23 BECKET STREET - ZBA (2) 23 Becket St.
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DECISION ON THE PETITION OF PHILLIP D. JESORALDO FOR A
VARIANCE AT 23 BECKET ST. (R-2)
A hearing on this petition was held on January 16, 1991 with the following Board
Members present: Richard Bencal , Chairman; Joseph Correnti , Richard Febonio,
Edward Luzinski and Mary Jane Stirgwolt. Notice of the hearing was sent to abutter
and others and notices of the hearing were properly published in the Salem
Evening News in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40A.
Petitioner, owner of the property, is requesting a variance from the undersized
lot and parking requirements in order to convert this property back to its
original design as a two family dwelling in this R-2 zone.
The variances requested may be granted upon a finding by this Board that:
a. Special conditions and circumstances exist which especially affect the land,
building, or structure involved and which are not generally affecting other
lands, buildings and structures in the the same district.
b. Literal enforcement of the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance would involve
substantial hardship, financial or otherwise, to the petitioner.
c. Desirable relief may be granted without substantial detriment to the public
good and without nullifying or substantially derogating from the intent of
the district or the purpose of the Ordinance.
The Board of Appeal , after careful consideration of the evidence presented at the
hearing makes the following findings of fact:
1 . That the dwelling was historically used as a two family and that there were
no structural changes made when it was used as a one family.
2. That the dwelling is located in an R-2 zoning district and that there are
numerous other two family dwellings in the immediate vicinity.
3. That a written petition was presented to the Board with eleven signatures
of abutters and neighbors of the dwelling, all of whom are in favor of
the petition.
4. That City Councillor O'Leary spoke in favor of the petition, as he grew up
in the home across the street from the dwelling in question and he remembers
it as a two family unit.
5. That there was no opposition to the petition during the public portion
of the hearing.
6. That the houses on Becket Street are particularly close to each other and
many do not have any off-street parking.
DECISION ON THE PETITION OF PHILLIP D. JESORALDO FOR VARIANCES AT
23 BECKET STREET, SALEM
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On the basis of the above findings of fact, and on the evidence presented at the
hearing, the Board of Appeal concludes as follows:
1 . Special conditions exist which especially affect the subject property
but not the district in general .
2. Literal enforcement of the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance would involve
substantial hardship to the petitioner.
3. Desirable relief may be granted without substantial detriment to the public
good and without nullifying or substantially derogating from the intent of
the district or the purpose of the Ordinance.
Therefore, the Zoning Board of Appeal voted 4-1 , with Chairman Bencal voting
against, to allow the variances requested, subject to the following conditions:
1 . That petitioner obtain all necessary building permits.
2. That a Certificate of Occupancy be obtained.
3. That all rules and regulations of the Salem Fire Department and the Fire
Prevention Code be strictly adhered to.
4. That all City and State Building Codes be strictly adhered to.
VARIANCES GRANTED
January 16, 1991
,,/JbseP C. Correnti , Secretary
A COPY OF THIS DECISION HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE CITY CLERK
?ppeal from this decision, if any, shall be made pursuant to SectioM1'17 Of
toe .'ass. General Laws, Chapter 808,and shall be filed within 20 days
atter the date of filing of this decision In the office of the City Clerk.
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Pursuant to Marts. Ceneral Laws, Chapter 808, Section 11, the variants
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or f'pecial Permitteri herein shall not take effect until a copy of the
decision, Cer rinr, the cartitication of the City Clerk that 20 days have
elapsed and no appeal has been tiled,or that, if such appeal has been
Wed, that it has been dismissed or denied is recorded in the South Ecscx
Registry of Deeds and Indexed under the name or the owner of record ar
Is recorded and noted an the owner's certificate of Title.
BOARD OF AVPEAU .
12 /15/90
Proposal to convert 23 Becket st. back
to a two family dwelling.
Please sign below if riot opposed.
