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Uxbridge ZBA overturns cease-and-desist for tool-sales operation at 191 Sutton Street
Summary
The Uxbridge Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-1 on Aug. 13 to overturn a building inspector's cease-and-desist letter that said a warehouse/distribution business was operating at 191 Sutton Street, finding the activity more closely matches a home occupation when most inventory is kept on vehicles, not in the garage.
The Uxbridge Zoning Board of Appeals on Aug. 13 overturned a building inspector's cease-and-desist determination that tools were being warehoused at 191 Sutton Street, concluding that the owner's vehicle-based sales fit the town's home-occupation standard.
Attorney Ben Dowling, representing Philip and Lisa Heffern, told the board that "95% of the inventory are on the trucks" and that only about "5%" of inventory is stored in a residential garage. Dowling said the trucks make deliveries to automotive repair shops and that the Hefferns had registered the business with the town when it began. He asked the ZBA to reverse the enforcement action and…
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