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.
32 items across 5 meetings.
June 11, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Concord Country Store seeks permits to renovate the existing gas station and make site improvements in the Floodplain Conservancy District at 166 Commonwealth Avenue (Parcel #2184-2).
📍 166 Commonwealth Avenue, Concord
📋 Proposed
Owners propose a 453 sq. ft. deck that would reduce the nonconforming front yard setback to Riverdale Road from 9.8 ft. to 5.7 ft. at 111 Pilgrim Road (Parcel #0486).
📍 111 Pilgrim Road, Concord
🔄 Postponed
Owner wants to replace a 2,283 sq. ft. house with a 5,780 sq. ft. two-story home with two-car garage — a >50% GFA increase — but the hearing opens and immediately continues to July 9 without discussion.
📍 448 Sudbury Road, Concord (Parcel #0448)
📋 Proposed
Owners seek to rebuild a nonconforming detached garage (front yard setback reduced to 5.6 ft.) and add a 482 sq. ft. attached additional dwelling unit at 199 Nashawtuc Road (Parcel #1743-1).
📍 199 Nashawtuc Road, Concord
📋 Proposed
Applicant Backyard ADUs proposes a 998 sq. ft. detached additional dwelling unit on a nonconforming lot at 131 Harrington Avenue (Parcel #2709-1).
📍 131 Harrington Avenue, Concord
📋 Proposed
Owners propose a 999 sq. ft. detached ADU with a 4-car garage on a nonconforming lot at 411 Bedford Street (Parcel #1207).
📍 411 Bedford Street, Concord
📋 Proposed
Owners seek to build a 900 sq. ft. detached ADU on a nonconforming lot within the Groundwater Conservancy District at 98 Jennie Dugan Road (Parcel #3169).
📍 98 Jennie Dugan Road, Concord
📋 Proposed
Applicant seeks a variance to place an additional dwelling unit within the frontage exception area at 262 Virginia Road (Parcel #4262-5), a non-standard lot configuration.
📍 262 Virginia Road, Concord
📋 Proposed
ZBA will elect officers for the coming term.
📋 Proposed
Board will review and act on draft minutes from the April 16 meeting.
April 16, 2026 · minutes
✅ Approved
Approved a special permit for the museum's annual outdoor gala with tents at 53 Cambridge Turnpike, granting it for two years to avoid yearly reapplications; event runs April 25, 6:30–9:30 p.m. with police detail.
📍 53 Cambridge Turnpike (Parcel #0109)
✅ Approved
Approved a 2,926 sq. ft. two-story addition and relocated garage on an 1868 historic home, extending an existing nonconforming side setback and increasing floor area more than 50%; conservation and historic boards already approved.
📍 83 Monument Street (Parcel #1288)
✅ Approved
Approved demolishing a 396 sq. ft. dilapidated camp and building an 1,812 sq. ft. home; added conditions on construction parking (on-site only), staking, fire safety, and a construction management plan after neighbor concerns about road access.
📍 74 Hayward Mill Road (Parcel #2875)
🔄 Postponed
Hearing on renovating the gas station and floodplain-area site improvements at the Concord Country Store was continued, without discussion, to June 11, 2026.
📍 166 Commonwealth Avenue (Parcel #2184-2)
✅ Approved
Found insubstantial three changes to the approved 201-unit 40B (affordable-housing) rental development: a one-unit affordable bedroom shift, relocating a lounge to a new sixth-floor space, and exterior facade refinements.
📍 292-294 Baker Avenue
✅ Approved
Found insubstantial several changes to the 237-unit (60 affordable) 40B development: roughly 1.5-foot height increases for two buildings, amenity building roof refinements, corrected 44.20% lot coverage, and new porous-asphalt stormwater paving.
📍 275 Forest Ridge Road
✅ Approved
Prior meeting minutes approved.
April 16, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
One-day outdoor event at the Concord Museum requires a Special Permit under Bylaw §§5.4.5 and 11.6.
📍 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord
📋 Proposed
Special Permit sought to attach an existing garage and add a 2,926 sq. ft. two-story addition, extending a nonconforming side yard setback and increasing gross floor area by more than 50%.
📍 83 Monument Street, Concord
📋 Proposed
Existing 396 sq. ft. dwelling would be demolished and replaced with a new 2,691 sq. ft. home, a gross floor area increase of more than 50%, requiring a Special Permit.
📍 74 Hayward Mill Road, Concord
🔄 Postponed
Special Permit and Site Plan Review for Concord Country Store gas station renovation and site improvements in the Floodplain Conservancy District; applicant requested continuance to June 11, 2026 without discussion.
📍 166 Commonwealth Avenue, Concord
💬 Discussed
ZBA to review a notice of modifications to the approved 40B (affordable-housing law) Comprehensive Permit for NOVO Riverside Commons.
📍 292–294 Baker Avenue, Concord
💬 Discussed
ZBA to review a notice of modifications to the approved 40B Comprehensive Permit for Residences at Thoreau.
📍 275 Forest Ridge Road, Concord
📋 Proposed
Approval of draft minutes from the March 26 meeting.
March 26, 2026 · minutes
✅ Approved
ZBA approved 3-0 a 1,089.6 sq. ft. addition to a 1,309 sq. ft. home on a nonconforming lot, raising the roof rather than expanding the footprint to exceed 50% GFA (gross floor area).
📍 62 Crest Street, Parcel #3775
✅ Approved
ZBA approved 3-0 an 832 sq. ft. addition to a 1,389 sq. ft. home on a nonconforming lot, adding a family room, primary bedroom, and bath while maintaining the gambrel character.
📍 36 Pond Street, Parcel #2104
🔄 Postponed
Gas station renovation and site improvements in the Floodplain Conservancy District continued to April 16, 2026 at 7:15 p.m. at the applicant's request, with no discussion.
📍 166 Commonwealth Avenue, Parcel #2184-2
✅ Approved
Minutes approved 3-0.
March 26, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Hearing on a 1,089.6 sq. ft. addition to an existing 1,309 sq. ft. home on a nonconforming lot, increasing gross floor area by more than 50%.
📍 62 Crest Street, Parcel #3775
📋 Proposed
Hearing on an 832 sq. ft. addition to an existing 1,389 sq. ft. home on a nonconforming lot, increasing gross floor area by more than 50%.
📍 36 Pond Street, Parcel #2104
🔄 Postponed
Applicant requested this hearing be continued without discussion to April 16, 2026; proposed work involves renovating the existing gas station in the Floodplain Conservancy District.
📍 166 Commonwealth Avenue, Parcel #2184-2
📋 Proposed
Approval of prior meeting minutes.