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ZBA approves second-story alteration at 72 Baxter Road over neighbor objections
Summary
The Zoning Board approved a special permit to add a partial second story and foundation work at 72 Baxter Road, finding the changes not substantially more detrimental to the Baxter Road context; one member dissented citing massing and neighborhood impacts.
The Zoning Board of Appeals granted a special permit on Nov. 13 to alter a preexisting nonconforming residence at 72 Baxter Road to add a portion of a second story, a new unenclosed porch, and a new foundation within the existing footprint.
Attorney Arthur Reed, representing Robert and Catherine Hatcher, said the property is a lot of record with existing front- and side‑yard nonconformities and that the proposed work does not expand the building footprint or increase ground cover. “We're not increasing any nonconformity,” Reed told the board and said the revised…
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