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Quincy zoning board continues 35 Dayton St. plan after parking and bedroom concerns
Summary
A proposal to add a story and an ADU at 35 Dayton St. was continued to Feb. 24 after board members raised concerns about tandem parking, driveway width and an effective six‑bedroom layout with the proposed ADU.
The Zoning Board reviewed a petition to add an additional story to the existing 1½‑story house at 35 Dayton St. and to create a 2½‑story dwelling that would include an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) of about 850 square feet.
Architect Jim Chen said the existing lot is about 4,957 square feet in a Res A district and that the proposed new height would remain under the local maximum but would add living area including two additional bedrooms on a new second floor and an ADU above the garage. Board members repeatedly questioned whether the lot’s existing driveway and garage configuration could provide safe and legal parking for the number of bedrooms on the plans; the applicant described the driveway as tandem parking with an 8‑foot garage door but acknowledged constraints.
Members cited concerns that, with the ADU, the layout approaches a six‑bedroom plan while providing only about three parking spaces, and suggested removing the ADU or reducing bedrooms. The applicant agreed to revise plans (reduce bedrooms and rework parking/garage access) and the board moved, seconded and voted to continue the petition to Feb. 24, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. for resubmission of revised plans.
The matter was continued without a substantive vote on the variance requests; the board directed the applicant to provide clearer dimensions, revised parking plans and consider removing the ADU to make the project more compatible with neighborhood parking standards.
