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Peabody ZBA approves rear-yard variance for 19 Munson Drive addition
Summary
The Peabody Zoning Board of Appeals on Sept. 15 approved a variance allowing a 12-by-12-foot three-season porch to encroach into the rear-yard setback at 19 Munson Drive, reducing the required 35-foot setback to 27 feet.
The Peabody Zoning Board of Appeals on Sept. 15 approved a variance allowing a 12-by-12-foot three-season porch at 19 Munson Drive to sit 27 feet from the rear property line instead of the 35 feet required by the city's zoning ordinance. The board voted unanimously to grant the dimensional relief.
The board’s notice, read at the meeting, said the petitioners, Robert and Barbara Murphy, sought relief under section 7.2 of the City of Peabody Zoning Ordinance to build the addition on an existing cement patio in an R-1 district. The petitioner said the structure is a three-season porch without central heating or air.
The applicant, Robert Murphy, said topography limits visibility of the addition to the adjacent neighbor. Edward F. Murray of 21 Monson Drive, the abutter who spoke at the hearing, said he supported the project: “I’m in favor. There’s no problem as I can see.”
After public comment closed, a board member moved to approve. During roll call, Mister O’Brien, Mister Gilbert, Mister Osborn, Mister Bakula and Miss Golugy voted yes, and the chair confirmed the application was approved.
Under Peabody process rules noted at the start of the hearing, the board’s typed decision will be filed with the city clerk and a 20-day appeal period begins once that filing is made.
Anyone with questions about the decision or the appeal period was directed to call the zoning board clerk, who the board identified as Grace.
The board handled two other agenda housekeeping items at the start of the meeting: a continuation for a Summit Street application and the withdrawal of an application for 261 Newbury Street; those items were received and recorded before the substantive hearings began.
