ROCKPORT Despite not yet making their final ruling on an appeal brought against a proposed downtown hotel, in a series of votes Jan. 6 members of Rockport’s Zoning Board of Appeals found that the town’s Planning Board did not err in its approval of the project. The proposed four-story hotel would be built at 20 Central Street, with off-site located at the former Hoboken Garden site on Commercial Street.
The appeal, submitted by 13 appellants represented by Attorney Kristin Collins, contends that the Planning Board abused its discretion and made findings not supported by substantial evidence last spring when approving the project’s site plan that would allow Stuart, Maryann and Tyler Smith to pursue a building permit for the new hotel.