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ZBA grants Foster variance to place house closer to road to avoid wetlands intrusion
Summary
Donald Foster received a variance reducing the front‑yard setback on Talcott Avenue to allow a house sited about 30 feet 6 inches from the property line, a move the board said helps avoid impacts to nearby wetlands.
The Gardner Zoning Board on June 17 granted Donald Foster a variance to reduce the front‑yard setback on a site on Talcott Avenue so he could build a single‑family house positioned closer to the road than the industrial zoning standard would allow. The board approved a reduced front setback of 30 feet 6 inches to allow the home to stay farther from mapped wetlands at the rear of the lot.
Foster told the board the property sits in an area that was zoned Industrial 2, which requires a 40‑foot frontage setback, but that when he sought and received a use…
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