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BZA grants special permit to add fourth floor at 351 Cardinal Medeiros Ave.
Summary
The Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeals on Oct. 9 granted a special permit allowing a fourth floor and one additional dwelling unit at 351 Cardinal Medeiros Ave., finding special-permit criteria met and attaching conditions requiring work to follow submitted drawings.
The Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeals voted 5-0 on Oct. 9 to grant a special permit allowing the addition of a fourth floor and one unit at 351 Cardinal Medeiros Ave., a corner lot in East Cambridge.
The permit lets the proponent raise the pre-existing, nonconforming building to four stories under a special-permit pathway after the board and Inspectional Services Department (ISD) legal staff concluded that a footnote in the new multifamily zoning — often called “footnote 3” in the dimensional table — does not apply to corner lots. The board attached conditions requiring the work to conform to the submitted drawings and supporting statements.
Attorney Patrick Barrett, representing the proponent, said the project would add one unit, repair a building…
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