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TOWN OF NANTUCKET
BOARD OF APPEALS
NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS 02554
Date:
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, 2000
Enclosed is the Decision of the BOARD OF APPEALS which has
this day been filed in the office of the Nantucket Town
Clerk.
An Appeal from this Decision may be taken pursuant to
Section 17 of Chapter 40A, Massachusetts General Laws.
Any action appealing the Decision must be brought by
filing an complaint in court within TWENTY (20) days after
this day's date. Notice of the action with a copy of the
comp>laint and certified copy of the .Decision must be given
to the Town Clerk so as to be received within such TWENTY
(20) days.
CC: Town Clerk
Planning Board
Building Commissioner
PLEASE NOTE: MOST SPECIAL PERMITS AND VARIANCES HAVE A TIME
LIMIT AND WILL EXPIRE IF NOT ACTED UPON ACCORDING' TO NANTUCKET
ZONING BY-LAW 9139-301 (SPECIAL PERMITS); ~139-32I (VARIANCES)
ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL THE NANTUCKET ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.
NANTUCKET ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
1 East Chestnut St~eet
Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554
File No. 032-06
Assessor's Map 48, Parcell
3 Hoicks Hollow Road
Limited Use General-3
Land Court Plan 9314-H
Lot 7
Certificate of Title No. 18140
File No. 033-06
Assessor's Map 48, Parcel 1.9
1 Black Walnut Lane
Limited Use General-3
Land Court Plan 9314-H
Lot 16
Certificate of Title No. 19921
CONSOLIDATED DECISION:
1. At a public hearing of the Nantucket Zoning Board of
Appeals, on Friday, April 7, 2006, at 1:00 P.M., in the
Conference Room, in the Town Annex Building, 37 Washington
Street, Nantucket, Massachusetts, the Board made the following
decision on the applications of JOHN F. WELCH, JR., and JOHN F.
WELCH, III, as Trustees of JFW NOMINEE TRUST, c/o Reade,
Gullicksen, Hanley & Gifford, LLP, Post Office Box 2669,
Nantucket, Massachusetts 02584, Files Nos. 032-06 and 033-06:
2. The Applicants are seeking relief by SPECIAL PERMIT
under Nantucket Zoning By-law ~139-33.A(8), in order to
reconfigure the property line between their two adj acent lots
held in common ownership: Lot 7, the subject of File No. 032-06,
which is improved with several buildings, and Lot 16, the subject
of File No. 033-06, which is vacant. The purpose of this
reconfiguration is to correct a violation upon Lot 7 of the
ground cover ratio requirement under Nantucket Zoning By-law
~139-16.A, which allows a maximum ground cover ratio of 3% in
this zoning district. Both Lots 7 and 16 were created prior to
April 15, 1980, and therefore are exempt from the regularity
formula under Zoning By-law ~139-16. D. The regularity formula
applied to Lot 7 is about 0.50; the regularity formula applied to
Lot 16 is about 0.35. The minimum regularity factor result is
0.55. Accordingly, Lots 7 and 16 are treated as nonconforming
lots of record, though conforming as to setback and lot size
requirements. The Applicants propose to combine a portion of the
present Lot 16, containing about 4,037 square feet in lot area,
shown as the "Proposed Transfer Lot" upon the plan by John J.
Shugrue, Inc., dated February 13, 2006, a reduced copy of which
is attached hereto as Exhibit A, with Lot 7, in order to increase
the lot area available for the computation of the ground cover
ratio for the structures upon Lot 7. The alteration in boundary
lines would not change the regularity formula calculation for
either Lot 7 or Lot 16, as reconfigured by the transfer of the
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"Proposed Transfer Lot" from Lot 16 to Lot 7, and would not
create any additional nonconformity nor increase any existing
nonconformity. The present ground cover ratio of about 3.08%
(about 6,121 square feet of ground cover; about 198,698 square
feet of lot area) on Lot 7 would be corrected by the inclusion of
the "Proposed Transfer Lot" with Lot 7, resulting in a new lot
area of about 207,235 square feet, for a conforming ground cover
ratio of about 2.95%. The subject parcels consist of:
(a) 3 HOICKS HOLLOW ROAD, Assessor's Map 48, Parcell, shown
on Land Court Plan 9314-H as Lot 7; and
(b) 1 BLACK ~ LANE, Assessor's Map 48, Parcel 1.9,
shown on Land Court Plan 9314-H as Lot 16.
Both subject parcels are situated in a Limited Use General-3
zoning district.
3. Our decision is based upon the application and
accompanying materials, and representations and testimony
received at our public hearing. There was no Planning Board
recommendation, on the basis that no matters of planning concern
were presented. Except for the presentation by the Applicants'
representatives, no support or opposition was presented at the
public hearing.
4. Applicants, through counsel, stated that they have
recently discovered by survey that the structures constructed on
Lot 7 exceed the applicable ground cover requirement of 3% .
