ZBA approves conversion of 75 Oak Street from two- to three-family with parking and DPW conditions

The Gardner City Zoning Board of Appeals on June 17 approved a special permit allowing BCF Investments LLC to convert an existing two‑family dwelling at 75 Oak Street into a three‑family dwelling, subject to conditions including approval of driveway and curb work by the city Department of Public Works and a snow‑removal requirement after storms.

The board acted after Attorney Christine Tree, representing BCF Investments, told members the applicant revised plans to add two parking spaces for the third unit, marked snow storage at the rear of the driveway, and changed grading such that an existing low retaining wall would be removed and not replaced. Tree said the excavation for the driveway was shown as 42 cubic yards on the revised plan and that the proposed pavement edge would be…