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Needham ZBA conditionally approves second-floor addition at 60 Ellicott St.
Summary
The Needham Zoning Board of Appeals granted a special permit to homeowners at 60 Ellicott Street to add a second-floor wall above a nonconforming first-floor footprint, conditioning approval on submission of historical building records that establish nonconforming status.
The Needham Zoning Board of Appeals conditionally approved a special permit July (application hearing) allowing homeowners at 60 Ellicott Street to build a second-floor wall above an existing, nonconforming first-floor footprint, provided the applicants submit documentation proving the property’s construction and past additions.
The decision matters because the board must determine whether the house is legally nonconforming before allowing the enlargement. Without records that show the house’s original construction date and the date of a prior first-floor expansion, the board said it could not complete the administrative record.
At the hearing, the board described the requested relief as a special permit “to allow the extension alteration enlargement of the lawful preexisting nonconforming single family” under the town Zoning Bylaw, including Section…
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