PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Zoning Board of Appeals
31 & 33 Bridgeport Street (MBL 35-026C-00083; -00081)
MPI Home, LLC and Rentvest, LLC applied to the Zoning Board seeking the following relief from the requirements of the Worcester Zoning Ordinance (ZB-2025-096):
31 Bridgeport Street:
Variance: For relief from the minimum lot area requirement for a three-family detached dwelling in an RG-5 zoning district (Article IV, Section 4, Table 4.2).
Variance: For relief from the minimum frontage requirement for a three-family detached dwelling in an RG-5 zoning district (Article IV, Section 4, Table 4.2).
Variance: For relief from the minimum side yard setback requirement for a three-family detached dwelling in an RG-5 zoning district (Article IV, Section 4, Table 4.2).
Variance: For relief from the minimum parking requirements for a three-family dwelling. (Article IV, Section 7, Table 4.4)
Special Permit: To modify the parking dimensional, layout, and/or landscaping requirements, loading requirements, and/or the number of required parking spaces. (Article IV, Section 7.A.2)
33 Bridgeport Street:
Variance: For relief from the minimum lot area requirement for a three-family detached dwelling in an RL-7 zoning district (Article IV, Section 4, Table 4.2).
Variance: For relief from the minimum frontage requirement for a single-family detached dwelling in an RL-7 zoning district (Article IV, Section 4, Table 4.2).
Variance: For relief from the minimum front yard setback requirement for a single-family detached dwelling in an RL-7 zoning district (Article IV, Section 4, Table 4.2).
Special Permit: To allow a residential use in an RL-7 zone (Article IV, Section 2, Table 4.1, three-family detached dwelling, Residential Use #16)
Special Permit: To modify the parking dimensional, layout, and/or landscaping requirements, loading requirements, and/or the number of required parking spaces. (Article IV, Section 7.A.2)
Presently on the premises at 31 Bridgeport Street is a three-family detached dwelling with noncompliant parking and at 33 Bridgeport Street is a vacant lot. The property at 31 Bridgeport is in the RG-5 (Residence, General zoning district. The property at 33 Bridgeport is split zoned between the RG-5 (Residence, General) and the RL-7 (Residence, Limited) zoning districts. The applicant seeks to construct a new three-family detached dwelling on the lot at 33 Bridgeport Street and come into zoning compliance with regards to parking at 31 Bridgeport Street.
A public hearing on the application will be held on Monday, December 29, 2025, at 5:30 PM in the Levi Lincoln Chamber, 3rd floor of the City Hall, 455 Main Street, Worcester, MA. Meeting attendees will additionally have options to participate remotely by joining online using this link https://worcesterma.zoomgov.com/j/1604564634 and/or calling 669-254-5252 (Access Code: 160 456 4634). Note: if technological issues interrupt the virtual meeting component, the meeting will continue in person.
Application materials may be viewed online at: http://www.worcesterma.gov/planning-regulatory/boards/zoning-board-of-appeals, or at City Hall, 455 Main Street, Rm. 404, Worcester, MA from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Mon-Fri.
For more information concerning this meeting please contact the Planning Division by email (preferred) at
planning@worcesterma.gov or phone at (508) 799-1400 x 31440. Please send written comments, requests for reasonable accommodation, or requests for language interpretation 48 hours or more in advance of the meeting.
Worcester Zoning Board of Appeals c/o Division of Planning & Regulatory Services
planning@worcesterma.gov (preferred) or (508) 799-1400 x 31440
12.15,12.22.25