Zoning Board of Appeals

Overview

The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) is the Special Permit Granting Authority for certain projects as required under the Zoning Bylaw. The ZBA also hears appeals by parties aggrieved by a decision of the Building Commissioner, and may issue Variances where the criteria set forth in the Zoning Bylaw have been met.

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Date	Special Permit Deadline	Appeal, Finding, Variance & Sign Deadline
December 11	November 2, 2018	November 16, 2018
January 8	November 30, 2018	December 14, 2018
February 12	January 4, 2019	January 18, 2019
March 12	February 1, 2019	February 15, 2019
April 9	March 1, 2019	March 15, 2019
May 14	April 5, 2019	April 19, 2019
June 11	May 3, 2019	May 17, 2019

2018 ZBA
2018 Signs
2017 ZBA
2017 Signs

File	Address	Applicant	Request	1st Hearing	Decision Date	Result
18-01	67 Willis Avenue	Fabio Homen	Variance for side setback	February 13, 2018	February 13, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-02	12 Frederick Street	Renato Oliveira and Sidnei Camaro	Renewal of Special Permit 14-16 for auto repair	April 10, 2018	April 10, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-03	25 Dennison Avenue	ADMV Management and Lisa Venuto	Finding for 3rd unit addition to preexisting nonconforming 2-family structure	February 13, 2018	February 13, 2018	WWOP (PDF)
18-04	298 Worcester Road	Budak Enterprises, Inc.	Special Permit for used automobile dealer and Variance for being within 1,000 feet from another dealer	April 10, 2018	April 10, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-05	31 Flagg Drive	Framingham Public Schools	Variance for height	April 10, 2018	April 10, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-06	9 Richardson Circle	Marc Resnick and Kirkland Realty Trust	Finding for 4th dwelling unit to existing nonconforming 3-family	April 10, 2018	May 15, 2018	Denied (PDF)
18-07	1, 11, 13 Hartford Street	Arista Development, LLC; Fay and Wendell Mah; and Peter and Steven Collotta	Finding for reconstruction of a nonconforming commercial structure and Variances for insufficient ATM drive thru setback and landscape buffers	April 10, 2018	June 12, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-08	48 South Street	Carlos Hanzi	Finding for the alteration of a pre-existing nonconforming two-family structure	April 10, 2018	May 15, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-09	109 Spruce Street	Roy and Cynthia Alston	Variance for porch within front setback	May 15, 2018	May 15, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-10	45A Flanagan Drive	Tanya and Mike Lipp	Variance for addition within side yard setback	May 15, 2018	May 15, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-11	243 Howard Street	Tania Bicalho	Finding for 2nd floor addition to pre-existing nonconforming commercial structure	May 15, 2018	August 14, 2018	WWOP(PDF)
18-12	1 Grant Street	Howard One Grant, LLC	Special Permit for lab	June 12, 2018	June 12, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-13	236 Cochituate Road	Mammouth Development Company, LLC	Variance for insufficient side and front yard setback	May 15, 2018	May 15, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-14	429 Old Connecticut Path	Rute A. Delima	Variance for deck within required side yard setback	May 15, 2018	May 15, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-15	400 Brimstone Lane	Eversource	Special Permit to replace Wireless Comm. Facility & Variance for height and setback	June 12, 2018	July 10, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-16	196 Fountain Street	Charles & Susan Long Realty Comp.	Finding for alt. of nonconforming structure & Variance for FAR	June 12, 2018	June 12, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-17	19 Flutie Pass	BRE DDR Shoppers World	Use Variance for mixed use & Variance for height	June 12, 2018	June 12, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-18	6 Claflin Street	SMOC	Finding for conversion of rooming house to multifamily	June 12, 2018	June 12, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-19	56 Jodie Road	Reider Silva	Variance for addition within side setback	July 10, 2018	July 10, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-20	340 Winter Street	J. Dennis Morgan & Nevins Realty Trust	Variances side yard setback, lot coverage, building height, & parking aisle width	August 14, 2018	September 12, 2018	Granted & WWOP (PDF)
18-20	340 and 342 Winter Street	J. Dennis Morgan & Nevins Realty Trust	Variance for parking aisle width	August 14, 2018	October 9, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-21	101 Pond Street	ReFab Capital Management & William and Agnatuvech	Variances for construction within side & front setbacks	August 14, 2018	August 14, 2018	Granted(PDF)
18-22	125 Prospect Street	Jawed Wahid	Appeal BC determination of unauthorized Cultural and Educational Center & Center for Performing Arts	August 14, 2018	August 14, 2018	Denied (PDF)
18-23	350 Irving Street	Perdoni Industries and NSTAR	Special Permit renewal for a Storage and Distribution facility	October 9, 2018	October 9, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-24	350 Irving Street	Perdoni Brothers and NSTAR	Special Permit renewal for a Storage and Distribution facility	October 9, 2018	October 9, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-25	350 Irving Street	Landscape Depot, Inc. and NSTAR	Special Permit renewal for a Storage and Distribution facility	October 9, 2018	October 9, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-26	350 Irving Street	A1 Tree Services and NSTAR	Special Permit renewal for a Storage and Distribution facility	October 9, 2018	October 9, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-27	1 Nicholas Road	Richard Aronivitz	Variance for multiple buildings on one lot	October 9, 2018
18-28	24 Wilde Avenue	Josephine Faini Life Estate and Eugene Faini	Appeal determination that duplex not allowed. Special Permit for duplex. Variances for lot area, frontage, lot width, front and side setbacks	October 9, 2018	November 13, 2018	Granted
18-29	1500 Worcester Road	RSG Group, LLC and 1500 Worcester Road, LLC	Use Variance to convert office space into multi-family residential	October 9, 2018	October 9, 2018	Granted (PDF)
18-30	243 Howard Street	Tania Bicalho	Special Permit renewal (#16-34)	November 13, 2018
18-31	1191 Concord Street	Arevik Melkonyan	Variance for insufficient side yard setback	November 13, 2018
18-32	30 Wilson Street	Rogerio Lima	Appeal determination that duplex not allowed. Special Permit for duplex	November 13, 2018
18-33	243 Hollis Street	Frank Sciacca	Special Permit amendment (#10-03)	November 13, 2018
18-34	613 Pleasant Street	Colt Realty, LLC	Variance for lot frontage and width	November 13, 2018	November 13, 2018	Granted
18-35	5 Harrison Place	James & Judy Caron	Variance for front setback	November 13, 2018	November 13, 2018	Granted

