Zoning Board approves seven variances and special permits in March hearing.
Wareham's Zoning Board of Appeals approved seven variances and special permits at its March 11 meeting. Chair Nazih Elkallassi oversaw unanimous votes to grant a fitness and martial arts facility use variance at 3042 Cranberry Highway, a two-family conversion variance at 2850 Cranberry Highway, and
Zoning Board of Appeals · Meeting of March 11, 2026
Wareham's Zoning Board of Appeals approved seven variances and special permits at its March 11 meeting. Chair Nazih Elkallassi oversaw unanimous votes to grant a fitness and martial arts facility use variance at 3042 Cranberry Highway, a two-family conversion variance at 2850 Cranberry Highway, and a demolition-and-rebuild special permit at Shangri-La Boulevard. Clerk Jim Eacobacci moved most approvals.
The board voted four-to-one, with Richard Semple opposed, to grant a special permit waiving screening requirements at 2 East Boulevard. In a significant decision, the board unanimously overturned a building commissioner's interpretation and granted relief allowing 247 Onset Avenue to meet mixed-use zoning requirements under a single five-thousand-square-foot minimum rather than a ten-thousand-square-foot total. Two hearings were continued to late March and May.
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Source: the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting of March 11, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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