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Zoning board allows expanded garage with storage above at 24 Vershires Street
Summary
Quincy Zoning Board of Appeals approved a variance allowing Andrew Childs to replace a one-car garage with a two-car garage and storage above after the applicant reduced height and footprint and assured the board the upper level would not be converted to living space.
The Quincy Zoning Board of Appeals on Sept. 9 approved a variance allowing homeowner Andrew Childs to demolish an existing one-car garage that fronts Ardell Street and build a two-car garage with storage above at 24 Vershires Street in Ward 3.
Childs told the board he revised his design after concerns raised at a prior hearing, reducing the structure’s height by 3 feet 8 inches to 20 feet, shrinking the footprint by about 16 percent and lowering window heights on the second floor. "We reduced the structure from two stories to one-and-a-half stories," Childs said, describing reductions he said cut the overall volume by 28 percent.
The board’s discussion…
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