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Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting - 10.23.2025
Meeting Open/Announcements
ZBA-2023-15: 348 Elm Street - Review of Special Permit
ZBA-2023-15 Nadel Antonio 348 ELM ST 6:00PM Review of a Special Permit under Sect. 181.332 of the Fitchburg Zoning Ordinance to reinstate a vacant/abandoned nonconforming mix-used structure changing the use to another nonconforming less detrimental use as a duplex pursuant to Sect. 181.94 located in the Residential C District Map 10 Block 115 Lot 0
ZBA-24-21: 58 Cascade Street - Review of Special Permit
ZBA-24-21 Lance Fraumeni 58 CASCADE ST 6:00PM Review of a Special Permit under Section 181.33 to reinstate a vacant/abandoned mix-use structure changing the use to another nonconforming less detrimental use as a single-family dwelling pursuant to Section 181.94 located in the Residential B District Map 244 Block 21 Lot 0
ZBA-24-30: 672-678 Water Street - Review of Special Permit
ZBA-24-30 Toufic Boulos 672-678 WATER ST 6:00 PM Review of a Special Permit under Section 181.313D11&12 of the Fitchburg Zoning Ordinance to transfer a prior Special Permit for the business use as a small Motor Vehicle Sale and grant an additional use as a motor vehicle repair shop due to business ownership change pursuant to Section 181.94 located in the Neighborhood Business District (NB) Map 109 Block 35 Lot A
ZBA-23-40: 180 Main Street - Review of Special Permit
ZBA-23-40 Travis Beauvais 180 MAIN ST 6:00PM Review of the Special Permit under Section 181.313D12 of the Fitchburg Zoning Ordinance to occupy and operate an Exhaust & Auto Repair (Motor Vehicle Repair Shop) pursuant to Section 181.94 located in the Downtown Business District Map 56 Block 26 Lot 0
ZBA-25-11: 85-95 Fairmount Street - Review of Height Variance
ZBA-25-11 MOC, Inc. 85-95 FAIRMOUNT ST 6:00 PM Review of Height Variance under Section 181.416 of the Fitchburg Zoning Ordinance build a 4-story multi-family development with 41- space podium parking to serve multiple properties (0 Fairmount & Clarendon St), increasing the maximum height permitted from 36 feet to 43 feet, pursuant to Section 181.93 located in the Neighborhood Business District Map 50 Block 2 Lot 0 & (50- 1-0 + 50-1-A)
ZBA-24-33: 59 Culley Street - Review of Special Permit
ZBA-24-33 Caleb Rivera 59 CULLEY ST 6:00PM Review of a Special Permit under Section 181.313D13 & Section 181.33 of the Fitchburg Code to operate an Automotive Detailing business pursuant to Section 181.94 located in the Neighborhood Business District (NB) Map 33 Block 35 Lot A
ZBA-25-8: 48 Culley Street - Review of Special Permit
ZBA-25-8 Eric Quintana 48 CULLEY ST 6:00PM Review of Special Permit under Section 181.313D12 of the City of Fitchburg Code to conduct an automotive repair facility changing business ownership (previously Brian's Auto Repair) pursuant to Section 181.94 located in the Neighborhood Business District Map 33 Block 37 Lot 0
ZBA-2023-12: 219 Highland Avenue - Review of Special Permit
ZBA-2023-12 Mina Ghobrial 219 HIGHLAND AVE 6:00 PM Review of the Special Permit under Section 181.94 of the City of Fitchburg Code to reinstate the variety convenience store in the existing pizza store pursuant to Section 181.313 located in the Residential B District Map 22 Block 16 Lot 0
ZBA-25-21: 463 Mount Elam Road - Dimensional Variance
ZBA-25-21 Glenny Keith 463 MT ELAM RD 7:00 PM Dimensional Variance under Section 181.75 & Section 181.313 of the Fitchburg Zoning Ordinance to construct a single-family dwelling on a rear lot with access through a 40-foot-wide right-of-way pursuant to Section 181.93 located in the Residential A District Map 112 Block 6 Lot A
ZBA-25-22: 185 High Rock Road - Special Permit
ZBA-25-22 Artem Fandin 185 HIGH ROCK RD 7:15 PM Special permit under Section 181.33 of the Fitchburg Zoning Ordinance to demo a preexisting nonconforming structure to construct a new single-family dwelling extending the non-conformity on a nonconforming lot pursuant to Section 181.94 located in the Rural Residential District Map 288 Block 9 Lot 0
Recess
ZBA-25-23: 44 Bel Air Drive - Appeal to Overrule the Building Commissioner's Determination Under Section 181.92
ZBA-25-23 Joan McCann 44 BEL AIR DR 7:30 PM Appeal to Overrule the Building Commissioner's determination under Section 181.92 to overturn the denial of a cease-and-desist request on the construction of a single-family dwelling on a dimensionally nonconforming lot 11,757 SF in area as opposed to the 12,000 SF required under Section 181.416 of the Fitchburg Zoning Ordinance, due to the operation of the newly passed Affordable Home Act and MGL 40A, Section 1A, affecting the merger of undersized lots in common ownership/depicted on a recorded plan, due to the fact that the lot in question was not held in common ownership at the time the change in law took located in the Residential A District Map 145 Block 31 Lot 0