| Agenda: | TOWN OF CHATHAM
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
LEGAL NOTICE
The Chatham Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 11, 2013, starting at 3:00 p.m. in the Town Annex Meeting Room, 261 George Ryder Road, on the following appeals:
Appeal No. 13-023: Margaret McMillan, 8 Exmoor Road, Newton, MA 02459, c/o Cape Coastal Builders, P.O. Box 827, Harwichport, MA 02646, owner of property located at 64 Barcliff Avenue, also shown on Assessors’ Book Page 15F as Lot 32. The appellant proposes to expand a nonconforming single family dwelling via the replacement and enlargement of an existing deck, 21 feet from the easterly lot line where a 25 foot setback is required. The existing dwelling is nonconforming in that it is located 27.6 feet from the road where a 40 foot setback is required, and 23.2 feet from the easterly lot line where a 25 foot setback is required. The lot is nonconforming in that it contains 31,000 sq. ft. where 40,000 sq. ft. is required, and 119.88 linear ft. of frontage where 150 ft. is required. The Zoning District is R-40. A Special Permit is required under Section V.B., Nonconforming Lots, Buildings and Uses, Enlargement, Extension or Change, of the Protective Bylaw.
Appeal No. 13-025: Chatham Real Estate, 409 Main Street, Chatham, MA 02633, c/o Richard Smith, owner of property located at 409 Main Street, also shown on Assessors’ Book Page 16D as Lot 33. The appellant is requesting the grant of a Permit from the Sign Code Appeals Committee to install a 8.33 square foot overhanging sign where Section 225-4.F., Regulations for General Business and Industrial Zones, Projecting, Overhanging Signs, allows a maximum of 6 square feet. The property contains .10 acres in a GB-1 Zoning District. A Permit is required under Section 225-19, Appeal Permits, of the Chatham Sign Code.
Appeal No. 12-108: Monomoy Place LLC, 733-739 Main St., Chatham, MA 02633, c/o William G. Litchfield, Esq., 330 Orleans Road, No. Chatham, MA 02650, owners of property located at 733-739 Main Street, also shown on Assessors’ Book Page 14E as Lot X1. The appellants propose to alter, extend and convert nonconforming uses and structures (three apartments, commercial space and a single family dwelling) to another nonconforming use (four apartments and a single family dwelling), via a dimensionally conforming, second floor addition on the main building and the demolition and reconstruction of a single family dwelling. The existing uses are nonconforming in that they contain residential units and a single family dwelling in a GB-2 Zoning District, uses which require the grant of a Special Permit, and the main building is nonconforming in that it is located 8.1 feet from the northwesterly lot line where a 15 foot setback is required. The single family dwelling is nonconforming in that it is located 12.9 feet from the lot line and another existing structure is located 15.6 feet from the lot line in the R-40 Zoning District portion of the parcel where a 25 foot setback is required. The residential use (apartments incidental to commercial space) of the property is also nonconforming in that it occupies 68% of the utilized space on the parcel where a 51% commercial use is required. The property contains 32,349 square feet in a GB-2 and R-40 Zoning District. A Special Permit is required under Section V.B., Nonconforming Lots, Buildings and Uses, Enlargement, Extension or Change, of the Protective Bylaw.
Appeal No. 13-017: General Growth Holdings, LLC, P.O. Box 612, No. Chatham, MA 02650, c/o James M. Norcross, Esq., P.O. Box 707, Chatham, MA 02633, owners of property located at 115 Ridgevale
Road, also shown on Assessors’ Book Page 6D as Lot 7. The appellant proposes to expand a nonconforming single family dwelling via the demolition of an existing dwelling and construction of a new dwelling, 12.9 feet from the southerly lot line where a 15 foot setback is required. The existing dwelling is nonconforming in that it is located 9.2 feet from the southerly lot line where a 15 foot setback is required. The lot is nonconforming in that it contains 11,370 sq. ft. where 20,000 sq. ft. is required. The Zoning District is R-20. A Special Permit is required under Section V.B., Nonconforming Lots, Buildings and Uses, Enlargement, Extension or Change, of the Protective Bylaw.
Other Business:
Discussion regarding a possible future vacancy on the Zoning Board of Appeals
Approval of minutes
Plans, site plans, and all other documents related to these Appeals are on file with the Department of Community Development, located at 261 George Ryder Road and may be viewed Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
David S. Nixon
Chairman |