ZBA Hearing - August 19, 2026

what it appears to me that's all so i agree with a board member when if i may respond to mr

why don't you let the interpreter so that's just what i'm saying that

that you see it's looking for an internal solution,

but that's what I'm telling you.

If that's another concern, this is only an application to permit two units and only two units.

If we need a proviso to make sure that nobody's residing in the basement, we will gladly agree to that with that proviso.

If you would like to have some additional photographs to show that there's nobody living in the basement, we'll gladly submit that to the board.

and if you'd like to and if you'd like to have some revised plans showing an empty basement

we'll even supply those additional plans other questions yeah so there was some opposition to

this uh proposal um was the opposition that the neighbors uh adjacent to you did you have their

support with this proposal así que hubieron algunas oposiciones a la propuesta este cuáles

fueron esas oposiciones este los vecinos están de acuerdo tienen el apoyo para esta propuesta

no tenemos el apoyo de de la comunidad so we have the support from the community

but he's not sure if it's the immediate the immediate houses next to him

so the community knows and is aware and are in agreement with what is proposed

okay and um what is his plan for trash stores how he's been handling the trash for both units

¿Y cuál es su plan para el almacén de basura? ¿Cómo está manejando la basura para ambas unidades?

El primer piso lo van a poner en la parte de atrás, en la yarda, y los del segundo van a cogerlo y sacarlo cuando toque sacar el día, porque pasan dos días a la semana.

so um the first floor they're going to put it in the backyard and then in the second floor

they're going to wait for the day that is the trash pickup because it trash comes every two days

questions from our attorney

no questions questions or comments from the virtual audience no hands at this time planning commission

amy boy with the planet commission amyboid you swear or affirm to tell the truth the

do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth i do

whole truth nothing but the truth i do please

please proceed the comprehensive plan recommends no change to the r1 residential multifamily zoning

at this location this block is a residential block where the proposed ground floor use

would be in contact with the surrounding properties enacted in june 2026 bill number

260519 exempts this and other zoning districts from ground floor requirement the planning

commission recommends that the board grant the requested variance for ground floor use

mi2025-007-193-1110 east tayoga street i vote no michael johns my vote is no

cheryl gaston my vote is no tanetta graham my vote is no tyoan my vote is no um joan

could you and the interpreter please stay on you you have another case here correct 6701 charles

correct? Yep. So MI 2026 001 686 6701 Charles Street. Mr. Vaccaro, just for the record, state

your name. Good morning again. May it please the board, Joseph Vaccaro, V-A-C-C-A-R-O, on behalf

of Luis Reyes, and he is now sitting to my right. Right. Mr. Vaccaro, would you be comfortable with

the same type of um interpretation for this case absolutely right now our vice chair has a few

questions thank you good morning um have you submitted your documents and exhibits five days

in advance of this hearing yes i have and do you waive the read another refusal and stipulate to

its accuracy yes i do all right thank you you can proceed thank you okay let me start sharing my

screen okay so do you see the we do sir from the city okay so Luis Reyes who's

sitting to my right he's the owner of 6701 Charles Street and we do have in

the in the physical room of the zoning board one of his neighbors his name is

steven who resides at 6707 charles we see him we see okay okay so uh this is an application to

permit a 20 by 40 shed for louise's personal personal use personal storage of his tools and

equipment uh it would also be uh 12 feet high uh louise works as a handyman so he goes from

house to house from site to site doing work and he has a lot of tools and he

needs he needs a secure place to store those tools on his property. His

property is about 10,519 square feet so it's a very sizable lot with 47 feet

frontage and I'm showing you it's a rectangular lot on Charles Street that's

the spot. So it's a very sizable lot. If I could stop sharing that and I'll start

sharing the rest of my exhibits.

