Planning Board — February 16, 2021
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General Business (2)
- Update from the Community Development Department
- PB# 369 — 600 Massachusetts Avenue – Extension Request (Letter)
Public Hearings (1)
- 6:30 p.m. PB# 371 — 269-301 Vassar Street – Special Permit application by Massachusetts Institute of Technology to construct two buildings totaling 327,000 square feet of graduate student housing pursuant to Section 17.63.2(b) Increase height to approximately 105 feet in SD -6, Section 17.203.2 Increase height to approximately 100 feet in SD -11, Section 19.20 Project Review Special Permit, and Section 6.35.1 Reduction of Required Parking. (Materials) [special-permit]
Board of Zoning Appeal Cases (1)
- BZA-106913 — 33 Gore Street – Variance for expansion of a pre -existing, non -conforming two -family dwelling, adding two - residential units to the building. Ar t. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dim ensional Requirements); Sec. 5.13 (Distance Between Buildings); & Sec. 5.26 (Conversion). Special Permits to extend ECHO and Res C -2B zoning to the entire lot, to allow expansion of building height up within setbacks, for a waiver of parking requirements, and to allow two tandem parking spaces in the existing driveway. Art. 6.000, Sec. 6.35.1 (Reduction of Required Parking); Sec. 6.43.2 (Access for Off Street Parking Spaces); Sec. 6.44.1.G (Setbacks for on Grade Open Parking Spaces); Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Alteration of Non -Conforming Structure); & Art. 3.000, Sec. 3.32.1 (Extension of Less Restrictive Dimensional Provisions). (Materials) [special-permit, variance]
From the Minutes
Present: Catherine Preston Connolly (Chair), Mary T. Flynn (Vice Chair)
Full transcript: 166 pages