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TOWN OF READING <br />ZONUNG BOARD OF APPEALS <br />1 04MS OF MAY 2191998 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: S'T'EPHEN TUCKER <br />.JET COOTE <br />ILAURA GREGORY <br />P J <br />A meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals, was held in the Selectmen's <br />Meeting Room of the Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts <br />at 7:OOPM. Mr. Tucker sire in, under oath, those. present that would be <br />addressing the Board this evening. <br />The first item was a brief meeting with Ted Cohen, Reading Town Counsel. <br />Attorney Cohen stated th-A the reason he came was because he knew there <br />had been a number of issues. with regard to the Board's recent practice of <br />issuing`findings under Chapter 40A, Section 6 with regard to alterations or <br />extensions of nonconforming uses. The confusion came when Town <br />Counsel sent a memo to tht Building Inspector in April setting forth their <br />opinion that there is no bass for issuance of just a finding, and that a finding <br />has to be in the context of an application for a Special Permit. Attorney <br />Cohen gave some history 2s to how the Zoning By-Laws got to be where <br />they are. <br />The first Public Hearing on the petition of Natalie E. Nordstrand et al <br />(Estate of Edward N. John) who seeks a Variance and/or Special Permit <br />under Section(s) 5.0 /5.1.2,16:3 and an appeal of the Decision of the Building <br />Inspector under Section 7.4.2.1 of the Zoning By-Laws in order to construct <br />a dwelling on the property located at Pine Ridge Road 110 Sylvan Road in <br />Reading, Massachusetts. (Case #98-04) <br />The petitioners were represented by Attorney O. Bradley Latham. He stated <br />that the applicant was present along with her sister, Marcia. Their father <br />passed away and left the property to them. The lot has 10,000 square feet <br />and a frontage of 100 feet. Prior to the zoning change in 1995, the lot <br />complied with requirements of a buildable lot. Attorney Latham stated that <br />Lot 21 has its own deed, not being merged with another lot and the town's <br />assessor's records indicate that it is carried as a separate lot on our records <br />and a separate tax bill is issued. <br />