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Board continues subdivision and two‑family proposal at 23 Claremont Ave amid parking concerns
Summary
Everett Properties LLC’s request to subdivide the lot at 23 Claremont Ave and build a two‑family unit while retaining a five‑unit building was continued to Feb. 28 after extensive discussion about parking, condominium governance and driveway/curb-cut impacts.
The Quincy Zoning Board of Appeals continued a contested application by Everett Properties LLC (ZBA 2479) to Feb. 28 after hearing detailed design revisions and extended public comment about parking and property maintenance.
Mark Sullivan, the project architect with Chew and Company, described plan changes meant to address board concerns about massing, floor-area ratio and first‑floor layout. "We lowered the FAR. It was at 1.13. It's now at 0.81," Sullivan said, and described reducing the building width by about 2 feet, replacing a shed dormer with two gable dormers to reduce top‑floor massing and shrinking the first‑floor office and converting a full bathroom to a half bath to avoid creating a de facto bedroom.
Board members and neighbors pressed the applicant about parking for the existing five‑unit building and how shared spaces would be maintained. A neighbor and board members said the existing five‑unit property currently has about six on‑site spaces and residents park on the street; the applicant’s team said the revised plan adds seven spaces behind the site and two new garage spaces for the proposed two‑family, but acknowledged they cannot provide the 13 spaces one speaker requested for the existing five‑unit building. The applicant proposed creating an association agreement so both properties share responsibility for maintaining the parking area, and the board asked for a firm maintenance/easement agreement and additional tandem parking if feasible.
Several board members supported the design changes but asked the applicant to return with drawings showing three additional tandem spaces in a specified location and a written maintenance plan for snow removal and long‑term upkeep. "If you come back with 3 more spaces, tandem them in, and cut it out, I might even be in favor of that," said a board member during deliberations.
The hearing was continued to Feb. 28 by board motion. No final vote on the variances or subdivision was taken; the continuation preserves opportunities for the board to impose conditions addressing parking, condominium governance and maintenance.
