Board of Zoning Appeal Agenda

7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Thursday, October 12, 2017

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 – OCTOBER 12, 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".

7:30 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-014376-2017
1350 MASS AVENUE Business B Zone

SWISSBAKERS INC. – C/O THOMAS STOHR

Special Permit:  To operate a fast order food establishment at 1350 Mass Avenue.

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

7:45 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-014431-2017
48 QUINCY STREET Residence C-3 Zone

PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE – C/O ALEXANDRA OFFIONG, HARVARD PLANNING

Variance: The Harvard Graduate School of Design seeks variances for the number, area and illumination of new

exterior building signage.  Art. 7.000, Sec. 7.16.21.B (Signage, Number, Area, Illumination).

8:00 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-014239-2017
33 INMAN STREET #1
SARAH ABRAMS
Residence C-1 Zone

Variance:Construction of a wood frame deck over an existing attached utility room.

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

8:15 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-014340-2017
148 COOLIDGE HILL Residence A-1 Zone

EVERETT & HOLLIE BRIGGS – C/O KYLE SHEFFIELD, LDa Architecture & Interiors

Variance:  Construction of an addition that is non-conforming to private open space requirements.

Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.22.1 (Private Open Space).  Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements). Sec. 5.24.2 (Yards).

8:30 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-014349-2017
18 SACRAMENTO PLACE Residence B Zone

LEOVOFS LLC – C/O SEAN D. HOPE, ESQ.

Special Permit:  To exempt basement gross floor area from the basement of an existing three family dwelling.

Art. 2.000, Footnote 16 (S.P. to Exempt Basement GFA). Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.1 (Non-Conformance).

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

8:45 P.M.  CASE NO. BZA-014384-2017
16 NOTRE DAME AVENUE Residence B Zone

CATHERINE & DAVID SULLIVAN

Special Permit:  To restore the original 1920’s first floor bathroom windows, replacing a high horizontal window with two narrow vertical windows of greater combined area than the area of the horizontal window.

Art. 5.000, Sec. 5.31 (Table of Dimensional Requirements).   Art. 8.000, Sec. 8.22.2.C (Non-Conforming Structure).

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.