ZBA Hearing - May 21, 2025

venting system correct yes it actually already has that uh heavy duty vent but since we don't

have the approval we're not operating yet um we had the electrician we had some professional

people came and gave us their estimates how to make sure everything gets done right but we we

did purchase the unit when we first started this because we believed this was gonna be uh quick

but later we were told that we have to wait and that's why we're waiting now uh yes everything

will be installed as a professional paint booth with the filters. And this will be a very small

paint booth too. This is just for our own vehicles that we're trying to, you know,

paint them here in-house and avoid, you know, going somewhere else. So this is going to be

more like for internal use versus opening up the door for the customers, but it's still a paint

book. Thank you. Questions from the board? What do you operate hours of operation?

9 to 5. Every day? We don't work on Sundays. Saturday normally till 3.

Question. Have you looked into the requirements for fire protection for the paint booth?

my understanding is

I've had a couple of clients who've tried to do this

I've had a couple of clients who've tried to do this, that you have to have an enhanced fire protection as well because of the volatility of the paint.

that you have to have an enhanced

So have we looked into that and is part of what you've done to prepare the enhanced fire protection that may be necessary?

yes we had a company called ans sprinkler we hired them before we did any work and they installed

this building does have a sprinkler system so they had to install extensions and with the

special heads they call because of the paint and that work is already actually done and we have

in waste, paid in waste from them that we can

present when needed. But that work is already done

and this building does get normally

inspected for fire and fire alarm and

sprinkler system. The question would be

if there's a requirement for an enhanced

fire rating for the booth itself.

so yes i believe what he was but the question is have we looked into um the fire uh i'm pretty

sure they need an increased fire rating for the booth itself so back the um the sprinkler system

company that you hired they came in specifically to update the system the sprinkler system for that

paintballs correct to meet the enhanced requirements yeah that's exactly what they did

they were they knew what exactly needed to be done and they said uh i cannot really speak in

their language but they showed me uh where we had to they had to add some extensions they said

per this square feet you need we need one here you need one there so they added the expansion

extensions and they put special heads on them they said when you paint because it's a paint

spray so

it will not trick the system

so you have to use this kind

and that work is all done

like that was done

even before I

even contacted you maybe like a year

ago

and hazmat

we have hazmat considerations

as well so have we

looked into that as part

of this

so the hazmat removal

for the

for paint and all those things have you already had contact with companies for that

yeah we have a company that picks up the oil like i can provide the company's name uh he was

actually just here this morning they pick up the oil right now because that's the only thing we

generate uh as a right now when we change when we do the oil changes uh we do not have any paint

material, but

as soon as we

will start operating,

the company will collect it

separately.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Questions or

comments from our attorney?

Chair, I'm here now.

Okay, thank you, Ish.

Not at this time, Mr. Chair.

Hilary, are you straight with the

the licensing agreement?

Yes, we have received a complete copy.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Questions or comments from the virtual audience?

I see no hands.

Planning Commission.

Thank you, Chairman, and good morning.

David Fepto with the City Planning Commission.

Chairman and board members,

the comprehensive plan recommends no change

to the I-3 heavy industrial zoning at this location.

this property is within an area called out by the comprehensive plan as an industrial preservation

area the appellant has shown the proposed vehicle paint finishing shop will have no detrimental

impacts beyond what might be expected the city planning commission recommends the board grant

a proposed special exception for a vehicle paint finishing shop thank you mi2024 007 590 5825

of Taconi Street, I vote yes.

Johns, my vote is yes.

Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes.

Tanita Graham, my vote is yes.

Tywin, my vote is yes.

Thank you.

Counsel, I think we have another case here for you.

Yes.

So MI 2024, 007-593-1838 South 7th Street.

Just for the record, state your name.

You've already been sworn.

Yes, my name is Zen Jin, Z-H-E-N, last name J-I-N.

Yeah, so my name is Zhen Jian, Z-H-E-N, last name J-I-N.

So you have unanimous support from East Passion Crossings RCO and also a letter of non-opposition from the RCO from Council Member Squilla.

Our Vice Chair has a few questions for you.

Good morning, Council. Do you agree to waive the reason of the refusal or stipulate to its accuracy?

