HomeMy WebLinkAboutAP-2024-051 NarrativeTown of Barnstable
Narrative in Support of Special Permit
Address: 109 West Bay Road, Osterville
Owners: Timothy Dymek and Carol Bosco, Trustees of the Timothy J. Bosco Trust and the Carol A.
Bosco Trust
The Applicants seek a special permit to alter and expand a pre-existing nonconforming dwelling
on a pre-existing nonconforming lot where the expansion will be no more nonconforming as to setback
than the existing dwelling. The Property is an undersized, long, narrow corner lot bordered by West Bay
Road and First Avenue. In fact, the lot is just +/- 41’ wide where 100’ is required and is 8,100 sf where
87,120 sf is required. The First Avenue setback (second front setback) is nonconforming (4.2’ existing
where 20’ required). All other setbacks are conforming. The existing dwelling is one and a half stories
and is 1,354 in gross floor area.
The Applicants seek to expand the dwelling by adding a covered three-season front porch and a
laundry and mudroom area to the rear of the dwelling as well as a modest, dormered addition on the
second floor and an exterior ramp and platform off the mudroom area so that Applicants will be better
able to access the home. As proposed, the dwelling will be no closer to the nonconforming setback than
then existing dwelling and will create no new nonconformities. The gross floor area will increase by
+/439 sf.
The Applicants seek a special permit under 240-92(B) and 240-125(C) (2) of the Barnstable
Zoning Ordinance and section 6 of the MCL Chapter 40-A. Based on the modest size of the project and
its limited impact on neighboring homes, the Applicants believe that the project, as proposed, is not
substantially more detrimental to the neighborhood than the existing dwelling.