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e e e e e e good evening this is the zoning board of appeals um I am Janice Tara I am joined by Joan Cromwell Yugo Pera Marilyn Vega
Torres John de PRI will ceto and Hector VES and we're are we be taking things slightly not out of order but things have changed a little bit on our agenda the first thing we have is cases 2024 24 and 2024-25 we don't have an appropriate
quorum to deal with those so do I have a motion to move this to the April meeting make a motion second second you go all in favor I I the next case 202 426 we've been well this was was unable to go before the planning board last month and
we have been asked by the petitioner to move this to the May meeting do I have a motion to move this to the May meeting make a motion to maryn Second all in favor I okay and now we'll move on to a case 20251 8284 malor Street Carolina El
lerys Trustee of lerys family revocable trust for special permit and variant seeking approvals to establish two additional residential units by constructing a third and fourth floor above the existing residential space which does not meet the minimum
requirements side yard setback rear yard setback usable open space number of off street parking front yard setback lot size and Frontage as well as maximum requirement for floor area ratio this is the first time we'll be hearing this case so we will not be deciding it today
this will go to the planning board on the 25th of March and then we'll be returning here on the 8th of April so can you please introduce yourself and introduce us to your project and please remember to always talk into the microphone thank you um my name is
caralina katalina Linares you can pick it up I can pick it up y okay okay my name is kolina Linares um the project that I have your address please my address is uh 8284 malor here in Chelsea
Mass 02150 um my project is right now we have a two family that that is a purch I purchased that house two years ago in the past two years I have been done a lot of renovation this is a house that
previous owners never did anything to the house I have pulled multiple permits already to for Windows Doors multiple things in the property and still the property we can barely pass inspection
for rental the property needs renovation so while we are looking to this I said okay can we because you know now that we want to spend all this money to renovate the unit so can we add two more units to
it to the existing building to make it adjustable to all everything that needs to be done um if you can see the pictures deck and the inside we don't have no pictures of the inside of the building like I said we did we did pass inspection for rental
but we barely we can barely make it and and like I said I have done already some some repairs in the house but I think it can be better it can be better um I have other properties and I see this one tell so tell us do you want to add two units
I want to add two more units two above exactly the same thing the footprint that we have um they will be exactly the same I don't know if you can scroll down to the pictures to the exact footprint the only
reason being is because I know we have the setbacks setbacks of the property um see at the current moment like I said see the two existing ones so we is exactly the same Footprints but going
up and we know we run into the issue with parking right now we have a garage in there we will demo that garage to accommodate the parking right now we do we are parking five cars in there but you know it's very tight but to
accommodate the extra parking we'll demo the the gar the existing garage to have an extra space in there so how many spaces would you have for parking uh when we demo everything it will be five five parking space one for unit and one
extra one okay how many bedrooms three bedrooms in each one in each one is it will be go um go up so it will be exactly the same units the four of them right there exactly the
same right now the two units that we have they're exactly the same it's a three-bedroom as well um each unit will have three bedroom laundries and one bath any questions from the board what size are the uh
bedrooms uh the size of the exact bedroom I don't remember but each unit has 900 square footage do 900 sare ft total withed toal the total yes so little bedrooms um you know what Adam have the plans for me that's okay all right it's
there any other questions before I open it up to the public Maryland is there any like green space any Landscaping like a yard do you have a yard there or uh we don't have at the current moment anything uh like I said at the current moment is and that's
the reason why we proposing to go up because instead of going to size or anything we just because it's not a lot of space in the in the area and um where where you going to keep like the heating equipment that it will be going the basement we do have a basement yes okay
any laundry equipment laundry each unit will have a laundry so what we're proposing that each unit will have their own laundry okay which I don't know you can see what about like um emergency exits we have in the back right now we
have a deck that we have done some repairs still not happy with it but uh we have the see that have four decks for the erress one in the front and one in the back how you going to distribute the
