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ZBA approves relocation of house in Moorlands district with tight environmental and deed conditions
Summary
The board approved moving a dwelling within the Moorlands Management District due to coastal erosion, imposing conditions including revegetation, a recorded covenant keeping a lot vacant, limits on imported fill, and strict adherence to Natural Heritage/ConCom approvals.
The Nantucket Zoning Board of Appeals approved a special permit on Feb. 12 to relocate a dwelling within the Moorlands Management District to address coastal erosion, subject to a series of environmental and recordation conditions.
Attorney Arthur Reed reviewed revisions since the matter’s previous hearings: the applicant shifted a driveway 14 feet closer to the relocated house, reduced deck area and eliminated a proposed southerly deck, narrowed a path to the beach to 24 inches, and…
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