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ZBA approves conversion of 37 Byrd Street to two-family despite parking shortfall
Summary
The Lynn Zoning Board of Appeals voted Jan. 7 to allow Ivan Lopez to convert a single-family home at 37 Byrd Street into a two-family dwelling, finding the proposed change not substantially more detrimental to the neighborhood despite the property's deficient frontage and parking.
The Lynn City Zoning Board of Appeals on Jan. 7 granted a petition from Ivan Lopez to convert a single-family dwelling at 37 Byrd Street (parcel 096-471-010) into a two-family property in the R1 single-family district.
Lopez told the board he purchased the house from an owner who faced medical challenges and that the structure originally dated to the early 1900s and likely was once a two-family. "I have been a resident of Lynn for the last 8 years," Lopez…
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