This would this would not be for any commercial use. Luis will not be doing

any work on the property. This is simply for storage of his equipment and

materials just going through the uh exhibits we have the tax clearance certificate as well

as we have all your documents joe okay and we're just going down to the plans photos yep

plans and threads and photos

make the smaller here's where the proposed metal shed would be at 20 feet by 40 feet

so with the rest of the with the rest of the property show with the home the home the driveway

etc here's a satellite view of the property the posting with the front of the home

another view of the posting with the side of the home and here's his backyard he's basically

storing a lot of his items in tents as well as outside where people can see

whatever he has stored which could prove to be an inviting an inviting site for

thieves so he'd like to have a the storage shed to store his items in a

much more secure fashion are the views of his materials and equipment and tools

are the views of his materials and equipment and tools, which he's storing in his shed.

The structure has not been built yet,

but he does seek the board's approval so that he could start constructing.

Here's another view of his backyard.

we have the letter to the near neighbors with the mailing and I could show you the

letter of support from Tukoni Civic with the individual members and in fact even

Steven Petrach, who I believe is in the room, he also signed in support.

And there was no opposition from Tocconi Civic. Any questions from the board?

Why don't we do this? Why don't we bring your client on? I'll have it.

Well, no, we can't swear on that, right? All right. We'll bring him in. Bring your client on.

We'll swear on that. Okay, nice. Happy.

Hi, could you please state and spell your name?

Luis Reis.

Por favor, de darnos su nombre y de letrarlo, por favor.

Luis Reis.

Y de letrarlo, por favor.

Okay.

Could he spell his name, please?

Oh, L-U-I-S-R-E-I-S.

R-E-I-S?

R-E-I-S.

So it's Luis L-U-I-S and Reis R-E-I-S.

right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth

thank you mr vicarra could you come back on questions from the board

yeah i got a question can you pull up the site plan again what's the square footage of the

of the shed and how do you how are you dealing with um a stormwater runoff or rain

So I have a question, how many square feet are in the armazen and how it will deal with the rain water?

opposition to the size. I just wanted to just, my concern is just sort of how are you dealing with the stormwater?

And the stormwater, it hasn't been brought up at this point, but it obviously will have to,

obviously certain mitigating factors are going to have to be brought in

if we have the approval from the zoning board, because then we definitely need to have

the appropriate building permits that are going to need to account for that.

The size of this shed is not going to trigger PWD

stormwater requirements, so you're not going to have to do that, which is why I think board member

john's asked the question um is this a pre-fabricated metal shed

asi que el tamaño del almacén no va a causar un pwvd este para este los requerimientos de aguas

pluviales lo que le están preguntando este el por eso fue la pregunta del señor johns pero este

the interpreter will repeat the question, but it will be prefabricated.

I'm sorry, he's a little hard of hearing, so I'm going to repeat the question.

Would this be a prefabricated material?

a pre-fabricated structure not material all materials prefabricated okay

I'm sorry it's made for assembly

it's me for assembly prefab so it's free prefab other questions is it going to be connected

So it's pre-failed.

Other questions.

Is it going to be connected to any utilities?

¿Va ser conectado alguna utilidad?

¿Te va conectar a cada utilidad?

¿Agua, eléctrico?

No.

¿En lo que estoy pensando en el panel solano?

He's thinking of solar panels.

Yeah.

But not connected to the utilities.

Okay.

And then, is there a plan to extend the driveway?

the concrete driveway up to that new structure

in the rear yard.

So no, it's just storage space to put everything

that I have in storage right now there.

And then do you have an elevation or a photo

of the prefabricated structure itself like how high does it go así que tiene este unas fotos

o información acerca de cuán alto va a ser la estructura que va a ser prefabricada

i said 12 feet it goes up it goes up to 12 feet for some reason that didn't make it into my

exhibit packet but i could supplement that with a photo of the height

any other questions yes can i see the pictures of the front of the property and then the

area where this is going to be located so is that is that fence there across the front of the property

así que estamos viendo la foto de la parte de frente de la propiedad este la la verja

que está ahí eso está al frente de la propiedad

so the wooden fence is in front okay and is it more than six feet yeah

¿Más de seis pies en altura?

