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Board of Zoning Appeal Agenda

Location

Citywide Senior Center
806 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Contact

Ranjit Singanayagam
Sean O'Grady
Maria Pachecoranjits@cambridgema.gov
sogrady@cambridgema.gov
mpacheco@cambridgema.gov
617-349-6100

Description

The Board of Zoning Appeal will hold a Public Meeting, THURSDAY – AUGUST 24. 2017, At the Senior Center

806 Massachusetts Avenue, First Floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  The following cases will be heard.

"CLICK CASE NUMBER TO VIEW APPLICATION, PLANS & OTHER SUBMISSIONS".

7:15 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-013766-2017

582 FRANKLIN STREET Residence C-1 Zone

FRED SCHOLZ & MARGOT KEMPERS

Special Permit: To install new windows within the side yard setback.

Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Non-Conforming Structure).

7:30 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-013852-2017
38 ESSEX STREET Residence B Zone

ELIZABETH J. PEOPLES & JAMES J. PEOPLES – C/O PETER L. COHEN, ESQ.   

Variance: To formally establish 2 parking spaces off private way on corner lot.

Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.30 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Sec. 5.24 (Yards).

Art. 6.000, Sec. 6.40 (Off-Street Parking Facilities).

7:45 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-013840-2017
58-60 ROSELAND STREET

DOULGAS BORCHARD & BARBARA TALCOTT

Residence B Zone

Special Permit To relocate windows in a setback.

Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Non-Conforming Structure).  Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit).

8:00 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-013861-2017
31 HAWTHORN STREET Residence A-2 Zone

SHIKHAR GHOSH

Variance: To build a partially covered entry within a setback.

Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements).

Special Permit: To replace 2 rear windows with French doors in a setback.

Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Non-Conforming Structure).

8:15 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-013738-2017
11 APPLETON ROAD #2 Residence B Zone 

FEINMANN, INC. – C/O JOHN VINING

Special Permit: The install a window into a non-conforming wall on the second floor unit.

Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Non-Conforming Structure).

Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements).

8:30 P.M.  CASE NO. BZA-013866-2017
10-12 SPRINGFIELD STREET Business A Zone

M&R HOSPITALITY GROUP, INC. – C/O JAMES J. RAFFERTY, ESQ.

Special Permit:To operate a fast order food establishment serving Mediterranean cuisine.

Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.35.0 & Art. 11.000, Sec. 11.30 (Fast Order Food Establishment).

Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit).

TO VIEW BZA CASE APPLICATIONS, PLANS & SUBMISSIONS, GO TO: http://cambridgema.gov/bza, Click “Inspectional Services”, Click “Board of Zoning Appeal Agenda”.   Any information filed after the agenda has been posted can be viewed at the Inspectional Services Department located at 831 Mass Avenue, Cambridge.   Copies of this petition are also on file in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Cambridge, MA.   Interested persons may provide comments to the Board of Zoning Appeal by appearing in person at the hearing and/or may provide written comments for the Board’s consideration by mailing or delivering them to the attention of the Secretary, Board of Zoning Appeal, 831 Mass Avenue, 02139 or by emailing them to mpacheco@cambridgema.gov.  Comments must be submitted prior to the Hearing and include the Case Number.   Continued cases are not re-advertised but are posted on the office board at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall & on the same BZA Web Page.    

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