The proposed building runs afoul of preservation and zoning regulations, as neighborhood groups eye it skeptically.
The proposalalso fails to comply with the existing zoning, which only allows single-family homes and restricts the height below the proposed five stories. A cafe that the developer, Vich Properties, wants to include would also violate the existing zoning.“We’re concerned that the development could destroy what remains of the garden context in which the Detweiler House has survived for 250 years,” said Laura Lucas, president of the Chestnut Hill Community Association.
The developer’s architect, Gustavo Zamir Garcia, said they are already planning to scale down the size of the project. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Historical Commission’s Architectural Committee, the developer sought only approval of the concept — not a recommendation for a final approval. But they did not even get that preliminary sign off.
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