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Zoning board splits on 39 Mystic Street proposal and clerk records denial
Summary
The zoning board debated a variance to build at 39 Mystic Street on a lot with no public frontage; after legal and access questions and a 3–2 roll call the clerk announced the petition "as presented is denied," noting deed and access uncertainty and concern about a 12-foot private way.
A proposal to build a single-family home at 39 Mystic Street failed after the board debated whether a private easement and a narrow 12-foot driveway provide legal frontage and safe access.
Attorney John McCluskey, representing petitioner Stephen Torrey, described the lot as roughly 18,000 square feet with longstanding use of a private roadway (Sylvester Court) and argued that the easement has provided access for "over 50 years" and that the lot…
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