Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since the president biolabs building does not conform to the city's zoning ordinance--and is considered a "non-conforming structure"-- the board's 1992 approval of the expansion was based on a set of prerequisites: the expansion should not create additional traffic, neighbors should not be adversely affected and...
In addition, the expansion could not impair the integrity of the existing district and the extension of the nonconforming structure could not be "subtantially more detrimental" than the existing structure, according to the board's approval.
Because of the noise, the suit alleges, the expansion adversely affects neighbors, impairs the integrity of the zoning district, and is "substantially more detrimental" to the neighborhood than the original structure--thus violating the zoning board's original prerequisites in approving the expansion.
The Walters allege that Harvard attempted to mislead the zoning board into premitting the expansion by trying to conceal the fact that it constituted a height increase.
But the board denied the appeal on the basis that it had already approved the structure's expansion.