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Planning board approves house, guest-house and pool variances; asks for clearer surveys and site plans on continued items
Summary
The board approved multiple residential variances for guest houses and pool enclosures (78 Sanford Street continued, 118 LaMago and 141 Menendez approved), and approved several conservation-overlay tree requests for lot redevelopment; staff asked applicants for updated surveys, lot-coverage calculations and site plans where missing.
At its meeting the Planning & Zoning Board approved a series of residential variance requests and continued or conditioned several others pending additional materials.
Key approvals included:
- A variance to reduce the rear setback from 10 feet to 5 feet for a screened pool enclosure at 118 LaMago Lane, approved after staff said the rear property abuts a common element/forested area and no neighbors objected.
- A variance to increase a guest-house maximum from 500 to 650 square feet at 141 Menendez Road so the applicant can accommodate an adult family member with serious mobility needs; the board emphasized that the structure as approved will not include a stove and that lot-coverage limits remain in force.
- Several lot-level conservation-overlay removal requests in the Pantano / Madera subdivisions to accommodate new houses were approved with the expectation that applicants will submit detailed lot-grading, arborist, and mitigation plans at permitting.
In several items — most notably the accessory structure at 78 Sanford Street — board members requested updated certified surveys and overlay plans that show original building footprints, pool locations and impervious-area calculations before the item can be approved; that item was continued to the July 7 meeting to allow applicants to produce the requested documents.
The board repeatedly stressed that staff does not automatically inherit building-department survey data and that applicants must provide certified surveys and clear site plans showing pool shells, retaining walls and eaves if those details affect setbacks and lot-coverage calculations.
