Board continues 32 Bayview Ave renovation and asks applicants to reduce proposed garage height

The Quincy Zoning Board of Appeals continued a multi‑variance and special‑permit request from homeowners Brandon and Christina Nato for extensive additions at 32 Bayview Ave, including an attached two‑story garage and reconstructed wraparound porch, and asked the applicants to submit revised plans reducing the garage's second‑story height.

Applicants presented plans to detach a wraparound porch from the main dwelling and build a two‑car garage with stackers (two vehicles per bay) and a significant second‑floor storage area. Board members praised the overall design but repeatedly told the applicants the proposed garage appeared “as big as a house” and asked that the second‑story storage/dormer height be reduced. One board member said the width was acceptable but the height and massing needed to come down; another suggested a one‑and‑a‑half‑story solution or a smaller dormer.

The Department of Public Works submitted a multi‑point comment letter requesting impervious‑area calculations, existing site plans, drainage and grading details and an elevation certificate if the property is in the flood zone. The board set deadlines for revised materials: the applicants were asked to provide revised plans no later than Oct. 1 at 9 a.m.; the board moved to continue the matter to Oct. 14 to allow time for DPW and board review.

The board’s discussion emphasized reducing the garage’s apparent massing and ensuring the design does not create a structure that could be read as a separate house from the street. No final variances were granted at the Sept. 9 hearing; the application will return on Oct. 14.