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Summit zoning board approves renovation and second‑story addition at 83 West End with conditions
Summary
The Summit Zoning Board of Adjustment voted 7-0 to approve a renovation and second‑story addition to a nonconforming Cape Cod at 83 West End Avenue, granting variances tied to the lot’s narrow width and steep topography and imposing conditions on stormwater, riparian setbacks and exterior materials.
The Summit Zoning Board of Adjustment voted 7-0 on May 5 to approve an application by 83 West End Ave, LLC to renovate and raise the existing Cape Cod‑style house at 83 West End Avenue, including a second‑story addition and garage modifications, granting relief for several existing nonconforming setbacks and other technical variances.
Board members approved the application after testimony from the applicant’s developer, engineers, architect and environmental consultant and after conditions were added on stormwater, riparian setbacks and exterior materials.
The applicant’s developer, Denise Bonfiglio, told the board the project “is to improve the existing home by upgrading and modernizing it and improving the layout so the home can have function in a way that better meets the contemporary needs of today’s family.” She said the team “are not improving beyond the current foundation.”
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