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Welcome to Northfield, Massachusetts
Town Hall - 69 Main Street - Northfield, MA 01360
Telephone (413) 498-2901
Zoning Board of Appeals
 
Annual Town Report

2005

 

The Zoning Board of Appeals is comprised of five regular members and three alternate members. The are appointed for 5-year alternating terms and are appointed by the Board of Selectmen. The Board meets on the second Monday of each month for business meetings and as posted for public hearings. The ZBA acts in a quasi-judicial capacity on the issuance of certain special permit applications, petitions for variances from the Zoning Bylaws and appeals from the acts of the Building Inspector. The Board has the power to receive testimony under oath. Most decisions of the ZBA may be appealed by an aggrieved party to the District, Superior or Land Courts.

The Zoning Board of Appeals updated the Application for a Zoning Permit, and created addition forms. The ZBA's goal is to make the application process as clear and easy as possible.

The ZBA acted on various requests as follows:

Withdrawn without Prejudice
JSP Land Development (property affected Rice Oil Mobil Station, 24 Main St.)
Mitchell Aggregate LLC/Robert Mitchell Jr. - Special Permit
 
Granted
Ellen P. Hunter/Sound Footing Reflexology, 823 Old Wendell Road - Special Permit
David J. and Diane L. Kalinowski, 2 Main Street - Special Permit
Wendy Lavallee, 2 Heath Road on Rustic Ridge - Variance
 
Denied
Mitchell Aggregate LLC/Robert Mitchell Jr. - Special Permit

The Board welcomed Mary King as a new member and regretfully accepted the resignation of long time member Jack Nelson in September. Jack had been a member of the ZBA since 1998.

Respectfully submitted,

Edward Shearer, Chair                             Marguerite Lentz, Clerk

William Forrest, Member                          John Nelson, Member

Mary King, Member                                 Raymond Clark, Associate Member

Robert Barnes, Associate Member            Thomas Russell, Associate Member

Vivien Venskowski, Administrative Assistant



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