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ZBA approves variances for addition and garage at 328 Caroline Street
Summary
The ZBA granted area variances allowing a family‑room addition and detached garage at 328 Caroline in a 5–0 vote after the applicant submitted revised permeability calculations showing a porous driveway that reduces combined coverage to 32.2%.
The Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved area variances on July 27 for an addition and detached garage at 328 Caroline Street, finding the revised calculation and proposed porous driveway brought impervious coverage within the neighborhood precedent range. Bruce Steves, representing applicants Dan and Tracy Zanotta, told the board a new LA Group driveway analysis persuaded the zoning officer that the proposed pavement would meet permeability standards.
"the driveway now being proposed will in fact constitute, porous, asphalt," Steves said, noting that a prior CAD recalculation reduced the combined coverage figure to 32.2% (the applicants sought relief from a district standard of 28%). The board cited neighborhood comparables and the applicant's revised technical submissions when approving the variances; the recorded vote was 5–0. The decision includes standard conditions consistent with the submitted plans and a note that stormwater/permeability will be verified at Planning Board or during permitting.
