mailings and things like that and then here are applications for appeal
our deed to the property and it's in one dv2 properties entity four oops
240 and
242 kilos. But for
record keeping purposes, the
city has it as 242 kilos
parcels A&D.
And then there are
certificate of tax claims
showing that
$800.69 is owed
for, it's still under one
tax ID
number, but that's for 2023
taxes, which aren't due
until March 31st of this year.
With that being said,
I would ask that Papa virtually raise his hand
and state his name for the record, be sworn in,
and we would be more than happy
to take any questions from the board.
Could you state your name, please,
and spell for the court reporter?
we see his hand we see a hand raised no no hands
I see no hands at this time
I see no hands at this time chair just a moment chair two hands have just gone
okay uh Mr. Dockamson what is your client's name uh uh it's uh Papa uh Dembale or it would be
Robert Dewey.
Mr. Popper, please unmute yourself and wait
for the chance.
Could you state your name
and spell it, please, for the court reporter?
My name is
Papa Dembele. First name
is P-A-P-A.
Last name is D-E-M-B-E-L-E.
Do you
swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes.
Proceed, counsel. Oh, yeah.
Mr. Debelli, you heard everything I had to state about your zoning matter.
And is it correct?
And do you adopt it as your own testimony?
Yes, I do.
Thank you.
Questions from the board?
No, Mr. Chairman.
Questions or comments from the audience, virtual audience?
Mr. Chair, this is Hillary.
We have a Carlos Hurtado.
Mr. Hurtado, you can unmute yourself.
Hold on, Hillary.
Hold on a second.
Yeah, so because this is going back to the RCO with revised plans,
I suggest we do all public comment on this matter at the resumption hearing.
Okay, good, great.
Do we want planning to take a position?
If they're prepared to take a position on the revised plans,
or if they would rather wait until after their community feedback in case there are other changes, yeah.
David?
You know, if there could be other changes, I think we prefer to wait.
Okay, good.
All right. So there's going to be for for MI 2022 006184 242 Kalo Street 157873 and MI 2022 006182 242 Kalo Street 157873.
there's going to be a resumptive hearing on april 19th at 2 p.m
and at that time mr chair we will we will take um any uh public public comment uh planning
commission recommendation and of course a response from mr knockamson right thank you
okay thank you mr knockamson stay stay on a minute see where jim is
Bill, I'm sorry
No, no, we're fine
You don't have to be sorry, we're fine
I'm sitting here trying to
become unmuted and I was having an issue
Alright, Mr. Nackamson, number 10
MI 2022
0061717510
Thoron Avenue
Thuron Avenue. Letter of support from the 10th Ward Democratic RCL and a letter of support from
Letter of support from
Council Member Phillips. So, Mr. Chair, I'm going to defer to my colleague, Alex Goldberg,
who will be making that presentation. Yep. Thank you. Mr. Goldberg, could you state your name,
please? Spell for the court reporter.
do we see mr goldberg's hand mr goldberg please unmute yourself and wait for the
can you hear me yes we can mr goldberg could you state your name please and spell for the
court reporter alex goldberg a-l-e-x-g-o-l-d-b-r-g right do you swear firm to tell the truth
the whole truth and nothing about the truth? I do. Is your video on? It's not. I don't think
I'm promoted to be able to do that at this point. Could we do that, please? There we go.
He's been promoted, Chair. He's going to come back in as a panelist shortly. Sure.
Hi. Mr. Goldberg, could you identify your client and the relationship to the property?
Yes, my client is Gregory Granovsky. He's the property owner of 7510 Theron Avenue.
All right. And Mr. Holloman has just a few questions for you, sir.
Good afternoon, sir.
Good afternoon.
Did you email all the exhibits and documents as required five days in advance to this hearing?
Did you meet with the RCO and do you have a letter?
Yes, in all respects.
Thank you. Please proceed and share your screen.
Okay, are you able to see my screen?
We do.
Okay, great.
Again, I'm Alex Goldberg of Nockimson PC.
I'm here with Greg Granoffsky, the property owner of 7510 Theron Avenue.
We are seeking one variance to use this property as a duplex.
As you'll see in my presentation, this property, along with all of the surrounding properties on this portion of Theron Avenue, were built as duplexes, have a long history of duplexes.
But this one, however, the prior owner had passed away and his estate failed to keep the licensing up.
When Mr. Granovsky purchased the property, he wasn't able to get a rental license.
since it wasn't, you know, able to be legally used as a duplex,
and hence why we're going through this process.
So here's my table of contents.
You have the notice of refusal, just one refusal for the duplex,
a letter of support from the 10th Democratic Ward,
a unanimous letter of support.
