ZBA Hearing - September 11, 2024

Again, each unit has its own kitchen.

Each unit has two bedrooms with bath.

What's the basement look like?

It's empty.

The basement is empty.

Apart from...

Tiene la califacción abajo?

La califacción, right?

Yeah.

He just has the heater downstairs in the basement.

Nothing else.

Here's what the property looks like now.

the door to the left where my cursor is with the number two on it. That's the staircase to the

second floor. The door to the right is the door to the first floor unit. Inside photos,

starting with the first floor unit and here's the stairway going up to the

second floor unit with photos of the stairs leading up to the second floor

with photos of the second floor unit

The poster was timely put on the property, and my client's tax clearance certificate.

Mr. Roa also operates and owns 1120 West Ludum Street.

He operates a grocery store at the corner of the block in question.

This is 1121 across the street, and at the corner, he already operates a grocery store.

So he is not an absentee landlord.

He works at the grocery store every day, he can monitor the property every day, he will maintain it, and he keeps the property clean, just like he keeps his store clean.

I wanted to show the board the street views.

Do you see a street view from Google Maps?

No.

I'm sorry?

We see a street view.

Okay.

I just want to make sure that everything's working.

This is a neighboring property.

the first page it's a neighboring property uh la la c full service beauty salon that's no longer

there that's gone it's empty um here's another view of the neighboring property again the beauty

salon is gone it's no longer there that property is empty uh the property in question my cursor is

over it that air conditioner that you see that was that became the doorway to the second floor

unit upstairs. These are the properties across the street. My client, Mr. Roa, it's his testimony

that all of these units, even though they're all CMX2, they're all being used as two apartments,

apartment on the first floor and apartment on the second floor. Same setup as the proposed

used for this property. And again, here's another view of the block in question with

1121 West Luton over here. This was the La La C Beauty Salon. Again, there were no other

businesses operating on this block except for the corner grocery store, which is my client's.

um we have the tax clearance uh with that i would ask uh the board to approve this application

you're as an officer the court we're accepting your testimony thank you and you've you've

explained everything to your client prior to this yes i have you're the explica that's okay that's

okay questions from the board he said yes yeah could you clarify for me uh did he purchase it

as a duplex or he converted it as a duplex without the permits and stuff uh was there like

He bought it.

Okay. He bought it with an apartment upstairs, but there was a store on the first floor.

And let me ask him a follow-up question then.

Okay. The store was empty.

So he converted the first floor store, which was empty, into an apartment.

could you show us the front of his store again for his apartment sure this is one this is one

picture of you know prior to the conversion i'll i'll go to the other

that's it now yeah that's it now and he closed up this was there a store window there he closed

it and closed it correct he did that he did that other questions from the board

questions or comments from our attorney ryan mcsherry no mr chair questions or comments from

the virtual audience i see no hands at this time chair planning commission this is uh ron bednar

city planning while the property is currently indicated for commercial mixed use on the city

plan. The adopted comprehensive plan recommended a zoning change to industrial residential mixed

use. Therefore, we recommend the request of VARs be granted. MI 2024-002-342-1121 West

Loudoun Street, I vote yes. Michael Johns, my vote is yes. Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes.

Tanada Graham my vote is yes

Ayewen my vote is yes

Ishmael Shaheed my vote is yes

Thank you counsel

Thank you I appreciate your time

Is there anyone in the verse

whose case has not been called

I see no hands at this time too

Thank you Jasmine

Thank you everyone

Good night all

See everybody next week

Thank you guys

Thank you

Good night.