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TOWN OF NANTUCKET o 01
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR.
NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS 02554
Date: December 30, 2014
To: Parties in Interest and Others concerned with the Decision of
The Zoning Administrator in the Application of the following:
Application No: ZA 26 -14
Owner /Applicant: GEORGE GRAY LLC
Enclosed is the Decision of the Zoning Administrator which has this day
been filed with the office of the Nantucket Town Clerk.
An Appeal from this Decision to the Zoning Board of Appeals may be
taken pursuant to Nantucket Zoning Bylaw Section 139- 29.C.(3)
Any action appealing the Decision must be brought by filing a notice of
appeal, specifying the grounds thereof, with the Town Clerk, pursuant
to Nantucket Zoning Bylaw Section 139- 29.C.(6)
Eleanor Weller Antonietti,
Zoning Administrator
cc: Town Clerk
Building Commissioner /Zoning Enforcement Officer
TOWN OF NANTUCKET
NANTUCKET ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
2 Fairgrounds Road
Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554
Assessor's Map 55.1.4 Parcel 89
55 Union Street
Residential Old Historic (ROH)
DECISION:
Book 1458, Page 294
Plan No. 2014 -92
1. Upon review of the Application submitted by the Applicant, the Zoning
Administrator determined pursuant to Nantucket Zoning By -Law § 139 -
33.A(1)(b) that the proposed alterations, extensions, and structural changes to the
pre- existing non - conforming structure do not increase its non - conforming nature.
2. The Applicant proposes to alter portions of the structure which are sited within
the northern side and western rear yard setbacks. The work consists of
rehabilitation and renovation of an historic dwelling which includes the
construction of a porch running the length of the front of the house, facing Union
Street, and a two -story addition to the rear of the structure. The porch addition
will result in an extension, containing approximately 22 square feet, of the
northern side yard setback intrusion from the existing northeast corner of the
structure to the front yard lot line. The addition to the rear of the structure will
result in a vertical extension of the northern side and western rear setback
intrusions. The resulting height of this rear addition will be approximately 23.1
feet. These alterations will not bring the structure any closer to the side and rear
yard lot lines than the existing structure, as shown on plan entitled "Proposed Plot
Plan — ZBA APP. ", prepared by Milton Rowland & Associates, and attached
herewith as "Exhibit A ".
3. The major renovation is comprised of further alterations within the buildable
portion of the property which do not require relief. These structural changes
consist of: a 149 square foot first floor addition with a roof height of
approximately 26.6 feet to the south elevation of the structure outside of the
setback; a new roof walk; fenestration and roof -pitch changes, and; new
shingling. The addition will bring the total ground cover of the structure to 1,160
square feet where a ground cover of 2,249 square feet is allowed.
The existing height of the structure, approximately 30.4 feet at its highest point,
will not be increased. Pursuant to Nantucket Zoning By -law Section 139- 17.B(1),
roof walks are uses permitted to exceed the thirty (30) foot height limitation
specified in Section 139 -17.A "to an extent reasonable and customary ". All of the
proposed alterations have been granted Historic District Commission approval by
virtue of Certificate of Appropriateness No. 62899.
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4. The property, a corner lot abutting both Union Street and York Street, is an
undersized lot of record. Therefore, the Locus is pre- existing nonconforming with
respect to lot area, having a lot size of 4,494 square feet in the Residential Old
Historic zoning district where minimum required lot size is 5,000 square feet. The
lot contains a 1,011 square foot dwelling, said to be built circa. 1834, with an
existing total ground cover ratio of approximately 22.5 %, where 50% is allowed.
The dwelling is sited as close as zero (0) feet from the northern side yard lot line
and as close as 2.4 feet from the western rear yard lot line where the minimum
side and rear yard setbacks are five (5) feet. The dwelling is pre - existing
nonconforming as to height with an approximate height of 30.4 feet at its highest
point where a maximum height of thirty (30) feet is allowed.
The premises contain no parking spaces where one (1) is required. However,
applicant proposes a new driveway at the southwest corner of the lot, providing
access from York Street. These nonconformities pre -exist the 1972 adoption of
Nantucket's Zoning By -law.
5. Although the height of the structure would increase within the required five (5)
foot setback area, it would come no closer to the side and rear yard lot lines than
the existing structure. The addition of the front porch will result in an extension of
the northern side yard lot line towards the eastern front yard lot line, but will not
bring the structure any closer to the northern lot line. Therefore, because the
proposed alterations will not result in an increase to the pre - existing non-
conforming side and rear yard setbacks, as shown on "Exhibit A ", the Zoning
Administrator finds that the proposed work will not increase the pre- existing
nonconforming nature of the Locus.
SIGNATURE PAGE TO,FOLLOW
55 Union Street
Assessor's Map 55.1.4 Parcel 89
Residential Old Historic (ROH)
Book 1458, Page 294
Plan No. 2014 -92
Eleanor Weller Antonietti
Zoning Administrator
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Nantucket, ss
On the '30 Vq day of 17 P_ftMbW , , 2014, before me, the undersigned
personally appeared 6 U a_vt_ o Q W R-1l 2g. Av�,i -ova l L+H , the
Zoning Administrator of Nantucket, Massachusetts, personally known to me t o
whose name is signed on the preceding document, and acknowledged that
foregoing instrument voluntarily for the purposes therein expressed.
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