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Developer withdraws request to shorten affordable restriction for 1223 Washington St. comprehensive permit
Summary
The applicant for a comprehensive-permit modification at 1223 Washington Street asked to withdraw a request to change two restricted units from "in perpetuity" to a 30-year affordability term; the board accepted the withdrawal without prejudice after discussion and a planning-department memo recommending denial.
The Norwood Zoning Board of Appeals on Oct. 7 accepted a request to withdraw without prejudice a proposed modification to the comprehensive permit (40B, case 24-06) for 1223 Washington Street that would have changed two deed restrictions on affordable units from perpetual to 30 years.
Attorney David Hearn Jr., representing the permit holder, said the board's original decision (filed April 2024) included language in the findings that the two restricted units would remain affordable "in perpetuity." Hearn said his client, the current owner, did not agree at hearing that a perpetual term was required…
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