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Yarmouth ZBA approves Harborside Suites for 35% J‑1 seasonal worker housing at Route 28 motel
Summary
The board unanimously granted a special permit to increase Harborside Suites' allowance for J‑1 seasonal employee housing from 15% (7 rooms) to 35% (16 rooms of a 46‑room motel), citing local employer need and conditions including on‑site management and health‑department occupancy limits.
The Yarmouth Zoning Board of Appeals on May 22 granted Harborside Suites, at 953 Route 28, a special permit to expand seasonal employee housing so that up to 35% of the motel’s rooms may be used to house J‑1 visa seasonal employees.
Attorney Gary Blank, representing Harborside Suites, told the board the motel currently is permitted to house seven rooms for seasonal workers (15% of 46 rooms) and requested permission to increase that number by nine rooms so that 16 rooms — all interior corridor rooms — would be dedicated to J‑1 housing. He said the change would not alter the building or parking and that on‑site managers and surveillance cameras will remain in place.
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