707 Warren Avenue Mixed-Use Restaurant and Apartments
At a glance
Petition 2634 (Carlos and Vera Leal, with attorney, engineer and architect) sought variances, mainly from green space minimums (about 3 percent provided against 10 percent), for a three-story building in a C-2 zone at 707 Warren Avenue: a 20-seat ground-floor restaurant and four apartments (two per upper floor, 10 bedrooms total). They counted 16 parking spaces against 13 required, relying on an easement from the adjoining laundromat that was not yet in hand. Board members raised concerns about parking and overflow onto Packard Way, snow storage, loading, a missing restaurant floor plan, and the building's main apartment entrance being on the side street rather than Warren Avenue as the ordinance requires. Ward 3 Councilor Philip Griffin and Councilor at Large Jeff Charnel spoke in favor, and members suggested any grant be conditional on the signed easement. The vote was 3 in favor and 2 against (the fire chief and chair), so the petition was denied for lack of the required supermajority.
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Sources
Log
- 2026-10-14 - Zoning Board of Appeals - Denied 3-2.