Yeah, it's going to be retail sale efficient equipment.
Rods, reels, bait, minor marine equipment, anchors, stuff like that.
And it's, you know, it's a good use, a good building for that.
You have like tanks where you have like minnows in it and stuff, right?
Stuff like that.
Not that I fish.
I know people that do, but I don't.
I'll have to have an area for the tanks, put down a ceramic floor with a drain.
Have you done this work before?
Have you done this before?
This kind of business?
All right.
Mr. Alley, could you give a little brief explanation of your previous experience with this kind of business?
I have a bait and tackle steward that I've had for 35 years, five blocks away from this location.
it's at the corner of
Howe and Dittman
and down at Robbins and Dittman
is my store that I have now
me and my wife and my son
are working
my son is probably going to carry it on
that's why I wanted to expand
the other store is at the end of a block
row house
this is twice as wide
there's a big yard on the side
which is good for demonstrations
and stuff like that
we work a lot with the kids
and down on the river and stuff like that. I've been doing it for, they've been, we've all been
doing it. And you would sell licenses too from the state, like the fishing licenses? Oh, yeah.
I'm a Fish Commission agent for selling licenses and permits and abiding by the laws that they set.
Mr. Sokoloff, you have anything else? No, just Mr. Riley, you heard the rest of my testimony
or my presentation to the board today?
Did you hear his testimony today?
You heard his testimony today?
Yes, yes.
Right, go ahead.
And is it true and correct to the best of your knowledge?
And would you adopt it as your own as well?
I would.
Thank you very much.
Questions from the board?
Can you speak to any plans to make the building accessible?
I mean, it may be.
I don't know.
I don't see any pictures.
You mean like a handicap accessible?
Yes, I do have plans for that.
Okay, well, you think it would be one of those steps in the front?
It's going to be like a 40-foot ramp.
I looked into it because of it being so high, so it's not in the budget right now.
I looked into it because of it being so high.
So it's not in the budget right now, but I absolutely want to do that.
Can you get a little closer to the mic?
Can you get a little closer to the mic?
I wanted to do it at the other store, but they wouldn't allow it.
There was not enough payment to do it where this does.
And I measured the height.
i got that legal uh distances has to be like 40 feet long so there's no like on the side of the
building uh that side yard there's no accessible no if you see the building uh this building was
never a residence ever it was a church then it was a daycare which didn't require any special zoning
but doing retail i have to go through the due process of getting it permitted i actually went
to the civic association three times once just to check it out and then to let just let the people
know what i wanted to do and they seem to be supportive you know there's a door that's at
grade on the other side of the building like on it's yeah there's yeah yeah the other door
that does that allow or does is there still steps once you get inside of it yes okay yeah
One step to go into the main floor.
You know, when I got the building, so far all I'd done really is paint it,
replace the fence that was there, and put a new floor down.
I'm not adding anything.
There's two bathrooms with a toilet and a sink.
They're staying there.
The building was in decent shape.
It just was neglected for quite a few years.
So it's a good structure for what I need.
Any other questions?
Questions or comments from our attorney, Hillary Emerson?
Just a brief question.
So this is an RSA 3 property.
Is there any parking at this property?
On the property?
On the property.
All right.
So that was just a misrefusal then, misrefusal on the refusal.
So I just wanted to note that for the record.
Thank you.
Questions or comments from the audience, the virtual audience, or the present or listening audience here?
Yes, Chair.
i have a hand up from a from stan chavinsky i have promoted them to panelists
they should come back in short okay
I think it's Driscoll's office.
Good afternoon.
Can you hear me?
I can.
Stan, could you please state your name as Bell for the stenographer?
Good afternoon.
My name is Stanley Swinski, S-T-A-N-L-E-Y-C-Y-W-I-N-S-K-I.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, told truth and nothing but the truth?
Please proceed.
I am the zoning director for the Sixth Council District.
And as Mr. Riley has mentioned, he was, in fact, at three meetings that I had attended.
The community has received his zoning request for this property in a positive manner.
