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An application was received from John Piacitelli representing AP Brattle Square LP, requesting permission for an awning at the premises numbered 31 Brattle Street. Approval has been received from Inspectional Services, Department of Public Works, Community Development Department and abutters proof of mailings has been provided
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Applicant
Primary Location
Sign/Awning Permit
31 Brattle St
& John Piacitelli
197027
& [phone removed]
Cambridge, MA 02138
@ [email removed]
Submitted On: Sep 30, 2022
General Information
What option best describes this application?
Awning(s)
Description of Proposed Work
Install a canopy that extends 8" from teh building face
Estimated Cost of Awning(s) in dollars
40000
Describe any existing signs or awnings that will remain (including the size of the remaining signs/awnings).
None
Cambridge City Council approval may be required.
Will one or more of the proposed signs extend six (6) inches
You must submit a Projected Sign Application and
into the public sidewalk?
Abutter's Form
Yes
(https://viewpointcloud.blob.core.windows.net/profile-
pictures/City_Clerk_Sign_Awning_Application_Wed_Jan_o
2_2019_15:28:46_GMT+0000_(Coordinated_Universal_Time
).pdf) to the City Clerk's Office.
Awning Information
Height of Awning (feet)
Width of Awning (feet)
0.6
0.6
Height from the ground to the top of the awning (feet)
Height from the ground to bottom of the awning (feet)
10.3
11
Weight of the awning (Ibs)
Awning Material
300
Aluminum
Projection from the Building (inches)
8
Contractor
Contractor Name
J L Dunn
Address
37 Norwood street, Boston, MA 02122
Telephone
E-mail
[phone removed] ext. 109
[email removed]
License Expiration Date
License Number
09/21/2023
CS-087835
Contractor's Signature
Date
Signature of Licensed Contractor
09/30/2022
ALEXANDER KIMMELMANN
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
PERMANENT SIGN OR STRUCTURE THAT WILL OBSTRUCT THE PUBLIC WAY MORE THAN SIX INCHES
August 30
Cambridge,
_ 2022
To the Honorable, the City Council of the City of Cambridge:
EACH PETITION MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A DRAWING OF PROPOSED SIGN, INDICATING DESIGN
AND DIMENSIONS AND LOCATION ON PREMISES.
AP BRATTLE SQUARE LP. C/O ASANA PARTNERS, LP
The undersigned respectfully prays that
be granted permit to erect a sign of the following specifications in usont of premises located at
37 Brattle street for the storefront at 39 Brattle Street
(ADDRESS)
Type of Sign:
(state whether electric or otherwise and material used in construction)
Reading matter to go on
not applicable this is for a canopy only
sign:
Size:
Weight:
Public Way
8"
10'-4"
A.
B.
Obstruction:
(Give exact distance sign is to extend over sidewalk)
(Also exact distance from bottom of sign to sidewalk)
11'-0"
10'-4"
Top:
Height Above Grade: Bottom:
NOTICE - REGULATIONS
Section 1212.0 State Building Code - Projecting Signs]
[Section 12.08.010 Municipal Code - Encroachments onto Streets]
• A projecting sign shall be constructed wholly of incombustible materials.
• All signs must meet requirements of Zoning Ordinances and Building Code.
• Note: Section 12.12.220 provides in part "every owner who maintains a... structure in or over a street. street....Shall do so
only on the condition that such maintenance shall be considered as an agreement on his part to keep the same and the
covers thereof in good repair and condition, at all times during his ownership, and to indemnify and save harmless the
City against any and all damages, cost or expenses which it may sustain, or be required to pay by reason of such..
PROPERTY OWNER OR AUTHORIZED AGENT HEREBY STATES THAT INFORMATION IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF
HIS/HER KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING UNDER PAINS AND PENALTY OF PERJURY.
Bergmeyer Associates Inc.
John A. Piacitelli Sr. AIA, LEED AP
617/695-7714
51 Sleeper Street Bson, MA 02210
(Property owner or authorized agent)
(Address)
n/a
(Address)
(Business owner)
(Tel. No.)
AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE TO ABUTTERS AND OTHERS
To the License Commission for the City of Cambridge:
I, (print your name) John Piacitelli
_ applicant/applicant's representative for a (print type of
_license, to be operated at (print address of
license requested) Retail Store
hereby certify that the following is a true
proposed location) 37 Brattle Street (storertont at 25 Brattle Street)
list of the owners of the abutting propertyies) per the Assessor's most recent valuation list:
GAZIT HORIZONS (9 BRATTLE) LLC, 1696 NE MIAMI GARDENS DRIVE NORTHMIAMI BEACH, FL 33179
AP BRATTLE SQUARE, LP C/O ASANA PARTNERS, LP1616 CAMDEN RD. SUITE #210CHARLOTTE, NC 28203
And that the following schools, churches or hospitals are located within a five hundred (500) feet radius from said proposed location
(if none, please specify as such):
I also certify that notice of the application/petition was given to each of the above-listed by mailing via Certified Mail, Return Receipt
Requested, within three days after publication of the advertisement of the application/petition, a copy of the attached advertisement of
the application/petition. Proof of service is evidenced by the attached certified mail receipts and return certified receipts bearing
signatures of persons receiving said notices, in addition to those which were returned as undeliverable mail.
day of August
2022 (year).
(month,
Signed and subscribed to under the pains and penalties of perjury this 30
Print Name: John A. Piacitelli
Relation to Applicant: Applicants representive
(Notary Public Seal)
Signature of Notary Public:
DREN CLIEN
ea Clark
Name of Notary Public:And
Commission Expires: March 20,2024
*
*
NOTARY PURISTO
O SECTION DETAIL - BROW
3 EXTERIOR WALL SECTION AT STOREFRONT -31 BRATTLE
D CONSTRUCTION PLAN - 31 BRATTLE
EXTERIOR ELEVATION-31 BRATTLE ST
EDGE OF SLAB
LANDLOKD
- 31 BRATTLE
Bergmeyer
A MAROCE MA 02138
IMPROVEMENTS
A201
STOREFRONT PLAN,
ELEVATION & SECTION
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBTAINING PERMISSION FOR PERMANENT SIGNS
AND AWNINGS THAT PROJECT OVER THE PUBLIC WAY MORE THAN SIX
INCHES
1. Complete the Building (Sign) Permit Application on line at the Inspectional Service Department or
on a personal computer. Inspectional Services Department is located at 831 Massachusetts Avenue,
[phone removed]. Items that must be scanned and attached to online application:
Sketch or drawing of sign or awning
•
Copy of sign company's contract
• Insurance
2. Projected Sign Application and Abutter Forms are available at City Clerk's Office, Room 103 City
Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, [phone removed].
3. Complete application. Application must be signed by business owner and property owner black ink
only. You must measure and state the distance by which the sign or structure will project over the public
way. This application is signed under the pains and penalties of perjury. If you have difficulty
ascertaining the distance, you may wish to use a surveyor. Complete the abutter forms.
After completing steps (1) - (3), file the application with the City Clerk.
The completed application can be dropped off at the City Clerk's Office or e-mailed to
Iperez@cambridgema.gov.
4 The Clerk will place the application on the agenda for a City Council meeting for its consideration.
• During the months of September through June, the City Council meets every Monday at 5:30 p.m.
except for Monday holidays. During July and August, the City Council holds one summer meeting.
Applications must be received at the City Clerk's office on the Thursday prior to the Monday meeting.
• After the City Council has approved the petition, the City Clerk will send the petitioner an unexecuted
bond form.
5.
Petitioner must have the bond form executed by a Surety Company and then return it to this office.
6. When the executed bond is returned to the City Clerk's Office, the City Clerk will approve the application
that bond is acceptable. IS will issue a building permit to the petitioner, so long as all building permit
requirements have been met. The petitioner can obtain the sidewalk obstruction permit from DPW.
Revised December 11, 2017
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
CAMBRIDGE CITY HALL, 795 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139
PHONE [phone removed]
FAX [phone removed]
DONNA P. LOPEZ
PAULA M. CRANE
DEPUTY CITY CLERK
CITY CLERK
, September 29
Cambridge,
→ 2022
To the Honorable, the City Council of the City of Cambridge:
EACH PETITION MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A DRAWING OF PROPOSED SIGN, INDICATING DESIGN AND
DIMENSIONS AND LOCATION ON PREMISES.
