ZBA Hearing - May 23, 2023

we've not done just one appraisal report. We've done two appraisal reports. So this has been

vetted, reviewed repeatedly by not only the experts who prepared the reports, but by our

team as well. So there's a financial hardship, there's a physical hardship, it's extremely

costly, if not impossible to run utilities to 1326R, and that this project is more in keeping

with the neighborhood than what might otherwise be by right. And again, we can't even develop 1326R

by right, because the frontage is so narrow, we can't build in that. So with that, we feel that

we've established the criteria for the granting of the variance. There's no impact on air and

light to the abutting properties, and definitely not. It's way less than what would be with the

It's way less than what would be with the buy right project. And for those reasons, we ask that the board grant the required variances.

buy-write project. And for those reasons, we

Thank you, Mr. Orfinites. We appreciate your comments. We're going to hold the vote on this for an amended refusal.

OK. OK. All right. And thank you. Thank you all.

Is there is there anyone left in the virtual audience whose case has not been called on the morning list?

Mr. Chair, this is Hillary. I just wanted to, sorry, interject briefly.

Ms. Orphanides, I know we were having a conversation over email about this. Let me check. I'm going to check with L&I. I'm pretty sure they're going to tell me we need an amended refusal because the number of buildings has changed, but I will check with them and see if the revised plans would be sufficient.

i and just want to be clear i think from a zoning standpoint they view this as a single building

but from building that's going to be multiple buildings so i don't think the number of buildings

will change in the way they look at it from a zoning standpoint but do do it you know whatever

gets decided yes let me yes i'll i'll check with them and i will let you know if we can just accept

the revised plans it is or if we need an amended refusal but i believe the board the board will

want to hold this anyway for discussion and hillary just real real quickly i i mean i it's

been a little bit since i listened to the recording from you know the last hearing we had uh in october

but i i could have swore i could have sworn that the planning commission had actually supported the

project when we were at five i might be mistaken i'm just a little surprised that now that we've

reduced the four that there's opposition but um that's what my my notes indicate that they were

in support of the project at five. Right. So, I mean, we've reduced the density and we've addressed

so many of the concerns that you heard my clients speak about. I'm just, I'm a little surprised that

they've changed their position. So I would ask the board to take into consideration the prior

position of the more dense development and what we have right now. All right. Thank you,

Scott. Is there anyone in the virtual audience whose case has not been called?

may be excused i see no hands all right um thanks everybody um we appreciate you staying

around a little bit later today and um we'll we'll see everybody tomorrow morning thank you