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Planning Board recommends ZBA explore moving 105 Chestnut 40B building back to create streetside buffer
Summary
Developers presented a three‑story, six‑unit Chapter 40B project at 105 Chestnut; the Planning Board recommended the Zoning Board of Appeals consider moving the building and parking rearward to create a streetside landscaping buffer and asked that applicants coordinate with abutters on replacement or preservation of trees that may be affected.
Joyce Junta Jr., representing Needham Enterprises LLC, introduced a Chapter 40B proposal for 105 Chestnut Street on March 18. The developer, Matt Borelli, and architect Scott Melching were present to describe a proposed new three‑story building with six residential units, two of which the team said would be affordable.
Nut graf: The project is being pursued under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40B (the comprehensive permit) because the existing lot is nonconforming (about 6,200 square feet with roughly 40 feet of frontage), and under current zoning the site cannot accommodate residential on the first floor or the proposed density without relief. The applicants presented site plans that place parking at the front of the lot to achieve six full‑size spaces and a handicap space; board…
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