Zoning Board approves parking variance for 63-unit educational facility
Zoning Board approves parking variance for 63-unit educational housing facility. The Board granted substantial parking relief to Making Opportunities Count, Inc., at 235-237 Boston Tpke, allowing operation with 31 spaces against a zoning requirement of 102 spaces—relief of 71 spaces. Joshua Lee
Zoning Board of Appeals · Meeting of June 29, 2026
SHREWSBURY — Zoning Board approves parking variance for 63-unit educational housing facility. The Board granted substantial parking relief to Making Opportunities Count, Inc., at 235-237 Boston Tpke, allowing operation with 31 spaces against a zoning requirement of 102 spaces—relief of 71 spaces. Joshua Lee Smith of Bowditch & Dewey represented the applicant, and noted the 63-unit facility has achieved full occupancy with a permanent Certificate of Occupancy from Building Inspector Patty Sheehan.
The Board approved the variance at a check-in hearing held a year after initially approving the project.
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Source: the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting of June 29, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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