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Zoning board approves plan to raise and rebuild 36 Hiawatha Street, rejects separate‑dwelling status
Summary
The Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously granted a special permit allowing the owners to raise and rebuild two nonconforming structures at 36 Hiawatha St into a single‑family home, finding the proposal reduces existing nonconformities and imposing conditions on driveway permits and plan certification.
The Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously to grant a special permit allowing owners to raise existing structures and build a new single‑family dwelling at 36 Hiawatha Street, a proposal the board said will reduce several existing nonconformities.
The board’s decision, reached after a presentation by attorney Kevin Clower and the project architect, allows the applicants to eliminate an on‑site second dwelling and improve front, side and rear setbacks while increasing lot coverage by structure to 24.7 percent — within the range that requires a special…
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