Uxbridge zoning board grants special permit for front addition at 117 Old Millville Road

The Uxbridge Zoning Board of Appeals on Monday voted to grant a special permit allowing a front addition at 117 Old Millville Road, finding the extension would not be substantially more detrimental to the neighborhood.

Rob, a Zoning Board member who moved the motion, said the board could apply the lesser standard for preexisting nonconforming structures under the town bylaw and that the application met that standard. "Such extension is not substantially more detrimental than the existing nonconforming structure to the neighborhood," Rob said while moving the permit.

The applicants, Marceline Curzon and her attorney, Jennifer Curzon, asked for relief from dimensional requirements for frontage, front and side setbacks and minimum lot size; they did not seek relief for the rear setback. Jennifer Curzon told the board she had submitted affidavits from nearby neighbors attesting to their approval and said she found no objections among residents. "No one has objected to it," she said while describing the supporting affidavits.

Board members examined site plans and aerial images and discussed the history of a front porch that had been removed; the applicant said the proposed forward extension is roughly 10 feet beyond the former porch footprint. Members raised concern about how close the addition would sit to the roadway — the distance cited in discussion was about 19.7 feet — but noted the street carries little through traffic and neighboring houses have similar siting.

The board also considered floodplain constraints. The applicant and board members said the rear of the lot lies within the flood plain of the Blackstone River, which they said prevents constructing living quarters at the rear; one member noted the building code/statute generally bars issuing a building permit for structures within the 100-year flood zone. That limitation was a central factor in the board’s reasoning that rear expansion was not a viable alternative.

Richard recused himself from the FY26-04 matter before the vote. The motion to grant the special permit was moved, seconded and carried by voice vote. The chair said a written decision will be prepared and available in 14 days, after which the statutory appeals period will run.

At the same meeting the board also continued a separate public hearing (FY26-02) to the next scheduled meeting, October 1 at 6 p.m., at the applicant’s request to provide a survey drawing. The board adjourned after routine business.