CITY OF NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold an Advertised Public Hearing on Thursday, October 16, 2025, at 6:00 PM at Brooklawn Community Center, 1997 Acushnet Ave., New Bedford, MA on the following appeals set forth under the provisions of the City Code of New Bedford:
#4653 Notice is given of a public hearing on the petition of: E.L. Harvey & Sons, Inc. c/o Waste Connections US Inc., (3 Waterway Square Place Suite 110, The Woodlands, TX 77380), 1200 Shawmut Solar, LLC c/o Michael Mineau, Esq. (40 Westminster Street, Suite 1100, Providence, RI 02903) for a Variance under Chapter 9, Comprehensive Zoning sections 2000 (use & dimensional regulations), 2300 (accessory building and uses), 2310 (general), 2330 (accessory structures), 2333 (accessory buildings or structures shall not be erected over eighteen (18) feet in height, as measured from the mean average grade of the proposed location of the structure, prior to construction), 2700 (dimensional regulations), 2710 (general), 2720 (table of dimensional requirements-Appendix A, front yard ft., side yard ft., rear yard ft.); relative to the property located at 1166 & 1200 Shawmut Avenue, Assessors’ Map 123, Lots 101 & 132 in an Industrial A [IA] zoned district. The petitioner is proposing to construct four (4) new solar carport arrays, spread across two (2) lots per plans filed.
#4654 Notice is given of a public hearing on the petition of: Ian Yates (PO Box 51451, New Bedford, MA 02745), for a Variance under Chapter 9, Comprehensive Zoning Sections 2000 (use & dimensional regulations), 2300 (accessory building and uses), 2310 (general), 2330 (accessory structures), 2331 (private garage), 2700 (dimensional regulations), 2710 (general), 2720 (table of dimensional requirements-Appendix B, side yard ft.) 2750 (yards in residence district), 2755 (side yard); relative to the property located at 1027 Churchill Street & SS Westgate Street, Assessors’ Map 134A, Lot 49 & 54 in a Residential A [RA] zoned district. The petitioner is proposing to construct a new 2-car garage with habitable space above and a second addition hosting a primary bedroom & bathroom per plans filed.
#4655 Notice is given of a public hearing on the petition of: Alex Bettencourt, FS+AAB Ventures LLC (128 Myricks Street, Berkley, MA 02779), for a Special Permit under Chapter 9, Comprehensive Zoning Sections 2000 (use and dimensional regulation), 2400 (nonconforming uses and structures), 2410 (applicability), 2430 (nonconforming structures, other than single-and two-family structures), 2431 (reconstructed, extended or structurally changed), 2432 (altered to provide for a substantially different purpose or for the same reason in a substantially different manner or to a substantially greater extent), 5000 (administration and procedures), 5300-5330 & 5360-5390 (special permit); relative to 3913 Acushnet Avenue, Assessors’ Map 136, Lots 18 in a Residential A [RA] zoned district. The petitioner is proposing to change a mixed use building into a two family residential building per plans filed.
#4656 Notice is given of a public hearing on the petition of: 128 Union Street, LLC c/o James G. DeMello (117 Hathaway Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747), Lilia Fagundes & Sonia Bettencourt (128 Union Street, Suite 107, New Bedford, MA 02740), for a Special Permit under Chapter 9, Comprehensive Zoning Sections 4000 (special regulations), 4200 (body art), 5000 (administration and procedures), 5300-5330 & 5360-5390 (special permit); relative to 128 Union Street, Assessors’ Map 47, Lot 5 in a Mixed-Use Business [MUB] zoned district. The petitioner is proposing to incorporate microblading (cosmetic tattooing) to the existing hairdressing studio per plans filed.
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