[music] >> I'm calling to order our meeting our 4:00 meeting which is a little late now, but that's well try to make up for that. On the application of Cedar Terrace LLC represented by Shawn Dacey at 18 Eaton Street seeking a special permit to
reconstruct and expand a 20 ft by 5 and 5 in by 25 ft and 4 in garage. The property is located in resident C zoning district. The plan project would expand the existing nonconformity upward
and maintain a nonconforming 7 ft setback along the left property line. Whereas the Milton zoning bylaw article 4 section 275-4.1b requires a special permit to expand a nonconforming structure beyond the
current envelope. The permit request was uh denied. So we are um looking at that today to see if we can grant a special permit um under the circumstances that um we're
just um read about. So my name is uh Virginia Donahue King. I am the um member of the Board of Appeals and the zoning administrator and I'll be making the decision on this um in
at this meeting um within moments I hope um today. So um let's see. um So if you could um
who who will be speaking today? I see we have a couple of people here. >> Um I'm Sean Daisy. I'm the homeowner and then we have Gavin Driscoll who's the architect. >> Okay, very good. Who'd like to speak on this and oh, as you speak, if you could just um state your name and your address
so that we could make a good record of um who's here. That would be great. So, um what I should probably let you know is in on file we have the uh application for the Board of Appeals, um the the the the letter
um that was denying the building permit that was um generating that. Um we also have um plot plans of the current situation at the house as well as the proposed um building. Um we have elevations and
floor plans of the um of the um of the plan >> [clears throat] >> of the plan renovations in the house. Um those are all open to inspection by anyone that wanted to. So,
um uh who'd like to talk and we can just kind of go through what you're doing and um and why you're doing it and then we can see if there's anyone else that wants to speak on it. >> Um I'll start it off. I'm Sean Daisy. I live currently at 27 Cedar Terrace
Street in Milton. Um we actually uh bought this house to move our expanding family. We have two kids right now with our third on the way and honestly our house is just too small. So, um we're trying to expand, bigger yard for them to grow into and then stay in
Milton for many years to come. Um so, we have that currently under construction as you know. Uh we did get a demo permit. So, it was a older um two-car garage that we got from the town to take down and it is
currently down because it was structurally unsound and kind of actually wavering and not too safe. Um but as we found out buying the house, it was um built within I think it was 7 and 1/2 ft. Gavin, if you could correct me, maybe. I
think it was 7 and 1/2 ft off of the uh setback um or 7 ft. Um so we didn't realize that to be honest with you when we bought it. Um but we wanted to tear it down and build it in the same exact spot as before um with Gavin um
designing it for us. Uh so we're just trying to make sure we can build in the same spot no closer um than that and kind of pin it in place, put the slab there and build the garage up. And then Bill's been great. I've been talking to Bill at the um building department and
Michael White. Uh met with them various times. I was honestly kind of confused about what to do, what not to do. Uh they said, "Hey, get the abutters signed off, meet your neighbors." which actually was great cuz my kids could go and my wife and everyone was super nice and actually excited that we could um
renovate this kind of dilapidated house and bring it back to life and build it there and have a young family move in and be here for many years to come. So we got as many signatures as we could. We went out two or three times. Some people weren't home. Some people um
that we had signed talked with us for a while and they were super happy. So um the most biggest concern we had was our direct next door neighbor. Um you could probably see it there as uh lot 18. And uh I think she's about uh I think she told me she was about 92 years old and
she was very happy to sign. So um I was just very concerned that she would be concerned, you know. Um so we're happy that she signed off on it. And they all said, "If you need any backup, let me know." but I didn't want to disturb them with calling in and wasting their time on
Monday or anybody appealing it. So, um but if we do need some backup, they said they'd be willing to call and talk to uh anybody that needed backup on that. So, I'll let Gavin kind of take over from here and uh just want to say thank you for your time today. >> Okay, thank you. Um one one thing that I
don't have and perhaps Bill you do have it is um that signing off on it, the list of um people that uh neighbors that future neighbors that that are happy that this is happening. Um does that does that exist? >> Yeah, let me
uh I'd have to if I can get to you. Pardon me just a moment. >> Yeah, I emailed it. I'm sorry. I don't think I could share it right now though. >> Yeah, um I can send those to you, Virginia.
