Board of Zoning Appeal — May 9, 2024

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Cases (5)

• 6:30 P.M. BZA-264436 — 40 GRANITE STREET Residence C Zone CITY OF CAMBRIDGE - C/O IRAM FAROOQ, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER Variance: To continue Saturday use of area as a farmers' market, starting June through November, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM as previously approved by the BZA in 2013, case #10399, and in 2018, case #017109 - 2019. Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.36.a (Open Lot Retail sales Establishment). & Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance). [variance]
• 6:45 P.M. BZA-264704 — 39 SAVILLE STREET Residence B Zone SUZANNE N. HABER & WILLIAM L. THOMPSON - C/O SARAH L. RHATIGAN, ESQ. Special Permit: Rear addition to non-conforming two-family structure increasing Gross Floor Area/Floor Area Ratio and new skylight within setback on different wall. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.d (Non-Conforming Two-Family Structure). Sec. 8.22.2.c (New Window Within Setback). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit). [special-permit]
• 7:00 P.M. BZA-264622 — 70 INMAN STREET Residence C-1 Zone SUSAN SCHWEITZER Variance: Construction of a two-story addition to an existing 2-family dwelling. 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]
• 7:15 P.M. BZA-265150 — 2 PARKWAY TERRACE Residence A-2 Zone ADRINA DEVITRE & SHAHZAD SHAEFI - C/O JAMES J. RAFFERTY, ESQ. Special Permit: To build a conforming addition to a pre-existing nonconforming single-family residence. The proposed addition does not increase the nature of the existing nonconformity, nor does it increase the structure by more than 25% since it first became nonconforming. 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-263613 — 73 FAYETTE STREET - Unit 1 Residence C-1 Zone TOMAS & ELIZABETH WALSH - C/O EDRICK VANBEUZEKOM, ARCHITECT Variance: Enclosure of existing covered porch within existing non-conforming footprint of building. No increase of non-conformity with the exception of its gross floor area. 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: Jim Monteverde (Chair), Steven Ng (Vice Chair), Virginia Keesler, William Boehm, Fernando Daniel Hidalgo, Carol Agate, Thomas Miller

Staff: Olivia Ratay

Verbatim record: Data/Boards/BZA_transcripts/2024-05-09.txt (244 pages)

• BZA-259579 — 191 Franklin Street (orig. hearing 04/11/24)
• Spoke: Peter Barbosa, Jason Jarvis
• BZA-258983 — 75 Dudley St — granted (orig. hearing 03/28/24)
• Spoke: Mark Sereda
• BZA-261068 — 38-40, 48, 54-56 Banks Street — granted (orig. hearing 04/11/24)
• Spoke: Sarah Rhatigan, Jason Jewhurst, Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi
• Public comment: 30 members of the public spoke (speakers are named in the official minutes; not listed here, by policy)
• BZA-197887 — Six Month Extension Request 47 Eighth Street (orig. hearing 11/17/22)
• Spoke: James Rafferty
• BZA-133276 — 2Nd Extension Request For One Year 20 Larchwood Drive — granted (orig. hearing 09/02/21)
• Spoke: James Rafferty
• BZA-264436 — 40 Granite Street
• BZA-264704 — 39 Saville Street
• Spoke: Axel Ramirez-Palacio, Sarah Rhatigan, Axel Ramirez Palacio
• BZA-264622 — 70 Inman Street — granted
• Spoke: Joseph Artley, Susan Schweitzer, Thomas Schweitzer
• BZA-265150 — 2 Parkway Terrace
• Spoke: James Rafferty, David Foley
• Public comment: 1 member of the public spoke (speakers are named in the official minutes; not listed here, by policy)
• BZA-263613 — 73 FAYETTE STREET, Unit 1 — granted
• Spoke: Edrick Vanbeuzekom, Paige Walsh