Board of Zoning Appeal Agenda

7:00 PM - 11:30 PM Thursday, April 25, 2013

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 – APRIL 25, 2013, At the Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave., First Floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  The following cases will be heard.

7:30 P.M. CASE NO. 10421

21 CORNELIUS WAY

Residence C-1 Zone

RICHARD D. FANNING

Variance:  To permit front yard parking.   Art. 6.000, Sec. 6.44.1.C (Front Yard Setbacks).

Special Permit:  To install a second driveway.  Art. 6.000, Sec. 6.43.3.C (Curb Cuts).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

7:45 P.M. CASE NO. 10422

47-49 BRATTLE STREET

Business A Zone

THE JUST CRUST LLC – C/O JAMES J. RAFFERTY, ESQ.

Special Permit:  To use premises as a fast food pizzeria as previously authorized in BZA Case No. 9549 and Case No.10133.

Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.35 & Art. 11.000, Sec. 11.30 (Fast Order Food Establishment). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit).

Art. 20.000, Sec. 20.50 (Harvard Square Overlay District).

 

8:00 P.M. CASE NO. 10423

400 MAIN STREET

Residence C-3B Zone

SPRINT SPECTRUM, L.P. – C/O RICARDO M. SOUSA, ESQ.   

Special Permit: To replace three (3) existing panel antennas with three (3) updated panel antennas 2 inside faux chimneys and 1 façade mounted together with adding six (6) remote radio heads on the mounts and replacing one (1) equipment cabinet to the Applicant’s existing and previously approved wireless communications facility currently operating on the rooftop of the building. Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.32.G.1 (Footnote 49) (Telecommunication Facility).  Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit).

 

8:l5 P.M. CASE NO. 10424

1-11 MARNEY STREET

Residence C-1 Zone

NELSON OLIVERA – C/O SEAN D. HOPE, ESQ.

Special Permit:  To enclose covered porch area and add windows to the second and third floor located within the side yard setback.  Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2 (Non-Conforming Structure).

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

  

8:30 P.M. CASE NO. 10425

124-126 MAGAZINE STREET

Residence C Zone

RITA TARLOW, DONALD DAVIDOFF & SUSAN TARLOW

Special Permit: To extend interior entry halls over a portion of front deck.

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

 

8:45 P.M. CASE NO. 10426

1 BROADWAY

Office 3A/PUD-3

ONE BROADWAY DONUTS, LLC – C/O JAMES J. RAFFERTY, ESQ.

Variance: To allow for existing Dunkin Donuts Fast Order food Establishment to relocate to adjoining storefront in same building.  Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.35 & Art. 11.000, Sec. 11.30 (Fast Order Food Establishment).

Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 ((Variance). Art. 6.000, Sec. 6.35.1 (Parking Requirements).   

 

9:00 P.M. CASE NO. 10427

1 OXFORD STREET & ADJOINING PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS

Residence C-3 Zone

PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE

C/O GARY HAMMER, HARVARD PLANNING & PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Variance:  To amend the existing variance for an open air farmer’s market to allow the relocation of the market to a new location at 1 Oxford Street. The market originally operated at 1785 Cambridge Street from 2006 to 2011, and operated at a temporary location at 26 Oxford Street during the 2012 season.    Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.36.A (Use).

 

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.