21st, 2025 is now in session. This hearing is being conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of the open meeting law, including the updated provisions enacted by the legislature la this year. The new law allows the board to continue its practice of holding
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Mr. Collins present. Floor is yours, Mr. Aken. Okay. Thank you. First 5:00 hearing is case BOA1706519. Address of 1 to 3 Center Plaza. Applicant is Juan Cano.
Is Juan here or is anyone else here to present the case? Hey, do you see anyone with raised hand? Uh, no. I see Juan Juan Cano if you are here please. Miguel Perez I think you are in the attended section I'm sending
to you an invitation please accept it. Miguel are you presenting for this project? There we go. Did you Sorry. Did you hear me? Yes sir. Okay. I'm Juan. Great. Can you uh state your name and
address for the record and then please let us know what you're here for? Okay. My name is Juan Cano. Um I'm a tattoo artist six years ago and I'm going to be present hopefully in
Solas Salon Studios 3 Center Plaza. That's why I'm here. Um so thank you for welcoming me. What is I'm sorry. What is the facility now? And what are you are you doing any changes to the interior?
There is any changes. It's just basically the uh certificate of occupancy. Okay. This this studio used to be salon, beauty salon.
So now it's going to be body art. Thank you. Any questions from the board? Not really. Thank you. Sorry, not to from the board members. Uh, hearing none. Uh, may I have public testimony? Hello, madam chair, members of the board. My name is Eva Jones representing
the mayor's office neighborhood services regarding 1 to three center plaza. Our office will defer the board's judgment on this matter. A community process was conducted including a distribution of a subcommittee flyer on June 7th, 2025, and we received no feedback from any constituents. Additionally, the proposal
was discussed with the local civic association, the Warf District Neighborhood Council. While the proposal was not within their catchment area, they express support for the proposal and wish the applicant luck in their business. At this time, the mayor's office of neighborhood services defers to the board's judgment on this matter. Thank you everyone for your time and
consideration. Thank you. Any other raised hands? Asus? No. Madame Chair, we don't have any additional comments. Thank you. With that, may I have a motion? Make a motion to approve. May I have a second? Second.
Mr. Aken? Yes, Mr. Collins. Yes. Chair votes yes. The motion carries. Good luck. Hey, the next case is BOA17141 with an address of 633 to 633A Traymont
Street. Applicant is Kevin Lopes. Uh, is an applicant here? And if so, can you please state your name and address for the record? Hi, Kevin Los. And can you state your address for the record? is 633 Tremon Street.
Okay. And what are you here to present? So, we're just doing the tenant outfit, but as of right now, the uh zoning for that building is different than what we want it to be. Um the first floor, I can't really remember what it's zoned
out for, but we're turning it into a hair salon. Um other than that, we're just here for a change of occupancy. Okay. Any questions from the board? Hearing none. May I have public testimony? Hello, Madam Chair, members of the
board. My name is Eva Jones representing the mayor's office neighborhood services regarding 633 to 633A Tmont Street. Our office defers to the board's judgment. A community process was incl or was conducted including a subcommittee flyer on June 30th, 2025. We received no feedback from any constituents. The
Pilot Block Neighborhood Association reviewed the proposal and expressed support regarding the proposal. At this time, the mayor's office of neighborhood services defers to the board's judgment on this matter. Thank you everyone for your time and consideration. Thank you. Thank you, Eva.
Any other raised hands? No, there are no additional comments. With that, may I have a motion? I'll make a motion to approve. I have a second. Thank you, Davis. Mr. Aken? Yes.
Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Collins, you're on mute. You're on mute, Mr. Collins. Sorry, I dropped my clicker there. Yes. Uh, okay. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. The chair votes
yes. The motion carries. Good luck. Thank you. Have a great day. Okay. The next case is BOA1 1731 934, address of 67 Appleton Street. Applicant is Maline Branson. Uh, looks like Maline's here. if you could uh give your
name, read your name and uh address into the record, please. Yep. Hi, my name is Maline Braayson and the address is for 67 Appleton Street. Um my presentation is a little bit longer than the others so far, so I'm just going to read off of my notes for
the sake of time and to keep things moving. Um a quick introduction to myself. I am a proud Southounn resident and active member of the community serving as a board member on both Ringle Park and Peters Park as well as a member of the Ellis Neighborhood Association and Southounn Business Alliance. Um our
candy shop employs over 20 women, many of whom live, work, or attend school in the area. And we absolutely adore the Southoun and are grateful for the opportunity to bring even more joy and family fun to the area. Thanks to the early success of our candy shop, uh, which I forgot to mention, I'm the owner
of Meline's Candy Shop at 47 Clarendon Street. Um, so thanks to the early success of that candy shop, largely due to the amazing support of the South End community, we have since been able to expand directly next door to 67 Appleton
Street that is currently being used for candy storage and prep space. uh in response to numerous requests for from the community, we are excited to hopefully continue the process of offering a soft serve window to the neighborhood. Um so quickly I'll walk through the scope of the work and then
also address some of the feedback points that have been brought up since the Abutters meeting. Uh for context, 67 Apple is already permitted as a commercial space. Our health permit for the ice cream window is conditionally
approved pending the ZBA um hearing and the design for the window has been conditionally accepted by the south end landmark design committee and we received majority support at our butters meeting. Uh in terms of the scope of
work, it is fairly minimal as we'll only be replacing a portion of the existing window in order to make it into a sliding window. There will be no change to the facade or interior of the building and there will be no interference with the sidewalk in any way. Um, in terms of the operational
workflow, the soft serve window will technically operate from 67 Appleton Street but out of the Clarendon Street side window. Um, and it will be walk up only with no entry into 67 Apple. The hours of operation will be the same as the candy shop, and the ice cream itself
will only be two flavors and a twist in order to limit um uh line formation on the sidewalk and to hopefully help streamline the process and expedite ordering.
