TRURO — An empty house at Ballston Beach that was moved off a bluff in early February will likely be moved to a new location, the owner said during a Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on March 28.

The owners of the house at 133 South Pamet Road have two requests pending before the zoning board.

From a Jan. 24 meeting, owners Tom and Kit Dennis were requesting a variance and/or a special permit to move the house, as a second dwelling, onto 127 South Pamet Road, and that hearing was continued for 90 days. 

From the March 28 meeting, the owners sought a special permit to relocate structures on a nonconforming lot and exceed total gross floor area typically allowed in the town's Seashore zoning district. That too was continued until the date of the Jan. 24 hearing, on April 25.

But attorney Benjamin Zehnder, representing the Dennis family, said the town has issued a building permit that now allows them to move the house to a currently staked out site at 127 South Pamet Road.

"He has a building permit," Truro Town Planner and Land Counsel Barbara Carboni confirmed at the March 28 zoning board meeting. An appeal of the permit was also filed, Carboni said. 

Because of the quick, storm-related move in early February, the house currently sits with half of the structure on Dennis property and half on a neighbor's property, Tom Dennis said at the March 28 zoning board meeting. The house was moved from the bluff, with town permission on an emergency basis, as storms and erosion threatened its structural integrity.

"My neighbor has been very kind and helpful but, you know, the season is coming up," Dennis said at the board meeting. 

Dennis suggested to the board that for the time being the house be moved to a permanent location on his property at 127 South Pamet Road, then he and the board can continue to debate any issues. 

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Rushing to take care of the zoning issues does not feel right, Dennis said of the request before the board on March 28. 

"I have no intention to occupy the house until it's properly granted. I just want to move it to its location, getting out of its spot," Dennis said.

Dennis holds a conservation permit which allows him to work on the property until May 15, he said. But further approval is needed from the town Conservation Commission due to changes in the existing permit, Carboni said at the meeting. 

The plan is to move the house onto pilings in the new location at 127 South Pamet Road, with a Conservation Commission approval, Zehnder said. 

Ahead are plans and requests related to a septic system for the moved house, removal of a studio on the new property and a final status for the existing house on the new property, Zehnder said. 

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If the zoning board ultimately doesn't grant permissions then the structure will be removed, Zehnder said. 

The historic building was first moved back from the dune's edge six years ago by the owners. Much of its dune support has eroded away. 

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The couple has since then been in the process of requesting permissions from the town and the Cape Cod National Seashore to move the building. 

Banner staff writer Mary Ann Bragg contributed to this story.