98 ESSEX STREET - POST, CHARLOTTE S - ZBA 98 ESSEX STREET
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FEBRUARY 18, 1981 SA
DECISION ON THE PETITION OF CHARLOTTE S. POST FOR A VARIANCE AND SPECIAL PERMIT
FOR 98 ESSEX STREET.
A hearing on this petition was held on February 18, 1981 with the following
Board Members present: Douglas Hopper, Chairman; Messrs. Piemonte, LaBrecque,
Feeherry and Hacker. Notice of the hearing was published in the Salem Evening
News on February 4, 1981 and February 11, 1981, in accordance with Massachusetts
General Laws, ,Chapter 40A.
The Petitioner has requested a Special Permit to convert an existing single
family home at 98 Essex Street to a Tourist Home. with four guest rooms. The
property is in an R-2 Zoning District which allows tourist homes by Special Permit.
The Special Permit which has been requested may therefore be granted upon a finding
by the Board of Appeals, that the grant of the Special Permit will promote the
health, safety, convenience and welfare of the City's inhabitants.
In addition, Petitioner has requested a variance from parking requirements
for a Tourist Home.
The Board of Appeals, after considering the evidence presented at the hearing,
and after viewing the property, makes the following findings of fact:
1. There was no opposition to the proposed use by any abutters or neighbors.
2. The Petition currently has, as a matter of right, the ability to use the
property in question as a two-family home.
3. The Petitioner will, in connection with the grant of the requested Special
Permit and variance lose the right to use this property as a two-family
home while this Special Permit remains in effect.
4. The property in question is unique because of the configuration and size of
the property and its location in a Historic District. Any alteration of
the site to accommodate parking would have a negative aesthetic impact
on the surrounding area.
On the basis of the above findings of fact and on the evidence presented at the
public hearing, the Board of Appeals concludes unanimously that the proposed use of
the property as a Tourist Home will promote the health, safety, convenience, and
welfare of the City's inhabitants and that the proposed use is in harmony with the
Zoning Ordinance. Accordingly, the Board votes in favor of granting a Special Permit
to the Petitioners:
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A Special Permit is thereforeranted in accordance g c with the following terms
and conditions: .
1. The property shall remain a single-family residence while this Special
Permit remains in effect.
2. The property may also be used as a Tourist Home with no more than four (4)
guest rooms.
3. There will be no site or facade alterations at the property without the
prior approval of the Salem Historical Commission.
4. Any sign at the property shall comply with all applicable city ordinances.
5. There will be no kitchen facilities in any of the guest rooms.
6. This Special Permit shall remain in effect for three years from the effective
date of this decision. At the expiration of this Special Permit the Petitioner shall
be required to appear before this Board again for an extension of the Special Permit.
It is the intention of this Board to grant such further extension of this Special
Permit as is then requested unless there are substantial changes in the surrounding
area or other circumstances which require termination of this Special Permit.
In addition, because of the uniqueness of the property in question and the
special hardship which would result to the Petitioner if the site were altered to
accommodate parking, :the Board also votes unanimously in favor of a variance from
the parking requirements of the Salem Zoning Ordinance.
Anthony m. ee erry, Secretar'�
APPEAL FROM THIS DECISION, IF ANY. SHALL BE MADE PURSUANT TO SECTION 17 OF THE MASS. - -
GENERAL LAWS, CHAPr:R-803, AND SHALL EE 23 DAYS A"TER THE DATE OF FILING
OF THIS DECISION IN THE OFFXE OF TH= CITY CLERK. -
PuRS?\ 0 LASS ".Ek,';= i. , r.:-:r:$ � . !!,.THE VARM'ICE OR SPECIAL PERMIT - -
"rAtiiED HEREIN, <HAL1. NO: U::.:T T,y A _.-P'( ili !HE THE CERT- -
FICAF07! OF THE CI Is C:�R:: ,..5 Al r ' AiPEAL HAS SEEN FILED, - - -
UR ;HAT, IF SU;'H :G APPEAL HIS BEEN N , ;! Cf - c"EO.OR DENIED IS
RECORDED LY THE SOUTH ESSEY P.,1:STRf OF DZEJS Ai;,, r!D"XED Uh7cR THE FANIE OF THE OWNER - -
9F 3ECORD OR IS RECORDED AND NOTED ON' THE ONNER'S CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. -
BOARD OF APPEAL - ..
A COPY OF THIS DECISION, AND PLANS REFERRED TO HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE PLANNING BOARD
AND CITY CLERK,
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