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.
28 items across 5 meetings.
June 16, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Routine meeting opening.
📋 Proposed
Edward & Loretta Martin seek a variance to build a carport with a 20.5-ft front setback where 30 ft is required; Map/Parcel 006/115, R1 zone.
📍 2 Jewell Street, Assessor's Map/Parcel 006/115
📋 Proposed
Lisa Martin & Carole Dutchka seek a Finding to demolish a nonconforming garage (10.5-ft setback) and build a new one at 20.9 ft, closer to the required 30 ft; Map/Parcels 029/059, R2 zone.
📍 381 Willow Street, Assessor's Map/Parcels 029/059
📋 Proposed
Taylor & Jordan Sjoberg seek a variance for a garage with a 15-ft rear setback where 30 ft is required; Map/Parcel 027/002, R3 zone.
📍 35 Spring Street, Assessor's Map/Parcel 027/002
📋 Proposed
Approval of prior meeting minutes.
📋 Proposed
Meeting close; next ZBA meeting July 21, 2026.
May 19, 2026 · agenda
• Status unclear
Routine call to order at 7:00 PM.
🔄 Postponed
Two variances sought to split 126 Union St. (R-3 zone) into a new buildable lot for a single-family home with garage: one reducing the 15-ft side-yard setback and one allowing an existing shed to remain at 3.8 ft instead of the required 5 ft.
📍 126 Union Street, Assessors Map/Parcel 027/003
📋 Proposed
Review and approve prior meeting minutes.
• Status unclear
Meeting adjourned; next ZBA meeting June 16, 2026.
April 28, 2026 · minutes
🔄 Postponed
Crugnale Properties withdrew (without prejudice) its variance request to demolish and rebuild a mixed-use building with reduced parking; an abutter had filed opposition.
📍 111 North Main Street (Map/Parcel 024/043)
🔄 Postponed
Continued to May 19: owners seek to split the lot to build a single-family home for Mr. Lynch's mother, but the four-member board struggled to find the required hardship.
📍 126 Union Street (Map/Parcel 027/003)
✅ Approved
Approved a variance allowing an attached two-car garage at 11.8-foot setback (25 required), citing the lot's steep slope, rock ledge, and orientation as hardship.
📍 72 Patty's Road (Map/Parcel 039/306)
✅ Approved
Approved a finding to add a front porch to a pre-existing nonconforming 1950s house, deemed not more detrimental and an improvement to the neighborhood.
📍 99 Lakeview Road (Map/Parcels 004/040 and 004/039)
✅ Approved
Approved as amended (a name correction).
✅ Approved
Board agreed to raise the application fee to $300 and charge applicants $2 per abutter mailing, as part of a Select Board–requested fee review.
💰 Application fee to $300; $2 per abutter mailing
April 28, 2026 · agenda
• Status unclear
Routine opening of meeting.
🔄 Postponed
Continued hearing on splitting 126 Union Street (Map/Parcel 027/003, R-3) to create a new buildable single-family lot, plus allowing an existing shed to stay at a 3.8-ft side yard instead of the required 5 ft.
📍 126 Union Street, Map/Parcel 027/003
📋 Proposed
Variance request to build an attached two-car garage at 72 Patty's Road (Map/Parcel 039/306, R-1) with an 11.8-ft side yard where 25 ft is required.
📍 72 Patty's Road, Map/Parcel 039/306
📋 Proposed
Finding sought to add a front porch to a pre-existing non-conforming structure at 99 Lakeview Road (Map/Parcels 004/040 & 004/039, R-1); board evaluates whether it's more detrimental to the neighborhood.
📍 99 Lakeview Road, Map/Parcels 004/040 and 004/039
📋 Proposed
Crugnale Properties seeks variances to demolish and replace an existing building at 111 North Main Street (Map/Parcel 024/043, B-2) with a new mixed-use building, reducing parking from 36 to 30 spaces plus 2 on-street, with under-building parking that doesn't fully meet dimensional requirements.
📍 111 North Main Street, Map/Parcel 024/043
📋 Proposed
Approval of prior meeting minutes.
📋 Proposed
ZBA will review and vote to recommend an updated application fee schedule to the Select Board.
💰 Fee changes TBD
• Status unclear
Meeting close; next ZBA meeting May 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM (subject to change).
March 17, 2026 · agenda
• Status unclear
Routine call to order at 7:00 PM.
🔄 Postponed
Two variances sought to subdivide 126 Union Street (R-3 zone) and create a new single-family lot: one reducing the 15-ft side-yard setback for the new home, and one allowing an existing shed to remain at 3.8 ft instead of the required 5 ft.
📍 126 Union Street, Assessors Map/Parcel 027/003
📋 Proposed
Approval of prior meeting minutes.
• Status unclear
Meeting adjourned; next ZBA meeting April 28, 2026 (in-person only, no virtual option).