Community Corner
Should JPNC Have Sued ZBA Over 161 S. Huntington?
The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court last week to try to block the development planned for 161 S. Huntington Ave.
The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council is intent on stopping the development at the former site of the Home for Little Wanderers.
JPNC has filed a lawsuit alleging the Boston Zoning Board of Appeal should not have approved necessary variances, which would allow the 169-apartment project to take place.
At a November meeting, JPNC member Joseph Wight said the site at 161 S. Huntington Ave. is going to have 60 or 70 units per acre at a site only zoned for 16.
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Originally, JPNC drafted an open letter to the ZBA explaining their displeasure with the process. Now, they’ve taken it a step further.
Do you want to see the development go up as planned, or was JPNC right to file the lawsuit?
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