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Norwood ZBA cuts $56,400 fine to $15,000 in 558 Pleasant Street appeal after dispute over tenant responsibility
Summary
After hearing competing accounts from owner and the building commissioner, the Norwood Zoning Board reduced fines tied to open‑lot storage at 558 Pleasant Street from $56,400 to $15,000, while noting uncertainty about how the bylaw is applied and that the owner and tenant have separate legal exposure.
The Town of Norwood Zoning Board of Appeals voted Dec. 2 to reduce fines tied to alleged zoning violations at 558 Pleasant Street, cutting the building-commissioner’s calculation of $56,400 down to $15,000 after an appeal by the property owner’s representative.
Attorney David Hearn Jr., representing 558 Pleasant Street LLC, told the board the fines stem from two zoning violations cited by the building commissioner: open‑lot storage and parking of large commercial vehicles (the notice cited sections the board identified as 3.1.0.5.g3 and 3.1.0.5.k4). Hearn argued the violations were committed by a tenant — identified in the record as Velasquez Brothers — and that the owner, manager Josephine Kodahi, did not authorize the conduct and moved to have the fines abated because she did…
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