Information for Meeting of Zoning Board of Appeals
Thursday August 09, 2018 4:00 PM EDT

TOWN OF CHATHAM
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
LEGAL NOTICE

The Chatham Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Thursday, August 9, 2018, starting at 4:00 PM in the Town Annex Large Meeting Room, 261 George Ryder Road, on the following applications:

Application No. 16-092: CBI Owner LLC, seeks a reconsideration of the Cease and Desist order of the Building Commissioner, issued on October 13, 2016 for the property located at 0 Claflin Landing, also shown on the Town of Chatham Assessors Map 16E Block 11B Lot F13.  The applicant seeks to have the Building Commissioner’s Cease and Desist Order reversed due to new information.  The property contains 1.489 acres in an R40 Zoning District.  

Application No. 18-019: Elizabeth A. Dailey Revocable Trust, c/o William G. Litchfield, Esq., 330 Orleans Road, North Chatham, MA 02650, owner of property located at 107 Seaview Street Unit 1, also shown on the Town of Chatham’s Assessors’ Map 15E Block 15 Lot XX1.  The Applicant seeks to enlarge, extend, or change a conforming dwelling on a nonconforming lot via the construction of additions.  The proposed additions will comply with all bulk and dimensional requirements of the Bylaw.  The lot contains a residential structure 1.8 feet from the northeasterly abutter where 15 feet is required and 20.2 feet from the road where a 25 foot setback is required. The existing total building coverage is 2,275 square feet (11.3%) and the proposed building coverage is 2,844 square feet (14.1%) where 2,850 square feet is the maximum allowed.  The lot is nonconforming in that it contains three dwelling units where only one is allowed and contains 75.1 feet of frontage where 100 feet is required.  The lot contains 20,100 square feet where in the R20 Zoning District.  A Special Permit is required under M.G.L. Chapter 40A Section 6 and Section V.B. of the Chatham Protective Bylaw.  Continued from March 22, 2018 and May 10, 2018. 

Application No. 18-058: John and Harry Hamjian, c/o William G. Litchfield, Esq., 330 Orleans Road, North Chatham, MA 02650, owners of property located at 307 Bay View Road, also shown on the Town of Chatham’s Assessors’ Map 3B Block 1 Lot 10.  The Applicant seeks to enlarge, extend, or change a nonconforming dwelling on a nonconforming lot via the demolition of the existing dwelling and shed and the construction of a dwelling and relocation of the existing driveway.  The existing dwelling is nonconforming in that it is located 11.7 feet from the north westerly abutter where a 15 foot setback is required and is located partially within the Coastal Conservancy District (Flood Plain ele. 11).  The proposed dwelling will conform to road and abutter setback requirements but will remain nonconforming in that it will be located 1 foot from the Coastal Conservancy District where a 50 foot setback is required.  The existing building coverage is 1,655 square feet (14.2%) and proposed building coverage is 1,750 square feet (15%) where 15% is the maximum allowed.  The lot is nonconforming in that it contains 11,670 square feet of buildable upland where 20,000 square feet is required and is conforming in that it contains 20,008 square feet where 20,000 square feet is required in the R20 Zoning District.  A Special Permit is required under M.G.L. Chapter 40A Sections 6 and 9 and Sections V.B. and VIII.D.2.b. of the Protective Bylaw.  

Application No. 18-059: Quincy Nominee Trust, c/o Andrew L. Singer, Esq., PO Box 67, Dennis Port, MA 02639, owner of property located at 101 Moonbeam Lane, also shown on the Town of Chatham’s Assessors’ Map 10A Block 9E Lot AN6.  The Applicant seeks to enlarge, extend, or change a nonconforming dwelling on a conforming lot via the construction of a second floor addition.  The existing dwelling is nonconforming in that a portion of the dwelling is located 45 feet from the Coastal Conservancy District and has a building height of 31.4 feet where 30 feet is the maximum allowed.  The proposed second floor addition will be nonconforming in that it will be located 45 feet from the Coastal Conservancy District (Flood Plain ele. 11) where a 50 foot setback it required.  The existing and proposed building coverage will remain 2,653 square feet (5.1%) where 10% is the maximum allowed.  The lot is contains 51,897 square feet where 40,000 square feet is required in the R40 Zoning District.  A Special Permit is required under M.G.L. Chapter 40A Section 6 and Section V.B of the Chatham Protective Bylaw.  

Application No. 18-060: 782 Main Chatham LLC, c/o Benjamin Zehnder, Esq., PO Box 2300, Orleans, MA 02653, owners of property located at 784 Main Street, also shown on the Town of Chatham’s Assessors’ Map 14E Block 36 Lot 55.  The Applicant seeks to enlarge, extend, or change a nonconforming structure and use on a nonconforming lot via the demolition of the existing structure containing four (4) apartments incidental to a commercial use and the construction of a new structure containing three (3) apartments incidental to a commercial use.  Also proposed is the construction of a three car garage.  The existing mixed use structure located at 782 Main Street will remain unchanged.  The existing structure is nonconforming in that it is setback 8.9 feet from the westerly abutter and 14.7 feet from the easterly abutter. The proposed structure will be nonconforming in that it will be 12.1 feet from the westerly abutter where 15 feet is required.  The existing lot coverage is 10,971 square feet (60%) and the proposed lot coverage is 12,729 square feet (69.6%) where 70% is the maximum allowed.  The parking is and will remain nonconforming within the westerly abutters setback at 7.5 feet and within the easterly abutters setback at 5.3 feet where 10 feet is required. The lot is nonconforming in that it contains 18,282 square feet where 50,000 square feet is required for the existing uses in the GB2 Zoning District.  A Special Permit is required under M.G.L. Chapter 40A Sections 6 & 9 and Sections V.B. & VIII.D.2.b. of the Protective Bylaw.  Under Application No. 18-061, the Applicant seeks a Dimensional Variance from the required 15 foot abutters setback, the floor area requirement that 51% be utilized as commercial space and the land area requirement for three (3) apartments incidental to a commercial use to allow for the construction of the of the new structures as described above.  A Dimensional Variance is required under M.G.L. Chapter 40A Section 10 and Section VIII.D.2.c of the Chatham Protective Bylaw.  

Other Business:
Approval of minutes 
Public Comments 

Plans, site plans, and all other documents related to these Applications 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.

The full agenda for this meeting will be posted at: www.mytowngovernment.org/02633 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.

David Nixon
Chairman