And yeah, that is all that I have. Great. Thank you. Well, you got an outpouring of support uh on uh through the public comments. So, I I hope not to hear from all of them live because we we could definitely see the support. So,
maybe uh you know, we can take public comment from a few folks and if there happens to be anyone in opposition, we'd like to hear that because again, we we've got tons of support uh letters. So, we're clear on that. Clearly, you're you're a good neighbor and a good
business. So, uh, with that, I'll I'll open it up to public comment. Hello, Madam Chair, members of the board. My name is Eva Jones, representing the mayor's office of neighborhood services regarding 67 Aton Street. Our office differs to the board's judgment. A community process was conducted, including an abuters
meeting held on 7925, which was heavily attended by the south end community. Feedback included both support and opposition. Concerns focus on increased crowding on the public way, safety at the crosswalk directly in front of the proposal, and trash from the ice cream window affecting both the street and the shared alley, particularly regarding
trash storage in the shared back alley, and the added concern of sticky ice cream waste. Uh, one resident even noted a preference for hard ice cream over soft serve, though they still express support for Meline's business. Uh other supporters highlighted the positive addition to the neighborhood, the joy of
children in the area, and the positive impact her small business has made in the neighborhood with a butters expressing support for the business. The applicant has made significant efforts to work with neighbors, including coordinating with nearby restaurants on trash management and connecting with ISD and the south end liaison to access or
to assess the alley conditions. They have also been working with the small business department to engage relevant city departments and commit to ongoing collaboration on street safety following approval. Uh the uh additionally the applicant has engaged with the Ellis Neighborhood Association to address
concerns and improve communication with constituents which has led the association to express support and request the board's approval. At this time the mayor's office of neighborhood services defers to the board's judgment on this matter. Thank you everyone for your time and consideration. Thank you.
Um I think there was one person Guy Graassi I'm not sure if you are speaking on this project. Yeah. Hi. Um um I I live next door. I'm in my house is actually in the left hand side of the photographs that Maline has
proposed. Um I'm an architect. I've lived in the in the south end for 25 years and lived next door to this house for the last 15 years. Meline runs a great business. She's been a wonderful addition to our neighborhood. Um, and she's um providing a great service. Uh,
enliven the street and my wife and I are are very excited about her prospects of opening the uh the the ice cream window and we we're here to support and hopefully see this uh this happen. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. And thank you for
the the comments in the chat. Uh any other raised hands? No additional comments with that. May I have a motion? Absolutely. Go ahead, David. I'll make a motion to approve. Can I have a second?
Yes. Second, Mr. Aken? Yes. Meets the conditional use permit for sure. Mr. Collins, yes. Chair votes yes. The motion carries. Good luck. Sounds like you'll bring a lot of joy. Thank you.
Uh the next case is BOA1 1732098 with an address of 218 to 220 Old Colony Avenue. Uh the applicant is a Khloe Manning. Uh do we have Khloe or someone else here? Please announce yourself and read your name and address into the record.
