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Home My WebLink About053-81`J Re March 16, 1982 Town of Nantucket ~r-ni~tR l3~-~r(I ~~ f .-~~-j~e~lx Nantucket, ~~~as. 02554 ISLAND HU'I'E;LS C(~MP~1NY (0~3-811 ~• 053--~~ Enclosed please find notice of a decision of the BOARD OF APPEALS which I"iafi this day bean filed with the Town Clerk. Any appeals from this action shall be made I>ursuant to Section 17 of Chapter 40A of the General. haws, and shall be filed within twer~t.y (20) clays after this date. Roger. r F'. Mooney, ~'hairman Pd11NT()('E'l';'P 13~11T'i'> OF' hPPF.11L~' BOPRD ~' APPRALS Nantucket, Mass<~chusetts DECISIC7N At a meeting of the Board of Pppeals held Friday, February 26, 1982, at the Town ar~d County Building, in the matter of the application of ISLAND H.OTEIS CCI"~'PNY (053-81) , after due delil-~xation, the Board f ourxi 1. This is an application for a Special Permit to alter a non- conforming use of property under SECTIOI\? 7H of the Zoning By-Law and for relief fran the parking recxuiranents of the By-Law under SECTIC~I 6B, plus a petition f or a variance f rem the sideyard setback recluiranent of SEC'?'ION 5 of the By-Law. The property is located on Easton Street, with a rear access on P~!ackey belay in an area zoned Limited Carmercial. 2. The I~ppl icant Prot~ces t o r~~zr ~~n exi Est irxl hi~i lrl i rx~ which ha:~ been used for summer rental and anpl_oyee housing in conncection with the PJhite Elephant Hotel operation. In its place would be `erected two new buil_din:~s cont.ainirrt eleven 1.ivirxl units which would be additional rentals for the hotel.. This is a ~~_rmitted use in this district utxler a Special Pc~mit. The At~~~~licant has suh- mitted aplan of the proposed construction ar~d larxlscaping which is 'filed herewith and marked "I?.'° The plan indicates prc~~~i5ion for. six parking spaces of_f Mackey Dane, where~~s the normal recruir~nent would be eleven parking spaces, and a sideline setback of 4 feet, six inches, whereas the reciuired d:_i_stance is five feat. 3. The Board finds this property located in a district almost totally devoted to summer rentals, 7'oaning houses, aril the U'hite 'Elephant Hotel eccnplex. Easton Street is a wide and heavily !travelled public way. Placket' Lane is a marrow public way with little traffic except that created by the abuttirxi owners. The area is served by public water and sewer lines. The proposed use is in conformity with the zoning of the area and the general character of the neighborhood, aril the proposed structzzres aril larxl- 'scaping will be substantially more attractive than the existing site location. 4. The Boazcl has explored the parking situation in connection with hotel facilities in depth in several ot~lier cases, including the Harbor House canplex. F'e are aware of the parking problems in Town during the summer months. In view of the fact that many visitors arrive by plane aryl many other. tr_~-3nsients do not require 'parking, we have concluded that a literal canpliance with the parking rc~c~uiraments may be excessive, l;ut- scxne aclclitional off_- street parking is necessary. Furtherniore, we find the Applicant has the right to use Mackey Lane fc~r access and such use will afford some relief to the traffic aril narking P~rc~blfsr~s on Talton Street . 5. We find the Applicant has net d«nonsisatc3:1 any a}~tutory requirement for a hardship to justify the rec~uestc~a variance fran the sideline setback reciuir~nent. 'Phe p_lar,s must }e revised to include the necessary setback accordingly. 6. For the reasons set forth, the Board finds tt-~-_~t the proposed alteration of the non-conforming use wil]_ not be substantially more detrimental than the existing non-conformirx~ use to the neighborhood, and the application to raze the existing lxailding arx~ replace it c>rith the new }xzildings containing eleven rental units is GRArFI~D, subject to the condition that the ~~plicant revise its plans to eliminate parking spaces on Mackey V~~ay arx~ direct its guests to use the nearby White Elephant parking lot. The recruested variance from the sideline setback requirement is DENIED. This decision is by unanimous vote of the Board . ~~~~~ ~~ ~. ~. ,jam--e,~... C~~ ii ~i I30ARD C1F' APPF~AIS 1 ~ ~~ r , ~ r _~- ~~ , , .., NOTICE A Public Hearing of the BOARD OF APPEALS will be held FRIDAY, FEBRUP..RY 26, 192 , at 3:00 P.N. , at the TOWN and COUNTY BUILDING, FEDEF.AL and BROAD STREETS, NANTUCKET, on the application if ISLAND HOmEL COMPP_NY seeking relief from SECTION 7-H (Revision of Non- conforming Use), SECTION 5 (S ideyard setback require- ments), and SECTION 6B (Parking requirements) of the Zoning By-Law, in order to permit the razing and replacement of the existing structure with like-use structure of varied design. Property is located on Easton Street, shown as Lot 2 in Plan Book 8, Page 13 at the Nantucket Registry, and is zoned LIMITED USE/COprMERCIAL. r~ ~~~0-~~ ~ ~'`~ BOP_RD OF APPEALS `, .3 ~ A . ~.~- . ~-~ ~ ~ Rober t F . Mooney , Chairman