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Board conditions foundation/retaining‑wall permit at 454 Head St. after neighbor safety concerns
Summary
Following neighbor appeals that excavation at 454 Head Street undermined an adjacent foundation, the Board of Appeals upheld the permit 5–0 but required the permit holder to work immediately with DBI to revise retaining‑wall details, prepare shoring/support plans for the adjacent foundation and produce an accelerated construction schedule.
Neighbors of 454 Head Street appealed work that they said undermined the adjacent foundation and posed safety risks. After reviewing photos and testimony from an affected neighbor and the permit holder’s contractor, the board heard from Department of Building Inspection staff that the site conditions in photographs did not match assumptions in the submitted structural…
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