Party Statement: Reade Kontje Milne, Zoning Officer for the Town of Edgartown vs. Chambers, Christopher R.

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                                COMMONWEALTH           OF MASSACHUSETTS

DUKES, SS.                                                SUPERIOR   COURT DEPARTMENT
                                                          OF THE TRIAL COURT


READE KONTJE MILNE, Zoning Officer
for the Town of Edgartown,

           Plaintiff,                                      CIVIL ACTION NO. 2174CV00021

Vv.

CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS,

           Defendant.


                           AFFIDAVIT OF CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS


           I, Christopher Chambers, under the penalties of perjury, do hereby depose and state as

follows:


           1        Town the property at 1, 3, 5 and 9 Holly Bear Lane in Edgartown, Massachusetts.

These street numbers correspond with the information on the Edgartown tax records for my

property.      The property is subdivided into four parcels.


           2        Tam 47 years old. I was in a long-term relationship for many years and lived with

that person. However, that relationship ended this year.

           3        Shortly after that relationship ended, I needed to move onto my property because I

had nowhere else to go.

           4        Thave a camper on my land that I live in.


           5        [have a port-a-potty on my property for waste.   I have it commercially cleaned

each week.
6       Thave seven vehicles on my land, all of which       Town.   These include four

registered vehicles (three trucks and one car), a minivan, and two unregistered box trucks.         I use

the box trucks to store all my life possessions, including furniture and equipment.     One of the

box trucks has the “FedEx” logo and the other is orange.

       7       Tam in the process of getting rid of the minivan.

       8       I would like to locate a metal storage container on my land as a garage.         I can use

that space to store my belongings out of sight and get rid of the two box trucks.     Then I would

have only four vehicles on the property.

       9       I can also get rid of the boat on the property which belongs to my father. He is

going to pick it up this month and take it off my property.

       10.     Ihave a perimeter fence around my property for privacy and because it makes

my vehicles less visible from the road.    I do not leave trash or debris on my property.

       11.     I work full-time as a sanitation driver for ABC Disposal.     On a part-time basis, I

also drive a tow truck and tow vehicles.


       12.     I do not operate a junk yard on my property and I do not run a car repair business

on my property either.


       13.     My plan is to build a home on my property for me. I need to sell the other

parcels to raise the money for my own home.

       14.     In February 2019, I was sued by some developers and their attorneys, who

include Richard Brown, Paul Adler and Attorney George Brush.         The developers purchased

adjacent parcels to mine and now claim that part of my land belongs to them because of an

alleged incorrect boundary used when my parcels were created.       I believe they are incorrect.
However, until that lawsuit is resolved, the title to my parcels is not clear and I cannot move

forward with my plan for my own land.

        15.     I’m really caught between a rock and a hard place.

        16.     My plan is to apply for a Special Permit from the Edgartown Zoning Board of

Appeals so that I can install my camper on fixed blocks or another similar arrangement as a

temporary, nonconforming structure that I can live in while I try to resolve the other lawsuit

with the developers and then build a conforming house where I can live. Alternatively, if I can

sell my property to the developers for enough money, then I can build a home elsewhere.

        17.     Everything depends on me being able to live on my land temporarily until I can

sort out these other matters.

        SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY THIS 6th DAY OF JULY, 2021.




                                              /s/ Christopher Chamber:
                                              Christopher Chambers