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N ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS 
MEMORIAL HALL 
801 WASHINGTON STREET 
CANTON, MA 02021 
TEL: (781) 575.-6589 FAX: (781) 575-6574 
Minutes of the meeting of January 10, 2019 
PRESENT: Gregory L. Pando, Vice Chairman 
Charles J. Armando, Alternate 
John R. McCourt, Alternate 
Also Present: Tamra Stock and Amanda Smith, Recording Secretaries 
Not Present: Paul B. Carroll, Chairman 
Gary E. Vinciguerra 
Meeting Held in the Salah Hearing Room, 2nd floor, 801 Washington Street, Canton, MA 
Acting Chairman Pando opened the meeting at 7:00 pm and reads the agenda. 
Chairman Pando explains that one Board member, Gary Vinceguerra, has been 
hospitalized, and therefore the continuations to be discussed will not be heard tonight 
because he had sat in on those hearings previously. They will be moved to the next 
meeting which will be January 24, 2019. 
Peter B Ferry/Estate of Lorraine M. Ferry — 246 Washington Street—1-19-ENCB- 
SP-V 
Chairman Pando opens the hearing and reads the petition. Chairman Pando also mentions 
this Board has a certified list of Abutters from the Town of Canton Board of Assessors. 
Attorney Suzanne Mathews states that this is a very clear-cut simple case. The property has 
two addresses, 246 Washington Street and 11 Pond Street. It was previously owned by 
Lorraine Ferry. When Lorraine died and her children were selling the house they realized 
the town had conflicting opinions on whether this property is a single family or two- 
family. The Assessors Department has it listed as a two-family, but the Building 
Department has it listed as a single-family. Attorney Mathews states that there are two 
choices: to prove that it was a pre-existing non -conforming two-family, and to re-establish 
it. The property was consistently a two-family with the exception of the last few years. 
Attorney Mathews reads a memo which list street listings in five year intervals where the 
property has had different family names from 1939 until 2018. Attorney Mathews states 
that this establishes that historically it was a two-family and the family would like to 
reinstate this two-family status. The family is not intending to do anything in order to sell 
it. It is pre-existing non -conforming property and is consistent in that neighborhood. The 
property doesn't meet the required lot area. Attorney Mathews would like a Variance so 
that they would not have to go back and prove that this property was a two-family at a later 
date. Chairman Pando states that he is familiar with the property. Chairman Pando states 
the best way to do this is under Section 5.6 abandonment or non-use of a non -conforming