LOWELL Wellington LLC, which requested several variances from the Zoning Board of Appeals to develop the property located at 65 Wellington Ave., withdrew their application during a meeting held Thursday night, after fierce neighborhood pushback and comments from several board members that the application would not be approved.
LOWELL Mary Burns, whose petition to build a single-family home on an undersized, vacant lot on Gibson Street was denied by the Zoning Board of Appeals in a 4-2 vote Sept. 11, has filed a complaint with the State Ethics Commission, for what she says was a process that was unfairly influenced by the actions of City Councilor Erik Gitschier.
LOWELL Persistent, united and vocal neighborhood opposition resulted in the Zoning Board of Appeals denying petitioner Mary Burns’ request for multiple variances to build a single-family house on an undersized vacant lot at 209 Gibson St.
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LOWELL Mary Burns’ family has owned the vacant lot located at 209 Gibson St. since 1962. Where the neighbors see an eyesore, with the 4,000-square-foot lot overgrown with trees and vines and strewn with trash, Burns sees a buildable lot that could be the new home to a family.