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Board of Zoning and Building Appeals urges change to de novo appeals standard, highlights disability‑accommodation gap
Summary
Hudson City Council workshop — Lydia Braunstein, a member of the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals (BZBA), told council on Feb. 11 that the board has seen a marked increase in appeals in recent years and recommended the city consider changing the appeals standard so the board does not have to rehear cases de novo.
Hudson City Council workshop — Lydia Braunstein, a member of the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals (BZBA), told council on Feb. 11 that the board has seen a marked increase in appeals in recent years and recommended the city consider changing the appeals standard so the board does not have to rehear cases de novo.
Lydia Braunstein said the BZBA met 10 times in 2024 and heard 17 variance applications and three appeals. “A majority of the cases that we hear are typically variances,” Braunstein said. She told council that between 2023 and January 2025 the board handled six appeals from the Planning Commission and the Architectural and Historic Review Board, compared with only one appeal in the prior…
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