I'm going to call to order the hearing upon the application of Stephen and Jenna Leschuk at 17 Heritage Lane dated March 2nd, 2026 seeking to renew a special permit for an in-law temporary apartment previously on
file with the Board of Appeals pursuant to the terms of chapter 10, section 3 of the general bylaws of the town of Milton so as to continue use of a temporary in-law apartment within the existing dwelling. The property is located in a residence C
zoning district and all is set forth in the application and what we have on file with the board. My name is Virginia Donahue King and I will be acting as as the hearing officer for this this
hearing. We have with the application, we also have a letter from um the applicants that outline um Well, we'll we'll come back to that in a
moment. We have um a new signed application for this temporary in-law apartment. um constructive decision from um 4 years ago
um with the original application and attorney letter which um um was included the first time they were that the applicants had asked for this temporary apartment and we also have the original subdivision plan for
Heritage Road when that was first listed as a Gordon Cooper Lane. um a quick claim deed showing that the applicants do in fact own the house, the second floor layout with and without the temporary apartment to show that it can be reincorporated into the home when the
temporary apartment is no longer needed. um Let me go back to the um So basically what what we want to do is make sure that everything kind of remains the same or is still what is
covered under the the bylaw for a temporary apartment. um and um so it looks like um the temporary apartment is still being used by the applicant the applicants
Mrs. Leschuk's mother is still living there. um The apartment is has not been changed in square footage, it's less than 800 square feet and less than 1/3 of the area of the house. um It consists of one
bedroom, one bathroom and a combined sitting area and kitchen. The apartment is unobtrusively located in the area the house over the attached to the garage and the apartment can be entered from a common entrance that has a separate egress on the side of the house.
There is space in the garage for and driveway for the three vehicles that cover all the drivers in the family. We they own the house and will occupy the principal living quarters continue to occupy the principal living quarters while Mrs. Perry is living in the
temporary apartment. So um It that seems to cover that I'm going to take that as your testimony Mr. Leschuk is that okay? So um In as much as nothing has has deviated from where we were 4 years ago with this and
you followed everything quite quite to the letter. um There's no complaints of too many cars in the area or having too many people in the area and it's lovely to be able to have grandparents in the house when you have three kids [laughter] that are active.
So unless there's something you'd like to add Nope. No, we have we're good with all of our neighbors. It's worked out really well for our family and we just want to continue it for another 4 years at least. Well, that sounds terrific to me and I'm going to
close the evidentiary portion of the hearing and decide on this and there's absolutely no reason to deny this application. I think this is a wonderful thing and particularly with uh uh freeing up homes for growing families as opposed to
people aging by themselves. I think it's a wonderful idea and congratulations to you for making it work so well. And I assume it's going to be another lovely 4 years and thereafter. So congratulations and you know the drill you you came in in
time before it ran out and also we'll see you in 4 years. Great. Okay. Appreciate it. Take care. Have a good one. Yes. You too. Stay on with the staff members please.
>> to I'm going to. Yes. My IT guy is trying to change to get this going before the next hearing so we have a few minutes to do that but um We'll be here. I do see the applicant and their attorney are in the waiting area.
Can you hear me, Mike? Yes. >> Yeah. Just wanted to ask how your campaign was going for town meeting. >> [laughter] >> Uh yeah. We'll see. Yeah. I hope you get in. Thanks. Okay, we have um
We have 4:15 on the computer so that must be the real time and I'm going to um call to order the meeting hearing upon the application of Michael Mole and Holly St. Peter represented by Marion McEachern Esquire
at 22 Parkway Crescent dated March 12th, 2026 seeking a special permit to build a 5 ft by 24 ft farmer's porch to the front of the existing dwelling. The property is located in a residence C zoning district
where is article 10 area regulation section 275-10.2 front yards require that all buildings or portions of buildings be set back a minimum 20 ft from the front lot line and the proposed project would be built
14.6 ft from the front lot line. um and for that reason the building permit was denied. My name is Virginia Donahue King and I will be I'm a member of the Board of Appeals and the zoning administrator will be the deciding um
uh person in in this um hearing tonight. um In the file we have um um Look at this one. We have the denial letter from our building
inspector. um We have a letter from Marion McEachern, the attorney that is representing the applicants and then she will um go through that momentarily. We have a plot plan showing the locus and where the the new
buildings will be. The building in question will be. There's another building going on that is is not um part of this hearing because it's being built within the set not within the setbacks outside of the set in
It doesn't go into the setbacks that are required. We also have um some architectural plans to show what the new building will be looking like from the inside and the outside. um We have a quick claim deed showing
that um the applicants are in fact owners of this house and property not just the house. We have um We have a map of the
lots in that neighborhood as well as um a map showing zeroing in on the area of Parkway Crescent um >> [snorts] >> that is showing the numbers of the houses where they're located. We have a
