9.17.2026 Zoning Board of Appeals

The Fall River Zoning Board of Appeals met on September 17, 2026, to hear petitions involving residential conversions, lot divisions, and new multifamily construction. The board addressed one matter of old business and four new business items, with several petitions resulting in continuances to allow petitioners to provide clearer easement documentation and updated site plans depicting existing parking conditions.

The board voted to table petitions for 189 Durfee Street (conversion of commercial space to residential with a parking waiver), 141-145 Hanover Street (lot division between two three-family dwellings), and 474 and 452 Durfee Street (division of land between the Animal Rescue League shelter and a two-family dwelling) to the October 15, 2026 meeting. A special permit for a lot division at 71-73 Dover Street under Section 86-423B was approved with standard conditions.

The most extensively debated application was a special permit request by Rodman Street LLC to construct a six-story, 22-unit residential apartment building with under-building parking and a waiver of the loading zone requirement at 698 Rodman Street in a Commercial Mill District. Despite concerns from neighboring residents regarding building height, traffic, and loss of privacy, the board unanimously approved the special permit, noting that the proposal complied with all dimensional setbacks and height limits allowed by right in the zoning district.

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