Accordingly, the Applicants propose to move a parcel of land from
Lot 16 to Lot 7, in order to enable both Lots 7 and 16, as
reconfigured, to constitute valid building lots. Each of Lots 7
and 16 were created prior to the existence of the regularity
factor, and each is therefore exempt therefrom by that provision
of the Zoning By-law; if subject to the regularity computation,
the result would be that each lot is at present nonconforming,
with Lot 7 having a regularity factor of 0.50 and Lot 16 having a
regularity factor of 0.35, as shown upon the Exhibit A plan.
Considering this as constituting a zoning nonconformity, the
Applicants hereby apply for special permit relief for each lot
under Zoning By-law ~139-33.A (8), to determine the continuing
validity of each lot after reconfiguration as a separately viable
building lot under all applicable zoning requirements. Because
By-law ~139-16.D(2) excludes the excess lot area, not including
any of the required frontage, from the computation of the
regularity factor, and the "Proposed Transfer Lot" is within the
area of each lot, both before and after the reconfiguration,
which does not need to be included in the regularity calculation,
the result is that the change in boundaries of each lot will not
create any new nonconformity nor increase any existing
nonconformity.
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5. Accordingly, by a UNANIMOUS vote, the Board of Appeals
made the finding that the reconfiguration of lot lines as
proposed for Lots 7 and 16 would not be substantially more
detrimental than the existing nonconformity to the neighborhood,
and that no new nonconformity would be created, and that the
change would not be substantially more detrimental to the
neighborhood than the existing nonconformi ties. By the same
UNANIMOUS vote in each case, the Board of Appeals granted relief
by SPECIAL PERMIT under Zoning By-law ~139-33.A(8), to
reconfigure the lot lines of each lot as shown upon the Exhibit A
plan, by the inclusion of the "Propos sfer Lot" ith Lot 7.
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NOTEo S.F. MEASUREMENTS DETERMINED
BY FOuNDATION MEASUREMENTS
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MINIMUM LOT SIZE, 120,000 S.F.
MINIMUM FRONTAGE. 200 FT
FRONT YARD SETBACK. 35 FT
REAR l SIDE SETBACK. 20 fT
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ASSESSORS MAP .48
PARCEL NO. 001
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PROPOSED SUBDIVISION PLAN
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DATE. FEBRUARY 13, 2006
JOHN' J. SHUGRUE, INC.
57 OLD SOUTH ROAD
NANTUCKET, MA 02554
FOR. JOHN F. 'WELCH JR.
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TOWN OF NANTUCKET
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
1 EAST CHESTNUT STREET
NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS 02554
PHONE 508-228-7215
FAX 508-228-7205
NOTICE
A Public Hearing of the NANTUCKET ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS will
be held at 1:00 P.M., FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2006, IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM,
TOWN ANNEX BUILDING, 37 Washington Street, Nantucket, Massachusetts, on the
Application of the following:
JOHN F. WELCH, JR., AND JOHN F. WELCH, III, TRUSTEES OF JFW
NOMINEE REAL Y TRUST
BOARD OF APPEALS FILE NO. 032-06
The Applicants are seeing relief by Special Permit under Nantucket Zoning By-
law Section 139-33.A(8), in order to reconfigure the boundary line between the locus
(Lot 7), said to be a pre-existing, nonconforming lot of record, and the immediately
adjacent vacant Lot 16 to the east, and held in common ownership, by combining an
about 4,037 square-foot parcel of Lot 16 with Lot 7, in order to correct a violation of the
ground cover ratio requirement under Zoning By-law Section 139-16A, which allows a
maximum ground cover ratio of 3% in this Limited-Use-General-3 zoning district. The
locus is improved with several structures (including two dwelling units) that are
conforming as to setback requirements. The locus is nonconforming as to the Regularity
Formula requirement under By-law Section 139-16D, having a regularity factor of 0.50,
with the minimum required being 0.55, and exempt under Section 139-16D(3), because
the plan which created it, Land Court Plan 9314-H, was endorsed and recorded before
April 15, 1980. The change in boundary line would not change the current Regularity
Formula for Lot 7, which would continue to be 0.50, and would not create any additional
nonconformity. The present ground cover ratio of about 3.08% (6121:i: square feet of
ground cover; 198,698 square feet of lot area) on Lot 7 would be corrected by the
inclusion of the "Proposed Transfer Lot" with Lot 7, resulting in a new lot area of about
207,235 square feet, for a conforming ground cover ratio of about 2.95%. Lot 7 is
conforming in all other respects.
The Premises is located at 3 HOICKS HOLLOW ROAD, Assessor's Map 48,
Parcell, Land Court Plan 9314-H, Lot 7. The property is zoned Limited-Use-General-3.
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Dale Waine, Chairman
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