Description
The Board of Zoning Appeal will hold a Public Meeting, THURSDAY
– JANUARY 7, 2016, At the Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave., First
Floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The
following cases will be heard.
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7:30 P.M. CASE NO: BZA-008968-2015
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2 ARROW STREET
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Office- 3 Zone / HSOD
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PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE – C/O
CAROLEE HILL, HARVARD REAL ESTATE
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Variance:
To convert an empty office meeting space to a retail establishment in
an Office-3 district which is in the HSOD to activate the space and contribute
to the pedestrian environment.
Art. 20.000, Sec. 20.54.3 (Retail Use-HSOD). Art.
4.000, Sec. 4.35 (Retail Uses).
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7:45 P.M. CASE NO: BZA-008879-2015
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57 JFK STREET
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Business B Zone/HSOD
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GQS HARVARD SQUARE INC. – C/O ROSAMOND LU
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Special Permit:
To operate a “Tom’s BaoBao” fast order food establishment at 57 JFK
Street.
Art. 4.000, Section 4.35.0 & Art. 11.000, Sec.
11.30 (Fast Order Food Establishment).
Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit).
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8:00 P.M. CASE NO: BZA-008886-2015
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54 WASHBURN AVENUE
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Residence B Zone
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NORTH CHARLES MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH & TRAINING
FOUNDATION, INC.
C/O GARY HOULE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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Special Permit: To allow the use of either: Nonprofit
educational or other institutional use; Other Health Care Facility or Social
Service Center. Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.13 (BZA Special Permit Hearings).
Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit). Art. 4.000,
Sec. 4.30 (Use). & Sec. 4.50 (Institutional Overlay District).
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8:15 P.M. CASE NO: BZA-008898-2015
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201 BROOKLINE STREET #6
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Special District -9
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KISHORE & SUCHARITA VARANASI
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Variance: To create an addition on the roof of Unit #6
creating additional floor area beyond what was approved by a Planning Board
Special Permit #197. Art. 17.000, Sec.
17.90 (Special District).
Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional
Requirements).
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8:30 P.M. CASE NO: BZA-008899-2015
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201 BROOKLINE STREET #5
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Special Dristrict-9
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RENEE L. BEARD
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Variance: To create an addition on the roof of
Unit #5 creating additional floor area beyond what was approved by a Planning
Board Special Permit #197. Art.
17.000, Sec. 17.90 (Special District).
Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional
Requirements).
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8:45 P.M. CASE NO: BZA-008940-2015
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20 MADISON STREET
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Residence A-2 Zone
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TODD GOULET & KONSTANTIN LINNIK – C/O CAMPBELL
ELLSWORTH, ARCHITECT
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Special Permit: Relief from the required 5’ buffer on
a section of a driveway, which is being constructed for a new single-family
home. The relief would allow the
re-use of an existing curb cut.
Art. 6.000, Sec. 6.44.1.B (Parking Setbacks).
9:00 P.M. CASE
N0: BZA-008941-2015
9 BROWN STREET Residence A-2 Zone
THOMAS RODES
Variance:
To construct an extension to an existing non-conforming structure that
further violates right & left yard setbacks and construct a pergola in
the front yard setback.
Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional
Requirements). Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.3
(Non-Conforming Structure).
Special Permit:
To relocate & add openings on an existing non-conforming right
side.
Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Non-Conforming Structure).
9:15 P.M. CASE
NO. BZA-008957-2015
146 MT. AUBURN STREET Residence C-1 Zone
RE STUDIO, LLC – C/O THEODORE GALANTE
Variance:
To construct a dormer to an existing slope roof and reconfigure
existing dormer to connect with new dormer and convert 2nd & 3rd
floors to residential units. Art.
5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Art. 8.000, Sec.
8.22.1.H.2 (Dormer Length). Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.29 (Conversion of former Res.
Back to Res.).
9:30 P.M. CASE
NO. BZA-009032-2015
678 MASS AVENUE Business
B Zone –CSQ
T-MOBILE NORTHEAST LLC – C/O RICARDO M. SOUSA, ESQ.
Special Permit:
To modify the existing wireless communications facility by collocating
an additional four (4) new L700 panel antennas to be installed consistent
with the existing antennas on the Building.
The facade mounted antennas will be painted to match the facade of the
building. Currently, there are eight
(8) existing
T-Mobile Antennas located on the roof of the Building,
and with this co-location there will be a total of twelve (12) T-Mobile
Antennas. The proposal complies with
Section 6409 of the Middle Class Tax Relief Act as the collocation of
antennas is not a substantial change to the existing base station. Moreover, the proposal complies with
Section 4.32 and 10.40 of the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance.
Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.32. (g)(1) (Utilities – Telephone
Exchange). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40
(Special Permit).
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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
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