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Board revokes variance for Cole Street roof deck and exterior stairs, citing insufficient findings
Summary
After neighbor objections about privacy and intensification, the Board of Appeals voted 4-1 to revoke a Planning Commission variance that had allowed a roof deck and exterior egress stairs at 751-753 Cole Street, finding the five variance criteria were not met and that life-safety egress could be achieved internally.
The Board of Appeals overturned a Planning Commission variance that had allowed a roof deck and an exterior stair egress at 751-753 Cole Street, voting 4-1 to revoke the variance and to find that the required variance findings were not demonstrated.
Neighbor Julie McSweeney presented photos and testimony saying the exterior staircase and roof deck would turn a small garden and open space into a…
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