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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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