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Zoning Board Allows Ferris Road Shed to Remain, Defers Home‑business Permit to City Council
Summary
The Lynn Zoning Board granted a variance May 20 to keep a shed close to a house at 7 Ferris Road and allowed existing roofed decks to remain; the board noted that any permit or special-permit questions about a home-based business must be addressed to the City Council.
The Lynn Zoning Board of Appeals on May 20 granted a dimensional variance to allow a shed to remain within six feet of a house at 7 Ferris Road, but the board left any question about permitting a nonresident employee to work at the property to the City Council.
The petition was filed by Marta Lopez on behalf of AMC Quality Builders Inc., with the case recorded as CBA case 10107. Attorney Samuel A. Vitale presented the petition and the property owner’s case. Vitale told the board that the site’s steep topography and the addition of roofed decks between 2018 and 2019 made the accessory shed part of the structure’s effective…
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