The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) for the City of Boston voted on May 9th to approve the request by LIMAC Realty, LLC to erect a new hotel at 86-88 N. Washington Street. The ZBA approval follows a supportive vote by the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) in March 2017. Property owner Thomas MacKay plans Read More…
Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeals recently ruled on three requests in the North End. Receiving approval was the application at 290 North Street to convert the bed and breakfast to a four unit residential building. [See Neighborhood Groups Support 290 North St. Change] Also receiving approval was the owner at 4 Cleveland Place to change the occupancy Read More…
The Boston Zoning Commission tabled the Garden Garage project in the West End at a meeting last week regarding a Planned Development Area (PDA) at 35 Lomasney Way. The Garden Garage project proposal by Equity Residential is a $390 million, 44-story, 470 apartment building with an 830 space underground parking garage. The site is commonly known today as Basketball City. Despite Read More…
The Boston Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) voted to deny a fourth story addition earlier this month at 3-5 Quincy Court in the North End. The denial action is very rare for a board that has a record of handing out zoning variances in the vast majority of cases before it. The ZBA vote was tied with Chair Christine Araujo voting Read More…
News from the boards of NEWRA and NEWNC: Tuesday, the North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association and the North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council submitted a joint letter to the Zoning Board of Appeals requesting that the application for a second story roof deck addition to Tia’s Restaurant be deferred until the applicant can appear before the North End Read More…
An April 23, 2013 hearing at the Zoning Board of Appeal is scheduled to remove the supermarket proviso as part of the One Canal project along N. Washington Street bordering the West End and North End neighborhoods. One Canal, a $175 million, 12-story, 320-unit rental housing development expected to open in mid-2015. Last summer, city officials Read More…
The Boston Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) approved four North End / Waterfront requests at its April 9, 2013 hearing that will allow significant businesses to move forward in the neighborhood. (1) A Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt franchise at 283-285 Hanover Street received approval from the Zoning Board for a 700 square feet store that was Read More…
City of Boston Zoning Board of Appeal Hearing on January 24, 2012, 10:30 am Vincent Hamel (by Daniel Toscano) 227-237 Hanover St. Conditional Use Change the legal occupancy from six apartments, restaurant, offices, and bakery to six apartments, restaurant, offices, bakery with #36A take-out use.
City of Boston Zoning Board of Appeal Hearing Notice: Hearing: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 (Update: Deferred to March) Thomas Hawke 100 Fulton St., Ward 3 Change the legal occupancy from sixty-six residential units, one commercial space and fifty-seven parking spaces to sixty-seven residential units and fifty seven parking spaces.
The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association hosted a discussion on zoning variances, led by Attorney Victor Brogna who is also serving as NEWRA’s Vice-President and co-chair of the Zoning, Licensing & Construction Committee (ZLC). The tenor of the discussion was that Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) is loose in granting variances given the Read More…
Sustained with provisos means the variance is approved with conditions. The application was to add one story to the building which is undergoing renovation. During the neighborhood meetings, the owner agreed not to have a restaurant or patio at the location. See the links below for more detail. See also: North End Union Looks to Read More…
Sustained with provisos generally means approved with conditions. The application requested a change to the legal occupancy from a three-family to four-family dwelling. Both NEWRA and NEWNC supported the change.