The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council has sued the city and a developer to try to block a high-end condo development at the former site of the Home for Little Wanderers.
The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council has responded to a developer’s motion to dismiss the council’s lawsuit, which attempts to block a 196-unit development at 161 S. Huntington Ave., the former site of the Home for Little Wanderers. In the opposition, filed in Suffolk Superior Court against developer Boston Residential Group and the city Zoning Board of Appeal, the council argues that the defendant’s claim that the council cannot sue because it is not a municipal board is not true. The document, signed by council chair Benjamin Day and council lawyer and member Jeffrey Wiesner, asserts that, according to the city zoning code, a group that has responsibility for zoning matters can be considered a municipal board and that the council is …
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The council went into executive session at a meeting Tuesday night to discuss legal strategy in their appeal of a ZBA ruling allowing a housing development to be built at 161 S. Huntington Ave.
The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council, in the midst of a legal battle with a developer and the Boston Zoning Board of Appeal over a possible housing development at 161 S. Huntington Ave, might get its day in court soon. At the council’s monthly meeting Tuesday, Jeffrey P. Weisner, JPNC member and legal counsel, said he expects a hearing in court sometime in the next few months. "That's just the first step," said JPNC chair Benjamin Day. JPNC has opposed the development from the start, arguing that the plans call for a structure that uses all possible buildable space for the lot. Boston Residential Group, which plans to build a $75 million, 196-apartment complex at the former Home for Little Wanderers site, has filed a motion to dismiss …
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Damian Fabia
3:44 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Good lord here we ago again.......reminds me of all of the hoopla around Whole Foods coming into JP. God forbid we have a nice new building that would attract more middle class people into the community and probably be better for the local economy.. more ›