parking if you you don't have four apartments and you have five parkings how that going to go you know what right now we we only have parking for one of each unit I know we need minimum of eight and that's the reason why we're
here uh and many other things um but at least each unit will have one one parking space and we have one extra for visitors they'll be assigned parking spaces is that yes okay before I opened it to the
public um is there any okay this will not be I'm going to open it to the public right now this will not be the only opportunity people will have to speak because we won't be closing the case I see some City councilors here would anybody like to speak on this case yeah city counselor please introduce yourself Hi how are you hello everyone
one I'm Lisa santigate and I'm the city counselor for District 5 where this property is located and I did have the same questions about parking um I understand if there are four units but each unit is three bedrooms so
I'm not sure that one spot per unit will be sufficient and the street is already extremely crowded um we've had issues just because there's lots of illegal parking on the other side of the street so you know so
emergency vehicles haven't been able to go down the street on a few occasions so I'm just concerned about adding more cars um I don't because if you don't
have a parking space in your yard more likely than not you're going to park on the street and it just seems like a lot of car the potential for many cars in your building you know the only thing I can say is is I just want to also make sure that
you're aware that if you ask to have a special permit for parking VAR or parking relief you're not eligible to get a parking sticker that was my other question thank you so so this a project like this would not be eligible for
street parking permits but for visitor the new units the new units right so the two that exist so the two new would just have the assigned parking that came with the unit but not access to a street permit correct except a visitor correct
okay great that I wasn't sure what if what criteria you needed for that so thank you you know what another thing with that is I don't know if you notice we are very close to public transportation and that is another thing
that the person that leave in that industry we so close to public transportation and like I said this is another issue that we have in other cities that we don't have no parking we we we go to East Boston the same issue so what the city
is implementing is maybe take the public transportation and like I said this property is so close to public transportation thank you and also understand that one of the things make sure you acquaint yourselves with the rules around variances because as you yourself alluded you don't just have
issues around parking you have some some significant other issues too and variances are pretty difficult so you should make sure you're aware of them and that you have to meet each of the criteria for yes okay I'm sorry is there anybody else who wishes to speak on this matter just one more question go ahead
um in the parking lot does the have a fence a wall I mean when you park let's say this is approved right you five cars there that the light one is not going to bother the about it so is there a a wall
or fence that right now uh we have a house right where the L line is so and in the back of the house the neighbor already has a retaining
wall so even both sides if if you scroll um down please I'm going to show you where the parking uh a little more where the pictures
are um right there see I'm my lot line is right there so the park is are angled that direction I can show you the picture and then in the back of it already exists a retaining wall
so we don't have we don't we can't actually build a fence because the we see the house so when the cars come in they're going to park and retain this position
so we don't have no room to actually build the fence and the garage right there it will be demo I don't is it she will need a f or no John because of bothering the neighbor
you could put a condition of a fence to prevent light from shining on Butters um the retaining wall in the rear it extends above the property line I think so um do you have the picture I like that way I can show them where
exactly it is um I think I took a picture of the back of the house uh no I think it's help a they were yeah it is see you can see see the neighbor already has a retaining wall right at
the L line see it right there it's already is that the back or is that the that's the back of the house you see how it's already this is the deck and we have like maybe like three four feet between the
house the deck and the retaining wall existed already who owns the space in between those two wall I own the the space in between the two walls yes it's like I said it's like four feet in between who owns the retaining wall
the retaining wall is owns to the the neighbor it's already there mhm but like I said between the deck and the retaining wall like I said it's it's like four five feet I could take a sact measurements but yes okay any other question Jo
Jo so you reside there now will you continue to reside there when it's the four units or are you renting all of them out I'm renting out I don't leave here in in Chelsea I leave in East Boston oh you don't live there now I don't live here in Chelsea
