care of it okay simone can you unmute yourself i'll go back to the floor plans simone has been
promoted to panelists hello hi simone could you please state your name and spell for the sonographer
uh yes my name is simone sobers um simone lee sobers my first name is s i m as in man o n as
in nancy e middle is lee l ee and last name is sobers s as in sam o b as in boy e r s you swear
or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth i do mr clinton uh good
Good evening, Ms. Sobers. Were you on the call when I presented your project to the board?
And if you had the opportunity to testify, would you adopt my testimony as your own and as true and correct?
Yes. Thank you.
Thank you.
Questions from the board.
I don't know that it's a question. I think it's more of a statement.
I think for, I understand that this block and you're trying to reduce it from five units to four,
but I do think that the front porch provides a really great opportunity to create an outdoor
sorry not the front porch the front patio creates a really great space to create some sort of outdoor
space for the other three units in the building given that unit one has so much access and space
to the backyard and to only have the trash enclosure there might make it less wonderful
for the residents so i would want interior trash storage all right that's something we will
consider and discuss is when questions from our attorney no questions at this time mr chairman
questions or comments from the virtual audience i see no hands here oh i see your hand just went up
okay Caitlin oh hi I could you please state and spell your name for me please
sure my name is Caitlin C-A-I-T-L-I-N my last name is Searson S-E-A-R-S-O-N
right um do you swear or affirm to tell the truth told truth nothing but the truth
i do are you a neighbor i'm currently a tenant a resident a resident all right please proceed
uh just uh popped on to say that this is a lovely place to live and um simone has been
a wonderful owner and incredibly communicative and um has created like a really
nice and safe community for myself. I don't want to speak on behalf of the other residents, but
everybody seems to really enjoy living here. Thank you. Thank you very much for taking the
time. We appreciate you saying that. Yeah. Is there anyone else? I see no hands at this time.
Planning Commission. Nina Salmona for the Planning Commission. The comprehensive plan
recommends no change in the zoning to the current rta1 residential two-family attached zoning the
appellant has not shown that there are unique physical circumstances or conditions of the
property that would prevent it from using being used in conformance with the zoning code the
planning commission recommends the board deny the requested variances for multi-family living and
off-street parking so mi 2026 002 191 4441 sprue street i vote yes with proviso interior trash
storage michael johns my vote is yes with proviso go ahead maximum four dwelling units
Go ahead. Maximum four dwelling units because they reduced it from five to four. Isn't it five because we have the first four? No, they reduced it to four. Okay. Are you going to restate that?
are are we all right maximum four units okay my michael johns my vote is yes with provisals
cheryl guest and my booty chefs with provides another graham my vote is yes with provisals
ryan mcadams my vote is yes with provisals hi when my vote is yes with provisals
thank you henry thank you everyone have a great night thank you all right um
MI-2025-007-171-219-West-Roosevelt Blvd.
Lumna Alaradi is the owner.
Lumna has been promoted to panels.
hello hi good evening and thanks for waiting around for us could you please state and spell
your name for the stenographer. Yes, my name is Lubna, L-U-B-N-A, last name Alaradi, A-L-A-R-D-I.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes. Our vice chair has just a few questions for you, okay? Okay. Hi, good evening. Have you
submitted your documents and exhibits five days in advance of this hearing? Yes. Okay. And you
do you understand that your application is for uh proposed office and business and professional use
yes okay and you understand that you were refused because that use is prohibited in your
rsa5 zoning district yes okay all right thank you so you could share your documents and tell
what you're trying to do yes i'm trying to open the place for using it as a motor vehicle tag
and title agency and i just want to make it clear i'm not doing any changes to the property
or doing any construction i'm not adding or changing structure on the building or
and i'm not putting a sign the only change is i'm using the interior rooms as an office
as it shows on the floor plans okay
okay why don't we proceed we have all your documents
so if you would could you go to photos and or um plans for what you want to do
yeah okay you can see my screen and that's when you hold on hold on a minute you went
to the zoning board and they voted in your favor am I correct correct okay
and i'm just using the first floor for do me a favor blow that up a little bit make it a little
bit bigger okay all right go ahead uh the first floor i'm using it as in just office
second floor i'm not using the basement i'm gonna use it as a storage for files and papers
and upstairs is second floor you're two right is that we have yes I'm not using the second
floor you're only using the first floor yes first floor and the basement who's on the
second floor uh nobody okay not a problem go ahead so you're gonna only use the first and
second floor yes thank you first in the basement okay you have photos uh for the inside i just
had a photo for the outside the inside just need work and i did not fix anything
right so that that's right there that house there is what where your office is yes and so you'll be
on the first floor doing title work yes or a car dealer yeah i'm doing paper most of it online i'm
Yeah, I'm doing paper. Most of it online. I'm just going to be open for three days, 15 hours a week.
just gonna be open for three
Wow, okay.
I said, is the car lot yours too?
You own the car lot?
No, I don't. I just own this one.
yeah okay all right all right so um the office is yours right on the first floor of that building
but I'm saying are you any are you associated with the car a lot I'm doing paperwork for them
oh you do their paperwork yes all right and you want in the business for yourself yeah okay all
right um questions from the board yes are you the only employee in the business and is there
any plans to expand I know and then um as for your work like how often do you have to meet
with clients or deal with clients three days a week most of my work is going to be online
okay so they're they're not there when you're they're not necessarily there with you no okay
and then i know you said you're not using the third floor are you living on the third floor
or will it just be completely no just close office just office okay
any other questions
yes so uh is the plan to put a sign there uh later on no sign no sign at all like how will
people know that you you're in business i'm just i already have existing with the dealership oh
they'll send them to you yes okay i got you all right thank you
other questions questions more attorney yeah I I just really want to clarify so the use that
you're looking for on the first floor in the basement is office dash business and professional
is that correct correct okay and you kind of said you've kind of changed what's happening
on the second floor is it going to be empty is it going to be an office like it's just closed off i
planning to close the stairs and i'm not using the second floor it's just the first floor and the
basement okay i guess the question i have is how are you using the basement and what's the current
condition of the basement i need to be fixed i'm going to use it to add shelves and for the
paperwork and extra stuff for the office okay so like mostly store you're going to finish the
basement though yes okay any other questions from our attorney just that if it's going to be granted
the proviso would be limited to the basement and first floor with regard to the use i said
that's all questions or comments from the virtual audience i see no hands chair planning commission
ina solomonic with the planning commission the comprehensive plan recommends no change
in zoning to the current rsa5 residential single family the proposed use should not
cause any detrimental impact beyond what might be expected the planning commission recommends
the board grant the requested variances for businesses and professional use on the first
floor and basement. Okay. MI 2025, 007171, 219 West Roosevelt Boulevard, I vote yes with proviso.
First floor and basement only. Michael Johns, my vote is yes with proviso.
cheryl gaston my vote is yes with proviso tennetta graham my vote is yes with proviso
ryan mcadams my vote is yes with proviso hi owen my vote is yes with proviso thank you
thank you is there anyone in the audience whose case has not been called i see no hands chair