Board grants variance after applicant agrees to remove portion of shed encroaching on Revere sewer easement

The Revere Zoning Board of Appeals approved a variance for a storage shed at 620 Revere Beach Boulevard on July 29, 2026, subject to conditions requiring the appellant to remove approximately 3 feet of the existing shed to eliminate encroachment into a City of Revere sewer easement and to record the variance and plan in the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds.

Attorney Joseph Cattogio, representing the elderly appellant, told the board the applicant could not attend in person and proposed removing the section of the shed that overlapped the easement so the remaining structure could be validated and permitted. “We submitted a proposal to remove approximately 3 feet of the shed, that ends where the encroachment begins,” Cattogio said, adding the cutback would provide “upwards of a 3 foot buffer off of the easement, to allow for any work that needed to be done in that area.” He also said the conservation commission raised water‑displacement concerns and that a water‑mitigation specialist would present to that commission.

The board added standard conditions: the variance rights will lapse if not exercised within two years (with the usual exceptions), the variance must be recorded in the Suffolk County registry of deeds, and the appellant must submit recording details to the city clerk and building inspector. The motion to grant passed on a roll call with four votes in favor and one opposed (Mister Lemina: yes; Mister Lopes: yes; Mister O'Brien: no; Mister Pelton: yes; Chairman Tucker: yes).