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Zoning Subcommittee recommends special permit to validate nine‑unit mixed‑use building at 85 Shirley Avenue
Summary
The Zoning Subcommittee voted Dec. 1 to recommend approval of a special permit allowing an existing storefront and nine residential units at 85 Shirley Avenue to be recognized where city records showed six units; approval is subject to building‑code compliance, parking restrictions and sewer mitigation fee conditions.
The Zoning Subcommittee voted Dec. 1 to recommend that the full Revere City Council grant a special permit for 85 Shirley Avenue, allowing an existing storefront and nine residential units to remain in place despite assessor records showing only six units.
Shirley Avenue Realty Trust, trustee James Perry, applied for the permit. An applicant representative said the owners purchased the building about 26 years ago, performed routine maintenance without expanding living space and now seek to align city records with the existing condition after housing‑task‑force inspections identified more dwelling units than were on file.
Councilor Novosalski voiced support, calling the application “cut and dry” and noting there was no reconstruction or enlargement. He emphasized that, consistent with policy for buildings of six or more units, the property will be ineligible for the City of Revere’s on‑street residential and visitor parking permit program; existing on‑site spaces may remain.
The clerk read site‑plan review conditions requested by Councilor Novosalski: all residential units must be brought into compliance with building, plumbing, electrical, fire‑safety and health codes; the property will not be eligible for on‑street resident/visitor permit parking; bedrooms must be numbered in accordance with records; a sewer mitigation fee will be paid to the city in two installments (50% before a building permit, 50% before an occupancy permit); and the Capital Improvement Trust Fund (chapter 17‑4‑7) is applicable.
On a roll‑call vote the subcommittee issued a favorable recommendation to grant the special permit subject to those conditions. The recommendation will be forwarded to the full council; final approval and any permit issuance remain subject to compliance with the listed conditions and subsequent council action.
What happens next: the favorable recommendation will be placed on the full council agenda. The applicant must satisfy code compliance and pay the sewer mitigation fee per the schedule listed before building or occupancy permits can be issued.