The undersigned respectfully prays that AP BRATTLE SQUARE LP. C/O ASANA PARTNERS, LP
(NAME OF BUSINESS
be granted permit to erect a sign of the following specifications in front of premises located at
31 Brattle Street Canopy
(ADDRESS)
Type of Sign: Canopy projecting into the public way
(state whether electric or otherwise and material used in construction)
Reading matter to go on Sign:
No reading material applied to canopy
Size:
Weight:
Public Way
Obstruction:
в. 10'-4"
A. 8" Projection
(Also exact distance from bottom of sign to sidewalk
(Give exact distance sign is to extend over sidewalk)
11'-0"
10'-4"
Height Above Grade: Bottom:
Top:
NOTICE - REGULATIONS
Section 1212.0 State Building Code - Projecting Signs]
[Section 12.08.010 Municipal Code - Encroachments onto Streets]
• A projecting sign shall be constructed wholly of incombustible materials.
• All signs must meet requirements of Zoning Ordinances and Building Code.
• Note: Section 12.12.220 provides in part "every owner who maintains a structure structure in or over a street. ...shall do so only on
the condition that such maintenance shall be considered as an agreement on his part to keep the same and the covers thereof in
dudes in and experies wil it may sustain, is be reship, to pen by reason and the haules the City against any and all
PROPERTY OWNER OR AUTHORIZED AGENT HEREBY STATES THAT INFORMATION IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF HIS/HER
UNDERSTANDING UNDER PAINS AND PENALTY OF PERJURY.
KNOWLEDGE AND
Bergmeyer, 51 Sleeper St., Boston, MA 02210
[phone removed]
(Property owner or authorized agent)
/
(Address)
(Business owner)
(Tel. No.)
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
CAMBRIDGE CITY HALL, 795 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139
PHONE [phone removed]
FAX [phone removed]
TTY/TDD [phone removed]
PAULA M. CRANE
DONNA P. LOPEZ
DEPUTY CITY CLERK
CITY CLERK
ABUTTERS FORM FOR SIGN/AWNING PERMIT
Date
To Whom It May Concern:
As Owner of Agent of 9 Brattle LLC
_Cambridge,
of the
approval
Massachusetts, I do hereby declare my disapproval
installment of:
Canopy over the sidewalk entance: for 31 Brattle Street Canopy
Awnings over the windows:
Projecting sign:
of said property.
Signed:
_Date
Address:
ABUTTERS:
PLEASE COMPLETE FORM WHETHER OR NOT YOU APPROVE OF THE REQUESTED
SIGN/AWNING AND RETURN IT TO THE APPLICANT WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS FOR INCLUSION
IN THE APPLICATION.
SIGN/AWNING APPLICANT:
PLEASE FILL IN DATE THAT FORM WAS DELIVERED TO ABUTTER (TOP RIGHT OF THIS
FORM)
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
CAMBRIDGE CITY HALL, 795 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139
PHONE [phone removed]
FAX [phone removed]
TTY/TDD [phone removed]
PAULA M. CRANE
DONNA P. LOPEZ
DEPUTY CITY CLERK
CITY CLERK
ABUTTERS FORM FOR SIGN/AWNING PERMIT
Date
To Whom It May Concern:
AP BRATTLE SQUARE, LP C/O Asana Partners, LP
_Cambridge,
As Owner of Agent of
of the
approval
Massachusetts, I do hereby declare my disapproval
installment of:
Canopy over the sidewalk entrance: for 31 Brattle Street Canopy
Awnings over the windows:
Projecting sign:
of said property.
_Date
Signed:
Address:
ABUTTERS:
LEASE COMPLETE FORM WHETHER OR NOT YOU APPROVE OF THE REQUESTE
IGN/AWNING AND RETURN IT TO THE APPLICANT WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS FOR INCLUSIO
IN THE APPLICATION.