no and what made you decide I mean it's more lucrative I could see that for um stories mhm but why not three in such a confined space and with the parking limiting and just looking at your
Butter's property to the right how close it is very close and in terms of um the standard like height um what made you decide four as opposed to three what I made it decide to go uh do four is by
code we can go up to 42 feet high and and because of the zoning that we are it allows me to actually go that high that's the only reason the AR detect I said hey let's try for four because by zoning and
everything is allowed we have other buildings in the block they're four um they're four Deckers and that's the reason why we did it to you know now that we're on the project okay let's maximize how high we
can go it it is allowed 40 fet if it's four units if it's three units it's 35 ft okay uh the Zoning for that District considers one two and three families as one class and four four and above as
Apartments so the standards change between one two and threes and fours and above that's the only reason we we decided any other questions from the board John I wanted to ask if you got any communication from from the uh abing
owner if you received any communication no we've received nothing okay ladies and gentlemen that being said I'm going to I'm not closing the public participation portion but you got to again go to the planning board on the 25th of March back here on the 8th of April okay thank you
thank you the next case in front of us is 20252 18 and 24 Grand View Road Elmer Castillo special permit and variant seeking approval for the subdivision of the below reference property and the construction of a two family dwelling at 18 Grand View Road with an existing one
family dwelling to remain at 24 Grand View Road which fails to meet the following lot one 24 Grand View Road fails to meet the minimum requirements for lot size lot two 18 Grand View Road fails to meet the minimum requirements for lot size Frontage side yard setback
combined side yard setback front yard setback and off street parking as well as maximum coverage for lot coverage maimum requirement for lot coverage as with the last case we will not be deciding this today you will go to the planning board on the 25th of March and
back here on the 8th of April April yeah so please introduce yourself and introduce your project I also have some and please please use the microphone I have some print out for everybody so I have some printouts for everybody so if I'm just gonna okay all right
good evening my name is Rebecca Edmonson corm I'm the zoning attorney for Mr Elmer Castillo who is back over here there we go uh who owns the house next door at 24 uh Grand View Road I have with me Mr TSA our architect for the
project as well um with us tonight uh I did put together a a bit of a PowerPoint presentation for you um I don't Mr de PRI is that is that excellent I'm sorry so I believe this is
it no this this these are the plans if there is a there is another PDF in that in the email if possible oh there it is excellent boa presentation you want the boa okay yeah
the one down sorry it's going to take me a few minutes thank you very much sir so what we're proposing is a two family on the vacant lot make sure why don't you hold the microphone it be just a little easier to make sure it gets picked up thank
you it's working here we go uh so what we are presenting to you tonight is a two family to be placed on the vacant lot at 18 uh Grand View 18 Grand View has been a vacant lot since its Creation in
1988 um the it was created as a it was anr um subdivision uh from 1988 that created 14 Grand View and 18 Grand View um in in the packet that I have just put
turn uh sent around I do have a very small version um of the of of the subdivision I do have printouts of the subdivision in larger form for all of us who are over 40 and those little numbers and letters don't come as fast so if you
want me to would you you mind just giving that to that lady over there uh so 24 grandv was created in the subdivided lot in 1917 from three from three lots I I do have that as well it's
not as interesting uh as the n as the 1988 one um so it Cate out of three lots uh they were back in the day in 1917 they created basically 2100 uh square foot Lots three lots combined to form 24 Grand View at six around 6,500 square
feet the existing house has been there since 1943 nothing is changing with this lot but since these since these two lots are now in common ownership Mr Castillo bought 24 and 18 on the same day uh about two years ago um 18 Grand View was
created uh in 1988 along with 14 Grand View um and each having around 4,100 Square Ft worth of space on them 14 Grand View up has a house on it already it was built there in 19 around 1934 I think um and you can see the house as it
is uh was already constructed in 1988 um so this is just the site plan of what we are proposing um for and again I don't uh you know little numbers but what we are proposing is a two family
side by side with underground parking um and I'm sorry next slide please sir I I really I always hate to ask this Mr depri to do this but um so this this is the 1917 subdivision one more
