Lincoln zoning board continues Dawn Jolley daycare use-variance application to April 1

The Town of Lincoln Zoning Board of Review voted March 4 to continue an application from Dawn Jolley for a use variance to run a daycare from her home until the board's April 1 meeting.

The board said the continuance will allow time for the Town Council to consider an amendment to the ordinance that is the basis for Jolley’s request. The chair noted that if the council amends the ordinance in a way that removes Jolley’s need for board relief, Jolley could withdraw the application; if not, the board will resume consideration in April.

No one representing Jolley was present at the hearing. The board said it had spoken with the town solicitor and with the applicant’s representative, Ben Ferreira, and that counsel recommended continuing the matter until after the council’s public hearing on the ordinance. The chair and staff said the council’s hearing was scheduled for the third Tuesday of March but that council action might not occur the same night; the board elected to move the item to the April meeting out of caution.

The continuance leaves the application on the April 1 agenda. The board recorded that Member Batai identified an earlier correction to the board minutes; that prior minutes were approved earlier in the meeting.

The continuance is procedural only; no substantive decision on the underlying variance request was made.