Last night, in a final public hearing, the Somerville ZBA voted 4 - 1 to allow the development at 351 Summer Street to move forward. The decision is not yet posted, but when it is, it will be posted here.
The board allowed all parties to speak for a few minutes each and then stated they'd heard enough before the final vote was rendered.
This means that the VFW currently at 371 Summer Street will be allowed to build a new facility that is completely up to building code, handicapped accessible, and a welcome new home for the veterans. It also means that the condo development will move ahead as well.
Meanwhile, the Dilboy Post has approval to reduce the size of the current function hall to a max capacity of 95 in order to be allowed to re-open. Re-opening should be soon but we have no firm, set date as of today.
That is all. Carry on.
The board allowed all parties to speak for a few minutes each and then stated they'd heard enough before the final vote was rendered.
This means that the VFW currently at 371 Summer Street will be allowed to build a new facility that is completely up to building code, handicapped accessible, and a welcome new home for the veterans. It also means that the condo development will move ahead as well.
Meanwhile, the Dilboy Post has approval to reduce the size of the current function hall to a max capacity of 95 in order to be allowed to re-open. Re-opening should be soon but we have no firm, set date as of today.
That is all. Carry on.
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Date: 2011-12-09 01:36 pm (UTC)