sir this is the 1918 um and it shows that there was at the very bottom there's no signature down here for the planning board um because it was an what's called an anr um one more please sir just a even if even if it was an anr I should have planning board signatures on
endorsement well yes technically maybe the maybe the malar does I didn't go to the actual registry to check usually they just Shan the malar but you know I always like to say we don't actually know what they did back in the day some days so I but I did
find this in the registry of deeds so um so our proposal is a two family um it is a 1A residential area where two families are allowed um it is only 21 in 21 Ines 21 ft High where the 35 is required uh
it's two two three-bedroom units side by side two and a half baths duplex design uh the parking is underground uh and it is tandem but we also are putting in electric charging stations which are in the updated design that you'll see today as well we also updated our design from
our original um our original submission to incl to include some storm water management um documentation because we were the one of the biggest things we've heard from their neighbors is that number one parking and number two storm water
management how are you managing the water so we wanted to provide uh you know we're going to do a flowthrough foundation and an outside drainage system with perious pavers at the at the base of of the structure going into the underground uh parking um and you know
we are we will also expound on that as well uh this is our zoning chart because of uh creating a a dwelling on 18 we will need relief for 24 because um is now coming into non-compliance U if we
allow for the structure to be built on 18 um and it it's just about the lot size so and I think that is it for uh and you know are these are the we the dimensional variances plus also a
parking assistance variance um and a a special permit uh for Grand View so with that uh I just want to if perhaps we could just go back to the the design um I just want to make sure uh that the board sees uh going back to the
actual the new um revised design the duplex design um I would just like to have walk through it um thank you very much sir for your help tonight okay so uh just scrolling
through just a bit um till we get to the storm water management portion um if we could just go back so there's the storm water management portion I'm just going to kind of turn it over to Mr Tusa just to describe a bit what what's
going on hello everyone we brought um a civil engineer on this project to design please introduce yourself yes my name is adir tosa I'm the architect for this project we brought we subconstruct the civil engineer for the design of the water collection and he was proposing we
were proposing to have the gutters in the back of the building because we have a flat roof so we are collecting the whole water in the back of the building instead of bringing it to the front since we heard some complaints about the water coming to the street so we were approaching this where our civil engineer to have our INF infiltration
unit in the back of the house to collect the whole water from the roof and at the front of the parking uh we proposed some Paving and the gravel so the water can apparently drain for the like the cars to enter into the parking uh this is a rough design from him he's going to
finalize it uh when we like you know move forward with the project but this is where we are with the design of the collecting the storm water so there's a drain right before you go into the correct there is a yeah there is a metal uh drain right before you go to the to the parking yes correct
to collect the water of the Decks that we have on either side of the house but the whole roof is uh collecting the water in the back we having three gutters has a pitch the H roof has a pit is a flat roof back to the
park use your micro use your microphone please if we could just go to the parking um I just wanted to make sure everybody sees that we have um this is what the tandem parking will look like and where the EV Chargers
will be um and it's also inside access stairwell up to the house as well so they don't have to go up and around is there a curb cut there now or you going to need to create a curb cut um that's a great question Elmer
we're going to have to create a curb cut and so we'll lose some parking on the street to create the curb cut John uh yes it's actually a 31 foot gr got that's proposed so that's technically one and a half spaces so two spaces you you will need to get final approval for
the cup from the Department of Public Works yes any any questions from the board before I open to the public yeah what's going to be in the back of the garage what is is on escavator area um the room in the back of the
garage what's what's going to be there uh yes the land is coming like the land is coming like pretty high and uh we are like thinking of like going up so we're not going to excavate that area so the foundation is going to go up because the land goes like you know like 10 ft up
and that at that location so we're not going to excavate there so the foundation's going to going to go up and we're going to have only four feet just for the foundation so it's not going to be basement there where where are you planning to have the uh trash and the recycle
