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Zoning board continues Arnold Street application to October after applicant fails to provide stamped survey
Summary
The board continued the application for 24 Arnold Street to the Oct. 7 meeting because the applicant did not have a stamped survey or site plan; neighbors testified that adding a fourth unit would intensify parking, traffic and noise problems in the area.
The Town of Lincoln Zoning Board of Review continued an application for 24 Arnold Street to its Oct. 7 meeting after the applicant did not supply a stamped survey required to evaluate the requested dimensional relief.
Applicant Ami (Amiya) Rasheed told the board he and his wife own the property and are seeking relief to add a fourth attached dwelling unit to an existing three-family building. The board recorded the relief requested on the record as approximately 15 feet of lot-width relief and roughly 785 square feet of total lot-area relief, but staff and several members said those figures could not be confirmed without a stamped survey and an accurate site plan.
Several neighbors urged the board to consider neighborhood character and quality-of-life impacts. Brenda Lee Valentino, who said she and her husband own several properties next to the applicant, told the board tenants on adjacent lots already face noise and loss of privacy and said additional units would worsen congestion and parking shortages. Dan Dugan, who has lived on Arnold Street for 30 years, said the area is already congested and that additional units have increased on-street parking and nighttime disturbances.
Board members and staff said they could not responsibly grant the requested intensification without precise, verified measurements and details about parking and layout. The chair invited Rasheed to obtain a stamped survey and site plan and return for the October meeting; Rasheed agreed and the board voted to continue the matter. "I think before next meeting, I'm gonna have it," the applicant said when asked about timing.
The continuance preserves the applicant’s place on the agenda provided the required documents are submitted to zoning staff before the October meeting.
