Planning Board approves large accessory dwelling at 35 Beaver Dam Road with restrictions.
Planning Board approves large accessory dwelling at 35 Beaver Dam Road with strict conditions. The board voted unanimously to permit the 1,349-square-foot unit, which comprises 39.7 percent of the 3,394-square-foot principal dwelling and meets bylaw size thresholds. Chair Patricia Lambert, Vice
Planning Board · Meeting of March 26, 2026
SCITUATE — Planning Board approves large accessory dwelling at 35 Beaver Dam Road with strict conditions. The board voted unanimously to permit the 1,349-square-foot unit, which comprises 39.7 percent of the 3,394-square-foot principal dwelling and meets bylaw size thresholds. Chair Patricia Lambert, Vice Chair Rebecca Lewis, Clerk Ann Burbine, and members Stephen Pritchard and Maura Burke imposed 22 conditions, including a recorded restrictive covenant requiring owner occupancy in one of the units, annual March 1 certification, a ban on short-term rentals under 31 days, downward lighting only, and prohibition of on-street parking.
The board also continued the hearing on a second ADU at 7 Dunbar Lane to April 23 after determining the applicants' proposed basement, with a nine-foot ceiling height, exceeded habitable floor area allowances, and continued the South River Marina Realty development hearing to May 28, 2026.
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Source: the Planning Board meeting of March 26, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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