2008-12-18 Zoning Board of Appeals Minutes

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ow, LEAK R11_CEIVED Town of Reading T o~ iN CLERK ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS E r r 5 ' Minutes of December 18, 2008 1-501 FEB -b P 5b Members Present: Paul Dustin Clark Petschek Robert Redfern John Miles John Jarema Jeffrey Perkins Peter Tedesco Members Absent: A meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts, at 7:00 P.M. Case # 08-28 A Public Hearing on the petition of James Lordan who seeks a Special Permit under Section(s) 6.3.17 of the Zoning By-laws in order to demo an existing single family dwelling and shed, and construct a new single family dwelling on a non-conforming lot on the property located at 13 Buckingham Drive in Reading, MA. Clark Petschek recused himself from this case. The chair, Paul Dustin, stated that he is a resident living within 300 feet of the property in question and as a result filed a Disclosure of Financial Interest form as required by Mass GLC. 268A. Sect 19, with the Reading Board of Selectmen, stating that he has no financial interest in the case. This form was accepted by the Board of Selectmen. Paul Dustin continued sitting on the case. The Applicant, James Lordan, reviewed the application he submitted to the Board. He is selling the rear of the lot to an abutter who has been using that part of the land. The CPDC had no objections to the proposed subdivision or the project at 13 Buckingham Drive. The Board asked a few questions of the Applicant but overall they approved of the project and the design of the house. On a motion by Robert Redfern, seconded by John Miles, the Zoning Board of Appeals moved to grant the Applicant a Special permit under Section 6.3.17 of the Zoning By-laws in order to demolish an existing non-conforming, single family dwelling and shed, and construct a single t family, 1 %2 story structure on the non-conforming lot as depicted in the Plot Plan, in t 1 ZBA Meeting, December 18, 2008