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Zoning board denies short-term rental permit at 114 Curtis Ave after neighbors cite absentee ownership and parking concerns

5742635 · September 8, 2025
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Summary

The ZBA denied Bao Trinh's request for a special permit to operate a short-term rental at 114 Curtis Ave, citing the applicant's non-owner-occupied status and multiple neighbors' concerns about past construction neglect, congestion and safety.

The Quincy Zoning Board of Appeals on Sept. 9 voted to deny a special permit that would have allowed Bao Trinh to operate a residential short-term rental at 114 Curtis Avenue.

Trinh told the board he purchased and converted the property to a two-family unit several years earlier and that his mother lives in one of the units. He said he planned to operate short-term rentals from the second unit because he had difficulty finding a long-term tenant. "Currently my mother stay in the first unit and the second unit, I plan now to do short term rental," Trinh said.

Multiple neighbors and an abutter who identified…

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