Wareham Zoning Board Continues Two Cases, Rejects Site-Plan Shortcut

Zoning Board · Meeting of March 25, 2026

Wareham Zoning Board continues two hearings, won't rubber-stamp a revised site plan. Meeting with only four of five voting members, Chair Nazih Elkallassi's board voted 4-0 to continue a house project at 17 Atlantic Avenue to April 22 after architect Joe Fournier and engineer Jason Heyer showed a reduced footprint and floor-area ratio of 17.8 percent, still awaiting Conservation Commission sign-off on a 30-foot wetland buffer. A second case, 41 Bay Street, was continued 4-0 to April 8 after Director of Planning Joshua Faherty explained a mismatch between submitted plans and actual site conditions.

Attorney Jeff DeLisi asked the board to accept a revised site plan for a contractor-bay project at 2731 Cranberry Highway, calling it "a much better plan," but a motion to sign off administratively died for lack of a second after Elkallassi said the board "never granted the site plan" in the first place.

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Source: the Zoning Board meeting of March 25, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.