bins where this going to be the on the side of the stair I'm sorry on the side of the stair oh on the this already inside the garage okay are these intended to be condos or rentals uh ideally they're going to be
for his two children uh one for each child no condos or rentals yes ma'am what I was just explain uh it was kind of a it's kind of a joke between Elmer and myself uh he's saying he wants to Bow one for each kid so they can get out
of his house but for right now um still answer my question yes no it does not uh rentals uh to begin with and then hopefully deeding them over to the children and how old are children 12 20 and 16 oh okay 12 he's got a way to go okay thank
you you finished go ahead um so trash and recycle will be on the side of the stairs that's only one foot I'm sorry we were to the board was told that trash and recycle would be on the side
of the stairs take microphone take your microphone with you please sorry sorry so we were thinking like on the side of the stair over here because we have clearance as the stair go up okay we have space underneath the stair right so we were thinking like to stuck them
underneath the stair all right so that will be the stairs will be Hollow underneath and you can storage correct okay correct so that that's what we were thinking right to stuck them underneath the step okay can we go back to the um uh
drainage so in the rear you're proposing the infiltration system I'm sorry infiltration system so the whole we proposing like three gutters cuz it is a flat roof and the pitch is going to go all in the back we don't we didn't want to bring the water at the front of the
house so we're proposing like three gutters in the back which the water going to be collected from The Gutter and go to the infiltration system which is going to be all underground and you'll have and you're going to have to dig deep for that
infiltration because that's higher than the the rest of the front of the lot correct no over here like the question of the basement was because the land coming so so much high so if you go to the elevation we will better understand that it's going so much high so to this
point we're going to dig to have the parkings and then we're going to go up we're going to have only 4T just for the foundation no basement in that section where I put it like an excavated area for the infiltration system we need to dig only 3 4T on the ground to just uh locate the units of the
infiltration and there'll just be storage units basically correct collect the water infiltrate correct and do you know what the groundw level is there uh we can go to the proposed U PL plan you tell me when you want me to stop no
on the plot plan you got to go at the first page the plot plan oh the the L survey go one more one down another one so it's kind of hard to see it but uh it's barely well well that's
that's showing you land elevation that's not showing you groundwater elevation correct so that's where we are thinking to locate the the infiltration system I do not we do not have an answer for we do not have an answer for how high the
groundwater is at the moment you're uh Mr de priest but we will get that information for you uh from the civil engineer we promise I this is It's a question of whether that infiltration is actually going to work or not understood you my guess is that's all
um um a result of the glaciation so there's probably Clays and pets and stuff in there so it might be difficult to get absorption in there we just want to make sure that there you know I know it's a vacant lot it has a lot of scrub and it has a lot of and trees and things like
that to soak up the soak everything up we just want to make sure that it is replaced with whatever whatever is necessary to mitigate any storm water issues right and the boards are going to want to make sure that they're going to prove this it's actually going to work absolutely okay all right absolutely
thank you John anybody else on the board before I open it up you go okay um is there any Landscaping plan Landscaping plan we haven't put one together beyond the sketches that you
have here um but we can do a you know planting plan I we put we can put one together a whole landscape design um and the house and the back we have a um a door right
um uh but also we have lighting the any lighting plan in the back we haven't gotten that that far down the pike just yet but I understand about especially shining on neighbors um and especially since it's up high and
the back is lower um that elevation we will make sure that whatever lighting is appropriate and does not shine into neighbors doors and windows okay lighting should also be International dock Sky Association compliant I'm sorry sir lighting should also be International dock SK Sky
Association compliant yes okay darn my question to John I don't or for you is has it there nothing has been built there in the past no ma'am so is there a reason why nothing has been
built there uh probably because the minimum lot size in that R1 district is 7500 Square F feet okay and they only have 41,000 square feet 4100 Square fet okay I do have a an note uh as well is that it was in common ownership with the
person that owned 24 um Grand View and that the wife liked to have a Rose Garden um and a large garden and so that lot was her garden how what's the size of the unit you're proposing
