Town of Provincetown
Historic District Commission
Public Hearing
September 18, 2024
The Provincetown Historic District Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday, September 18, 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 24-230
Application by Greg Mazares, on behalf of Peter M. D’Alesso, requesting to replace 6 windows and 1 patio door on the structure located at 287 Bradford Street.
HDC 24-233
Application by Stephen Gordich requesting to remove a window, relocate a window, replace a window, and replace a slider, and install an egress door and 2 door hoods on the structure located at 348A Commercial Street, U3.
John Dowd, Chair
Posted by the Town Clerk www.provincetown-ma.gov 08/21/2024, 11:05 am AR
Published: The Independent August 29 and September 5, 2024
Town of Provincetown
Planning Board
Public Hearing
September 12, 2024
The Provincetown Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, September 12, 2024, at 6:00 P.M. in the Judge Welsh Hearing Room, Town Hall, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA.
The Planning Board will consider the following requests:
PLN 24-19
Application by Robin B. Reid, Esq ., on behalf of Lexvest 322 Commercial, LLC, seeking Site Plan Review pursuant to Article 4, Section 4010, Administrative Site Plan Review, of the Zoning By-Laws to revive an existing driveway leading to the rear of a commercial structure and a former garage for the purpose of providing parking on the property located at 322 Commercial Street.
PLN 24-20
Application by Robin B. Reid, Esq., on behalf of James Mauro, seeking a Site Plan Review by Special Permit pursuant to Article 4, Section 4015 a. (1), Site Plan Review by Special Permit, of the Zoning By-Laws to convert an existing office condominium unit to a two-bedroom residential unit, thereby increasing the residential units to three or more on the property located at 167 Commercial Street, U2.
PLN 24-21
Application by Robin B. Reid, Esq., on behalf of Seamen’s Bank, seeking a Site Plan Review by Special Permit pursuant to Article 4, Section a. (3), Site Plan Review by Special Permit, to demolish an existing principal structure and to construct a new building with a drive-through to accommodate the branch of a proposed bank to be located at 94 Harry Kemp Way.
Dana Masterpolo, Chair
Posted: www.provincetown-ma.gov 08/21/2024, 11:20 am AR
The Independent: August 29 and September 5, 2024
Town of Provincetown
Invitation for Bids
Contracted Services
Sealed bids for furnishing the following item will be received on the Towns electronic procurement system https://www.provincetown-ma.gov/37/Procurement
For the following projects:
Fire House two building renovation
Atkins mayo Site clearing
Bids will be opened in the Judge Welsh room at Town Hall, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 on Friday, September 20th at 9 AM.
All bids for this project are subject to applicable public bidding laws of Massachusetts, including, but not limited to, G.L. c.30, §39M c.149.
Alex B. Morse
Town Manager
Published: The Independent: September 5 & 12, 2024
Town of Provincetown
Licensing Board
Public Hearing
September 24, 2024
The Provincetown Licensing Board will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. in the Judge Welsh Room at Town Hall, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA, to hear:
Proposed changes to the Licensing Board Rules and Regulations
- INNHOLDER LICENSES
- Definition
Innholder shall mean a Commercial Lodging Establishment consisting of a building or group of buildings with a minimum of twenty (20) separate guest units all situated upon one parcel of land and providing food and sleeping accommodations (but not individual cooking facilities) for persons lodged on a transient basis for compensation and offering as well off-street parking for the convenience of guests and providing meals which are prepared and served from a central kitchen/dining facility. For purposes of this Section 6.01, the term ‘parcel’ shall include contiguous lots of land held under common ownership.
License Requirements – see General Rules For All Businesses
- Kitchen Facilities
All Innholders must have a food permit from the Board of Health.
- Provisions for Strangers and Travelers
Every innholder shall at all times provide suitable food for strangers and travelers. Every innholder shall also have upon its premises suitable rooms, with beds and bedding, for the lodging of guests.
- Maintaining a Register
Every innholder shall maintain a permanent register in which shall be recorded the name and residence of every person engaging or occupying a private room. Such register shall be retained by the holder of the license for a period of at least one year after the date of the last entry therein and shall be open to the inspection of the licensing authorities, their agents, and the police.
- Any minimum requirement for a non-alcoholic beverage shall be clearly and conspicuously
- COMMERCIAL LODGING ESTABLISHMENT LICENSES – BOARDING, LODGING, BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT, DORMITORY OR EMPLOYEE HOUSING, HOTEL/MOTEL, GUEST HOUSE OR TOURIST HOME, CAMP OR CAMPGROUND LICENSES
- Definitions
- Boarding, Lodging, Guest House or Tourist Home shall mean a dwelling with either an owner occupant or a resident manager on the premises or associated with the business when the business occupies more than one parcel, plus accommodations, with or without meals, rented with or without common cooking facilities and/or meals by the owner-occupant/resident manager, renting to four or more persons than three but fewer than twenty separate guest units. License Requirements – see General Rules For All Businesses
- Bed and Breakfast Establishment – Sshall mean a private owner-occupied house providing transient lodging where not less than 4 rooms are let, a breakfast is included in the rent under ARTICLE 5 – Food Permit Regulations with a Residential Kitchen license for full or continental breakfast, and all accommodations are reserved in advance subject to the licensing requirements of MGL Chapter 64G Section 1.
License Requirements – see General Rules For All Businesses
- Dormitory or Employee Housing – Shall mean a building or complex of buildings used as living quarters for a group of unrelated individuals with common kitchen and living facilities on a seasonal or year-round basis, but must be for more than 31 days, and may be related to employment, educational or cultural purposes, with either an owner-occupant or a managing resident on the premises.
