Well, the Jan 22, 2008 Boston Zoning Appeals Board meeting did not go as I had planned. In fact, it was a surprising outcome. With support from the Mayor's Office (Department of Neighborhood Development) and City Councilor's Ciommo's office both supporting, the BRA and the BZA denied the request for relief.
Does this mean the BRA and BZA consider Boston's existing housing stock can't be saved and made more "planet friendly"?
Or does it mean I didn't pay the right people off? (e.g. since large developers can do what I'm doing and get away with some God aweful designs that really put the zoning laws to shame)
Or does it mean the design of my project is all wrong? My abutters all approved and thought it quite simple. Afterall, the solar roofing tiles look just like roofing tiles (not those large ugly panels you see in California, etc.).
Why is this process so hard? I would think the normal homeowner just doesn't have the right resources to lobby for these renovations ... so does that mean if it even possible, the everyday homeowner can't possible win ... in fact, there is a disincentive to even try?
See the Brighton/Allston blog on this here
http://allston02134.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-homeowners-failed-attempt-for.html
See the online file submission (abutter letters were removed from the PDF since I didn't have permission from the letter signers for this purpose): http://chinsomboon.com/omac/home/36shepard.pdf.
Monday, January 28, 2008
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