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ZBA denies request to build second-floor addition over garage at 52 Chester St.
Summary
A proposal to add a second-floor unit above an existing garage at 52 Chester Street was denied March 11 after neighbors expressed concern and board members found insufficient hardship to justify enlarging a structure that already sat closer to the lot line than authorized by a 1973 variance.
The Milford Zoning Board of Appeals voted March 11 to deny a request to add a second story above a garage at 52 Chester Street. The proposal sought to keep the garage’s side-yard setback at 1.6 feet where the zoning district ordinarily requires 4 feet (by prior variance) and to permit expansion of a legally nonconforming structure.
Applicant Adrienne Roberts told the board the family needs more living space to accommodate her mother-in-law and described the addition as internal to the existing footprint: “We were just looking to…
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