File	Address	Applicant	Request	1st Hearing	Decision Date	Result
S18-01	1224 Worcester Road	Back Bay Sign and Inland Amercian Framingham, LLC	Variances for multiple wall signs	April 10, 2018	April 10, 2018	Granted (PDF)
S18-02	1451 Concord Street	Viewpoint Sign and Awning and Concord Street Associates, LLC	Variances for multiple wall signs and height	May 15, 2018	June 12, 2018	Granted (PDF)
S18-03	236 Cochituate Road and 873 Concord Street	Mammouth Development Company, LLC	Variances for letter height and area of wall signs	May 15, 2018	May 15, 2018	Granted (PDF)
S18-04	75 Concord Street	Gateway Alta Dylan Owner, LLC	Appeal BC’s determination and Variance for banner size and quantity	May 15, 2018	May 15, 2018	Granted (PDF)
S18-05	624 Waverly Street	Charles Bacon III and Framingham Waverly Retail, LLC	Variance for area of window signage	October 9, 2018
S18-06	1 Nicholas Road	Richard Aronovitz	Variances for a second wall sign and sign letter height	October 9, 2018
S18-07	248 Worcester Road	Emily's Interiors, Inc. and Twin Holdings, LLC	Appeal determination that sign is prohibited; Variance for same sign	October 9, 2018	October 9, 2018	Granted (PDF)
S18-08	665 Cochituate Road	Richard Smith and Dominique Renee Realty Trust	Appeal determination that exterior wall painting and wall sign are nonconforming wall signs; Variances for same signs	October 9, 2018
S18-09	517 Worcester Road	517 Fram Co., LLC d/b/a Dunkin Donuts and M.A.N.Y, LLC	Variances for number of signs per driveway and sign size	October 9, 2018	October 9, 2018	Granted (PDF)

