Yarmouth ZBA approves 8 one‑bedroom conversion at 811 Route 28 with conditions

The Yarmouth Zoning Board of Appeals on Jan. 23 approved a special permit allowing the conversion of 811 Route 28 in South Yarmouth into eight one‑bedroom apartments, permitting up to 16 parking spaces, relief for an existing overhead electrical service to remain to a pole on the site and limited buffering relief along the shared westerly drive. The vote was unanimous after the board attached conditions including a required landscaping plan and a one‑year post‑occupancy compliance review.

The permit replaces a prior zoning posture and allows three specific deviations requested by the petitioner: (1) exceed the zoning district’s parking maximum (the zone’s 1.5 spaces per unit would cap parking at 12 for eight units; the petition proposed 16), (2) allow the existing primary overhead electrical service to remain to the pole on the lot and transition underground there rather than fully…