Board of Zoning Appeal — June 30, 2022

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Cases (7)

• 6:30 P.M. BZA-176892 — 281 CONCORD AVENUE Business A-1 Zone 281 CONCORD LLC - C/O XIAOGUANG (CATHY) WANG Special Permit: Due to new office environment post-COVID-19, we are pivoting from pure co-working office on the first floor and garden area of the building to host and manage private and cor porate events and required parking cannot be accommodated. No additional work is required. Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.35.I.1 (Commercial Recreation Establishment). Art. 6.000, Sec. 6.35 (Relief from Parking Requirements). Sec. 6.20 (Off Street Parking Regulations). Sec.6.32.1 (Parking Exemptions; Small Business). & Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit). [special-permit]
• 6:45 P.M. BZA-172094 — 46-48 MIDDLESEX STREET Residence B Zone CESAR CASTRO - C/O ADAM GLASSMAN, ARCHITECT Variance: To construct a new 2-story rear addition. 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). Special Permit: New left side window openings, new rear below grade stairwell and guard rail, new front below grade window well and guardrail, new front below grade stairwell and modifications to existing front porch. Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Non-Conforming Structure). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit). [special-permit, variance]
• 7:00 P.M. BZA-172691 — 808-812 MEMORIAL DRIVE Office-2 Zone MDHCT HOLDING LLC - C/O PETER DALY, HOMEOWNER’S REHAB Variance: We are requesting relief for an illuminated wall sign for the height and setback. Art. 7.000, Sec. 7.16.22.C (Wall Sign). & Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance). [variance]
• 7:15 P.M. BZA-172991 — 66 BANKS STREET Residence C-1 Zone JACQUELYN HAWKINSON - C/O MARCELO T. HERNANDEZ Special Permit: Three new window openings will be created on the left (north) side façade of the structure which violates the side yard setback. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Non-Conforming Structure). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit). [special-permit]
• 7:30 P.M. BZA-153081 — 174 HARVARD STREET - UNIT 1 Residence C-1 Zone ORLANDO & LUCILA CARTAGENA - C/O DIONE KRIEGER Variance: To construct a roof over canopy on existing rear deck. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance). 7:45 P.M. CASE NO. BZA- 173542 10 WILSON ROAD Office 1 Zone QUAD 10 WILSON ROAD, LLC - C/O JASON PARILLO, POBLOCKI SIGN COMPANY Variance: To allow an individual projecting sign reading "Kendall Kitchen at the Quad" mounted to an existing canopy. Art. 7.000, Sec. 7.16.22.B (Projecting Sign). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance). [variance]
• 8:00 P.M. BZA-173908 — 96 HENRY STREET Residence C Zone ANDREW & SAMANTHA MILLER - C/O ANDREW PLUMB Variance Window wells and a sunken patio access to basement unit will be built. Doing so will increase the calculated building height and will increase the pre-existing non-conformity of the calculated site yard setbacks. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.3 (Alterations of Pre-Existing Non-Conforming Structure). & Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance). [variance]
• 8:15 P.M. BZA-174231 — 346 PUTNAM AVENUE - UNIT 2 Residence C Zone BRIAN JORDAN & KRISTEN WATKINS - C/O CHRIS RAPCZYNSKI Variance: We are proposing to add a third floor to an existing non-confirming two-family dwelling. We are seeking relief for exceeding floor area ratio and yard setbacks. 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]

Hearing Record (transcript)

Present: Brendan Sullivan (Chair), Jim Monteverde (Vice Chair), Andrea Hickey, Wendy Leiserson, Slater W. Anderson, Jason Marshall

Staff: Sisia Daglian, James DeAngelo

Verbatim record: Data/Boards/BZA_transcripts/2022-06-30.txt (247 pages)

• BZA-156403 — 1 Longfellow Road # (orig. hearing 01/27/22)
• Spoke: Continued Cases, Regular Cases
• BZA-162489 — 1 Longfellow Road — withdrawn (orig. hearing 04/14/22)
• Spoke: Sam Kachmar
• BZA-151512 — 38 Cameron Avenue — withdrawn (orig. hearing 12/16/21)
• Spoke: Adam Dash
• BZA-165327 — 27 Fayweather Street — granted (orig. hearing 04/28/22)
• Spoke: James Rafferty, Joseph Glenmullen, Nancy Dingman
• Public comment: 2 members of the public spoke (speakers are named in the official minutes; not listed here, by policy)
• BZA-174527 — 241 Grove Street — granted (orig. hearing 06/09/22)
• Spoke: James Rafferty, Michael Fields
• BZA-176892 — 281 Concord Avenue — denied
• Spoke: James Heffernan, Ajeet Sandhu, Cathy Wang
• Public comment: 10 members of the public spoke (speakers are named in the official minutes; not listed here, by policy)
• BZA-170043 — 281 Concord Avenue — denied (orig. hearing 05/19/22)
• Spoke: James Heffernan
• BZA-172094 — 46-48 Middlesex Street
• Spoke: Adam Glassman
• BZA-172691 — 810-812 Memorial Drive — continued
• BZA-172991 — 66 Banks Street — granted
• Spoke: Sarah Almer
• BZA-153081 — 174 Harvard Street – Unit 1
• Spoke: Dione Krieger
• BZA-173542 — 10 Wilson Road
• Spoke: Jason Parillo
• BZA-173908 — 96 Henry Street
• Spoke: Andrew Plumb, Andrew Miller
• BZA-174231 — 346 Putnam Avenue – Unit 2 — granted
• Spoke: Chris Rapczynski, Kristen Watkins, Brian Jordan, Derrick Tyler, Brian Watkins, Brian Walsh