File	Address	Applicant	Request	1st Hearing	Decision Date	Result
17-01	192 Irving Street	JC Auto Services Inc.	Amendment to Special Permit 11-19 to allow 2nd business	January 10, 2017	January 10, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-02	67 Willis Avenue	Fabio Homen	Finding to reconstruct dwelling on nonconforming lot with insufficient area and frontage	January 10, 2017	January 10, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-03	37 Little Farms Road	Sirlei Evangeliota	Variance for additions within required front and side setbacks	January 10, 2017	January 10, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-04	1 Nicholas Road	Richard Aronovitz	Use Variance for a drive thru and Variance for more than one structure	January 10, 2017	February 13, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-05	222 Walnut Street	Ekard Equipment Corporation	Appeal determination that 2-family dwelling not allowed in R-1 district	January 10, 2017	February 13, 2017	Withdrawn (PDF)
17-06	2 Clarks Hill	Claraks Hill Corporate Center, LLC	Use Variance to construct (3) 2-unit and (2) 3-unit condos in M district	January 10, 2017	January 10, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-07	750 Cochituate Road	The TJX Companies, Inc	Variance for number of stories in M district	January 10, 2017	January 10, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-08	19 Flutie Pass	BRE DDR Shoppers World, LLC	Amendment to decision 16-15, Use Variance for mixed use in M district and Variance for height	January 10, 2017	January 10, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-09	159 Salem End Road	Joseph Kovalchin	Variance to construct 8 foot fence within side and rear setback	February 13, 2017	February 13, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-10	24 Taralli Terrace	Frank Chan	Finding for an addition, extension, and structural change on nonconforming 2-family structure	February 13, 2017	February 13, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-11	2 Eames Street	Charles Navratil-Architects 2	Finding to remove 3-unit structure and construct duplex on nonconforming lot	February 13, 2017	February 13, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-12	357 Bishop Street	Carols Hanzi	Special Permit for duplex	March 21, 2017	March 21, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-13	243 Howard Street	Dan Bicalho	Finding for 2nd story addition for nonconforming use on nonconforming structure	March 21, 2017	March 21, 2017	Denied (PDF)
17-14	304 Franklin Street	Faria Realty Trust	Finding to reconstruct 3-family structure on nonconforming lot	March 21, 2017	March 21, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-15	115 Beaver Street	Madrona Bros Inc	Appeal determination that tenant is operating prohibited landscaping business	April 20, 2017	May 8, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-16	0 Franklin Street	Circle Assets LLC	Variances to construct 2 new houses on lots with insufficient upland area	April 20, 2017	July 18, 2017	Denied (PDF)
17-17	0 Franklin Street	Circle Assets LLC	Special Permit to construct within in Floodplain	April 20, 2017	July 18, 2017	Denied (PDF)
17-18	37 Waverly Street	Wolf Auto Group LLC and Simons Auto Body, Inc	Special Permit for automobile repair business	May 8, 2017	August 8, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-19	18 Danforth Street	56 Whittier LLC	Finding to reconstruct 6-unit apartment structure	May 8, 2017	May 8, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-20	29 Parker Road	Mark Aurelio	Variance for garage within side and rear setbacks	May 8, 2017	June 13, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-21	186 Singletary Lane	Rosemeire Neves-Grigg	Variances for 2 sheds within side setback	June 13, 2017	July 18, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-22	82 Concord Street	82 Concord Street LLC	Variance for FAR. Finding for expansion of nonconforming structure	June 13, 2017	June 20, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-23	3 Glen Street	Reinaldo Faria	Appeal BC determination that duplex not allowed	June 13, 2017	June 13, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-24	20 Bradford Road	Estate of Ilaria Krotchta	Variance to temp. store 2 trailers within front and side setback	June 13, 2017	July 18, 2017	Withdrawn (PDF)
17-25	20 Amy Road	Gunadi Karjadi	Finding for extension of nonconforming structure	June 20, 2017	June 20, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-26	3 Gates Street	Tortcon Builders	Variance for lot area	June 13, 2017	June 13, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-27	447 Water Street	Socrates Sirafos	Finding to demolish and reconstruct a nonconforming dwelling	June 20, 2017	July 18, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-28	28 Griffin Road	Shaun Willis	Variance to construct shed within required side setback	July 18, 2017	July 18, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-29	1800 Worcester Road	FPG Development Group LLC and Faneuil Investors Group	Variance for minimum landscape open space and floor area ratio	July 18, 2017	November 14, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-30	225 Crossing Boulevard	National Development Association of New England Inc. and Staples	Variance for height. Use Variance for multifamily in M zone	July 18, 2017	December 12, 2017	Denied (PDF)
