55 am AR
Published: The Independent December 14 and 21, 2023
Town of Provincetown
Human Services Committee
Public Hearing
January 9, 2024
Human Services Grant Program Funding Strategy
The Provincetown Human Services Committee will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room at the VMCC, 2 Mayflower Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 to hear public comment on the FY2025 Human Services Grant Program funding strategy.
Comments may be submitted in writing to the Human Services Committee, c/o Director of Human Services, 2 Mayflower Street, Provincetown, MA 02657, by e-mail to [email protected] or in person at the hearing.
Posted: Town Hall www.provincetown-ma.gov, 12/13/2023, 9:25 am AR
Published: Independent 12/21/23 & 12/28/23
Town of Provincetown
Licensing Board
Public Hearing
January 9, 2024
The Provincetown Licensing Board will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 5:15 p.m. in the Judge Welsh Room at Town Hall, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, Massachusetts, to hear:
Transfer Alcohol, Common Victualler, and Entertainment Licenses
Petition from Ralph Santora, representing Beach Ptown, Inc. d.b.a. Beach for a Transfer of Seasonal All Alcohol, Common Victualler, and Entertainment Licenses at 193A Commercial St.
Amend Alcohol License – Alteration of Premises
Petition from Christopher J. Snow Esq., representing Allstrum, Inc. d.b.a. Atlantic House for an Alteration of Licensed Premises of Alcohol License at 6 Masonic Place, Provincetown, MA 02657.
Comments may be submitted during the hearing or in writing to the Licensing Board, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 or [email protected] by January89, noon.
Posted: Town Hall www.provincetown-ma.gov, 12/13/2023, 10:55 am AR
Published: Independent: December 21 and 28, 2023
Town of Provincetown
Select Board
Public Hearing
January 8, 2024
Curb Cuts: 29 Cemetery Road.
The Provincetown Select Board will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, January 08, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the Judge Welsh Hearing Room, Provincetown Town Hall, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 pursuant to General Bylaws Section 11-6-2, for the following application:
Application by Thomas Tannariello requesting approval to install a 17-foot driveway on Cemetery Road for the property located at 29 Cemetery Road, Provincetown, MA to access the property. (Assessor’s Map 12-3, Parcel 8)
Comments may be submitted in writing by Tuesday, January 02, 2024, 12 noon to the Office of the Select Board, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 or [email protected] or in person at the hearing.
David Abramson, Chair
Select Board
Posted – Town Hall:http://www.provincetown-ma.gov12/12/2023, 12:20pm AR
Published: Independent: December 21st and 28th, 2023
Town of Provincetown
Select Board
Public Hearing
January 8, 2024
Curb Cuts: 28-32 Standish Street.
The Provincetown Select Board will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, January 08, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the Judge Welsh Hearing Room, Provincetown Town Hall, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 pursuant to General Bylaws Section 11-6-2, for the following application:
Application by Robin Reid, on behalf of o/b/o 28-32 Standish Street Property requesting approval to install a 29-foot, 6-inch-wide driveway on Alden Street for the property located at 28-32 Standish Street, Provincetown, MA to access the property for a parking space. (Assessor’s Map 12-1, Parcel 58).
Comments may be submitted in writing by Tuesday, January 02, 2024, 12 noon to the Office of the Select Board, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 or [email protected] or in person at the hearing.
David Abramson, Chair
Select Board
Posted – Town Hall
http://www.provincetown-ma.gov 12/12/2023, 2:15 pm AR
Published: Independent: December 21st and 28th, 2023
Town of Provincetown
Water and Sewer Board
Public Hearing
January 4, 2024
Public Hearing: Approve Sewer Privilege Fees for Delayed Betterments for Public Service Uses
The Provincetown Water and Sewer Board will hold a public hearing in the multi-purpose room at the Veterans Memorial Community Center, 2 Mayflower St., Provincetown, MA 02657 on January 4th, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. for the purpose of assessing the following “public service use” properties a “sewer privilege fee” with their Betterment payments to be delayed until time of actual connection to the Town’s sewer system, as recommended by the Select Board and as provided by Article 11 of the April 2021 Annual Town Meeting.
For a Phase 4 property approved by the Select Board in 2019 for an Economic Development Permit:
At the current betterment rate of $55/GPD
207 Rt 6 (Barracks) 9,350 GPD*
For Phase 5 properties approved for affordable or community housing:
At the current betterment rate of $55/GPD
3 Jerome Smith 9,350 GPD**
For Phase 5 properties approved by the Select Board in 2023 for Economic Development Permits
At the current rate of $55/GPD:
53 Bradford Street 2,362 GPD**
63 Shank Painter 225 GPD
12 Winthrop 220 GPD
* This is a “placeholder” assessment number with flow adjusted to actual at time of connection & betterment
** Properties that need formal Select Board Growth Management approval and are in the pipeline for approval.
Sewer Privilege Fees for Delayed Betterments for Public Service Uses.
Annual Town Meeting – May 1st, 2021 – Article 11. Sewer Assessments for Public Service Uses.