1550 each side is, 1550 Square ft 1500 okay yes so there how many bedrooms three bedroom two bath two and a half bath I'm sorry John if if they put the tendem parking do they meet the parking
requirements uh no the um your special permit they will need a special permit our zoning does not recognize tandem spaces therefore you're going to need a special permit really for the tandem spaces but it's only for the tandem it's not for the number of spaces um no it's not for the number it's just for the
tand okay so they wouldn't they wouldn't have the same issue with um needing a permit of the parking permit for example that right the the residents will not be able to get on street parking stickers got any relief for parking
triggers that uh that uh regulation my client understands that and we are more than happy to do that is anyone else before I open it up okay as again we will not be deciding this will not be the only opportunity people will have to speak but I'm is there anyone here who
wishes to speak on this matter speak into the microphone and give us your name and address please hi my name is Valerie green and my husband and I bought the property at 14 Grand View Road in 1998 um I have some concerns about
having this property built so close to our property with regards to privacy noise um losing the sunlight on that half of my house uh especially in the afternoon when the sun's coming down in the backyard at that angle um I also
have concerns about the parking even if it's off Street they have to be able to get out of the parking and the street is a very very narrow Street which might interfere with people being able to park across from it so we're already losing the two spots for their parking when
they cut the curb and it's going to affect the people on the other side of the street and they just did a curb cut on the other side of 24 grandv view so we lost spots on that recently um I am concerned about the water runoff and the
saw system um we've recently the past 10 years have had to have the city come up multiple times probably about every other year because the sewer overflows and literal feces is floating down the street and now we're going to add two
more households to that um I'm worried about my Foundation the house is old the property is old I don't know what the excavation is going to do to um how solid my house is with the distance between my house and the property that
they want to build um and I'm wondering about what it's going to do to my property value where this free space that won't be free anymore um when I bought the house in 1998 we were pretty new to the neighborhood everyone else had lived
there for years after we lived there for a couple of years the previous owner of 24 had approached us and said that um lot 18 used to belong to the property at 14 where we bought and he offered to
sell it back to us because he wanted to build on it and he was told that he couldn't um that there it wasn't buildable property so we didn't we couldn't buy it back back then I mean in hindsight I wish I did but um um it's
not something that we were able to do as a young newly wed couple um so I'm just concerned with a lot of issues um you know being such a small Street and losing already two parking spots and now losing two more that could potentially
affect the parking spots across the street from that lot thank so thank you that's it thank you thanks is there anyone else who wishes to speak on this good evening Madam chair um my name is Mary jasi g r a CE and I live at 53
Martin Everett and I'm here to speak and represent uh Barbara Lawler of 23 g View Road um I would like to submit a letter and um she had a petition of opposition and it has 26 signatures from all of the
Neighbors on the and with your permission I would like to read the letter into record good evening Madam chair and Zoning Board as I said I am here to represent Barbara Lawler in the neighbors of um Grand View Road especially at 23 Grand View wrote We
would like to enter a letter of letter of petition in opposition to the petition on on your agenda for 31125 that involves the address regarding 24 Grand View Road and 18 Grand View Road for the following reasons we have concerns that this particular petition and the building of
a two- family home on this property will be more detrimental to the neighborhood than beneficial at this time for the following reasons one adding of a New Foundation could rot Watershed runoff not just storm drainage but underground water flow the land is sloped and it
could cause flooding damage in the home homes across the street and beyond all the way down as far as cook AV once the trajectory of the underground water flow is changed two the size of the land is extremely small and the new property will reduce direct light to the abing neighbor's home and leave minimal space
between their homes creating a privacy issue three Mr Mr Castillo the owner of the property recently added a twocc car driveway to the other side of his home which required a curb cut that took two parking spots off the street the new property if permitted includes two car
garage two two car garages which will require another large curb cut which will take two to three more parking spots from the street with Hospital overflow traffic this will greatly affect the direct Neighbors on the other side of the street especially those who do not have
