ZBA Hearing - May 24, 2023

I see no further answer, Mr. Chair.

Planning Commission?

Ryan Bednar City Planning.

Our adopted district planning recommends no change in existing zoning at this location.

the applicant's hardship not supported with evidence of any physical circumstances or condition

of the property would prevent it from being used in conformity with the code. Therefore,

we recommend the request of ranch not be granted. MI 2022 007 640 17

MI-2022-007-640-175, was Oxford Street, I vote yes.

Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.

Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.

Thank you, counsel.

Thank you, appreciate it.

All right, okay.

Is there anyone in the virtual audience whose 3 p.m. case or 3.30 p.m. case has not been heard?

Mr. Chair, we have number six that we didn't call. This case is ready to move forward.

Oh, boy. Okay, thank you. Sorry about that. MI 2022-007-334-2832, Narcissus Road.

RCO is in support of this.

yeah the property owner who i see is raising his hand is uh charles mcclendon okay sir could you

state your name and state your name please and spell for the court reporter

he's coming back in as a panel sir okay

hello hi could you state your name please and spell it for the court reporter yes my name is

charles mclinden c-h-a-r-l-e-s-m-c-l-i-n-d-e-n all right do you swear or affirm to tell the

truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes okay our vice chair has just a few questions

for you okay sir yes good afternoon sir have you emailed in all the required documents and exhibits

that are needed to proceed with this case five days in advance of this hearing yes okay thank

you please proceed and share your screen mr chair would you like me to read the refusal into the

record there's money but please there's a green button at the bottom of your screen it says share

screen this application this application is to remove and rebuild an existing front porch and

carport and to legalize the portion of the porch as a part of an existing single-family household

living size and location as shown on plans one zoning approval whereas the minimum side yard

width in the rsd3 zoning district is 10 feet but two feet at the porch addition is proposed

okay thank you so Mr. McClendon this is your RCO meeting right yes and you got a they're in

support of where you are right yes that was unanimous support yes okay um why don't you

show us some photos of what you're trying to do and as you show us the photos you can explain to

us what what what what you're trying to do that is the that is the porch right you're saying right

uh how do i that that's the no so so so so so i so so i understand so what happened was you did

this and then people came out and told you how to get a zone yes uh i believe it was l and i that

came out okay because i got the letters in the mail okay thank you so explain what what what

you were doing here uh i was bringing the porch out to make it uh like an eight foot

against from the wall and the the existing carport i i just moved it uh i i made the

roof a little slanted so that i could put a rain guards you know for the rain

all right so you you hold the porsche out and you did the same thing you moved

the carport a little bit over correct all right any else what else did you do

uh that's it that's pretty much it yes okay so you posted your property the way you should have

yeah right um did you mail people did you do a mailing yes yes i did how many people did you

mail to i believe it was 60 okay and that was the list that the city gave you right

yes i have it it's in okay all right okay all right um

i'm not sure which ones which okay that's fine that's fine that's um

Yeah. All right. So, so you, you, you, you did the work.

Somebody wrote a letter or something. L and I came out. Is that right?

Yes. And let me ask you this.

Do you have a picture of what it originally looked like?

That I do not.

That I do not. Okay. Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

I believe if you do the Google.

I believe if you do the.

Okay.

That's fine.

That's fine.

That's fine.

And how much, how far did the porch come out before?

The porch was an, it was just an awning by the front door.

Okay.

And how far did that come out?

A couple of feet?

Roughly six to eight feet.

Right.

But you moved the whole porch away from the building eight feet, right?

Correct.

Okay.

And then how far did he move the carport over?

That basically stayed the same, maybe for the sloped area.

Yeah.

That might have came out, like it said, like a foot or two.

Okay.

All right.

All right.

All right.

Thank you.

Questions from the board?

No, Chair.

Thomas?

No, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you.

Mr. Chairman.

Questions or comments from the virtual audience?

Mr. Chair, I have Ms. Alice Udovich with her hand raised.

I have a lot of-

Sure, sure.

Good afternoon, Chairman, members of the board.

Good afternoon, Alice.

Could you state your name and spell, please, for the court reporter?

Sure.

Alice Udovich, A-L-I-C-E.

Udovich is U-D-O-V-I-C-H, on behalf of Councilman Brian O'Neill.

Right.

Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

I do.

Proceed.

The councilman has no objection to the granting of the variance at this location.

Thank you for taking the time to call in.

We appreciate it.

Thank you, Chairman.

Anyone else in the virtual audience?

No further hands, Mr. Chair.

Planning Commission.

This is Ron Bednar, City Planning.

Properties indicated for residential use on the city plan.

the applicant's hardship is self-created it's not supported with evidence of unique physical

circumstances would prevent it from being used and conforming with the code therefore we recommend

the question for that it's not being read it thank you and my 22-022-007-334-2832 narcissus road

i vote yes thomas holliman my vote is yes

Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.

Sir, you have your votes.

Okay. Thank you.

Oh, thank you.

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

No, sir. I do not see any other hands.

Thanks, everyone.

Emily, thank you very much for helping us today.

We appreciate it.

um we appreciate when we appreciate when your group sends us anybody so thank you very much

we appreciate you and you really did pick up a vote for us today we appreciate it um thanks

everybody enjoy enjoy the holiday enjoy next week and we'll be back in two weeks have a good night