And my understanding is that a letter of support was issued by Council Member
Phillips' office.
We don't have that letter, but I understand it was sent to the zoning board.
We have the letter.
Great. And then a map of the 7500 block of Thrawn Avenue.
You'll see nearly the entire block is being used as a duplex.
A red fin posting just to show that when Mr. Granovsky purchased the property, it was advertised as such a multifamily property.
Some maps of the area, photographs, very simple plans and drawings, a meeting notice, the application for appeal, the deed, and the certificate of tax clearance.
So here's the notice of refusal.
So the application is actually for the duplex as well as the removal of an interior off-street parking space.
So these properties have rear-loading garages from a rear alley street.
When Mr. Granovsky purchased the property, there was a make-safe violation for some serious structural images related to the rear wall of the property.
So in order to resolve those violations, which he's done, he sort of infilled the garage with a rear wall.
So that's part of this application.
You'll see it on the photos to make sure, you know, to stabilize the rear of the building.
You know, when Greg purchased the property, he spoke to the neighbors.
A lot of this structural damage had caused water leakage issues during heavy rain flowing into the neighboring property.
So they were quite happy that he was not only cleaning up this sort of dilapidated property, but also fixing those structural issues.
Here's our letter of support from the 10th Democratic Ward.
We met with him on January 25th.
You can see here, he was unanimous, 24 votes of support.
Here's the 7500 block of Thrawn Avenue.
So we took a look on Atlas to see a public record, and you can see 20 properties.
uh to see a public record uh and you can see um 20 properties uh and nestled in the middle
and a green icon is our property actually when we presented at the rco meeting the neighbors were
confused why we this was even happening because they you know in their words this already is a
duplex uh and you know we explained sort of the process uh here's some photos of the neighboring
properties they all look the same they all look the same inside they're all duplexes here's a
real estate listing you can see under about this home this is a listing from when he purchased
the property it was advertised as a multi-family home there's an atlas map the property is between
east johnson street and east cliveden and forest ave and gilbert street and another google maps
perspective here's some photographs so this is the front of the property look
just like the ones I just showed you and the rear you can see here this is the
work that was done to fix those structural issues the properties
currently vacant has been since he purchased it he's waiting for this
permitting to go through hopefully to do some you know cosmetic repairs on the
inside there is one additional interior alteration that I'll show you you know
that's that's useful to the future tenants of this property's property uh here's the notice
posting on the front and on the rear to the right of the property and to the left and here's the
plans and drawings so here's the site plan um the floor plan is very simple the one uh thing that
he's hoping to add to the uh interior here is uh stairs going downward um into a shared hallway in
the rear to allow the the upstairs unit access to the rear because that's where trash is picked up
from this is a mid-block property and they're all attached so not having this um would require
you know either trash yeah i'm not even sure it would have it would require the tenant to walk
around the the existing structures there so now uh you know it's easy for the upstairs tenant to
get to the rear yard here's the meeting notice again we met on january 25th at six o'clock it
was a well-attended meeting. Here's the properties we mailed and the proof of mailing.
The application for appeal. And here is our deed showing Gregory Granovsky owns this property,
has since 2022. And finally, the tax clearance showing the only outstanding tax for 2023,
which is not quite yet due um with that uh i will ask mr granofsky to adopt my testimony
mr goldberg did you say you were going to show us something inside did i hear that yeah i could
show again so it was just oops can you see the presentation the it was just yeah i was just
referencing the the stairway uh okay all right okay allowing uh yeah the upper level unit access
that's fine all right good thank you
sir could you state your name and spell for the court reporter if you're in the virtual audience
can you please raise your hand mr granowski please unmute yourself
wait here yes hi could you state your name please and spell it for the report reporter
My name Gregory Granovsky is a G-R-Y-G-O-R-I-Y. And the last name is a G-R-A-N is an N-C-O-V-S-K-I-Y. Good afternoon.
You swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth is nothing but the truth.
Proceed, counsel.
Hi, Mr. Granovsky. Did you hear my presentation today?
And was it true and correct?
And you adopted as if it were your own?
Thank you.
So questions or comments on the board?
No, Mr. Chairman.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
I see no hands at this time, Chair.
Planning Commission?
Thank you, Chair.
David Fechtow, City Planning Commission.
The comprehensive plan recommends no change to the residential single-family zoning at this location.
The applicant has shown that the property has a history of use as a duplex.
The City Planning Commission recommends the board grant the use of variants, but deny the variants for removal of an off-street parking space.
Thank you. MI-2022.
Do you mind if I just respond to that briefly?