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ZBA continues review of addition at 40 Lorraine Road to May 22; requests inspections and updated plans
Summary
The Yarmouth Zoning Board of Appeals continued a petition to increase the height and add a second‑floor addition at 40 Lorraine Road to its May 22 meeting and asked the applicant to provide building‑department inspections, updated site and floor plans, and a more detailed window/roof design package.
The Yarmouth Zoning Board of Appeals on April 24 continued consideration of a special permit/variance request for 40 Lorraine Road after board members raised questions about work already performed without permits and asked for building‑department inspections and more detailed plans.
Contractors Stanley Crawford and Mary Jane Yeomans appeared for the owner. The petition seeks a special permit and/or variance under sections cited in the petition to increase the height of a nonconforming structure to construct a second‑floor addition and a roof deck. Board members said the file lacked essential measurements and that an on‑site inspection was needed to confirm existing conditions, including whether the lower level contains habitable spaces and whether the large rear deck was built with permits.
Specific requests from the board included: a building‑department inspection and written report describing what exists on the lower level and the second floor; an updated site plan showing the exact distance from the proposed second‑floor deck and the existing deck to the nearest lot line; a complete interior floor plan for current and proposed conditions; and a revised exterior/dormer design that ties the new work into the existing roofline (board members suggested extending the dormer to meet the ridge and considering different window arrangements).
The board set a return date for May 22 and asked the applicant to give the building department access for inspection and to submit the required updated plans and window/roof package by then. The board also flagged that some existing work on the property — including a sizable rear deck — appears to have been installed without a permit and asked the applicant to clarify the deck’s construction history.