17-31	733 Waverly Street	Marcio Oliveira	Special Permit renewal, case 16-18	September 12, 2017	September 12, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-32	480 Franklin Street	Baystone Development LLC and Framingham Franklin LLC	Variance for height, Use Variance for multi-family and more than one principle use, and Special Permit for restaurant	August 8, 2017	September 12, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-33	170 Waverly Street	170 Waverly Street, LLC	Special Permit amendment, 14-14 and 14-50	September 12, 2017	December 12, 2017	Amended (PDF)
17-34	14-18 Seminole Avenue	Steven and Jo-Ann Agostinelli	Variances for area, frontage, and setbacks. Special Permit for duplex	September 12, 2017	October 23, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-35	63 Morton Street	Eduardo Rosa and TJK Realty Trust	Special Permit amendment, 05-42	September 12, 2017	November 14, 2017	WWOP (PDF)
17-36	480 Franklin Street	Baystone Development LLC and Framingham Franklin LLC	Variance for accessory swimming pool	September 12, 2017	September 12, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-37	225 Crossing Boulevard	National Development Association of New England Inc. and Staples	Variance for accessory swimming pool	September 12, 2017	December 12, 2017	Denied (PDF)
17-38	8 Sherwin Terrace	Bruce Kendall and Pamela Chagnon	Variance for addition within front setback of paper street	September 12, 2017	September 12, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-39	350 Irving Street	Landscape Depot and NSTAR	Special Permit renewal for Storage and Distribution facility	October 23, 2017	October 23, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-40	350 Irving Street	Perdoni Industries and NSTAR	Special Permit renewal for Storage and Distribution facility	October 23, 2017	October 23, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-41	350 Irving Street	Perdoni Brothers and NSTAR	Special Permit renewal for Storage and Distribution facility	October 23, 2017	October 23, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-42	350 Irving Street	A1 Tree Services and NSTAR	Special Permit renewal for Storage and Distribution facility	October 23, 2017	October 23, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-43	9 Gryzboska Circle	Helen and Stuart Slavid	Variance for deck within rear setback	October 23, 2017	October 23, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-44	82 Herbert Street/17 Wellington Avenue	Russell Gates and Werner Gossels, Trustee of Laine Realty	Appeal BC determination that business is an illegal landscaping and contractors yard. Finding for expansion of nonconforming use	October 23, 2017	November 14, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-45	6 Victor Road	Darlan and Denis Lemos	Appeal BC determination that duplex is not allowed. SP for duplex	November 14, 2017	December 12, 2017	Overturned/Granted (PDF)
17-46	340 Winter Street	J. Dennis Morgan, Trustee of Nevins Realty Trust	Special Permit for Assisted Living Facility. Variance from ALF requirements	November 14, 2017	November 14, 2017	WWOP (PDF)
17-47	91 Grant Street	HamFam, LLC and Clarke and Grant, LLC	Modification to SP 04-18. Finding for change of use	November 14, 2017	November 14, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-48	29 Arch Street	David Hornfischer	Variance for addition within required side setback	November 14, 2017	November 14, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-49	231 Water Street	Michael and Corrine Sonia	Variance for structure within street line setback	November 14, 2017	November 14, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-50	45 Beulah Street	Dean Tzellas	Appeal BC determination that duplex not allowed. SP for duplex	November 14, 2017	December 12, 2017	Overturned/Granted (PDF)
17-51	2 Central Street	Saxonville Realty Trust	Special Permit for restaurant use	December 12, 2017	December 12, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-52	94 Pincushion Road	David Farmer	Variance for deck within street-line setback	December 12, 2017	December 12, 2017	Granted (PDF)
17-53	32 Sewell Street	Tortcon Builders, Inc.	Variance for insufficient frontage	December 12, 2017	January 9, 2018	Denied (PDF)
17-54	110 Kendall, 92 Kendall, and Kendall Lane RR	Kendall Realty Trust	Special Permits for eight duplexes	January 9, 2018	January 9, 2018	Granted (PDF)
17-55	130 Worcester Road	Soniya Hotel, LLC	Variances for minimum landscape open space and floor area ratio	January 9, 2018	2/13/18	Granted (PDF)
17-56	450 Edgell Road	John and Mary Piso	Amendment to decision 15-53 for two houses on lots with insufficient frontage and lot area	January 9, 2018	January 9, 2018	Granted/Amended (PDF)
17-57	254 Franklin Street	John D. Murray	Finding for addition of a dormer on preexisting nonconforming multifamily structure	January 9, 2018	January 9, 2018	Granted (PDF)
17-58	10 Frederick Street	Jane Dornelas and Sidnei Camaro	Finding to add restaurant to preexisting nonconforming church structure	January 9, 2018	January 9, 2018	Granted (PDF)