property record card showing the particulars of the house from um from town hall and we have a letter of support um for the neighbors on either
side um of the applicants at 26 and 16 Parkway Crescent. So I will uh just mention one thing that we that we I just discovered this afternoon um
and we may we're probably going to have to be able to continue this until notice can be given to Yale Investments which owns the house at 26
>> [snorts] >> Parkway Parkway Crescent. Unfortunately, the letter that was sent to give notice to Yale Investments was sent to 26 Parkway Crescent instead of their place of business. So um it it came back to town hall. So
um We we're we're we we're faced with kind of an unusual situation in that um that one of the owners one of the neighboring owners um
has not has not got notice of this unless they read the the Milton Times which is unlikely since they don't uh live in Milton. So so I was concerned because if
they don't like it and it's built and you have to take it down that would be a horrible expense. So my suggestion is that we we continue this to
some weeks after a date certain after they do get notice of of this um this happening. So that we can make sure they they don't have to reply to it or anything else if they could they they could not care they
might care but it just seems more prudent to me if we continue this for a few weeks rather than run the risk of you having to take off a brand new porch that you know uh
the the the person didn't get get hearing for. So I know this is very disappointing. Um I can't tell you what to do as far as that goes because you have an attorney. You have an attorney that will let you know
if you want to discuss it um I'm sorry it didn't happen earlier so that you could be alerted to it all not that it that I discovered it late so that it it wasn't something that I could address
ahead of really. So um What what are your thoughts on this attorney McEachrick? Well first of all um So Yale Investments owns 26 Parkway Crescent is that correct? That's right. And so we have a letter of support from
Steve Robinson and Carrie Fergus at 26 Parkway Crescent. So Holly St. Peter and Mike do you know um are they tenants? Yeah I get Yeah I guess technically they're renters. We've never They've been there for the time we've been here
so we've never met an owner or anything so That's fine. It was puzzling because we have a letter of support from 26 Parkway Crescent. Yeah that's that's what made me um So um >> that the the letter had gone to 26
Parkway Crescent that came back and that the signers were 23 26 Parkway Crescent and that that's what alerted me to that this afternoon. So you caught it I suppose. So are you proceeding with the rest of your construction
or is this holding up your entire project? Have you Have you started or are you just looking for a contract? >> No our addition is you know finished pending final inspection. So this was pulled separate. I mean >> Okay that's a good thing. Yes that is a good thing. Yeah unfortunately you know
it it it is an issue. It does need to be addressed. Notice needs to be sent to the owner. You already have the support of the tenants. It would be hard to imagine an issue arising because of this if the tenants are more than happy with what you're
doing. However I would be able I would be available if you if this hearing can be continued in order to provide that notice. The question is when could it be scheduled? Does the clerk have any idea? Um Do we know
I'm trying to look at my own calendar. Anyway I don't know if Bill Donnelly has the ability to look at the calendar right now but it would be important for me to know that. Pardon me in just a moment. I am Let me I I neglected to bring my
calendar back here so hold on one moment. Yeah >> Sure. Okay so looking at my calendar um as early as May 4th and 5th are available just before town meeting begins on the 6th.
Then we have a block from the 6th 7th 11th 12th 13th and 14th. I do Go ahead. >> some I'm going to be away and then have some medical issues the following week.
So from the 6th to the >> [sighs] >> through the 13th I'm not available unfortunately. Could we do the 4th or the 5th? No because No. Okay.
>> [gasps] >> Um so we have town meeting the till the 14th. Um the following week I'm away. The the 19th I do have a 7:00 p.m. hearing I'm breaking into my vacation
for that. So if you want to do that at 4:00 p.m. on the 19th I can do. I can do that. Okay. Okay. So um You're going to do it just before the 7:00 p.m.? Or when do you want to do it? What time do you want to do it? 4:00 p.m. would be
fine. Oh okay. 4:00 p.m. Same time just How about Michael and Holly can you make it on the >> Yeah. That would certainly provide ample time for any notice to get to the Yes it
will. I'm sorry for the delay. Okay. Okay 4:00 p.m. 22 Parkway Crescent I have that on my calendar so that's fine. It's unfortunate that the delay um Since you've opened the hearing is that correct? I've opened the hearing so that
we can continue it. >> that nobody is here to speak but if there isn't anyone then you just need to continue to the specific date and time. Is there anyone out there Bill? No no attendees. No commentary. That's probably a good sign. So Yes it
probably is a very good sign as a matter of Despite the delay I mean it seems hopefully this will go well when you come back. Okay so >> well good luck with the health stuff Virginia. Thank you. Yeah [laughter] yeah. And we'll see you on the 19th when this is
continued to die May 19th at 4:00. Okay. All right I'm trying to reach out to your neighbors to see if they could give us contact for property owners so I I do have an
address I do have an address for them. 11 Walnut in Chestnut Hill? >> Yes yes. Okay. Perfect. Thank you. All right. They're listed on the assessor's records as the owners right? With that address? Is that correct? Yes. >> So that's the address you send it to. Uh-huh. Okay.
All right. Thank you. Thank you. We'll see you all on the 19th. All right. Bye. Mhm.