If you want to proceed I'll I'll be uh >> Yeah, I'd I'd like that for the um just the final decision on the whole thing. Although um Or if you could just if you could just send me the addresses of the neighbors that um >> Yeah. I don't agree.
>> Let me dig here. >> I know we got the two next door. Uh actually all three that you can see are budding, we got all them. And then behind us, the Carlsons we got. >> Um >> 19
>> a I know for a fact it was four of them we got. I don't think the McDonald's or the Stabletons were home both times we went there. >> Hm, okay. >> I think they were, but they didn't answer the door cuz I probably looked like a telemarketer. >> Oh dear, you'll have to [laughter]
introduce yourself another day. >> I had a notepad. >> I had a notepad yes. >> I thought it looked like I was trying to sell something. Like, I'm sorry. >> [laughter] >> I'm not here to sell you pest control or something. >> [laughter] >> Hm. >> Okay, well while um Bill is looking at
that, why don't we have Mr. Driscoll um continue with the presentation, okay? >> Uh can you guys see the screen all right? >> Yes. >> Yeah, perfect. Um I'll start with the existing. Um my name is Gavin Driscoll, um Lighthouse Architecture and Design,
um 26 Quarry Lane, Milton, Mass as well. Um this is a renovation to an existing single-family home. Um like Shawn said, there's two phases. Phase one is a renovation and addition of the existing house, which would be as of right, um and then phase two would be rebuilding
the existing um non-conforming garage. Um as you can see there, the lot is kind of at like an angle on this side here. Um so what we would propose to do is um keep the left and front wall the same and keep the existing um non-conformants
of the 7 ft and the 8 8.5, um and then obviously build up off of that. And the the height of the building would get a little bit bigger cuz we are going um over 6 ft to accommodate um a car from today. Obviously, this was probably built 100
years ago, um and the height and the size of the doors don't actually match um today's cars. But the idea would be is add 6 ft, but obviously keep all the proportions of the existing garage, um all the existing architectural um elements of
the garage, and basically just um take the same idea what's there now and then just build it um 6 ft over to the side. Um these are just the floor plans. The X is the existing garage slab, um which will be rebuilt, but we are going over the additional 6 ft. Um that shows the
um oversized door with the new garage on the first >> give me a second. When you say when you're building over an extra 6 ft, that's towards the the home. >> That's towards the home, correct. >> Yeah, to the right side here. So, if you look at this plan, you can see the X is the the footprint of the existing garage, and
then this footprint over here is the the new 6 ft away from the nonconformance. >> Okay, so so the the addi- the additional amount of that piece of the building is actually towards the middle of the lot.
>> Correct, yes. So, yeah, yeah, the corner of the two walls at the front Well, three walls, the front, the left side, and the rear are going to stay the same. We're just expanding it over to the the right side. Um and you can see that we are going doing the addition off the back, and then also the mudroom to
connect to the existing garage, but that would be all part of um the That's all conforming. It's just the the rebuilding of this left wall um at the 7 ft would be nonconforming. Um and then we would have the the bonus room on the the second floor.
Um then the roof plan, and this is what it will look like from the front elevation. Um this wall would be at the same location. We're really just infilling this spot here, um but we would be matching the same pitch, same roof lines um that's there before, but
just obviously it would be a little bit taller because of the proportions of the building by bringing it over the 6 ft. Um this is On the bottom, you can see this is the the rear elevation, which would look the same. Um this is looking at it from the left side on the bottom, the existing garage.
This is the new addition where the mudroom um connecting to the house. And then this is looking at it from the right side, where this is the new addition, and then the garage beyond. Um this is just the existing plans, and then this is just what the existing
garage looks like right now. So, you can see that we're um keeping the existing roof lines, um existing architectural characteristics, um pretty much just building over that 6 ft. Um and again, leaving that left side just um, taking what's there and then
kind of matching it to uh, today's standards. >> Okay, very good. Um, let's see. Do we have any people that wanted to speak um, for or against the application? >> Nope.
