Zoning board falls one vote short on Howell Road lot
The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 3-2 on a Howell Road lot variance, but the motion failed because four of five votes were required, so no variance was granted.
In this report: Key decisions · Next dates · Full report · Sources
What happened
The Zoning Board of Appeals split 3-2 on Matthew Roman's request for a variance to build a one-bedroom house on an 8,300-square-foot lot at Lot 27, Howell Road, well under the 20,000 square feet the 1941 bylaw required. Four of five votes were needed, so the motion failed; a repeated roll call gave the same 3-2 result, and the presiding member said the vote closed the matter. The building inspector supported a variance, while neighbors opposed it, saying the wooded lot screens homes from a nursing home's floodlights.
Key decisions
- 🏠 Variance for house on undersized Lot 27, Howell Road. The motion to approve the variance failed because four affirmative votes were required. A repeated roll call gave the same 3-2 result, and the board closed the matter without granting the variance. (Vote 3-2). Read case details
Next dates
- Dec. 7: Next meeting; 2027 meeting dates to be considered
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Full meeting report
The complete, section-by-section account of the meeting, 1,407 words, for members.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.
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