No.

No.

No, seis pies.

So, what is the height of the fence?

And the interpreter will repeat, he answered, six feet.

And then, can I see the back again, the pictures with all the different tents and things?

Así que ahora vamos a ver las fotos de atrás.

so is this pre fabricated the structure going to be where that one that's that's

good is that where you're planning to put the prefabricated structure

So it will be further back because once the structure is built, then all the items that

are inside of those tents will go in that built structure and then the tents will be removed okay

so the once this is built then these other two what are the what are they tents are they

other little stewardship that are behind the gray looking structure what what are they

and are they going to go away as well y la estructura que están al lado de este

lo grita la carpa gris que se ven como azul este esa que va a suceder con ella

chatten cuando la estructura es construida ahí está todo guardado tan pronto yo

pueda subir la estructura de metal todo eso va a salir de ahí so all that is

storage as well so once the metal structure is built all the other two

tents will be eliminated as well all right thank you questions for attorney

Yes hi I just wanted to clarify what is the use going to be in this new structure? Is it personal

or business? Así que le quería hacer una pregunta este para clarificar en esta nueva estructura

este cuál sería el uso? Sería para este uso personal o de negocio? Personal. Personal. Todo

All these are mine, that's why I have a material material that I want to guard in a more safe place, because there I'm not going to be calm.

So I want to guard something more safe, so I can clean all those areas where the carpet is.

So it's just for personal use. I just have all my items and I want to have it all in a secure location.

I want to clean up that area so it looks nicer.

So I just want everything to be in one place.

I want it to be 12 feet high so that I could organize it in shelves.

So it's just a more secure place to store all my stuff.

Questions from the audience?

Sir, you want to come up?

Thank you.

well you gotta sit down for just yeah sit down one minute and just state your name and spell

for the stenographer even my name is steven petech uh p-i-e-t-r-z-a-k i'm his next door neighbor

all right hold on do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth

yes and could you tell us your thoughts on this case yeah i i i'm totally for this he's a great

neighbor he moved in about a year ago he really cleaned up the property alive uh i think he just

wants to build a storage set so he gets all that stuff out of the way all right uh he's been very

honest with me right he's a handyman but he has no construction vehicles or nothing there all right

just his van that he pulls back all right we appreciate you coming down and testifying

thank you very much is there anyone else in the virtual audience

no hands at the science planning commission

and bboy with the planning commission the comprehensive plan recommends no change to

the rsa3 residential single family zoning at this location the appellant has not presented evidence

that there are unique physical conditions or circumstances that would prevent the property

from being used in conformance with the zoning code the planning commission recommends that the

board to deny the requested variance for accessory building size so mr vicaro i want to hold this

and really talk to the board about it i mean we just want to kick around the size of it and things

of that nature and where we want to be so we'll vote on this next wednesday at 9 30 a.m next

wednesday 9 30. thank you very much thank you sir thank you all right number five does the

interpreter speaking is there another hearing that requires interpretation

no sir thank you for your services thank you sir thank you thank you for using this

by the way we appreciate it no problem thank you

number five mi 2025 006 251 44 20 north 15th street alan knockamson is the attorney and i

think he's out in the hallway am i correct

Good morning, Mr.

are you on you you've got service and all yeah okay all right could you please state your name

and spell for the stenographer alan alan knockamson do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole

truth and nothing but the truth i do uh mr knockamson could you identify your client a

relationship to the property yeah my client is bobby and eva james the owners of the property

to my left is bobby james and his wife is in the audience ever and i notice you have a letter of

um support from the 13th board uh that is correct okay our vice chair has a few questions for you

good morning have you submitted your documents and exhibits five days in advance of this hearing

uh yes we have and do you waive the reading of the visual and stipulate to its accuracy i do