ZBA Continues Coin Street 40B Hearing to Nov. 10

Zoning Board of Appeals · Meeting of October 13, 2026

Clinton's Zoning Board of Appeals continued its review of a 40B housing hearing at 23 Coin Street to November 10. The board, down to a four-member quorum, heard from engineer Mika Laszlo and civil peer reviewer Kristen Labrie of Howard Stein Hudson, who said nine of ten required stormwater standards are met with one calculation outstanding. Town counsel flagged a November 23 statutory deadline, with the board expected to seek a 30-day extension into December.

Residents raised school-bus and sidewalk safety concerns for children on Kilmurray and Coin streets, and one disputed the project's Berlin Street speed data as "absolutely incorrect." Elsewhere, the board unanimously granted a special permit for an in-law apartment at 209 Chase Street, extended another special permit a year, and let a Blossom Street garage variance be withdrawn without prejudice amid uncertainty over the state's newly revised variance standard.

In the full story:

• Meeting Overview and Quorum
• Special Permit: In-Law Apartment, 209 Chase Street
• Variance: Garage at 5 Blossom Street
• Informal Review: Garage Reconstruction, David Connelly
• Special Permit Extension: Former Mark and Mary Property
• Comprehensive Permit: 23 Coin Street ("Big Daddy")
• Administrative Matters
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,956 words

Source: the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting of October 13, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.