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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.

15 items across 4 meetings.

June 16, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Routine approval of prior meeting minutes.
🔄 Postponed
Continued hearing on Jeff Tucker's request to raise the roof ridge at 11 Eulow St., creating 3 stories (2.5 allowed) and 902 sq ft of new living space in the A-1 district.
📍 11 Eulow Street (Map 31-20-0)
📋 Proposed
Charles P. Wilkinson II is appealing the Building Commissioner's April 13, 2026 determination regarding his A-1-zoned property at 29 Littles Point Road under M.G.L. Ch. 40A §§ 8 & 15.
📍 29 Littles Point Road (Map 36-38-0)
📋 Proposed
James Webber seeks a Special Permit to add an ~8-ft-wide front dormer at 106 Norfolk Ave., where the structure already sits 5 ft from the side lot line (7.5 ft required) in the A-4 district.
📍 106 Norfolk Avenue (Map 05-20-0)
May 26, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Routine approval of prior meeting minutes.
📋 Proposed
Coming up May 26: owner seeks a Dimensional Special Permit to raise the roof ridge at 11 Eulow St., creating a 3-story home (2.5 max allowed) and adding 902 sq ft of living space in the A-1 district.
📍 11 Eulow Street (Map 31-20-0)
April 21, 2026 · minutes
✅ Approved
Approved a permit letting an existing covered porch/deck stay 6 feet from the side property line where 7.5 feet is required; remaining roof/addition work falls to Planning Board review.
📍 80 Puritan Rd
💬 Discussed
Consultants presented draft bylaw changes allowing reduced parking, rain gardens in parking islands, and updated overlay-district parking standards to meet stormwater permit rules; informational only, headed to Planning Board then December 2026 Town Meeting.
✅ Approved
May 19, 2026 meeting moved to Tuesday, May 26, 2026 due to a possible Town Meeting conflict, pending room availability.
• Status unclear
No minutes to approve.
✅ Approved
Meeting adjourned unanimously.
April 21, 2026 · agenda
📋 Proposed
Routine approval of prior minutes.
🔄 Postponed
Coming up April 21: B. Scott Miller seeks special permits to replace the hip roof with a gabled roof adding ~754 sq ft, and build a covered porch 6 feet from the side line (7.5 required).
📍 80 Puritan Road (Map 21, Lot 12)
📋 Proposed
Coming up April 21: DPW-proposed bylaw changes to cut impervious surface and add green infrastructure, revising landscaped-island rules (3.3.1.8) and parking-reduction authority (3.1.0.0).
• Status unclear
Other business not reasonably anticipated.