driveways um the other thing that they mentioned that I didn't put in the letter was um it was an afterthought on them is uh Street you finish her letter and then mention it okay yep Grand View Road is a narrow Street in the tandem parking of the garages will also be detrimental because once the residents will need to park on the other side of
the street there may not be enough room for the people at 18 Grand View if approved to safely back out without hitting the parked cars across from them also once street sweeping restarts in April there will literally be nowh for these residents to park also what are the plans for rodent
control during construction dust and clean up during construction and since space is so limited up there where will supplies be stored in construction equipment both large and small be stored as well during construction we understand that there is a housing crisis in effect and support new housing
however in this case this particular petition at 2418 Grand View Road is more detrimental to the neighborhood than beneficial on all accounts and is not a good fit as this property is much too small for the construction project of this size and makes both properties
split non-compliant for lot size and attached as you have the signatures of 20 26 residents from the entire block going Grand View Somerset galland and Perkins do you have a copy for the petitioners you there's attached to the letter no no you don't so you don't have
another copy oh yeah oh yes yes I I don't have the signatures but I I I didn't make a copy we'll get that but I do have a letter you welcome Duty and you said you had your own thoughts you wanted to add uh I a coupled talking with the residents after that they wanted to add in um after them I was speaking with
Barbara um they would like to have a couple of requests um I'm not sure how this is organized in the city of Chelsea zoning but an independent Watershed study focusing on the drainage underground that could affect from rain all the way down to Grand View and cooka
um in the in the person um the company should be chosen by the city um two an independent Shadow study chosen by the city for all sides of the house it's not that high but especially for the abutter on the east facing side um at 14 Grand View Road and
um I think that's it thank you okay thank you for your time I appreciate it is there anyone else who wishes to speak Todd Taylor 45 Nichols Street uh district one city councelor um I'm here on behalf of the
uh lot of the people in the neighborhood Who uh I think that there seems to be some serious opposition to this um project in the neighborhood and uh I think you you heard the reasons why I can tell you I
live you know down the hill the other side and uh I know that there is a significant problem with with the water so um you know I I think that looking at this and I hadn't seen
the plans um but it seems like this is a pretty heavy lift uh for this uh there's there's a lot of things that need to be granted and especially the the the lot size um
but I am concerned too with uh the parking because the people that work up at the hospital there's because of our ongoing parking uh regulations in Chelsea um which I've been trying to get
changed but the people that work at the hospital can park in Chelsea during the day and it just takes up all kinds of parking so we're taking away more parking to an already exasperated um area because of
the hospital location so um you know I'm here for the residents I don't come and tell the boards what to do I only voice my opinion and um and I represent the residents in this matter so uh a lot of them came and asked me to
come tonight and speak and voice their concerns so that's what I'm doing thank you counselor thank you is there anyone else who wishes to speak okay I'm not ending the public participation portion because you have to come back in April um to reiterate what we said to the previous applicant
you looking for a lot of variances and those are not easy as you know to to deal with so I think that you need to be very clear um if you know you're going to have have to really be sure that you can justify all those variances that you need when we have our conversations so
um that being said we will you go to the planning board on the 25th of March so thank you can you just say that again that's the first I've heard that so planning board on the 25th of March they will review at Old zoning in in this location all zoning all requests for
special permits go to them and then are referred back to us and then you will be back here before us on April 8th okay April 8th 6m yes thank you for your time thank you is there any I just wanted to also say is there any uh yes there is a
lot of variances requested um is there any direction we should go if there is when as I go talk perhaps of um alternative designs that the board would
like to see or any types of tweaks Beyond storm water management a landscape plan perhaps I don't think we have had the chance to look at that but I mean I think that you can you can look at the variances that you need and you know the requirements around setting a variance so yes ma'am um you'd have to
