Arlington ZBA Closes Hearings on Fisher Road Porch, Mystic Street Fence Appeal

ARLINGTON -- March 24, 2026, Arlington's Zoning Board of Appeals closed public hearings on a Fisher Road porch enclosure and a Mystic Street fence appeal at its remote March 24 meeting. Chair Christian Klein led the board through unanimous votes on both items, with full members Patrick Hanlon, Venkat Hulley, and Adam LeBlanc joined by Associates Brad Baranowski and Eric Rosenberg; Associate Thomas DuPont was absent. For docket 3896 at 49 Fisher Road, designer Spencer Hollywell of Newly Designed Construction presented plans for Shannon and Lucas Dennis showing that an existing roofed side porch within the required setback would be enclosed with large windows rather than solid walls; Klein described the design as "what I would hope a porch enclosure would look like, effectively an outdoor room." For docket 3897 at 71 Mystic Street, William Mahoney of 12 Dixon Avenue successfully resubmitted a previously time-barred appeal seeking a 10-foot rear-yard fence to screen a neighboring commercial concrete-block wall; the board cited a Foster Street precedent finding nothing in the Zoning Bylaw bars such a fence. Final written decisions on both matters are set for the April 14 meeting, with Baranowski drafting the Mystic Street decision and Hanlon directing the Fisher Road one. The board also approved written decisions formally denying the 125 Broadway service-station variance modification and granting the 468 Mystic Street addition special permit.