There was no >> No. >> Pardon me. Sorry, I'm just searching my emails for that document, John. I cannot turn it up. I'm hoping you can resend that to me. >> Okay. >> can do that at the end of this. >> Yeah, I'll send it right now.
>> This uh, but um, no, no one has raised hands to uh, speak for or >> Okay, I just Bill, I just resent it to you now. It should pop up on your email. >> All right,
I'll forward. Still waiting for that. Sorry. >> No problem. Yeah, it should be in the email [clears throat] I sent. I don't know if you got it. Scroll to the bottom. It'll show it there. With the abutters, 1 2 3 4 5 6. We have eight signatures, mostly all
surrounding. >> Okay. Yeah, let's see. Okay, it came in as an image. I think that might have been the problem. >> Oh. >> So, we do have uh James Murphy of 20 Eaton Street signed their uh support.
Um 59 Washington Street, I'm can't read the name there. Um 47 Washington Street, Nicholas Mary 61 [snorts] Washington Street, Norm Gill 28 Eaton Street, Brian McNaughton.
>> What was that last one? I'm sorry. 28 Eaton Street? >> 28 Eaton Street, Brian McNaughton. We have 73 Washington Street. Uh can't read the name. Is it Marguerite Walls? Or Walls?
Uh 10 Rockwell Timothy Lombard and 19 Rockwell Ave, Kathleen Carlson. And I'll be forwarding that directly to you Jenny. >> 1 2 3 4 5 6. Okay, great. Thank you
Thank you for that. Um >> It's now entered and I will uh download that as well. Pardon me. >> Yeah, 59 Washington Street, she apologized with her signature. >> Mhm. >> She's 92 and I felt bad asking her for
that, to be honest with you. >> Sure. >> So, I will have that in my my inbox and I can add that to the the decision that I'll be writing on this. So, at this point, I'm going to unless there's any um anything further you'd like to add, I'm going to close the evidentiary portion of the hearing and decide on the
matter. Um we have just a slight increasing of the nonconformity of this property and that's only be that's only because of the a little bit extra height on the um
on the garage um which allows the bonus room as well as accommodating larger cars which um it's kind of it's kind of useless to have a garage that doesn't accommodate your car so um so that's and it's it's with the pitched roof so it's not a full story and so forth so it's
it's um it's it's tastefully done and your neighbors are very much in support your soon-to-be neighbors which is nice very much in support of all of this so um I am making a decision that we will grant this um this application and I'll try and make
this as quickly as possible that I can um get this um decision done and and submitted what happens is once I write it and submit it um to Bill he brings it to the town clerk who um again not uh not sure what
we call it but has it she she clocks it in as something that can be um uh um that somebody could sue you for it or object to it or whatever they wanted to do but it doesn't happen very often but
we have to um give you give that 20-day period and then once that happens Bill will let you know and then you can pull the pill building permit for the second part of the project here on on the that includes the special permit so I'll try to get that done as quickly as possible are you um it it's probably
well the 20-day if I what's today this is the beginning of the week this is good I will endeavor to do this by the end of the week cuz I know that you have been waiting for a long time um on some of these things so um let me try and do that and then so it would does that go with your schedule I hope for for
building um say so that would be you know week plus 20 days. >> Yeah, thank you. >> Okay? >> [snorts] >> So, um congratulations on your um your your special permit and um for um rejuvenating this home and
making it um a place that uh all five of you are going to be very happy and I'm sure for the future. And good luck with that. So >> Thank you. >> at least you're not living in the house while you're build you're adding to it. So, that's a >> Yeah, why not? Yeah. We're lucky.
>> Okay. Yes, you are. You are. So, um So, congratulations and many a happy years on on um Eaton Street. >> Thank you so much, Bill, and thank you for your patience, too. >> You're welcome. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Yeah.
>> Take care. >> Thanks, guys. >> we adjourned. >> I am uh closing the meeting now and um you can turn off any compu- any uh videos. >> 4:30, we called it ended. Okay. >> All right. >> Thank you. >> Have a good day, guys. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. Take care. >> [music]