By Seth Daniel
The Chelsea Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) met on Tuesday night, Aug. 9, for a full slate of proposals.
First and foremost, Chelsea developers Gerry Sneirson was approved to build a mixed-use project at the old Centro Latino headquarters – a key corner property in the Broadway business district.
The plan calls for one commercial unit in the basement and two on the first floor.
The first floor would also house parking for nine vehicles.
The second and third floors would have eight units each, for a total of 16 units.
The project would include building an addition to the rear of the building over the top of the existing parking lot.
In another matter, Steven McDonough was given a Special Permit to establish a small personal training gym at 311 Eastern Ave. He did not meet requirements for off-street parking.
Other matters reviewed were:
- 18 Parker St., Elba Rojas was approved for special permit and variances to convert a one family into a two-family home. It did to meeting minimum lot size and didn’t have required parking.
- 54 Palmer St., Raymond Lewis got a special permit to construct a driveway.
- 337 Third St., Third Street Realty Corp. was approved for a variance for dividing the lot and establishing two primary uses on a single lot and the company got a special permit for off-street parking requirements.
- 68 Pearl St., Sotiris Sotiropoulos received a special permit to covert a one family to a two-family.
- 214 Arlington St., Erik Rueda was given a special permit to change the use of storage space on his second floor to the use of a business office.
- 178 Chestnut St., Acquisitions Division LLC was continued for a special permit for a parking lot that does not meet minimum requirements.
- 37-39 Blossom St., Ana Melecio was continued for a special permit for construction of two carports.