Wareham Zoning Board Continues 8-Unit West Street Project

Zoning Board · Meeting of May 13, 2026

Wareham Zoning Board continues 8-unit 40B project on West Street after neighbor safety concerns. Acting Chair James Eacobacci ran the meeting for absent Chair Nazih Elkallassi. Housing consultant Dean Harrison told the board the project has been trimmed from roughly 20 units to eight, six for-sale condos plus two existing rentals, calling it a direct response to neighbor and board feedback.

Neighbor John Nyman pushed back, warning "it's going to be like Walmart behind my house," and questioning road, septic and drainage capacity for the added units. Associate member Elizabeth Arone explained that the town's 40B "safe harbor" threshold shifts as more housing is built, "ten percent becomes nine percent." The board continued the project to June 10 pending peer engineering review, and separately approved five other special permits and variances, plus a unanimous recommendation to reappoint members Connor Alden, Elizabeth Arone and Richard Semple.

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