CITY OF NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold an Advertised Public Hearing on Thursday, November 20, 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: #4657 Notice is given of a public hearing on the petition of: 1024 Kings Highway LLC (139 Front Street, Fall River, MA 02721), James Souza (300 E Main Street, Milford, MA 01757) for a Special Permit under Chapter 9, Comprehensive Zoning Sections 2000 (use & dimensional regulations), 2200 (use regulations), 2210 (general), 2230 (table of use regulations-Appendix-A, medical uses, medical offices, center, or clinic), 4000 (special regulations), 4200 (Kings Highway Transit Oriented Development Overly District), 5000 (administration & procedures), 5300-5330 & 5360-5390 (special permit); relative to the property located at 1024 Kings Highway, Assessors’ Map 123, Lots 109 in an Industrial A [IA] zoned district and a Kings Highway Transit Oriented Development Overly District [KH-TOD]. The petitioner is proposing to convert an existing empty storefront into a new medical office per plans filed. #4658 Notice is given of a public hearing on the petition of: Yahweh Properties LLC (1370 Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford, MA 02746), Gary Gagne c/o Michael McVeigh, Esq., (50 Homers Wharf, New Bedford, MA 02740) for a Variance under Chapter 9, Comprehensive Zoning Sections 2000 (use & dimensional regulations), 2700 (dimensional regulations), 2710 (general), 2720 (table of dimensional requirements-Appendix B, green space%) 2750 (yards in residence district), 2755 (side yard); relative to the property located at 308 Purchase Street, Assessors’ Map 37, Lots 17 in a Mixed-Use Business [MUB] zoned district. The petitioner is proposing to convert an existing commercial storage and warehouse into a 14-unit apartment building per plans filed. #4659 Notice is given of a public hearing on the petition of: Yahweh Properties LLC(1370 Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford, MA 02746), Gary Gagne c/o Michael McVeigh, Esq., (50 Homers Wharf, New Bedford, MA 02740) for a Special Permit under Chapter 9, Comprehensive Zoning Sections 2000 (use and dimensional regulations), 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 purpose in a substantially different manner or to a substantially greater extent), 5000 (administration and procedures), 5300-5330 & 5360-5390 (special permit); relative to 308 Purchase Street, Assessors’ Map 37, Lot 17 in a Mixed-Use Business [MUB] zoned district. The petitioner is proposing to convert an existing commercial storage and warehouse into a 14-unit apartment building per plans filed. #4660 Notice is given of a public hearing on the petition of: City of New Bedford (674 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740), Clare Cifrino, Poyant Signs (125 Samuel Barnet Boulevard, New Bedford, MA 02745), for an Administrative Appeal under Chapter 9, Comprehensive Zoning Sections 3000 (general regulation), 3200 (sign regulations), 3201 (purpose), 3220 (prohibited signs), 3222 (any sign which incorporates moving, flashing, animated or intermittent lighting, excluding public service signs such as those that display time & temperature) 5000 (administration and procedures), 5220 (power: the Board of Appeals shall have and exercise all the powers granted to it by M.G.L.A. c. 40A, c. 40B, and c. 41 and by the ordinance. The board’s powers are as follows: 5223 (to hear and decide appeals taken by any person aggrieved by reason of his inability to obtain a permit or enforcement action from any administrative officer under the provisions of M.G.L.A. c. 40A,§§ 7, 8 and 15.); relative to 674 Purchase Street, Unit 2, Assessors’ Map 47, Lot 45A in a Mixed-Use Business [MUB] zoned district. The petitioner proposes to install new signs and marquees incorporating digital moving components per plans filed. November 6,13,2025 11806034