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Planning board approves lot‑line tweak at 71 & 75 Tilden Ave to allow separate driveways
Summary
The board approved variances and a special‑use permit to move a common boundary about nine feet so both substandard lots can have separate driveways, finding hardship due to longstanding site conditions; approval was contingent on final subdivision plan.
The Planning Board voted to approve a technical lot‑line adjustment between 71 and 75 Tilden Ave that shifts the boundary roughly nine feet so each parcel can accommodate its own driveway.
Attorney Matt Lees, representing the applicants, described the application as a straightforward boundary correction for two commonly owned substandard lots and told the board the change would allow 71 Tilden to have street driveway access. "This application involves abutting properties on Tilden Avenue that are in common ownership... the purpose of this application is just to move the boundary line about 9 feet ... so that both properties will have enough room to have a driveway," Lees said.
Staff recommended approval, and the board worked through statutory standards for dimensional variances (minimum lot area and width) and a category‑6 special‑use permit for alterations of a nonconforming dimension. The board found the hardship stemmed from the existing physical characteristics of the land rather than owner action and approved the variances and special‑use permit, contingent on final subdivision plan review. The motion carried on an oral "ayes have it" vote recorded in the meeting minutes.
The approval includes a requirement that findings of fact be entered into the record, and board members noted the lot‑line modification will not increase impervious surface or meaningfully alter neighborhood character.
