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ZBA denies petition for Atlantic Boulevard lot after abutters cite prior court judgment
Summary
The ZBA denied a variance request for a vacant Atlantic Boulevard lot after abutters presented a 1996 court judgment and emphasized height and setback conditions; the petitioner withdrew the application but the board voted to deny rather than accept withdrawal.
A contested petition to build on a vacant lot on Atlantic Boulevard was denied by the Fall River Zoning Board of Appeals on Jan. 16, 2025, after multiple abutters and counsel presented a prior zoning decision and a Superior Court judgment that the opponents said restricts development of the parcel.
Petitioners Don Andrade and others, represented by attorney David Magna, asked for variances in an R8 single-family district (lot-area, frontage, width, side-yard and lot-coverage) for a parcel the applicants said has…
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