Zoning Board of Appeals

ZONING Board of APPEALS 166 Boulder Drive Fitchburg, MA 01420 Note: THIS WILL BE A VIRTUAL MEETING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO OBSERVE THE MEETING CAN GO TO: https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/3216552406367581196 +1(631)992-3221 PERSONS THAT WISH TO PARTICIPATE PLEASE EMAIL mmata@fitchburgma.gov MEETING AGENDA – TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2020 MEETING TIME: 6:00 PM 1. Call to Order PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. Communications ATTENDANCE: 3. Hearings CASE No. APPLICANT PROPERTY TIME ZBA-2017-16 South Middlesex Non-Profit 94 HIGHLAND AVE 6:00PM Review of the Remanded from Superior Court to amend the original Petition to seek a special permit to reinstate a prior use as a boarding house under §181.3561, to seek a special permit to operate a boarding house under §181.313A5, to overrule the Building Commissioner and to grant a reasonable accommodation under the FHA and ADA located in a Residential C District Map 45 Block 5 Lot 0 ZBA-2019-23 Zachary Poladian 285 RIVER ST 6:10PM Review of a Use Variance under §181.962 Special Permit under §181.352 to operate a motor vehicle sales located in an Industrial District Map 39 Block 51 Lot 0 ZBA-2020-24 Thomas & Rhonda Neforas 410 BILLINGS RD 6:20PM Renew of a Special Permit under §181.77 to continue the use of the in-law apartment unit located in the Rural Residential District Map 60R Block 4 Lot 0 ZBA-2020-26 Scott & Norene Smith 83 ENGLAND AVE 6:35PM Renew of a Special Permit under §181.77 to continue the use of the In-Law apartment unit located in Residential R-2 District Map 88 Block 70 Lot 0 ZBA-2020-29 Shayne & Margaret Jordan 551 TOWNSEND ST 6:50PM Renew of a Special Permit under §181.77 to continue the use of the In-Law apartment unit located in the Residential A-1 District Map 162 Block 4 Lot 0 ZBA-2020-25 Brian LeClair 0 FISHER RD 7:05PM Remand by order of the Land Court to consider anew an application for a Variance under §181.961 to construct a single- family dwelling with less than the lot width required by section §181.414 located in the Residential B District Map S11 Block 4 Lot A , with the issues for the Board’s consideration on remand to include at least: (i) whether, absent a variance, the Plaintiff will suffer a “substantial hardship, financial or otherwise” and whether said hardship is sufficient justification for the grant of a variance or was self-imposed; and (ii) whether the grant of a variance is otherwise “without substantial detriment to the public good and without nullifying or substantially derogating from the intent or purpose of” the Zoning Ordinance ZBA-2020-23 Stephen & Denise Prevost 81 FRANKFORT ST 7:20PM A dimensional Variance under §181.96 to erect a shed on the property front yard due to the topography located in the Residential B District Map 78 Block 41 Lot 81 ZBA-2020-27 Anthony Sculimbrene 240 SUMMER ST 7:35PM Variance under §181.536 to install a double freestanding Full Color LED messaging sign above a Daktronics located in the (59%) Residential B and (39%) Central Business District Map 98 Block 1 Lot A ZBA-2020-28 Ricardo Jean 13-15 CHESTNUT ST 7:50PM Special Permit under §181.35 to reinstate a non-conforming vacant/abandoned building as a 3-family dwelling located in the Residential B District Map 18 Block 107 Lot 0 ZBA-2020-18 Bertrand Njangtarh 13 PRINCE ST 8:05PM Continuance: Special Permit under §181.77 to convert part of a single-family dwelling enclosed porch into an in-law apartment located in the Residential A-2 District Map 9 Block 17 Lot 0 ZBA-2020-19 Essex Management & 133 CEDAR ST 8:20PM Continuance: Realty Property, Inc Special Permit under §181.356 to reinstate a vacant/abandoned building as a 3-family dwelling located in the Residential B District Map 22 Lot Block 36 Lot 0 ZBA-2020-21 Matthew Thibeault 0 PEARL HILL PK 8:35PM Continuance: Variance under §181.961 for a dimensional frontage require on a new single-family dwelling construction located in the Rural Residential District Map 70R Block 40 Map 1A 4. MISCELLANEOUS 5. ADJOURNMENT 2