To see if the Town will vote, pursuant to Section 4 of Chapter 157 of the Acts of 2000 and General Laws Chapter 83, Section 17, to set the method of sewer assessments for all future connections to the Town’s sewer system for properties the Select Board determine to be a public service use and which receive either an economic development permit pursuant to Section 5.15 of the Town’s General Bylaws or is an inclusionary housing project approved by the Planning Board as a sewer privilege fee to be paid at the time of actual connection to the Town’s sewer system; and further to amend the vote taken under Article 10 of the April 2015 Special Town Meeting by adding the following at the end of the main motion: “; provided, however, that for properties in Phase IV that have been determined by the Select Board to constitute a public service use and have received either an economic development permit pursuant to Section 5.15 of the Town’s General Bylaw or is an inclusionary housing project approved by the Planning Board, shall be assessed a sewer privilege fee to be paid at the time of actual connection to the Town’s sewer system; or to take any other action relative thereto.
Explanation of Article 11: This article allows the Town to change its method of betterment assessment for public service projects (like Economic Development Permits and Affordable Housing Projects) to allow the betterment to be assessed upon hook-up of the project to the sewer. This removes a burden on new construction projects that are forced to pay betterment costs upfront before the project is even able to obtain all its approvals and start construction. This article recognizes that these important projects meet critical Town needs and should be supported by our Town process and procedures.
Public Hearing: Proposed Sewer Betterment Rate Increase and Assessments for Future Connections
The Provincetown Water and Sewer Board will hold a public hearing in the multi-purpose room at the Veterans Memorial Community Center, 2 Mayflower St., Provincetown, MA 02657 on January 4th, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. to discuss the proposed sewer Betterment rate increase and other assessment provisions for future connections approved by the Voters at the Nov. 2022 Special Town Meeting.
Article 5 approved by the Voters at the Nov. 2022 Special Town Meeting “authorizes the Water and Sewer Board to assess one hundred percent of the Phase 6 Sewer Expansion project cost to the Town upon those who benefit from the project, such assessments to be made by the Uniform Unit method; and further to authorize the Water and Sewer Board to set the method of sewer assessments for future connections to the Town’s sewer system as a sewer privilege fee pursuant to G.L. c. 83, §17, to be paid at the time of actual connection to the Town’s sewer system for properties that have a Title 5 compliant septic system installed after January 1, 2000 according to the records of the Health Department, with all other properties that abut a sewer main to be assessed a betterment pursuant to G.L. c. 83, §15; provided further that the Water and Sewer Board shall equitably adjust the amount of assessments made pursuant to this vote to take into account the need for the homeowner to pay for and install a grinder pump for connection to low pressure lines.”
To implement the provisions of Article 5 as approved by the voters, the following are proposed:
Proposal #1 would increase the existing betterment rate of $55.00 per Title 5 gallon to $65.00 per Title 5 gallon based upon the estimated cost to implement the Phase 6 Sewer Expansion Project after taking into account all anticipated grants and subsidies. As provided by Chapter 83, the $65.00 rate will be the “estimated sewer assessment” that will apply to Phase 6 with the “actual sewer assessment” rate to be determined after construction has been completed and sewer service is available for the property.
Proposal #2 would equitably adjust the “estimated sewer assessment” to $45.00 per Title 5 gallon for those homeowners who will need to pay for and install a grinder pump for connection to low pressure lines.
Proposal #3 would set the method of sewer assessments for future connections to the Town’s sewer system as a sewer privilege fee to be paid at the time of actual connection to the Town’s sewer for properties that have a Title 5 compliant septic system installed after January 1, 2000.
Proposal #4 would set the method of sewer assessments for future connection to the Town’s sewer system for all other properties that abut a sewer main to be assessed a betterment pursuant to General Laws Chapter 83, Section15.
Proposals #1 thru #3 will take effect as soon as they have received the proper Town approvals. The provisions of Proposal #4 will not go into effect until the Legislature has Repealed the Town’s Special Act Chapter 157 of the Acts of 2000, at which time the provisions of Chapter 83 will then take effect.
Jonathan Sinaiko, Chair
Provincetown Water and Sewer Board
Posted: Town Hall, www.provincetown-ma.gov, 12/14/2023 8:42 am, EP
Published: Independent. December 21st and 28th, 2023
Town of Provincetown
Zoning Board of Appeals
Public Hearing
January 4, 2024
The Provincetown Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Public Hearing at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 4, 2024, in the Judge Welsh Room in Town Hall, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA on the following cases:
ZBA 23-57
Application by Ocazo Construction, on behalf of Kathleen Barrett et ux., seeking a Special Permit pursuant to Article 2, Section 2640, Building Scale, of the Zoning By-Laws to extend a top deck, adding building scale units to a structure already in excess of the maximum allowable neighborhood scale on the property located at 51R Harry Kemp Way, U1 (Residential B Zone).
ZBA 23-58
Application by Ginny Binder, on behalf of Ramon L. Alonso Trust, seeking a Special Permit pursuant to Article 3, Section 3110, Change, Extensions or Alterations, of the Zoning By-Laws to construct a 7.7’ by 16.4’ addition on the northwest façade of the main structure that will extend up and along pre-existing, non-conforming front and side yard setbacks on the property located at 402 Commercial Street (Town Center Commercial Zone).
Jeremy Callahan, Chair
Posted by the Town Clerk: www.provincetown-ma.gov, 12/13/2023 9:06 am, EP
The Independent: December 21 and 28, 2023
