Zoning Board (ZBA)
Grants exceptions to local zoning rules — for example, allowing a building that's slightly too close to a property line. Their decisions can be appealed to court within 20 days.
21 items across 5 meetings.
June 1, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Michael McGuinness seeks a special permit to construct a dock at 70-74 Black Horse Lane (Parcel F6-33-084); hybrid hearing June 1 at 7 p.m., 91 Sohier Street.
📍 70-74 Black Horse Lane
June 1, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Coming up June 1, a hybrid hearing on Michael Crowell's request for a special permit to build a dock at 66 Black Horse Lane (Parcel F6-33-084).
📍 66 Black Horse Lane (Parcel F6-33-084)
June 1, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Applicant Michael McGuinness seeks a special permit to install a dock at 70-74 Black Horse Lane under Bylaw Sections 300-9.4 and 300-12.5.
📍 70-74 Black Horse Lane, Cohasset
📋 Proposed
Applicant Michael Crowell seeks a special permit to install a dock at 66 Black Horse Lane under Bylaw Sections 300-9.4 and 300-12.5.
📍 66 Black Horse Lane, Cohasset
📋 Proposed
Board to approve minutes from three prior meetings.
💬 Discussed
Board will review and discuss proposed changes to its 40B (affordable-housing law) application procedures.
• Status unclear
Next ZBA meeting scheduled for July 6, 2026.
April 6, 2026 · minutes
✅ Approved
Quorum of six members confirmed; meeting opened.
✅ Approved
RAJ LLC withdrew its special permit application after the two-lot dispute was resolved by a new building permit and certificate of occupancy; the property is now treated as one entity (File #25.12.08b).
📍 469 Jerusalem Road
✅ Approved
Board approved revised ZBA rules and application forms, including new language on structures within 50 feet of a lot line.
✅ Approved
Board favorably endorsed changing the word 'building' to 'structure' in the bylaw, bringing pools, stone walls, generators, and similar items into the relief framework for setback and nonconformity variances.
✅ Approved
January meeting minutes approved as drafted with no revisions.
✅ Approved
Board unanimously adopted MuniMins software for future minutes, cutting staff prep time from several hours to ~45 minutes; format will be less verbatim and more concise.
💬 Discussed
147 South Main St is headed toward auction/residential transition; harbor boutique hotel awaits DEP clearance and demo permit; King Street storage facility breaking ground in May; Phil's Salt House opening mid-May and full Atlantica complex targeting completion May 2027.
📍 147 South Main Street; King Street; Cohasset Harbor
✅ Approved
May meeting moved from May 4 to May 11 due to Town Meeting conflict.
✅ Approved
Meeting adjourned at 7:43 PM.
April 6, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Applicant RAJ, LLC seeks a use special permit under Bylaw §300-8.4 to officially recognize already-divided parcels at 469 Jerusalem Road as two distinct residential lots — classifying the split as an extension of a nonconforming use.
📍 469 Jerusalem Road, Cohasset, MA
💬 Discussed
Board will review and discuss proposed changes to its own procedural rules and application requirements.
💬 Discussed
Board will discuss proposed amendments to Cohasset's Zoning Bylaw — details not specified in agenda.
📋 Proposed
Approval of minutes from the January 5, 2026 ZBA meeting.
• Status unclear
Meeting adjournment.