ApprovedConditional Use

Café Zelda guest house expansion

Description

A full hearing was scheduled to expand a two-bedroom guest house to four bedrooms without the three additional required parking spaces.

Impact summary

Brings a grandfathered short-term rental into compliance while slightly increasing guest capacity; parking moves off the neighborhood streets to a leased lot.

Applicant

Name: Café Zelda Property, LLC
Address: 528 Thames StreetSee this on the map

At a glance

Hearings: 1
Public comments: 0
Total mentions: 1

Last vote · Zoning Board of Review

Approved5–0, unanimous

Last discussed Mar 23, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Mar 23, 2026Approved 5–0

Zoning Board of Review - March 2026 Meeting - Mar 23, 2026

The restaurant's guest house expands from two bedrooms/six guests to four bedrooms/eight guests, with the third floor as the rental, the second-floor tenant as on-site manager, and three leased spaces at a Spring Street lot — the sole objector was satisfied by phone.

Related issues (1)

Off-site parking leases for short-term rentals

Last discussed Mar 23, 2026

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