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TOWN OF NANTUCKET
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS 102554
Date: June 16, 2015
To: Parties in Interest and Others concerned with the Decision of
The Zoning Administrator in the Application of the following:
Application No:
ZA 11 -15
Owner /Applicant: JOHN H. CARTER, JR. and ANNE STIRES CARTER
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 73.3.1, Parcel 105
8 McKinley Avenue
Siasconset Old Historic (SOH)
DECISION:
Book 1403, Page 69
Plan No. 2013 -49
1. Upon review of the Application submitted by the Applicant, the Zoning
Administrator determined pursuant to Nantucket Zoning By -Law Section 139 -
33.A(1)(b) that the proposed alteration, extension, and structural change to the
pre- existing non - conforming structure does not increase its non - conforming
nature.
2. The Applicant proposes to alter and expand the pre- existing nonconforming
garage. The structure is sited within the easterly rear yard and southerly side yard
setbacks. The work consists of a partial demolition and relocation of an expanded
structure. As so altered, the structure will be no closer to the rear and side yard
lot lines than the existing structure. The proposed alterations have been granted
Historic District Commission approval by virtue of Certificate of Appropriateness
No. 63656. The garage will be converted into finished space for use as a studio
and storage space.
3. The Locus has a lot area of 5,149 square feet where the minimum required lot
area is 5,000 square feet. The premises contain two historic structures with an
existing total ground cover ratio of approximately 32% where a maximum of 50%
is allowed. The 335 square foot garage is pre- existing nonconforming as to
setbacks, being sited as close as 0.7 feet from the easterly rear yard lot line and
0.9 feet from the southerly side yard lot line. The two structures on the lot are
said to pre -exist the local adoption of the zoning by -law in 1972.
The proposed alterations to the garage consist of demolishing a portion of the
historic structure, expanding the salvaged portion of the structure, and
repositioning it on the lot. The repositioned structure will be sited approximately
3.5 feet from the easterly rear yard lot line and four (4) feet from the southerly
side yard line, as measured from the foundation. A proposed air conditioning unit
is to be sited as close as one (1) foot from the southerly side yard lot line,
resulting in a de minimis decrease in the southerly side yard setback intrusion.
With overhangs and finished wall construction, the setback distances will be
slightly less, but still further from the lot lines than existing conditions. Therefore,
the proposed alterations will not increase the rear or side yard setback intrusions.
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Although the addition will increase the existing footprint of the garage from 335
square feet to approximately 513 square feet, for a net ground cover ratio of
35.3 %, this will not result in an overage of allowable ground cover.
4. Although a portion of the proposed demolition and reconstruction will take place
within the rear and side yard setbacks, the alterations will not increase the setback
intrusions and will be located entirely within the buildable area of the lot, as
shown on site plan entitled, "Proposed Site Plan in Nantucket, Massachusetts ",
prepared by Bracken Engineering, Inc., dated May 22, 2015, a reduced copy of
which is attached herewith as "Exhibit A ".
5. Therefore, because the proposed demolition, reconstruction, and expansion will
not result in an increase to the pre- existing non - conforming rear or side yard
setback °,ntre Zoning Administrator finds that the proposed alterations
will not increase the pre - existing nonconforming nature of the Locus.
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Eleanor Weller Antonietti
Zoning Administrator
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Nantucket, s �--
On the _ day of 2015, before me: the undersigned notary public,
personally appeared M ittki the above -named
Zoning Administrator of Nantucket, Massachusetts, personally known to me to be the person
whose name is signed on the preceding document, and acknowledged that she signed the
foregoing instrument voluntarily fVr the purposes therein expressed.
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