Milton Zoning Board Approves Sign, Addition, Garage

Other Committee · Meeting of August 13, 2026

Milton's Zoning Board of Appeals approved a commercial sign, a home addition and a garage variance in a single session. Chair Kathleen O'Donnell led the board through three unanimous decisions, including a 3-0 vote granting a variance for a detached garage at 247 Adams Street, the board's first decision under a newly relaxed state "practical difficulty" standard. Attorney Ned Corcoran argued the property's roughly 60-foot elevation drop made any other garage location impractical.

The board also approved a revised commercial sign for the Garner School at 675 Blue Hill Avenue after the applicant eliminated the need for a variance, and approved an 8.3-foot rear-setback addition at 2 Berlin Avenue for applicants Lauren and Patrick Kenny, backed by letters from four neighboring households. "I can't just rubber stamp something that I've done 27 times," O'Donnell said of drafting the Adams Street decision.

In the full story:

• Sign Special Permit: Store Master Funding LLC, 675 Blue Hill Avenue
• Board Administrative Business: Recruitment, Training and Pending State Law
• Special Permit: Kenny Addition, 2 Berlin Avenue (Case No. 2912)
• Procedural Discussion: Hearing Scheduling
• Variance: Daugherty Detached Garage, 247 Adams Street (Case No. 2913)
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,075 words

Source: the Other Committee meeting of August 13, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.