2008-02-21 Zoning Board of Appeals Minutes

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Town of Reading ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes of February 21, 2008 Members present: Robert Redfern, Chairman John Jarema Paul Dustin Peter Tedesco Susan Miller John Miles Members absent: Clark Petschek I1 E i 'v -l_ERK C`~4 r~~~ra, ~ ~JJ. L AN --q P 2:2b 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. Also attending the meeting was Glen Redmond, Commissioner of Buildings. Case # 08-06 A Public Hearing on the petition of Jeffrey Brem who seeks a Variance and/or Appeal of the Building Inspector under Section(s) 2.2.13/7.4.2.1of the Zoning By-laws in order to create a new lot that does not conform to today's requirements with respect to the required frontage on the property located at 2 Brentwood Drive in Reading, MA. Jeffrey Brem, who is an engineer, said he was representing the abutter of 2 Brentwood Drive, Ralph Wilson. Mr. Wilson is doing a land swap with the Gordon Family Trust who owns the property located at 2 Brentwood Drive in order to be able to subdivide his property into three lots. Mr. Wilson wants to divide his lot into three parcels but they were short the required. frontage. Mr. Wilson is swapping a piece of land with the Gordon Family Trust so he can have the required frontage for the subdivision. Mr. Brem said Reading does not have a definition of frontage for corner lots. Mr. Brem said they would-like the decision of the Building Inspector overturned and if that fails, then they are requesting a Variance. He outlined the criteria he thought this lot presented in order to qualify for a Variance. The Building Inspector said the Town by-laws do not specifically address corner lots and there are no illustrative examples. The Chairman said that in 1967 this lot apparently met the frontage requirements for that time because it was part of an approved subdivision. f_ V ZBA Meeting, February 21, 2008