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ZBA continues dispute over frontage at 0 Colgate Road (lot 14); parties to supply title and plan evidence
Summary
An appeal over whether Lot 14 (0 Colgate Road) has the frontage required by the zoning bylaw was continued after parties disputed whether historical plans, a 1975 temporary easement and a 1974 covenant supply frontage along a private way. The board asked for additional documentation and for the Building Department to review updated plans.
The Needham Zoning Board of Appeals continued a dispute over whether a vacant parcel identified as Lot 14 (0 Colgate Road) meets the zoning bylaw’s frontage requirement. The question before the board is whether the lot fronts on a way recognized by the zoning bylaw (public way, private way shown on a plan approved under subdivision control law, or a way in existence when the subdivision control law was adopted) or whether an intervening easement or covenant supplies the frontage needed for a building permit.
Counsel for the petitioner (Patricia Connolly) argued the lot does have frontage…
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