In a sudden reversal, state Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz has agreed to lower the roof of her newly rebuilt Jamaica Plain home, resolving a neighbor’s legal claims that her addition violates the city zoning code, according to a copy of the agreement provided by the plaintiff.
Chang-Diaz and her husband, Bryan Hirsch, agreed in private negotiations with their neighbor to trim up to 3 feet off the height of the roof they raised this spring to add a third floor to their two-family house at 3-5 Bremen Terrace.
In return, the next-door neighbor, Brian Wells — who had accused the city of giving her special treatment — agreed to drop the lawsuit he filed in Suffolk Superior Court against the couple and the city agencies that approved their plans. He argued that the addition exceeded the neighborhood’s 35-foot height limit, and should have required a variance.