License Requirements – see General Rules For All Businesses
- Hotel/Motel – Shall mean a building or group of buildings providing transient lodging for a fee, and may include food, retail and other ancillary services and subject to the licensing requirements of MGL Chapter 140, Section 12A.The terms “hotel/motel” shall mean a hotel, motel, or resort, which is kept, used or advertised as, or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping or housekeeping accommodations are supplied for pay to guests for transient occupancy. The terms “hotel/motel” shall be construed to mean any building or group of buildings consisting of four or more units which provides sleeping accommodations for transient motorists (individuals who occupy the lodgings for 90 consecutive days or less) and which is not licensed as an inn.
License Requirements – see General Rules For All Businesses
- Camp/Campground – Shall mean any recreational camp or overnight camp subject to licensing requirements of MGL 140 §32A: Premises used for recreational camping, occupied by tents or moveable or temporary overnight dwelling facilities offered for transient occupancy.
License Requirements – see General Rules For All Businesses
- Maintaining a Register
Every Boarding, Lodging, Bed and Breakfast Establishment, Dormitory or Employee Housing, Hotel/Motel, Guest House or Tourist Home Camp or Campground keeper shall maintain a permanent register in which shall be recorded the name and residence of every person engaging or occupying a private room. Such register shall be retained by the holder of the license for a period of at least one year after the date of the last entry therein and shall be open to the inspection of the licensing authorities, their agents, and the police.
- Any minimum requirement for a non-alcoholic beverage shall be clearly and conspicuously
Appendix A Fees
| OTHER LICENSES | |
| Art Gallery (original works of art) | 110.00 |
| Class I & 11 | 110.00 |
| Auctioneer | 50.00 |
| Common Carrier (transportation) per vehicle | 28.00 |
| Common Victualer | 55.00 |
| Flea Market | 550.00 |
| Fortune Teller | 50.00 |
| Innholder | 55.00 |
| Commercial Lodging House Establishments excluding Innholder | 55.00 |
| Marijuana Establishment (Initial) | 3,000.00 |
| Marijuana Establishment (Renewal) | 1,238.00 |
| Peddler | 50.00 |
| Pedicab | 70.00 |
| Pedicab Operator | 50.00 |
| Parking Lots | 39.00 |
| Rental of Bicycles, Motorized Bicycles and Motor Scooters | 50.00 |
| Sidewalk Artist | 25.00 |
| Taxicab | 90.00 |
| Taxi operator | 45.00 |
| Transient Vendor/Retail Shops | 110.00 |
| Vending Machine | 25.00 |
| BUILDING INSPECTION FEES | |
| Clubs, restaurants, inns (All food service establishments) | 40.00 |
| Lodging houses, camps, apartments, condos, motels, inns Commercial Lodging Establishments for first 5 units | 40.00 |
| each additional unit | 2.00 |
| Theater, entertainment areas | 100.00 |
| Retail shops, art galleries | 25.00 |
| Private schools | 40.00 |
| Other places of assembly | 40.00 |
| Stables | 30.00 |
| Fire inspection of all premises | 5.00 |
| Any reason for more than one inspection of the same establishment | Double the inspection fee |
Comments may be submitted during the hearing or in writing to the Licensing Board, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 or [email protected] by September 23, 2024.
Posted: Town Hall www.provincetown-ma.gov, 08/28/2024, 3:20 pm AR
Published: Independent: September 5 and 12, 2024
Town of Provincetown
Zoning Board of Appeals
Public Hearing
September 19, 2024
The Provincetown Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Public Hearing at 6:00 P.M. on Thursday, September 19, 2024, in the Judge Welsh Room in Town Hall, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA on the following cases:
ZBA 24-34
Application by James Wolfe, on behalf of TVL Provincetown Hospitality, LLC, seeking a Special Permit pursuant to Article 2, Section 2440, Permitted Principal Uses, B5, Restaurants, Bars, Entertainment, of the Zoning By-Laws to provide light music, including an acoustic guitar and steel drums, in the pool area on the property located at 698 Commercial Street (Residential 1 Zone).
ZBA 24-39
Application by Robin B. Reid, Esq., on behalf of North Beach Realty Trust, seeking a Special Permit pursuant to Article 2, Sections 2630, Roofs, and 2640, Building Scale, Article 3, Sections 3110, Change, Extensions or Alterations, and 3115, Demolition and Reconstruction, of the Zoning By-Laws to demolish, raise and reconstruct a legally pre-existing, non-conforming guest house, adding 3 guest rooms, to increase its height from 31.9’ to 33’ up and along all 4 non-conforming setbacks, to create an area under a third-floor dormer that is greater than 50% of the floor space beneath it, and to increase the volume in excess of the maximum allowable neighborhood building scale on the property located at 97 Bradford Street (Residential 3 Zone).
ZBA 24-40
Application by Swavi Osev, on behalf of Vincenzo Scibelli et al., seeking a Special Permit pursuant to Article 2450, Permitted Accessory Uses, G12, Swimming pool, of the Zoning By-Laws to install a pre-cast, in-ground swimming pool on the property located at 11 Kimberly Lane (Residential 1 Zone).
Jeremy Callahan, Chair
Posted by the Town Clerk: Town Hall, www.provincetown-ma.gov, 08/28/24 10:16 am, EP
The Independent: September 5 and 12, 2024
