10/25/1995 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Decisions

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Board of Appeals Gloria M. Stankowski - V-95-62 2. No comments were received from abutters. The Board of Appeals made the following findings: 1. the subject properties consist of three lots of 11,250 square feet each and one lot of 11,660 square feet on Ashumet Avenue. The area is now serviced by a public water supply and can accommodate the installation of a typical Title V septic systems. - 2. the subject properties are shown on plans of Ashumet Shores revised August 1965. The subdivision was in an R-75 zoning district which required lots of 7,500 square feet minimum. 3. the subject lots all exceed the 7,500 square feet 4. the lots have been separately maintained on the Assessor's Records and were assessed as separate buildable lots through 1994. 5. the Board determined that, absent relief, the lots could not be used for single family homes, the purpose for which they had been laid out and for which the balance of the lots in the subdivision are being used. 6. the Board found that a literal enforcement of the By-laws would result in substantial hardship to the Petitioner since most lots in the area are 11,250 square feet. 7. the Board determined that combining four lots into two lots would result in lots larger than most in the neighborhood and would not be a detriment to the community. 8. the Board found that the granting of a Variance would not derogate from the intent of the By-laws. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board of appeals voted unanimously on January 17, 1996 to grant a Variance in minimum lot size to allow the four lots to be combined into two lots. One lot would combine the lot on Map 41, Block 33 with the lot on Map 49,Block 107 and result in one lot of 22,500 square feet and 150 feet of frontage. The other lot would combine the lots on Map 49, Block 108 and Map 49, Block 109 and result in one lot of 22,910 square feet and approximately 163 feet of frontage.