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ONE SALEM GREEN.SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970
(61 7)745-9595,EXT.311
January 15, 1990
Richard Bencal, Chairman
Board of Appeal
One Salem Green
Salem, MA 01970
Dear Chairman Bencal :
The Salem Historical Commission is in receipt of your meeting
agenda for January 16, 1991 . In this regard, please be advised
of the following:
- That 22 Kosciusko Street is located within the Derby
Street Historic District as well as the Derby
Waterfront National Register District;
- That 9 Cambridge Street is located in the McIntire
Historic District as well as the Chestnut Street
National Register District (please refer to the
letter to the Board of Appeal dated 8/22/90 ) ; and
/ - That, although it is not located,in_aglocal or
National Register district; tree
' 23 Becket St was
likely built prior to 1800' While-historically
inappropriate changes have already been made to the
building (eg. picture window) , the Commission is
hopeful that any additional work completed to the
exterior of the building will be sympathetic to its
age and Federal style architecture .
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
THE SALEM HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Annie C. Harris
Chairman
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•-FOFvM B - BUILDING In Area no. Form no.
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 3328
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
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1. Town Salem
Address 23 Becket St. ,
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Present use Residential
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-- 3. Description:
Date
Source
- Style Federal
Y. a Architect
In relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings.. Indicate north. Exterior wall fabric aluminum siding
040 Outbuildings (describe)
— Other features three-section uicture
aw window on first floor,front, and
LJJ one-ator addition attached in
O house on right side probably datin@
from Victorian period whygrocery
Q store existed in house)
Q �-3 Altered picture urir� Date
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Moved no Date
V5. Lot size:
UJ L7BF Oneacre or less x Over one acre
Approximate frontage 20 feet
`y Approximate distance of building from street
DERBY STREET G� 5 feet
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 6. Recorded by Edward W.Carberg
SGS Quadrant
Organization Historic Selem,Inc.
HC Photo no.
EGFR!' Feb. 15, 1977.
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7. Original owner (if known) 1
Original use residential
Subsequent uses (if any) and datesgrnnpry tore (C. 1882 to 1 902 ) , dwelling, as
$ wl�ockeas many as applicable)
Aboriginal Conservation
Agricultural Education Recreation
Architectural -� Exploration/ Religion
Science/
The Arts settlement
Commerce invention
Communication g— Industry Social/
Military humanitarian
Community development Political
Transportation
9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above)
This house is another of the five "Federal" structures standing on the east
side of Becket St. ,built probably a few years before 1 '00, In general size
and design,it is practically a twin to no. 19, and the 1836 Salem Directory
recorded that�a"Daniel Bowditch, carpenter," lived there, doubtlessly a rela-
tive of Salem' s famed navigatcr,Nathaniel 7.owditch, (Daniel probably did not
owb th =1-.La=g,however. The 1851 map for Salem
_s By 1874, the Salem Atlas records that the "Henry N:. Bar-
ker family" owned all four properties ,from 17 through 423 Becket St. The
:an Victorian store addition could well have been the first major change in the
)tr house ' s general design ( c. 1881 ) #followed by the window changes ( especially
the the modern picture window) , and the aluminum siding c6vering the dwelling.
AftgThe trapezoidally-curved chimney (broad base, smali top) , only found on #19, be
sides , on the street, is an interesting feature, but, though it is on the roof's
c enter,I doubt that its present design dates hack beyond the mid-Victorian
period , the same applying to 419. (The Barkerperiod of ownership may have see
this change, ir. fact. ) One striking feature of the house is that the main en-
trance is not centered on the front,but is off to one side (a common practice
1 . The grocery-store addition was apparently made into another room in the
house when the store closed, c . 1902 .
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.) Salem city Directories ( 1836 1884 1904 Sale Ma (roll- yp )
1851 ; Salem Atlas ( 1874 ) > Bast of F lisaaes E� s9oric .ceigNor�iodd S ua e
974)
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building(s) shown on this plan are located on the ground as by H.U.D.
shown and that they conformed to the zoning setbacks of the •Whenever an offset is 11t or less,an Instrument
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