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Applicant withdraws variance request for 23 West Fifth Street
Summary
Louis Zapatier withdrew his variance petition to convert a three-family at 23 West Fifth Street into a four-family; the Lowell Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously to accept the withdrawal without prejudice.
The Lowell Zoning Board of Appeals on May 29 accepted a request to withdraw a variance application for 23 West Fifth Street.
The applicant, Louis Zapatier, addressed the board and said, “My name is Louis Zapatier. ... I wanna, withdraw the application.” Chairman Peck called for a motion to withdraw; Member McCarthy moved to withdraw ZVA-2025-14 “without prejudice,” the motion was seconded by Vice Chairman Callahan and the board approved the withdrawal by roll call.
The petition had sought permission to convert an existing three-family at 23 West Fifth Street into a four-family unit and required site-plan and special-permit approvals under the Lowell zoning ordinance. With the applicant’s written request to withdraw received on May 14 and the owner present to confirm, the board took no further action on the underlying variance request. The withdrawal was recorded as approved without prejudice.
No public testimony for or against the withdrawal was recorded during the item.
