It's not easy finding a place for a scrap-metal business in Boston these days

The Zoning Board of Appeal contiguous gave the proprietor of a scrap-metal institution astatine 29 A St. successful South Boston a twelvemonth to find a spot successful the metropolis to relocate truthful that helium tin person his existent determination into a nine-unit residential building.

The zoning committee primitively approved A Street Scrap Metal proprietor Frank Burns's plans for a six-story gathering successful 2017. The committee has since granted him 2 extensions connected the clip helium needs to statesman operation due to the fact that of a rubric contented with a neighboring spot owner.

Frank Burns's attorney, George Morancy, told the committee this greeting that the rubric contented has been fixed, but that Covid-19 screwed everything up past year. And now, Morancy said, Burns has tally into different issue: He wants to support his scrap-metal concern successful Boston, but is having occupation uncovering a site.

"As the committee tin imagine, it's been rather hard to unafraid a location," Morancy said.

The committee unanimously approved the request, but acting committee Chairman Mark Erlich cautioned this would beryllium the past hold the committee would grant.