So I just wanted to say that we support that position.
Thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to call us.
We appreciate it.
Planning Commission.
Amy Boyd with the Planning Commission.
The comprehensive plan recommends no change in zoning from the existing RSA 3 residential single family.
the property has a history of commercial use and the proposed use will have
minimal impacts on sale or ending properties.
No parking is also an existing condition.
The planning commission recommends that the board grant the requested
variance for sale of consumer goods.
Thank you.
MI 2025, 000515, 4600 Howell Street.
I vote yes.
Michael John, my vote is yes.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes.
Tywin, my vote is yes.
ishmael shahim my vote is yes thank you sir thank you thank you very much members of the board
all right thank you council all right let's see here who's that
okay um number six mi 2025 005 38 817 christian street sean rex road is the attorney
letter of non-opposition from bella vista a letter of non-opposition from council member squilla
They should be coming back in as a panel shortly, Mr. Chair.
Thank you.
Mr. Chair.
Can you see me?
No, I don't.
i know apologies i don't know if my camera is working um i can call somebody in here try to
fix it uh what i want to when i do this i'll come back to you in about 15 minutes all right i
appreciate it thank you bye
number nine mi 2025 000 543 1939 to 43 east sarge street rachel pritzker is the
attorney. There's a letter of support from East Kensington neighbors. Vote was 10 in support,
three in opposition, and a letter of non-opposition from Council Member Squilla.
Good evening. Good evening, Rachel. How are you? Could you please state your name
and spell it for the stenographer? Yes, Rachel, R-A-C-H-A-E-L, Pritzker, P-R-I-T-Z-K-E-R.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Could you identify your client, the relationship to the property?
Yes, my client is Modern Development Group.
That's the owner of the property.
And our vice chair has just a few questions.
Good afternoon, counsel.
Do you agree to wait the reading of the refusal or stipulate to its accuracy?
Have you emailed in all the required documents and exhibits that's needed to proceed with this case five days in advance of this hearing?
yes thank you council please proceed thank you
okay can you see my screen we can okay
okay move down to site
so this is 1939 east sergeant street it's really 1939-43 it is a lot size of 2,238 square feet
and an existing structure on it that's proposed to be demolished that is 3,128 square feet
The lot is sort of weirdly shaped in that it is 34.5 feet by 55.9 feet.
We're proposing a demolition of the existing two-story building, which is a kind of old warehouse commercial building, even though this is an RSA-5 property.
and we're proposing a new structure with six units to match the directly adjacent structure,
the CMX1 structure also owned and developed by the same owner of this property. It'll be easier
to see kind of how this fits in when the architect brings up the plans. Although the property is
owned RSA3, this property has never been a single family home and neither is the directly adjacent
and property is CMX1. Also multifamily is not on character or out of character or uncommon
for this block. There are directly adjacent structures at 2534 emerald and 2550 emerald
that are multifamily. If we go to...
trying to show zoning posters
you can see the corner building that i'm mentioning and pieces of the existing building
again as you can see from this property given sort of the wide but short nature of the site
it had a garage and a unit above and there was some warehouse and storage in this building but
But since its existence, according to the city, it has never been a single-family home, I think, given the nature of the location and also the odd size of the lot.
We're proposing a new six-unit building to match the corner building with an alleyway, which you'll see, for internal access to the building.
and as mentioned just the inside of it so you can see the existing
structures although this is proposed to be demolished
and the warehouse again kind of wide and short
just going to bring up community meeting stuff and then talk about the refusal in a second
we had a meeting on april 9th with the community group which is the east kensington neighbors
with the community group, which was the East Kensington Neighbors Association.
Association.
We sent out mailers for this meeting, 134 mailers.
And as mentioned, we had 10 in support and three opposed.
So the community group issued us a letter of support.
We also have a letter of non-opposition from the Office of Councilman Mark Squilla as well.
I'd like us to, if possible, to promote Alex Duller from FUSA Design to go through the plans
for the project.
Thank you.
And while we do that, I just want to quickly just go through the refusals, which he'll just