Board of Zoning Appeal Agenda

7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Thursday, March 12, 2015

Location:
Citywide Senior Center
806 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge

Contact:
Ranjit Singanayagam, Sean O'Grady, Maria Pacheco, ranjits@cambridgema.gov, sogrady@cambridgema.gov, mpacheco@cambridgema.gov, 617-349-6100

The Board of Zoning Appeal will hold a Public Meeting, THURSDAY – MARCH 12, 2015, At the Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave., First Floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  The following cases will be heard.

7:30 P.M. CASE NO: BZA-006082-2015

14 HURLBUT STREET

Residence B Zone  

KATHRYN M. HESS & CHARLES H. STEWART, III – C/O ETHAN J. LACY, ARCHITECT

Variance:  To build a covered entry porch.

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

7:45 P.M. CASE NO: BZA-006099-2015

11 HURLEY STREET   

Business A Zone

11 HURLEY STREET ASSOCIATES – C/O VARNEY HINTLIAN, GENERAL PARTNER

Special Permit:  To use existing lab/office building with existing on-site parking lot for new dialysis clinic, with insufficient amount of on-site parking.

Art. 6.000, Sec. 6.35.1 (Parking Requirements).

 

8:00 P.M. CASE NO: BZA-006114-2015

9 DINSMORE COURT  

Residence C-1 Zone

MAHMOOD FIROUZBAKHT, NIXON PEABODY LLP

Variance:   Addition to a non-conforming building within setbacks.  Parking space within the front yard setback and with insufficient dimensions. Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.30 (Table of Dimensional Requirements).

Art. 6.000, Sec. 6.44.1.C (Front Yard Parking).

Special Permit:  Parking within the requirement setbacks.

Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2 (Non-Conforming Structure). Art. 6.000, Sec. 6.42.1 (Dimensions for Parking Spaces).

Sec. 6.44.1.b (Parking within Setbacks).

 

8:15 P.M. CASE NO: BZA-006133-2015

209 BROADWAY   

Business A Zone/RC-2B

YOUNG INVESTMENT LLC – C/O ANTHONY GALLUCCIO, ESQ

Variance:  To build six new residential dwelling units on the site of a gas station between Broadway, Market Street & Clark Street.  Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements).

Sec. 5.31 (Footnote 2A – Front Yard Setback).  Sec. 5.22 (Private Space Minimum Dimensions).

 

8:30 P.M. CASE NO: BZA-006135-2015

2510-2512 MASS AVENUE    

Business A-2 Zone

MARC RESNICK, TR.

Special Permit: To use approximately 640 sf of commercial space and one garage space for pet care and related services.  Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.35.L (Vetenary Establishment).  Art. 6.000, Sec. 6.36.5.L.2 (Parking Requirements).

 

8:45 P.M. CASE NO: BZA-006158 -2015

10 CANAL PARK  

Business A Zone/PUD-4

SPRINT SPECTRUM, L.P. – C/O ANNE K. REYNOLDS, ESQ.   

Special Permit: To add three (3) new panel antennas to the petitioner’s previously approved and currently operating wireless communications facility at the Property, to be façade mounted on the existing screen wall on the rooftop of the building, together with three (3) new remote radio head (RRH) antennas to be mounted on the screen wall directly below the three (3) new panel antennas.  Additionally, the Petitioner proposed to add one (1) new equipment cabinet to be located on the existing rooftop equipment platform, together with supporting equipment.

Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.32.G.1 (Telecommunications Facility). Sec. 4.40 (Footnote 49) (Telecommunications Facility).

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

9:00 P.M.  CASE N0: BZA-006077-2015

184 HARVEY STREET                                                                                 Residence B Zone

JOSHUA A. WALKER

Variance:   To finish the attic, construct a small balcony on the front of the unit – modifying a dormer.

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

 

 

COPIES OF THIS PETITION ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, CITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE, MA.  CASES CAN BE REVIEWED AT INSPECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, LOCATED AT 831 MASS AVENUE.  CONTINUED CASES ARE NOT ADVERTISED BUT POSTED IN THE OFFICE BOARD AT CITY CLERK'S OFFICE CITY HALL.

INTERESTED PERSONS MAY PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEAL BY APPEARING IN PERSON AT THE HEARING OR MAY PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR THE BOARD’S CONSIDERATION BY SENDING OR FAXING THEM TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SECRETARY (BOARD OF ZONING APPEAL), 831 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, 02139/FAX 349-6183. COMMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE HEARING AND INCLUDE THE CASE NUMBER.