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Milford Zoning Board approves several residential variances, denies a front-yard garage on East Broadway
Summary
The board approved variances allowing attached garages and accessory structures at 193 Wheelers Farms Road, 215 Brewster Road and 33 Pearl Street, and rejected a combined garage/second-story variance at 993 East Broadway after members said alternative driveway options would provide more off-street parking.
At its April meeting the Milford Zoning Board of Appeals approved three residential variance requests for attached garages and accessory structures and rejected a prominent front-yard garage and second-story variance at 993 East Broadway.
The board unanimously approved the application for 193 Wheelers Farms Road after attorney Thomas Lynch argued the lot's septic leaching fields create a legal hardship that leaves the only feasible location for a two-car attached garage adjacent to the existing 1890 house. Lynch said the proposed garage "will be sitting exactly 19 feet back from the road as the house," and the board found the hardship persuasive.
The board also approved a…
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