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ZBA approves four‑story, 17‑unit project at 675 Broadway with conditions, including affordable units
Summary
The Revere Zoning Board of Appeals granted variances for a four‑story, 17‑unit apartment building at 675 Broadway; the applicants committed to include three affordable units (about 17%) and the board attached standard recording and site‑plan conditions plus exclusion from on‑street permit parking programs.
The Revere Zoning Board of Appeals granted variances to allow redevelopment of 675 Broadway into a four‑story, 17‑unit apartment building with 17 on‑site parking spaces. The applicant — represented by attorney Nancy O'Neil and property owner Dennis Powers — said the project responds to the City of Revere's 2020 master plan goal to increase housing density along Broadway and that the proposal now includes three affordable units, approximately 17% of the total.
O'Neil told the board the lot currently contains a small commercial structure and substantial surface parking and is constrained by grade changes and an irregular shape; the proposed building would provide one‑bedroom and two‑bedroom units averaging about 700 square feet. "The applicants proposed to redevelop this lot with a contemporary 17 unit apartment building," O'Neil said, and noted the building's height is below the maximum allowed in the General Business district.
Board members asked several design and access questions. The applicants' architect, Eric Zacherson of Context Workshop, explained plan changes made to set a stairwell back from the sidewalk and to place a mechanical room and interior doors in small alcoves away from direct pedestrian openings on School Street. The board also discussed whether the building would be metered and could be converted to condominiums in the future; applicants said future condominium conversion and individual metering were possible but would require further documentation.
The ZBA approved variances with the standard conditions read into the record: rights lapse if not exercised within one year; the variance must be recorded in the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds and site plan review approval is required prior to a building permit; and the property will not be eligible for the City of Revere's residential and visitor on‑street permit parking program. The vote was unanimous: Lopes, O'Brien, Pelton, Pratt and Chairman Tucker voted yes.