Good morning. I do. Thank you.

Have you emailed in all the required documents and exhibits as needed to proceed with this case five days in advance of this hearing?

I have.

Thank you, counsel. Please proceed.

Thank you.

I'm going to share with the board what was previously submitted as exhibit.

Can the board see my exhibit on their screen?

We can.

Excellent.

Good morning.

This is an application by New King Realty LLC for the property located at 1838 South 7th Street.

The refusal indicates the use as a proposed use personal vehicle repair and maintenance

with an existing structure in a CMX2 district.

It was refused because such use is expressly prohibited in that district.

This property has some unique features and circumstances that led us to having the

support of the community as well as the council office, mainly that this is a CMX two-pointer

property that was previously used as a contractor's essentially storage and

their vehicle parking and storage. So it has a gated, a large gate, sliding gate,

and it's a very similar use to what's surrounding the property the main thing with regard to this

proposal that's different than your typical vehicle maintenance and repair is that we're

not actually seeking to repair and maintain vehicles it is purely for window tinting

and detail shop and that's in fact one of the requests the community made to be made as part of

a proviso of any approval of this that it be limited to detailing and window tinting which

is the intended use for the property. The property is essentially open on the inside with a small

office to the back. And this is the interior of the property. As you can see, there's a small

office towards the back. Because of the prior contractor use with vehicles, the required sinks,

water, drains are already in place for the detailing purpose and window tinting. There

will be no repair vehicles. There'll be no need to have any hazmat removal. The only thing that'll

be used in the process of window tending really would be soapy water. So there's no real removal

of waste oil or anything involved here. So this is a relatively clean operation. The space is large

and allows multiple vehicles to be pulled in, to be worked on. And the work will be done by

appointment only so that we do not anticipate any outside parking of vehicles during the process.

My client who will be the operator who will be taking the space, as you can see from the plans

here, they'll pull the vehicles into the space when the customers arrive by appointment, do the

detailing, and space the appointments out so that they can get cars out quickly. Window tinting and

detailing depending on the process can be pretty well controlled as far as time frame so an

appointment process would be easy to manage for the operator and it's because of the way the

building is already set up this use is probably the best use possible without having to do

extensive change to the structure and that is why my client brought this proposal before the board

And again, the community, having reviewed what we're proposing and knowing what it was used before, had no objections to the limited use of detail shop and window tinting shop.

Again, that concludes my presentation.

I will be happy to answer any questions.

And my client is here to verify my testimony.

Could you bring your client on?

Sure.

Teddy, can you please raise your hand virtually to be identified?

your client has been promoted thank you

please uh unmute yeah there we go

teddy are you there

Teddy, are you there?

Thank you.

Do we see him?

Yes, he's there.

He just unmuted, so I'm hoping to hear him.

Teddy?

Seems to be having technical issues.

Okay, you're an officer of the court.

We'll gladly take your testimony.

Zinn, this is first floor only.

Am I correct?

Yes, that's correct, first floor.

Okay, questions from the board.

Is the office space to the business on the first floor as well

or on the second floor?

No, that's on the first floor in the back of the space.

So everything's on the first floor, including the office space.

Other questions?

How long normally do cars stay at the shop?

So a typical window tinting process is probably about 30 minutes to 45 minutes to do, depending

on how many windows they're doing.

A detail could take two, three hours.

So a full detail could have a car inside for a majority of the day if they're doing a very

extensive detailing on it.

How do cars queue up?

Are they, is it by appointment only?

Is it, how do, if, if.

Appointment only.

Appointment.

Yeah.

What they do is they will call in, they will schedule them for a time, and when the customer comes, they'll just pull the car in and then work on the car.

Once it's complete, they'll call the customer who will come and pick up the car.

So at no time will cars be parked on the street in front of the place?

Correct.

Okay.

Other questions?

And about how many cars can be serviced at a time in the space?

At least two.

Depending on the size of the vehicle, at least two.

Okay.

If it's very small cars, maybe three.

Okay.

So this is more like hand wash, not like the machine wash.

No machines, correct.

This is hand wash and polishing, detailing.

Okay.

And no repair.

No repair work.

No painting.

No painting.

Okay.

All right.