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Source: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.迷你倉Sept. 13--SOUTH DENNIS -- With only a few weeks left in the Cape Cod Commission's public hearing process, Lowe's submitted a number of changes this week to its proposal for a home improvement center off Theophilus Smith Road, reacting to concerns voiced by commission staff over the last three months.The store's footprint was downsized, parking shifted away from the front of the building, the number of spaces reduced, and substantial buffers added to screen the store from the bike trail and adjacent roads.Attorney Michael Ford, representing the giant retailer, said Lowe's would install a treatment plant for the store, pay the town $51,000 in mitigation money and shoulder the $200,000 cost of a sewer treatment facility at a senior housing development on Old Bass River Road, to meet the minimum pollution standards for the watershed.But neither the commissioners nor the public were quite prepared to react to the proposed changes at a hearing Thursday night, since the new plans had arrived at the commission's office only the night before.This latest plan calls for a 97,000-square-foot store and 25,000-square-foot garden center, shrinking the overall size by 7,600 square feet and making it the company's smallest store in New England.While more than 300 people attended the midsummer opening hearing on Lowe's plan, numbers have steadily dropped. On Thursday, about 40 people sat in the Nathaniel H. Wixon Innovation School auditorium, listening to widely varying statistics on financial impacts offered first by an expert for Lowe's and then by an analyst for store opponents. Only 18 audience members signed up to speak.Traffic and congestion remain major concerns.Glenn Greenough, a Dennis resident who sported a bright yellow "No" sticker on his sh儲存倉rt, said experts can redesign all the intersections along Route 134 and improve them with traffic lights, but it's not going to improve flow. "It's already all backed up," he said.Greenough added he believed the market was saturated, so there would be no demand for Lowe's products. "They'll put in the store and end up shutting down," he said.While a number of opponents were present Thursday, South Dennis resident Michael Carlo was there to support the project."I believe that it will provide jobs to the community and the majority will go to people with high-school degrees or less," Carlo said. "I've seen too many dropouts and people who can't get a job."It also came down to the best deal for the customer, Carlo said. "The bottom line is we should not be limited to existing stores," he said. "Why should the consumer pay anywhere from 15 to 25 percent more for an item at a 'mom and pop' store?"Small-business owners have been particularly concerned by the Lowe's proposal, saying the retail giant could drive them out of business.The Cape Cod Commission set a fifth and final hearing for Sept. 25. Lowe's representatives were told all new material must be in the hands of commission staff by Sept. 20.The public hearing process must close by Oct. 2, and commissioners will have 60 days to make a decision on the proposal.If commissioners approve the project, there is little to stop it from moving forward under the town's review process. According to Dennis Town Planner Daniel Fortier, Lowe's plan complies with all the town's zoning requirements.Hundreds of letters on both sides have been submitted to the commission.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, Mass.) Visit the Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, Mass.) at .capecodonline.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉價錢