183 North Street Withdraw Without Prejiduce Outlook
Re: 183 North Street ZBA Application
From Robert D <delacruz robert@hotmail.com>
Date Mon 3/24/2025 3:54 PM
To Brennan Postich <bpostich@Salem.com>
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Hi Brennan,
I'd like to WITHDRAWL my ZBA application at 183 North st Salem MA. as the city is making it extremely
difficult for me to obtain.
Please let me know if I can get refunded for the money that was spent on permits and other fees as they
never advised me of the other ordinances that were required.
Thanks for your help all along!
Robert De La Cruz
From: Brennan Postich <bpostich@Salem.com>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2025 10:21 AM
To: DeLaCruz—Robert@hotmail.com <DeLaCruz Robert@hotmail.com>
Cc:Stavroula Orfanos<sorfanos@Salem.com>
Subject: 183 North Street ZBA Application
Good Morning Robert,
Sorry to email you so close to the meeting date. The Board found a couple of things in your application
that need to be changed because your application doesn't request all the required materials. This will
likely mean your application needs to be continued to a future meeting date, or you can withdraw the
application without prejudice to prepare it for a future meeting.
1. The request for a staircase from Section 4.1.1 Dimensional Requirements will need to be changed to
request a Special Permit from Section 3.3.5 of the Zoning Ordinance.This is because your house is
already past the 10-foot setback required in the R2 district, so it is already nonconforming.
2. Because you're building a second unit, the Lot Area per Dwelling Unit will decrease from about 4,000
square feet per unit to about 2,000 square feet per unit. Because 7,500 square feet per unit is required
in the R2 district, this needs to be linked to the Special Permit request for Section 3.3.5. of the Zoning
Ordinance.
3. You will need a Variance from Section 5.1.8 of the Zoning Ordinance for having two parking spaces
where three are required. It looks like two are currently existing, but three will be required if you are
building a second unit.
Because of these changes, the application will need the following things:
A. We need an updated plot plan showing parking spaces on the property and the property's square
footage.
B. The application will need to be readvertised because the second unit changes too many details about
your request.
C. We need a resubmitted statement of grounds and a resubmitted statement of hardship for the
application. I can work with you to create these.
Let me know if you have questions (preferably, please respond by email so there is a record of our
conversation).
All the best,
Brennan Postich (he/him/his)
Planner -Zoning Board of Appeals
City of Salem I Department of Planning & Community Development
98 Washington Street, 2nd Floor I Salem, MA 01970
(978) 619-5685 ext. 42515 1 !2pgstich@salem.com
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