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Board upholds 765 Sanchez permit after neighbors’ privacy complaint
Summary
After a contested hearing over a rear deck and a decades‑old variance, the Board of Appeals found the 1958 variance/1967 decision authorized the existing deck footprint and voted 4–0 to uphold the current permit; the appellant asked for screening or a setback to protect privacy but the board declined to impose new conditions.
Neighbors appealed the planning and DBI approval of interior renovations and a structural upgrade at 765 Sanchez Street that included work on a rear deck. The appellant, Michael Kurtz, argued a 1959 permit limited a rear deck to a projection of no more than 7 feet beyond "required windows" and asked the board either to require the deck be reduced or to require a new variance to allow the existing depth and associated roof porch.
The homeowners and counsel for the permit holders presented…
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