Yes. Thank you, Mr. Reiken. Good afternoon, Mr. Collins, Mr. Aken. My name is George Morance. I'm an attorney with the business address at 350 West Broadway in South Boston. Uh Khloe Manning is an employee at Chew and Company uh the project uh architects. I
represent uh the um owner of the business going into this site uh Haley Hoffman. I also represent the owner of the building, Singming Chan. This is a building with 32 dwelling units, ground floor commercial space. It was approved
by this board in Octo, I'm sorry, July of 2020. Uh at the time of approval, the U commercial unit on the ground floor was identified as generic commercial space. Uh the building is essentially uh
completed construction and uh is undergoing commencement of occupancy. Um Haley Hoffman is looking to open a Pilates studio in the 2000 square foot commercial unit. She has another location elsewhere in South Boston uh
with a growing clientele and can use the extra space afforded by opening a second location. The uh site of this building is within the area of plan South Boston Dorchester Avenue and because of that it has not
been reszoned. Uh so it is currently zoned M1 restricted manufacturing which dates back to the 1964 base code. Um the reason why I mention this is because um the reason why the zoning refusal letter
issued is because Pilates Studio is not included in the definition of service uses uh under the uh applicable um table B uh which applies to uh the old zoning
districts under the base code. Table A has been updated. This is these are tables to section 8 uh regulation of uses of the zoning code. Table A has been updated uh under table A fitness center gym which includes a Pilates
studio is an allowed use. Uh but again because this is the 1964 base code M1 zoning it is undefined which therefore makes it a forbidden use because anything that's not defined in the code is regarded by ISD as forbidden. Uh, I
think um um that that's the only uh relief that's required and I believe the mayor's office can speak as community process, but uh I would represent that uh there's no uh no opposition to this and we believe it's an appropriate use for the
location in the building. Thank you. Questions from the board hearing? None. May I have public testimony? Madame Chair and board members Siggy Johnson with the mayor's office of neighborhood services. This applicant completed the ONS community process. Our office oversaw distribution of
anformational flyer to each abuing parcel in a 300 ft radius which solicited no comments to our office. The Andrew Square Civic Association is the active civic group in this area and they are in support of this application. With that background, our office defers to
the judgment of the board. Thank you. Thank you, Madame Chair. We don't have additional comments for that. May I have a motion? Make a motion to approve. Second. Thank you, Mr. Aken.
Yes. Mr. Collins. Yes. Chair. Yes. The motion carries. Thank you. And the next case is case BOA1725220 with an address of 24 Edge Hill Street with an applicant at Roselmo Pisote.
know if uh the applicant or someone else is here can announce their name and address into the record, please. Good afternoon. Um I'm the homeowner at 24 Edge Hill Street. Uh Christopher Partardo Roma Pisote is my is my contractor and and and a friend um who's
done a bunch of construction uh in our neighborhood in Jamaica Plane. Um as well on this is um uh our architect um Deacon Marble who um has prepared these plans and made the submission for
us. Um really all we're doing is um putting a dormer on the third floor of our house in JP. Um you know, we're very active in the community and we love our house. And when we found out the good news that we were having an unexpected
new baby, uh, we need a place for that baby to live. So, unexpectedly, the baby, we thought we were going to be done with our construction, but the baby is now here a month early. So, not only are we not done with our construction, but we are
still in the ZBA process, which is really, really fun. Um, so anyway, that's the only thing we're doing to our house. We have a variety of non-conforming uses um because of the fact that our house is 125 years old. Um so when they when they ran it through they were like wow nothing on your house
is conforming but that's Jamaica plane 125 years ago. Um so technically because we're moving the sidewalls and the third floor to the edge of the house um as would be standard with a dormer um update it adds a small amount of square
footage technically to the house. Um, but that's really the only reason that we have to be here. Um, so happy to answer any questions you might have. Well, first congratulations. Thank you. I have no questions. Any other any
questions from the board hearing that? May I have public testimony? Yes, madame chair, members of the board. Connor Newman with the mayor's office of neighborhood services. This time the mayor's obser judge from this board some background information the community process. We had hosted an abutters
meeting on June 9th. Um it was likely attended but those who were in attendance were supportive of this proposal uh citing the character of their neighbor. We also received a letter in support as well from one of those residents who attended. They went on to meet with the JPNC which was supportive of this proposal. We're
unaware of any concerns and with that deferred to the board. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon u madam chair members of the board. Um I'm Laura from council's office. I don't want to speak on this case. I don't know if this is okay. Um, but I had a problem logging in and he
just wants to go on record in support of the case of the previous cases with the address of 67 Apple Appton Street and 218 220 Old Colony. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sorry for the timing. Thank you.
With that, may I have a motion? Motion to approve. I have a second. Second. Mr. Aken? Yes. Mr. Collins. Yes. Chair votes yes. The motion carries. Good luck. Thank you very much.
Uh the next case is BOA1720605 with an address of 13 Marmian Street. Uh applicant is Derek Bloom. Derek Bloom. Yes. Please announce yourself and your address for the record, please. Are you Derek Bloom from Bloom Architecture?
um here with Nate and Julie Hall, the homeowners uh to present the proposed work at 13 Marmian and Jamaica Plane. Um yeah, a good place to start. So these are existing photos. Uh top right is from Marian Street, the the front facade. Um moving to the right, there's
a a rear yard shed. Uh next to that is a drive their driveway. Um and then bottom left is from the backyard looking back at the house, which is where all the work the majority of the work is taking place. Um, and then the bottom right is a diagonal view across the neighbor's driveway.
