Yarmouth ZBA allows dormer work to be finished at 40 Lorena Road but requires cleanup of unpermitted changes

The Yarmouth Zoning Board of Appeals on May 22 approved a special permit allowing the owners of 40 Lorena Road in West Yarmouth to finish a partially built dormer and close the structure against the weather, but the board imposed conditions requiring the owners to remove finished kitchen cabinets and a basement bathroom and to bring multiple other unpermitted changes into compliance.

The board’s decision follows a site-visit memorandum from the municipal inspections director and building commissioner, Mark Grylls, which reported that the property had multiple unpermitted alterations, including three new dormers, an enlarged rear deck, a replaced shed encroaching on setbacks and a finished basement that “does not appear to meet the definition of a dwelling unit.” The board voted 5–0 to approve the permit with conditions after receiving the petitioner’s commitment to address the building department’s concerns.

Why it matters: The petition combined a request to legalize a new dormer and roof deck with a long…