Board of Zoning Appeal — September 11, 2025

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Cases (3)

• 6:00 P.M. BZA-1178016 — 351 CARDINAL MEDEIROS AVENUE Residence C-1 Zone CSE HOMES LLC - C/O PAULO SANTOS Variance: To add a 4th floor unit on top of the existing building that sits in the setback but doesn't extend further beyond the existing walls beneath it. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance). 6:15 P.M. CAS NO. BZA-1178118 63 WASHBURN AVENUE Residence B Zone MONICA & IVAN TOFT Variance: To park within the front yard setback and modify minimum parking space dimensions. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 6.000, Sec. 6.42 (Dimensions for Off Street Parking Spaces). Sec. 6.44.1.c (Layout of Off-Street Parking Facilities). Sec. 6.45.1 (Design and Maintenance of Off-Street Parking Facilities). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance). [variance]
• 6:30 P.M. BZA-1172523 — 350 THIRD STREET Office 3A/ PUD-3/ PUD-CDK TP/P KENDALL SQUARE LLC - C/O COREY MILAN, NB+C ENGINEERING SERVICES Special Permit: To install (3) antennas facade mounted at a height of 250' and accompanied by (2) Remote Radios each for a total of (6) Radio Units. (1) antenna each on the West, North and East sides of the building. The antennas and radios will require one hybrid fiber cable per sector for a total of (3) hybrid cables. Ground equipment will be located on a 5'x7' steel platform on the rooftop which will be set back from the roof edge making it not visible from ground perspective. Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.32.g.1 & Sec. 4.40 (Footnote 49) (Telecommunication Facility). Art. 10.000. Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit). & 6409 - Federal Middle Class Tax Relief Act (Spectrum Act). [special-permit, pud]
• 6:45 P.M. BZA-1174892 — 237 PUTNAM AVENUE Residence C-1 Zone GI ETS CAMBRIDGE I. LLC - C/O ADAM BRAILLARD, ESQ. - T-MOBILE NORTHEAST LLC Special Permit: To modify its existing Wireless Telecommunications Facility by replacing six (6) panel antennas currently installed within the faux chimney on the existing building with six (6) new like kind panel antennas, together with supporting equipment, all to continue to be located within the faux chimney. The Applicants’ proposal complies with Section 6409 of the Spectrum Act as the collocation of antennas is not a substantial change to the existing base station. Moreover, the Applicants proposal complies with Section 4.32 and 10.4 of the Cambridge Zoning Code. Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.32.g.1 & Sec. 4.40 (Footnote 49) (Telecommunication Facility). Art. 10.000. Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit). & 6409 - 2012 Middle Tax Relief Act (Spectrum Act). [special-permit, telecom]

Hearing Record (transcript)

Present: Jim Monteverde (Chair), Steven Ng (Vice Chair), Virginia Keesler, Fernando Daniel Hidalgo, Carol Agate

Staff: Olivia Ratay

Verbatim record: Data/Boards/BZA_transcripts/2025-09-11.txt (35 pages)

• BZA-1178016 — 351 Cardinal Medeiros Avenue — withdrawn
• BZA-1178118 — 63 Washburn Avenue — continued
• Spoke: Ivan Toft, Monica Toft
• BZA-1172523 — 350 Third Street
• BZA-1174892 — 237 Putnam Avenue — granted
• Spoke: Marguerite Roberts