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Board approves small front addition at 340 Gulf Street to add accessible first‑floor bathroom
Summary
The Zoning Board approved a modest 8-by-10 addition at 340 Gulf Street to create a first‑floor bathroom and a bedroom for the applicant’s elderly mother. The house is a corner lot with preexisting encroachments; the board found hardship tied to lot configuration and the structure’s historic siting.
The Milford Zoning Board of Appeals approved a small front addition at 340 Gulf Street on Aug. 12 to create a first‑floor bathroom and a downstairs bedroom for the applicant’s elderly mother.
Lauren Pacheco, the property owner, told the board the house — built in 1870 — already includes a handicap ramp but lacks an accessible first‑floor bathroom. She described an 8‑by‑10 bump‑out that sits within an existing alcove and said the change would align the house’s facade on the corner lot. She presented design images and said local contractor Joe Riley will build the work.
Board members noted the house is a corner lot and that the existing pre‑zoning placement of the house created the practical difficulty of adding a first‑floor bathroom without a modest front setback relief. The board approved the variance to reduce the front setback from the 30‑foot requirement to 23 feet to accommodate the addition. The vote was unanimous.
The board said the proposal does not extend past the existing envelope of the house and found the requested relief was modest and consistent with the neighborhood pattern on corner lots. Pacheco told the board that the addition would preserve the home’s character and would not remove historic elements.
The board closed the hearing and approved the variance with no additional conditions recorded in the meeting minutes. The owner may proceed with required building permits and any applicable site work to support the addition.
