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GREENFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals is reviewing an appeal to Clinical & Support Operations’ building permit to create a temporary homeless shelter on Arch Street after residents argued that the intended use does not align with the site’s zoned uses. Resident Stephanie Duclos, who lives across the street from the 6 Arch St. shelter project, addressed the ZBA in a public hearing Thursday, alleging that contractors working for CSO are parking in areas that encroach on her land, overwhelming the sewer system and causing sewer backups.

Duclos, who filed the appeal, also argued that CSO will need a special permit to use the office space as housing, which she would also appeal, unless the city implemented the condition that CSO distribute $400 to $500 to abutters in the area as reimbursement for the expected negative impacts the shelter would have on the neighborhood. “That is the relief I am seeking, to deny any occupancy of that building,” she said. “It’s going to impact not only us, but everyone in the community.



” The Planning Board approved the site plan for the Arch Street project — which aims to accommodate 45 shelter beds as CSO’s location at 60 Wells St. undergoes a $23 million renovation — on Jan. 4.

At that meeting, Planning Director Eric Twarog cited Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40A, Section 3, saying the property, as an educational facility, is exempt from the special permit process, which would require a public hearing. In a heated excha.

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