SIGN/AWNING APPLICANT:
PLEASE FILL IN DATE THAT FORM WAS DELIVERED TO ABUTTER (TOP RIGHT OF THIS
FORM)
U.S. Postal Service™
CERTIFIED MAIL® RECEIPT
Domestic Mail Only
For delivery information, visit our website at www.usps.com
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Postage
$1.92
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09/30/2022
Total Postage and Fees
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CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL COMMISSION
831 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Fl., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Telephone: [phone removed] Fax: [phone removed] TTY: [phone removed]
E-mail: histcomm@cambridgema.gov URL: http://www.cambridgema.gov/Historic
Bruce A. Irving, Chair, Susannah Barton Tobin, Vice Chair; Charles M. Sullivan, Executive Director
Joseph V. Ferrara, Chandra Harrington, Elizabeth Lyster, Caroline Shannon, Jo M. Solet, Members
Gavin W. Kleespies, Paula A. Paris, Kyle Sheffield, Alternates
COMMISSIOT
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
37 Brattle Street
Property:
Applicant:
AP Brattle Square, LP
Attention:
G. Welch Liles
Asana Partners
1616 Camden Rd, Ste #210
Charlotte, N.C. 28203
John Piacitelli
Bergmeyer Associates, Inc.
51 Sleeper Street
Boston, Mass. 02210
The Cambridge Historical Commission hereby certifies, pursuant to the
and the Cambridge
Massachusetts Historic Districts Act (MGL Ch. 40C)
listorical Buildings and Landmarks Ordinance (Cambridge City Code,
ch. 2.78), that the work described below is not incongruous to the
historic
aspects or architectural character of the building or
district:
Alter two storefronts in the building as described below,
1. Construct a steel and glass canopy at 25 Brattle
Street.
2. Construct a steel brow over the storefront at 31
Brattle Street.
Work is to be carried out as indicated in the plans by
Bergmeyer titled, "37 Brattle Street Storefront
Restoration, " and dated March 15, 2022.
Approval was granted on the condition that construction
details be reviewed and approved by Historical Commissions
staff.
All improvements shall be carried out as shown on the plans and
specifications submitted by the applicant, except as modified above.
Approved plans and specifications are incorporated by reference into
this certificate.
Case 4761: 37 Brattle Street
Certificate of Appropriateness, page 2
This certificate is granted upon the condition that the work
authorized herein is commenced within six months after the date of
issue. If the work authorized by this certificate is not commenced
within six months after the date of issue, or if such work is
suspended in significant part for a period of one year after the time
expire and be of no
the work is commenced, then this certificate shall
further effect; provided that, for cause, one or more extensions of
time, for periods not exceeding six months each, may be allowed in
writing by the Chair.
Case Number: 4761
Date of Certificate: June 7, 2022
Attest: A true and correct copy of decision filed with the
offices of the City Clerk and the Cambridge Historical Commission
on June 7, 2022
Bruce A. Irving sto
- Chair.
By -
*********************************************************************
since the filing of this decision.
Twenty days have elapsed
No appeal has been filed
_ Appeal has been filed
Date
_ City Clerk
+ SECTION DETAIL - BROW
3 EXTERIOR WALL SECTION AT STOREFRONT -31 BRATTLE
GONSTRUCTION PLAN -31 BRATTLE
2 EXTERIOR ELEVATION - 31 BRATTLE ST
DGE OF SUE
LANDLORD
• 51 BRAIILE
Bergmeyer
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138
IMPROVEMENTS
A201
STOREFRONT PLAN.
ELEVATION & SECTION
COSTETRAL PHOTO
• SECTION DETAIL - BROW
* EXTERIOR WALL SECTION AT STOREFRONT -31 BRATTLE
A CONSTRUCTION PLAN - 31 BRATTLE
EXTERIOR ELEVATION - 31 BRATTLE ST
EDGE OF SLAS
LANDLORD
- 31 BRAHILE
Bergmeyer
3 MADE MA 02138
IMPROVEMENTS
A201
STOREFRONT PLAN,
ELEVATION & SECTION
J.L. DUNN
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
10/7/2022
City of Cambridge Inspectional Services
831 Massachusetts Ave. # 1
Cambridge, MA 02139
To Whom it may concern,
With regards to the construction project located @ 31 Brattle St. in Cambridge, MA with J.L. Dunn &
Company and Asana partners, this letter is to confirm the increased construction cost estimate for the
brow/canopy included in building permit modification application 180432 is $10,000.
Respectfully,
10-7-22
Liam White
Liam White
Project Manager
JL Dunn & Company
[phone removed]
[email removed]
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
JL Dunn & Company 37 Norwood St. Boston, MA 02122