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Lynn ZBA grants variance to add basement bedrooms at 704 Rogers Ave., keeping three-family occupancy
Summary
The Zoning Board approved a variance to allow an expansion of habitable space in the basement of an existing three-family home at 704 Rogers Avenue; the petitioners will retain the three-family configuration and add bedrooms, the board said.
The Lynn Zoning Board of Appeals on April 15 granted a variance to allow the conversion and expansion of basement space at 704 Rogers Avenue to add habitable bedrooms within an existing three-family dwelling.
Attorney Lisa McLoyne, representing the petitioner, told the board the property is an existing three-family building and the request is to expand the first-floor unit (partially in what is now basement space) to add two bedrooms so that the principal unit would have five bedrooms and two bathrooms. "The project is 60 to 70% above the ground," McLoyne said, and the petitioner provided a neighborhood support petition signed by at least one nearby resident.
Board members confirmed the request would not increase the building’s number of dwelling units and would not change the building footprint. No stipulations were proposed by the maker of the motion and the board voted to grant the variance. Members voting in favor included Member Maggio, Member Olson, Member Lopez Hernandez, Member Gilwayne and Member Paez.
McLoyne said the change responds to household needs and follows existing neighborhood patterns of multi-family buildings. The board opened the hearing to the public; no one spoke against the petition.
The petitioner may now proceed to building permits and required inspections; the board’s grant is subject to any subsequent code and permitting requirements from city departments.
