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ZBA delays Tapley Avenue ANR/variance request to secure clearer site-plan and easement information
Summary
The board continued A2429 by unanimous roll call after applicants and counsel agreed site-plan dimensions, parking easements and ownership of an adjoining city strip needed clearer depiction before the ZBA can act on frontage and lot-area variances for 26–30 Tapley Ave.
The Revere Zoning Board of Appeals continued application A2429, a request from Kyle Russo and Dylan Russo affecting parcels at 26 and 30 Tapley Avenue, so applicants can provide clearer site-plan detail on parking dimensions and easement use for a narrow city-owned strip referenced during site-plan review.
Attorney Edward Valenzola told the board that to provide off-street parking they slightly adjusted a property line and that adjustment created technical nonconformities: frontage at the vacant lot was reduced from 41.5 to 39.1 feet (the ordinance requires 40 feet), and one lot’s area decreased from 3,621 square feet to 3,499 square feet. Valenzola said the lots still meet the minimum 3,000-square-foot requirement and argued the unusual lot shape and financial hardship provide grounds for relief.
Kyle Russo, who said he also owns 26 Tapley Ave, explained site-plan review previously allowed two approximately 8-foot spaces because a small strip of land next to the parcel is city-owned. He confirmed the applicant intends the center aisle parking between the two properties to be 9-by-18-foot spaces and said the engineering plans can be updated to show the required dimensions.
A board member raised concerns that the plan did not depict an easement or formal city authorization for using the adjacent strip and that dimensions for certain parking stalls were not labeled; the board moved to continue the matter to obtain those clarifications. The motion to continue passed by roll call with all members voting in favor. The ZBA set the continued hearing for January 22 and asked the applicant to present a plan that explicitly shows parking dimensions and any necessary easements.
