uh I'd like to welcome you to the lunberg zoning board of appeals um I will tell you how the hearing will proceed but first I have to give you a notification um that the hearing is being recorded in accordance with the requirements of the open meeting law please be advised that this meeting will be broadcast live through local access cable on Facebook live on the public access Facebook page and will be a able to be found in the lunberg public access you YouTube channel within 24 hours after the meeting to uh participate remotely if there's anybody um they from their computer they go to the zoom meeting and then they can use the raise app raise hand app to request to speak um I'd like to introduce the board to you to my left is Lisa nadan the board secretary I'm alred graell James bakosi Tony mccastro and Don gurny uh the way the hearing will proceed is Lisa will read the application and any other submitted Communications the applicant will have the opportunity for comments on the application or submission of additional documents you'll please come forward to the mic and give your name and address board members will have the opportunity to ask questions that they might have on the application while you're at the mic there will be a public comment period um right now there doesn't appear to be anybody but if any anybody comes or is on Zoom uh you will come to the mic give your name and address and address all comments and questions to the board and with that I would ask Lisa to please read the petition this is an application for a special permit to dimensional variation and the petitioner is Timothy J Lin of 207 Rolling Acres Road the request he requested a variance but it's actually a request for special right for a dimensional variation for dimensional variation which which I noted in correctly okay uh to build a farmer porch 2T 7 in or so from the roadside setbacks as part of an additional build the porch is designed to visually connect the addition and existing houses and make them look not disconnected or towering and Visually appealing current house is one story addition is two so trying to use the porch to tie them together it is a covered porch the existing porch actually extends further into the setback but is uncovered the addition is set only a few feet back to sent a few feet to prevent the porch from pushing into the setback more only the roadside setback is encroached not the neighboring sides the existing hous is almost right on the setback Line 6 foot bu that's kind of duplicated the um required questions and answers are on as follows the hardship on site the existing house is set almost at the setback of only 6ot buffer built in the 1950s trying to add a nor add a normal size 5-ft covered porch to an addition to prevent it from looking like a towering Wing is impossible without croing the front setback I've adjusted the addition by pushing it back away from the road to go into the setback as minimal as possible to accommodate describe how the granting of relief will not create substantial detriment to the public good the reply the porch actually prevents the addition from looking odd in the neighborhood doesn't encroach the neighbor's property is actually less into the setback than the current uncovered porch Farm's porch is not enclosed and is open so it shouldn't be visably visually blocking either please describe how the desired variants may be granted without nullifying or substantially derogating from the attent or purpose of the code of lunenberg the reply I assume the intent of the roadside setback is to prevent unappealing house builds and projects and preventing neighborhoods from feeling open and making sure our town doesn't feel Urban this build will actually allow the addition to be more naturally fitting into my neighborhood and not charge change the characteristics of my house property away from that P is not enclosed I have a survey and full Visual and design for reference as needed without this variation the addition plans will require me to bring the addition to the front of the existing house wall creating a large but compliant and rather odd look that will stand out in the neighborhood porch was added to the design specifically to prevent the addition from looking odd attached is a list of ab butes a site plan and the building plans and that's all Mr chairman thank you you're welcome okay and with that I would invite the applicant to come up if he would like first I'll thank you for the detail on on the uh answers um on some of the questions okay um so you're looking for a two foot 6 in let me look it up two foot S 2 foot s in yeah I think I put uh TJ Laughlin 207 Rolling Acres Road I think I put 27 on the um application and then when the Builder looked at the survey I guess the survey shows 2.5 or 2 and a half ft or something so it's 2 and a half 27 is it the same all the way the length of the porch is it the same as far as you can tell um actually I think yes we'll give it back to you keep it um as far as the survey looks it looks like it um it carries the same Dimension all the way across yeah he didn't knowe any other deviation 7.5 yeah it does because you got a 40.7 375 yeah 375 so it's really we're only talking about well you're still going to have the five so okay yeah and I one I didn't know that was going to be read in public I would use better language sorry uh and and I think it said uh 6 foot uh Le to the set back it's actually 6 in it's like right on the set back okay so I know that math would sound tricky what did you say it's six feet back from what when she read the application it read as if I only had six feet to the setb but actually it's the house is almost right at the setback it's within 6 in of the setback right right and the porch is what's yeah exactly okay um I'm going to open it up to the board I think it's will you be removing all the fence that's on the side in order to do this and then replace part of it or yes exactly exactly um actually I don't know you guys want to see yep same thank you this is the before and after view but yeah we'll have to remove the fence um for where the addition is and then uh put a gate on that side see yeah looks like a nice undertake essentially you're building on the same footprint is that correct except for the yes the addition adds uh 15 ft towards that same side so it's bigger than the current footprint but uh it's all within setback except for the porch okay but in terms of the existing house the existing side that used to be a garage was um back from the front of the house so we just kept that the same yeah we we'll give them all back you can keep them if you want I don't have any other questions other questions no questions okay I agree I mean it's it's a looks like a very reasonable request um so uh based on that we're going to have one of our fastest meetings uh but is anybody on Zoom there's no public here would you like to speak at all okay no one on Zoom no on okay so with that I'll ask for a motion I'll make a motion that we Grant the special permit yeah it's a special permit for a um dimensional variation variation yes um for this addition and the porch yeah you had you had just so you know you had written or they had written somebody variance variance is extremely difficult to get okay gotcha I can change that if I need to go back in the app and change that y okay I second okay I have a motion in a second I'll ask for a vote I I I and I and you need it all four because the quorum's five right so that's good okay so I do have to read you one more thing ESP special affirment is granted with the contingency that the petitioner complies with all licenses reg regulations statutes ordinances of any and all applicable local state federal boards or agencies with jurisdiction over the premises the special permit subject to a periodic review by the permit granting Authority or the enforcement officer to ensure compliance with any conditions non-compliance to such conditions may result in a revocation of this permit a copy of the board's decision shall be filed with the town clerk within 14 days any party agreed by the board's decision May appeal to Superior Court 20 days after the decision is filed with the town clerk after certification by the town clerk that 20 days have elapsed since the decision was filed you should have it recorded in the registry of deeds no special permit shall take effect until it has been recorded and a special permit shall lapse within 2 years unless substantial use of construction has commenced and with that we wish you good luck with your new addition thank you all appreciate it good luck good night L you want and I am going to I am going to bring up if you guys weren't here um they are looking for a zoning Board member to join uh the master plan steering committee um this committee will be approximately uh for 18 months to 2 years um that it would be I would think I think they plan a couple of times a month and then there would be other meetings with different groups and Stu So Lisa is going to take this some information here I'm going to have uh she's going to scan it and send it to each one of the board members okay and I would like if you know if anybody would um like to or consider it let me know consider it consider it yeah okay and with that I'll ask for an adjournment motion to adjourn second all in favor I I all right this meeting is adjourned