File	Address	Applicant	Request	1st Hearing	Decision Date	Result
S17-01	650 Cochituate Road	Red Roof Inn	Variance for multiple freestanding signs Variance for missing address number Variance for face area	February 13, 2017	February 13, 2017	Granted (PDF)
S17-02	300 Pleasant Street	Little Acorn Children's Center	Variance for multiple freestanding signs, face area, and width for proposed sign	February 13, 2017	February 13, 2017	Granted (PDF)
S17-03	746 Water Street	Christa McAuliffe Branch Library	Variance for face area and height	April 20, 2017	April 20, 2017	Granted (PDF)
S17-04	349 Union Avenue	Daniel Fleischer	Variance to allow sign pole with graphics	June 13, 2017	June 13, 2017	Denied (PDF)
S17-05	2 Central Street	Saxonville Realty Trust	Variances for multiple wall-mounted, freestanding, and directional signs	June 20, 2017	June 20, 2017	Granted (PDF)
S17-06	76 Salem End Road	Over the Rainbow Nursery School Inc.	Variance for face area, height, and width	July 18, 2017	July 18, 2017	N/A
S17-07	201 Edgell Road	Sudbury River Tennis Club	Variance for sign face area, height and width	July 18, 2017	July 18, 2017	Granted (PDF)
S17-08	86 Worcester Road	Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless	Variance for letter size, wall sign area, and multiple wall signs	July 18, 2017	August 8, 2017	Granted (PDF)
S17-09	270 Cochituate Road	Avidia Bank and CCRT, LLC	Variance for letter size and two wall signs	August 8, 2017	August 8, 2017	Granted (PDF)
S17-10	1200 Worcester Road	Framingham Ford and Twelve-00 Worcester Road, LLC	Variance for graphics on two freestanding signs	August 8, 2017	August 8, 2017	Granted (PDF)
S17-11	438 Waverly Street	Deca Realty and Raj Patel	Variance for more than one sign	January 9, 2018	January 9, 2018	Granted (PDF)

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