Board of Zoning Appeal — September 24, 2020

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Cases (8)

• 6:00 P.M. BZA-017317-2020 — 42 MAPLE AVENUE Residence C-1 Zone STEPHEN WOLFBERG - C/O DOUGLAS OKUN, ARCHITECT Variance: To enlarge stair platform formerly approved in a prior variance BZA-017249-2020 on 01.31.2020. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance). [variance]
• 6:15 P.M. BZA-017319-2020 — 113 INMAN STREET Residence C-1 Zone CHARLES & KAREN KORN - C/O ALEX VAN PRAAGH, ARCHITECT Variance: To install a guard rail along exterior stair well @ 7.5' from side-yard property line. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Special Permit: To install windows in the setback. Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Non -Conforming Structure). [special-permit, variance]
• 6:30 P.M. BZA-017315-2020 — 11 LOPEZ STREET Residence C Zone MACIEJ GADAMSKI - C/O SARAH L. RHATIGAN, ESQ. Variance: To construct additions squaring-off front of the existing structure and adding third floor, extend rear deck within side setback, add retaining walls with guardrails within front setback. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.3 (Non-Conforming Structure). & Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance). [variance]
• 6:45 P.M. BZA-017301-2020r — 25 STANDISH STREET Residence B Zone THOMAS CARTER & CHRISTINE ROGERS - C/O AMY MUNSAT, AMY MUNSAT DESIGN Special Permit: To renovate and finish a portion of the basement and exempt it from GFA. The renovation includes a new interior stair for direct and safe access from the first floor unit to newly finished basement spaces and two (2) existing windowsills will be modified to provide access to new single window well for emergency egress. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Alteration to Non-Conforming Structure). & Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit). [special-permit]
• 7:30 P.M. BZA-017318-2020 — 11 MAGNOLIA AVENUE Residence C-1 Zone EILEEN M. D’ENTREMONT Variance: To add two dormers to the third floor within the setbacks. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Special Permit: Install new windows within the setback. Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Non-Conforming Structure). [special-permit, variance]
• 7:45 P.M. BZA-017307-2020 — 362 BROADWAY Business A-1 Zone BAKER POND LLC - C/O DUNCAN MacARTHUR Variance: To amend the variance previously granted under BZA-017108-2019. We need to move the recessed dormer on the east elevation out to align with the outside wall to accommodate the stairs. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance). Special Permit: To add windows within the setback. Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Non-Conforming Structure). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit). [special-permit, variance]
• 8:00 P.M. BZA-017316-2020 — 466 PUTNAM AVENUE Residence C Zone 466 PUTNAM AVENUE LLC - C/O DANIEL P. ANDERSON, ANDERSON PORTER DESIGN INC. Special Permit: Rear conforming addition to an existing non-conforming 2 family structure with increase in GFA greater than 10%. Changes to openings in left side yard with overall reduction in the side yard non - conformity. Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Non-Conforming Structure). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit). [special-permit]
• 8:15 P.M. BZA-017324-2020 — 1105 MASS AVENUE Business B Zone 1105 MASS AVE CONDOMINIUM - C/O ADAM F. BRAILLARD, ESQ. FOR STARRY INC. Special Permit: The Applicant proposes to modify its existing wireless facility currently operating on the rooftop of the Building by adding twenty (20) small-scale antennas in four (4) locations on the penthouse of the Building. The average dimension of the proposed antennas in approximately 12 -inches, with four (4) antennas measure no greater than 24-inches in diameter. The Applicant also proposes to install one (1) equipment cabinet that will be mounted to the base of the penthouse. The Applicant's Proposed Facility will not exceed the height of the existing penthouse on the Building, and all visible antennas and supporting equipment associated with the Applicant's Proposed Facility will be painted to match the Buildi ng and the penthouse thereon. The Applicant's proposal complies with Section 6409 of the Spectrum Act as the collocation of the antennas is not a substantial change to the existing base station. Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 - 10.46 (Special Permit). Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.32.G.1 & Sec. 4.40 (Footnote 49) (Telecommunication Facility). 6409A Middle Class Tax Relief Act-Spectrum Act [special-permit]

Hearing Record (transcript)

Present: Constantine Alexander (Chair), Brendan Sullivan (Vice Chair), Andrea A. Hickey, Jim Monteverde, Alison Hammer, Matina Williams

Staff: Ranjit Singanayagam, Sisia Daglian

Verbatim record: Data/Boards/BZA_transcripts/2020-09-24.txt (15 pages)

• BZA-017317-2020 — 42 Maple Avenue — continued
• Spoke: Malcolm Pittman
• BZA-017319-2020 — 113 Inman Street
• Spoke: Sarah Rhatigan
• BZA-017315-2020 — 11 Lopez Street — granted
• Spoke: Alex Van Praagh, Sarah Rhatigan, Maciej Gadamski, Natercia Amaya, Naterecia Amaya, Arch Horst, Duncan Macarthur, Mike Witt, Silvana Sawaya, Dan Anderson, Malcolm Pittman, Maria Pantos, Dianne Rice, Trina Murphy, Andrew Sanger, Adam Brailard
• BZA-017301-2020 — 25 Standish Street — granted
• Spoke: Natercia Amaya, Sarah Rhatigan, Naterecia Amaya, Arch Horst, Duncan Macarthur, Mike Witt, Silvana Sawaya, Dan Anderson, Malcolm Pittman, Maria Pantos, Dianne Rice, Trina Murphy, Andrew Sanger, Adam Brailard
• BZA-OI — 7318-2020 -- 11 Magnolia Avenue 65, — granted
• Spoke: Natercia Amaya, Sarah Rhatigan, Naterecia Amaya, Arch Horst, Duncan Macarthur, Mike Witt, Silvana Sawaya, Dan Anderson, Malcolm Pittman, Maria Pantos, Dianne Rice, Trina Murphy, Andrew Sanger, Adam Brailard
• BZA-017307-2020 — 362 Broadway — granted
• Spoke: Natercia Amaya, Sarah Rhatigan, Naterecia Amaya, Arch Horst, Duncan Macarthur, Mike Witt, Silvana Sawaya, Dan Anderson, Malcolm Pittman, Maria Pantos, Dianne Rice, Trina Murphy, Andrew Sanger, Adam Brailard
• BZA-017316-2020 — 466 Putnam Avenue — granted
• Spoke: Natercia Amaya, Sarah Rhatigan, Naterecia Amaya, Arch Horst, Duncan Macarthur, Mike Witt, Silvana Sawaya, Dan Anderson, Malcolm Pittman, Maria Pantos, Dianne Rice, Trina Murphy, Andrew Sanger, Adam Brailard
• BZA-017324-2020 — 1105 Mass Avenue — granted
• Spoke: Natercia Amaya, Sarah Rhatigan, Naterecia Amaya, Arch Horst, Duncan Macarthur, Mike Witt, Silvana Sawaya, Dan Anderson, Malcolm Pittman, Maria Pantos, Dianne Rice, Trina Murphy, Andrew Sanger, Adam Brailard
• BZA-017244-2020 — 97 Sixth Street, — granted (orig. hearing 7/30/20)
• Spoke: Natercia Amaya, Sarah Rhatigan, Naterecia Amaya, Arch Horst, Duncan Macarthur, Mike Witt, Silvana Sawaya, Dan Anderson, Malcolm Pittman, Maria Pantos, Dianne Rice, Trina Murphy, Andrew Sanger, Adam Brailard