Zoning Board of Appeals

FITCHBURG CITY CLERK ZONING Board of APPEALS Aug 27 2021 9:35 am 166 Boulder Drive Fitchburg, MA 01420 MEETING DATE: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 MEETING TIME: 6:00 □AM ☒PM MEETING PLACE: 718 Main Street 3rd floor Room number (if applicable) North Fitchburg Meeting Room #300 Address 718 Main Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420 This meeting will be open to the public. Persons who wish to participate remotely in the Public Forum portion of the meeting may request a remote attendance link by contacting the City Zoning Secretary at mmata@fitchburgma.gov prior to NOON on the day of the meeting. MEETING AGENDA 1. Call to Order PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. Communications ATTENDANCE: 3. Hearings CASE No. APPLICANT PROPERTY TIME ZBA-2019-40 Jose Santos 1033 MAIN ST 6:00PM Review of the Special Permit under §181.313C11 & 12 to occupy the building for Automobile Sales business and Repair services located in the Central Business District at Map 18 Lot 90 Block 0 ZBA-2019-13 Ruth Jeanete Guzman 324 LUNENBURGST 6:15PM Review of Special Permit under §181.3561to reinstate a vacant/abandoned building as a 3-family dwelling located in a Central Business District at 36/15/0 ZBA-2020-05 Dennis Bradley 1151 MAIN ST 6:30PM Review of the Special Permit under §181.313 to stablish a car detailing business located in the Central Business District Map 17 Block 64 Lot 0 ZBA-2020-25 Brian LeClair 0 FISHER RD 6:45PM Continuance: 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-2021-09 Martha Sanchez 157 HIGH ST 7:00PM Continuance: Special Permit under §181.356 to reinstate the remaining vacant/abandoned 3-units on a 4-family dwelling located in the Residential C District Map 10 Block 81 Lot 0 ZBA-2021-23 Rosa Ochoa Marin 270 ASHBURNHAM ST 7:15PM Special Permit under §181.313D1 of the Fitchburg Zoning Code to keep chickens at a single-family dwelling located in the Residential A District Map 220 Block 19 Lot 0 ZBA-2021-18 Celio Decamargo 12 NASHUA ST 7:30PM Continuance: Special Permit under §181.336 to reinstate a vacant/abandoned building as a three-family dwelling located in the Residential C District Map 69 Block 76 Lot 0 ZBA-2021-20 Francisco Mendez 7 CANTON ST 7:45PM Continuance: Special Permit under §181.336 to reinstate a vacant/abandoned building as a three-family dwelling located in the Residential C District Map 95 Block 87 Lot 0 ZBA-2021-24 Ricardo Leandry 76 HEYWOOD ST 8:00PM Special Permit under §181.313D1 of the Fitchburg Zoning Code to keep chickens in a two-family dwelling located in the Residential B District Map 95 Block 93 Lot 0 ZBA-2021-25 James Farrell 68 HIGHVIEW ST 8:20PM Variance under §181.93 of the Fitchburg Zoning Code to erect a 30 X 40 detached garage on the left side of the single-family dwelling that will not conform to the 15 feet set back leaving only 5’ feet pursuant to §181.416 located in the Residential A District Map 187 Block 6 Lot 0 ZBA-2021-26 John Pagonis 36 CASTLE RD 8:40PM Variance under §181.93 of the Fitchburg Zoning Code to expand the existing garage towards the front yard of the single-family dwelling that will be less than required 30 feet set back leaving only 19.3’ feet pursuant to §181.416 located in the Residential A District Map 318 Block 1 Lot 39 ZBA-2021-27 James Pappas 808 MAIN ST 9:00PM Variance under §181.93 to open and operate a cold storage warehouse that is not allowed pursuant to §181.313E3 of Fitchburg Zoning Code located in the Downtown Business District Map 29 Block 31 Lot 0 ZBA-2021-28 Murilo Silva 34 GRANITE ST 9:20PM Special Permit under §181.332 to change a nonconforming use into another nonconforming use from 3- family to a 4-family dwelling use located in the Residential C District Map 82 Block 133 Lot 0 4. MISCELLANEOUS 5. ADJOURNMENT 2