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Zoning Board

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Arlington ZBA Closes Hearings on Porch and Industrial Warehouse Addition, Reelects Officers

ARLINGTON -- April 28, 2026, Arlington's Zoning Board closed public hearings on two applications Tuesday, including a potentially significant industrial variance in the Dudley Street corridor. The board voted 7-0 to close the hearing on a front-porch special permit at 27 Brand Street, where homeowner Audrey Harmon

Lowell ZBA Approves Garage-to-Townhouse Conversion, Stalls Student Housing Over Parking

LOWELL -- April 27, 2026, Lowell Zoning Board approves two residential conversions and sends a zero-parking student housing proposal back for revision. The board voted 5-0 Monday to allow Kazanjian Enterprise, Inc. to convert an eight-bay commercial garage at 297 University Avenue into four owner-occupied townhouse units,

Carlisle Zoning Board Approves Museum Gala, Three Other Permits in April Session

CARLISLE -- April 16, 2026, Carlisle's Zoning Board of Appeals approved four special permits and cleared two comprehensive-permit modifications at its April 16 hybrid meeting. Chair Theo Kinnaman led a session that included a two-year outdoor-gala tent permit for the Concord Museum at 53 Cambridge Turnpike,

Cambridge BZA Grants Variances to Concord Avenue Cafe and Harvard, Rejects Myrtle Avenue Zoning Bid

CAMBRIDGE -- April 16, 2026, Cambridge's Board of Zoning Appeal voted unanimously on all three cases before it April 16, granting variances to a neighborhood cafe and Harvard University while dismissing a homeowner's appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The board, chaired by Stephen Ng and joined by

Somerville Zoning Board Approves Linden Street Curb Cut, Sends Carport Proposal Back

Somerville's Zoning Board of Appeals approved a contested curb-cut variance at 12 Linden Street and continued a three-part carport variance at 92R Orchard Street to May 20, at its April 15 remote meeting.