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Board orders clerical fixes to deck permit after neighbor privacy and notice objections
Summary
After neighbors objected to a proposed attached deck at 14A Haven Street citing privacy, notice and permit inaccuracies, the board conditioned the permit on clerical corrections (change to 'deck' not 'roof deck', correct dwelling unit count to two, and mark box indicating horizontal extension) and directed the owner to update permit documents.
Neighbors and the permit holder gave competing accounts to the Board of Appeals on May 13 over an approved deck at 14A Haven Street. Michael Litton, who lives directly north of the subject property, appealed the issuance asserting the permit form mischaracterized the work, that outreach and notice were inadequate and that the deck would exacerbate privacy, light and noise impacts.
Litton told the board the application incorrectly stated there would be no occupants on site…
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