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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 April 25, 2019 
PRESENT: Gregory L. Pando, Chairman 
Charles J. Armando 
John R. McCourt 
Paul B. Carroll, Alternate 
Also Present: Amanda Smith, Recording Secretary 
Not Present: Michael Khoury, Alternate 
Meeting Held in the Salah Hearing Room, 2nd floor, 801 Washington Street, Canton, MA 
Chairman Pando opened the meeting at 7:00 pm and reads the agenda. He also takes a 
moment to recognize Mr. Charles Armando who has been appointed an associate member 
of the Zoning Board. Paul Carroll has been appointed to an associate member, and Mr. 
Pando is now the Chairman. 
Berish Properties — 955 Turnpike Street—17-19-SPA-SP-V 
Chairman Pando recuses himself from the hearing and Acting Chairman Paul Carroll 
opens the hearing and reads the petition. Attorney David Madoff introduces himself and 
Mr. James Berish who is one of the trustees of the Canton Turnpike Nominee Trust. Mr. 
Madoff states that they are here on application for re-entry of the June 2, 2014 order of the 
Zoning Board of Appeals approving the Site Plan and two Special Permits. One is related 
to signage and one is related to parking for the property on Turnpike Street. The petition 
was approved almost five years ago. The time ran out and they had not commenced 
building yet. There were a couple of reasons for that. First, after the Board's approval, the 
Trust sought a change to the Zoning By -Laws that would allow for additional use of the 
space including restaurants, retail use, etc. That took about a year. Since that time, they 
sought out tenants, but were not quite ready to take them on. They are at a point now on 
the front building where they expect five to seven retail spots. They are in a position to 
sign leases with two of the anchor tenants, so they are now ready to build. They didn't 
want to build before without knowing what types of tenants they would have. They 
received Conservation Commission approval in February of 2018 and they are ready to 
begin their site work in early or mid -Spring. Acting Chairman asks to see a Site Plan. Mr. 
Berish states that nothing has changed since its original approval in 2014. Chairman 
Carroll asks what the Variance is for. Mr. Berish states that he thinks the Variance is for 
signage for monument signs to accommodate each building: the retail strip center that 
would sit in front as well as the 40,000 square foot footprint R & D industrial building that 
they are calling phase tow. That is the extent of that Variance. Attorney Madoff states the 
other Variance was for parking. It would be to reduce parking to 87 spots. Chairman