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Zoning Board of Appeals

Zoning Board of Appeals

  • Date: 11/15/2017 7:00 pm  

AGENDA:

NOTE:  Times noted for each agenda item are approximate and subject to change. No public hearing item will begin before the start time assigned to it, and it may in fact begin later than the time scheduled.

 

7:00 p.m.

R.K. Associates, Inc., 46 Providence Highway/62 Eastern Avenue, VAR-09-17-2263: To be allowed such Special Permits and/or variances as required to change, alter, extend, reconstruct, and/or replace a nonconforming structure in order to demolish an existing two-story structure with an approximate floor area of 2,510 square feet and a front yard setback of 8.39 feet instead of the required 30 feet, and replace the same with a new one-story structure with an approximate floor area of 1,800 square feet and a front yard setback of approximately 9.09 feet instead of the required 30 feet at 62 Eastern Avenue, Dedham, MA. Town of Dedham Zoning Bylaw Sections 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.7, 4.2.2, 5.2.2, 9.2.2, 9.3, Table 1, and Table 2

7:00 p.m.

Caroline and Brian Angel Burke, 15 Williams Avenue, VAR-10-17-2270: To be allowed such Special Permits and variances as necessary and required for a front yard setback of 12’5” instead of the required 20 feet, and a right side yard setback of 8’5” instead of the required 10 feet in a pre-existing nonconforming single family dwelling. Town of Dedham Zoning Bylaw Sections 3.3 Nonconforming Uses and Structures, 3.3.2 Nonconforming Uses, 3.3.5 Nonconforming Single and Two Family Residential Structures, and 4.1, Table of Dimensional Requirements

7:05 p.m.

Whole Foods Market, 300 Legacy Place, VAR-10-17-2271: To be allowed a Special Permit to house a temporary trailer behind Whole Foods Market from November 17, 2017, to November 27, 2017, for storage during the holiday season. Town of Dedham Zoning Bylaw Section 3.2.1 Trailers

7:10 p.m.

Dora Hidalgo, 44 Dresser Avenue, VAR-10-17-2272: To be allowed a left side yard setback of 4.6 feet instead of the required 20 feet to extend a pre-existing nonconforming single family dwelling. Town of Dedham Zoning Bylaw Section 3.3.4

7:15 p.m.

Blue Ribbon BBQ, 342 Washington Street, VAR-10-17-2278: To be allowed a waiver from the Town of Dedham Sign Code for internal illumination of a blade sign. Town of Dedham Sign Code Section 237-18E

7:20 p.m.

Dedham Marketplace, LLC, 95 Eastern Avenue and 600 Providence Highway, VAR-10-17-2276: To be allowed such relief or waivers as required from the Town of Dedham Sign Code for signs at 95 Eastern Avenue and 600 Providence Highway to be in accordance with a Sign Package that includes a total sign area of 1,433 square feet inclusive of wall signs with a total area of 1,174 square feet (including awning signs with a total area of 252 square feet and window signs), three free-standing signs with a total area of 249 square feet (one at 113 square feet, one at 130 square feet, and one at 6 square feet, two free-standing signs with a height of 23 feet, and free-standing signs with a front yard setback of 15 feet and 1 foot. Town of Dedham Sign Code Sections 237-8, 237-14, 237-19, 237-21, 237-22, 237-23, 237-29, 237-30, Table 1, and Table 2

7:25 p.m.

RAR Jefferson at Dedham Station, MA, Inc., 1000 Presidents Way, VAR-10-17-2279: To be allowed a modification of the Comprehensive Permit Conditions 9, 10, and 11 pursuant to Massachusetts General Law c 40B s. 21 and 760 CR 56.07:

  1. Propose to add access to and from Rustcraft Road in addition to current access at Presidents Way
  2. Parking stalls shall be minimum of 8.5 feet wide - they have altered layout of parking field in SW corner to accommodate relocated entrance only driveway.
  3. Propose to install two-way electronic parking gate at entrance at Presidents Way, controlled by residents' fob access and activated by emergency vehicle sirens as required by Dedham Fire Department.

7:30 p.m.

Andrew Mulligan, 914 High Street, VAR-10-17-2275: To be allowed a Special Permit to convert an existing single family dwelling, which has being used as a two-family dwelling for decades, into a two-family dwelling in the Town of Dedham Historic District. Town of Dedham Zoning Bylaw Section 7.2.1

7:35 p.m.

Shawn Greenwood and Mathew Quinn, 531 and 535 Washington Street, VAR-10-17-2277: To be allowed such Special Permits and/or variances as required to reconfigure two existing nonconforming lots (one lot with 8,893 square feet and lot frontage and width of 68 feet and occupied by an existing two-family dwelling and a free-standing garage, and one lot with an area of 6,000 square feet and lot frontage and width of 50 feet) into two new building lots, one lot which will have a lot area of 9,003 square feet of land, lot frontage and width of 68 feet, impervious area of 46%, and which will continue to be occupied by an existing two-family dwelling with a front yard setback of 17.6 feet, rear yard setback of 21 feet, and side yard setback of 7.2 feet, and an existing free-standing garage which is 6.9 feet from said dwelling and with a rear yard setback of 2.1 feet, and one lot which will have a lot area of 5,890 square feet of land, lot frontage and width of 50 feet, and will have a single family dwelling constructed thereon with side yard setbacks of 11 feet and 11.1 feet, at 531 and 535 Washington Street in the Single Residence B and Aquifer Protection Overlay zoning districts. Town of Dedham Zoning Bylaw Sections 3.1.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 4.1, 4.5, 8.2, 9.2, 9.3, 10, Table 1, and Table 2

7:45 p.m.

Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, 387 Washington Street, VAR-10-17-2274: To be allowed a Special Permit and variance as necessary to install wireless communication equipment Town of Dedham Zoning Bylaw Section

 

Old/New Business*

  • Review of Minutes, October 18, 2017

 

*This item is included to acknowledge that there may be matters not anticipated by the Chair that could be raised during the meeting by other members of the Committee/Board, by staff, or by the public.

 

 

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