Um, so the proposed project is to uh remove part of part of the front of the house. There's an old uh bay window that's inside of an enclosed former porch. We're going to reexpose that part of the front facade to reduce uh the mass on the front and open that up to
daylight again. Um on the back, yeah, you can kind of see there the width is a little bit less than half of its current width in the proposed. Um in the back, we're taking proposing to take down a one-story um irregularly shaped kind of formerly uninsulated room, probably also
an enclosed porch, and replace it with an insulated um new room that's more square. And on top of it, um a a partial uh upper floor as well that we'll see there. So this this on this level there's some renovation and basically
replacement of that sun room. Uh and on the upper levels we're going on top of that roof for expansion. Um so this is the the demo in the proposed first floor. If we keep going we'll see the existing proposed second floor is
sitting on that roof um extending out to the back to get an extra bathroom on this floor. And that's really the second floor. And then on the third floor, um, dormers in the back sort of half or a little bit more than half of the current roof line. Uh, one to get a stair up
there that's legal into code and two to get an additional bedroom and bath. Um, so that's the expanded plans. And then we have some elevations. Uh, this is just the before and after roof. So we're not exceeding the current height to the ridge line. These are all um
either lower roofs or in the case of the dormer, they're at the same peak as the existing house. Uh so here we have the before and after front views. Uh the top row on the left is the section of the front enclosed porch we are removing and on the right
is the resulting uh visual when you reveal the old bay. Um the bottom row is the rear taking down the one-story edition and doing these uh sort of stepped uh additions off the back and the dormers.
Um and on the next page, the two side views. So the top row is um the the from the driveway showing um really the same thing, the stepped roofs and the dormer. Uh and the opposite side um which is
their their driveway, not the neighbor's driveway. And that's again showing the the changes to the front, the dormer, and the rear editions on the on the lower right of that elevation. Sure, if there's anything else. Yes, sections. These are just to show the height essentially not changing and and
the relative heights of the parts of the building. Questions from the board? No. Hearing none, may I have public testimony? Yes, madam chair, members of the board, Connor Newman with the mayor's office of neighborhood services. This time the mayor is obliged to defer to the
judgement of this board some background information the community process ons had hosted a butterers meeting on July 7th. There were no concerns raised by neighbors in that meeting. Uh the applicant also met with the JPNC which was supportive of this propos supportive of this proposal. None of their members
had any concerns as well. Uh with that we'll defer to the board. Thank you. Thank you madam chair. No additional comments with that. May I have a motion? Make a motion to approve. I have a second. Second. Mr. Aken,
yes. Mr. Collins, yes. Chair votes yes. The motion carries. Good luck. Thank you very much. Okay, the last case of the evening, uh, case BOA1 1684116, address of 51 Mosley Street.
Uh, is the applicant here to announce their name and address? Good afternoon. Can everyone hear me? Okay. Um, yes, ma'am. Yes. My name is uh Ekko. Uh my legal name is Yandi Yu. I'm the property owner of 51 Mosley Street in Dorchester. Um I
purchased the home from its previous owner in February 2020 and um 51 Mosley Street made me a first-time homeowner. I had worked with a contractor um to extend um living space into the basement
as well as a race dormer on the third floor. This house remains a two family unit uh two family dwelling and basically in September 2021 all the work was finished and I moved in later that year. But in
May 2024 uh Boston ISD delivered a violation notice to my house citing the lack of a proper permit and I believe my contractor cutting corners pulled a short form permit when a long form per permit was called for based on the scope
of the project. So, I'm here today presenting the work that has been finished in September 2021 um and asking for um the proper due process um to get it approved hopefully. But um yeah,
that's the sort of the story there. Thank you, ma'am. Any questions from the board? Hearing none. May I have public testimony? Hello, madam chair, members of the board. My name is Eva Jones representing the mayor's office neighborhood services regarding 51 Mosley Street. Our office
defers to board judgment on this matter. A community process was conducted including the distribution of a subcommittee flyer on March 20th, 2025th or 2025. Uh we received no feedback from any constituents. The Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association reviewed the proposal in June and July of this year
and voted to support the proposal. At this time, the mayor's office of neighborhood services defers to the board's judgment on this matter. Thank you everybody for your time and consideration. Thank you, Madame Chair. No additional comments. Okay, with that, may I have a motion?
Make a motion to approve. Have a second. Second. Mr. Akin, yes. Mr. Collins, yes. Chair votes, yes. The motion carries. Have a great night. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. All right. See you next time. Some of you