look at we'd have to we'd have to look to you to see that thank you very much if you propose something alternative we're happy to look at that thank you very much thank you the next case is um 201862 13 15 17 fth Street Wango trustee
for modification to reconfigure the residents in the office on the first floor by expanding the office and reducing the residence from a two-bedroom to a one-bedroom unit so excuse me we saw this case obviously in 2018 it's but it's our responsibility
say to determine if it's a major or a minor um uh modification so is there someone here to speak on this or John do you want to fill us in on what we're looking at well I could fill you in but the applicant should uh petitioner
should be here to speak on his own behalf um I don't know why he is not well let's move to the next case then and we'll hopefully give him a little time and I love this one because it's case 771 I'm looking at this going when have we ever had a case 771 predates me
and it amazingly does predate me 751 to 753 Broadway and 801 Broadway to modify the decision to remove the requirement that the parcels at 751 753 Broadway and 801 Brewer not be sold separately this is a somewhat unique situation it's
a case from 1986 which as I said predates even me and um and it's an odd situation I think we're sort of in a way here to codify something that has already missed its statute of limitations so um why don't you fill us
in on what it is we're here to do thank you thank you madam chair uh my name is Craig Harwell I'm an attorney representing the owners of 751 753 Broadway as you said this is a very very unique case uh back in July 31st 1986 uh
this zoning board issued a decision to Grant a variance to allow the conversion of what was then an existing three-story woodf frame building from Seven residential units into eight units uh the way they did that was by subdividing one of the third floor Apartments into two units uh the reason why we're here is
that as conditions for granting that Rel the board stipulated two things the first was that the parking at the lot on the corner of Eleanor Street and bro way shall be used in conjunction with this property in the petition and second that neither property shall be sold separately or used for any other purpose
but parking unless approved by this board following the decision the properties were owned in common ownership for about 11 years and then on in 1988 uh excuse me 1998 the subject property was sold that broke the common
ownership created the violation and and that's where we are nobody caught the violation and nobody caught the violation so so nobody caught the violation it happened in 1988 it wasn't caught by the city it wasn't caught by the registry of of whatever so
we have a give us the time frame where we had an ability to complain about that so pursu to chapter 48 section 7 you've got 10 years so we've missed that you have so what you're we being asked here to do is basically say listen there's
nothing we can do anyway so we may as well call it a minor modification because there's nothing we can do about it it is it's already because we failed to act on it by 19898 so we failed to act on it 27 years ago um we kind of lost our our bite at
the Apple so do we have a motion to make this a minor modification I want say the city is supportive of uh A V A minor modification and to allow the modification do we have a motion we can at no choice
all right so is it currently owned by two separate owners oh yes okay okay and it has been for 27 it has been for 27 years okay all right we're simply look at a clear title I mean by operation of law there's nothing the city can do but you know for future owners we want to
make sure that the title The CH the titlean otherwise it all be coming back to us and we'd be having the same argument over again we have no right to talk about it so make a motion um minor that it's a minor modification a second second all in favor I that was a weird
approve the modification what yes you voted that it's minor is are are you voting to approve it as well yeah well do we have a motion to approve the modification I make a motion to approve the modification second as I said it's a different case for us different approach is do we have
anybody here representing Fifth Street thank you all thank you no one's here representing Fifth Street so I guess we move it to next month if you want what he wants to do is well I mean he said so what it looked pretty I mean in the in what we had seen it looked pretty minor to me so let's take
a look so he has an office and he has a two-bedroom apartment adjacent to it he wants to remove one of those um bedrooms and to add to his office he's for his own purpose it's his and his son uh run a real estate business out of there or
his maintenance and real of property he owns and and he's making move for his son to come and work with him whether you want whether you want to vote on it that or whether you want to wait till he comes that's entirely up to you vote on it do we have a motion I'm okay with voting on
it I make a motion that's a minor mod yes do we have a second all in favor yes and you're approving it we're approving the modification yeah well we say it's my so we're good all right now we have the most
important motion of the evening who's making a motion to adjourn I making a motion second Joan all in favor I thank you for