Triple-decker expansion rejected on East 8th Street in South Boston

The Zoning Board of Appeal contiguous rejected a connection by the proprietor of the triple decker astatine 353 East 8th St. to widen the gathering successful the rear, including caller decks, and adhd surviving abstraction successful the basement arsenic conscionable excessively much.

The proposal, to adhd much than 1,000 quadrate feet of space, had been opposed by the mayor's bureau and the offices of City Councilors Ed Flynn and Michael Flaherty. The archetypal 2 cited absorption from neighbors; Flaherty opposes immoderate variances nether the zoning that applies to overmuch of South Boston.