⚖️ Zoning Board of Appeals
Zoning board approves a cottage rebuild on Riverview Trail — and rounds the height variance up two inches
Dec 16, 2025
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At Christine Wagner's last meeting as chair, the Zoning Board of Appeals granted a 2.6-foot total side yard variance for a dormer at 21 Elmore Avenue and two variances letting an accessory dwelling unit replace a collapsing cottage in front of the house at 43 Riverview Trail. Both passed 5-0; the height relief was recorded at 3 feet 5 inches after the chair rounded the applicant's 3-foot-3-inch request up "to be safe."
Key Actions & Decisions
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Granted a 2.6-foot total side yard variance for a rear shed dormer at 21 Elmore Avenue (Noelle Sirico and John O'Brien; architect Joseph Arnow), 5-0.
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Granted a variance allowing an accessory dwelling unit nearer the street than the house at 43 Riverview Trail (Rosanne MacDonald), with the cottage 24 feet 5 inches from the street against the house's 45.7 feet, 5-0.
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Granted a height variance of 3 feet 5 inches for the same cottage, against a 15-foot limit and an 18-foot-3-inch design — two inches more than the 3 feet 3 inches requested.
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Adopted amended ZBA Rules & Procedures: no fixed meeting date and time, liaison subsection removed, adjournment by the presiding officer, minutes section reorganized, 5-0.
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Approved the October 28, 2025 minutes 5-0, and thanked Christine Wagner at her last meeting as chair.