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Quincy board approves subdivision and two‑family at 23 Claremont Avenue with easement, curb‑cut and parking conditions
Summary
The ZBA allowed Ever 8 Properties LLC to subdivide and add a two‑family building while retaining a five‑unit structure, subject to recorded easement language, a new curb cut on Claremont Avenue and removal of a front parking space; the decision includes specific parking assignments and a required landscape plan.
The Quincy Zoning Board of Appeals approved a subdivision and variance for Ever 8 Properties LLC to create a new two‑family dwelling while retaining an existing five‑unit building at 23 Claremont Avenue, subject to conditions that the parties record an easement spelling out shared parking use, add a curb cut on the Claremont side to access three parking spaces and remove a single parking space at the corner.
Why it matters: the proposal reconfigures parking and access for an existing five‑unit building and a proposed two‑family dwelling on a split parcel in a densely parked neighborhood. Board members and multiple residents questioned whether proposed tandem spaces would be usable and urged a curb‑cut design that allows single‑space pull‑in parking rather than tandem pockets that are often left unused.
Project counsel said the applicants added spaces after prior feedback; project representative Mark Sullivan of Jew and Company said the scheme includes three additional tandem spaces allocated to the five‑unit property, three visitor spaces and two assigned two‑car garages for the new two‑family units. During discussion the proponent clarified that some tandem spaces will be assigned and others will be designated visitor spaces and that the easement language and condominium documents will specify assignments.
Several neighbors and Councilor Richard Ashford raised neighborhood parking pressures around nearby places of worship and called for the new curb cut to make the added spaces usable. Jack Mayo of 16 Claremont Avenue told the board he watched parking patterns and asked, “How many are they gonna use?” Councilor Ashford supported the iteration that removed the front corner space in favor of a second curb cut so vehicles can pull in and out without tandem stacking.
The board’s approval required: recording an easement granting the townhomes use of two visitor parking spaces; adding a curb cut on the Claremont side serving the tandem spaces so they operate as single‑pull spots where possible; removal of the single front parking space on Claremont; and incorporation of the landscape plan the applicant submitted. The motion passed after a roll‑call recorded in the transcript as “all in favor.”
Next steps: the applicant must finalize the easement language, show the revised curb‑cut and parking layout to DPW and record the easement prior to final subdivision endorsement.
