And I'm restoring.
I'm a 75-year-old person with a hammer in my hand.
Anyway, go ahead.
The first exhibit is notice of zoning application meeting for the neighbors.
I made a copy of the letter we sent out to 83 neighbors.
That's the copy.
And I believe I have all the information that's required.
second document yes it's just a little slow okay that's the refusal level let's go to the third
document I'm sort of getting the hang of this after listening to all this that was the application
I'll take a real quick brief we got into this situation because we had used the
um the quick planning guide and i guess we didn't interpret it correctly dealing with side yard
clearance um but as it was explained to me and i fully accept the law is the law
and the guidance is just a reference so present
that's just a blueprint of the second floor we'll get to the one on the front
of the house ceiling and I can explain where the addition is going to be any
questions just press ahead here yeah that's that's okay
Okay, if you're looking at the house in the bottom right corner, the front elevation,
that's standing on Lizzie Street looking at the front of the house, that addition off
to the left, which is two windows on the roof and two at the bottom is the front view of
the addition.
It's about 13 feet in width.
And of course, the other photo on the bottom left hand is the addition looking at it from
east to west.
It's a long, very long, and it has the two dormers, front dorm and the back dormer.
This next one is just a blueprint of the first floor, we can roll through that I guess.
Picture the deed.
now if you notice on the deed and i'm not sure how to handle this again but it was my mother's
name and myself with survivalship uh she has passed away and because of that i put two support
documents with this one is the death certificate and one's a short certificate just to prove that
i am the sole winner i don't know that's needed or not but uh you don't have to that's the support
documents as far as the signs go I was waiting for a package from I guess the
board for the science and I never got so I went to the zoning code and I made up
my own signs and I post them within the time frame and this is the verbiage of
the signs I also published a schedule of the of the hearings there it is there so
that anybody had would have the websites and I highlighted our our hearing okay
we're gonna roll through that I guess okay I think I must be doing something right here nobody's
asked some questions there's a project form just describes what we're doing we're basically adding
it for additional living space it had a very small kitchen probably about 12 by 12 and a little bit
of a family room on the side there it's not that big of an addition and a side
yard is where the problem is and I can explain that if you can see what done
exactly yeah oh yeah because I didn't get the letter on time I had a copy of
their minutes and I just highlighted there they said it was no absolutely no
opposition to it at all but you now have the letter from the ROC so just go to
sign verification okay um i just you know i read somewhere that i needed to take multi-wide
pictures of the sign just to make sure it was posted for the right amount of time and
this is the posting from 9 27 it was one on 9 15 i took a photo and 9 23 so i believe i met that
requirement site plan yeah this probably gives you an idea if you look at the site plan in the
middle of the plan at the bottom is 531 you'll see the l-shaped addition you'll see a common
driveway which is 10 feet wide and then the house 535 on one side and 527 on the other
and we're looking at a six foot i think the paper says five but it's actually to count the thickness
of the wall it's a six foot separation from the center of the driveway over instead of the required
10 feet i believe for our ds3 projects neighbor on that side nobody had any objections so
that was a tax clearance form now i have some photos
to give you a pretty good reference you have to go there that other that email
okay yeah and you can you'll have to scroll through that okay p1 uh well all right hold
pin again yeah that's the front with a sign that was taken 915 kind that's a
view of the driveway in the house and of course the addition would be between
the driveway and the side of that on the left side of the house going
driveway and the side of the on the left side of the house going that's the back which said
where it was required that's the east side where the addition will be it'll cover those
bottom bottom five windows and extend a little bit out into the porch area
and somewhat back toward the truck go ahead and the sign again
that's the west side which nothing is being done with the reason we chose the east side was because
if we did anything on the west side we'd have the bay window that would interfere there's a sidewalk
that goes around to the back of the house and there's a back shed so the west was the only
practical side to do it on it asks for adjacent houses so i have 535 which is on the east side
it's in the driveway then of course my addition and then 531 and the next photo will show the
house on the west side the trees hide my house but I marked it 531 527 go ahead uh just the sign
again I couldn't get the verbiage into the camera very well because of the glare of the glass that's
on the side but anyway it's I have a copy of that that's a problem and they'd ask for interior shots
and we're renovating the house the interior probably would have to be gutted uh so it's
right now it's a mess there's another mess inside um what was that oh that was sign verification i
called it okay and uh just to show that there are eight houses roughly i think eight or seven houses
on livesey street um that are were built back in the in the 40s and at the time the requirements
were different and this is the house on the west side and you can see there's probably only about
three feet property separation on that side um so in those days it you know it wasn't the same as
it is today and i just thought i'd point that out okay that's the end of the photos and that's the
end of my presentation questions i was going to ask you to summarize but i'm so impressed with
your presentation for a man who's not a lawyer. I apologize to my other board members. I just
was listening and you hit everything right on target, I'll be honest with you.
He said he wasn't an attorney. I thought he was an attorney.
I know. It's never too late, Mr. Black. And your assistant, you would hire her, obviously,
all right um any questions from the board no
anyone else wish to testify in this matter if so please raise your hand
no hands chair thank you very much planning commission
good afternoon board peter bernard for the planning commission
This property is indicated for single family residential in the comprehensive plan. The
proposed addition does not leave sufficient side yard on the east side of the house. However,
the side yard on the west side plus the remainder on the east exceeds the minimum required total
side yard. Additionally, there is no opposition from the RCO or neighboring affected property.
Accordingly, we have no objection to the granting of the variance at this location.
we would suggest a proviso that an addition not be added to the west side of the property in the future.
Mrs. Sharon, you can't add the kind of proviso for the future.
They'd have to come back.
It would have to be considered at the time it's proposed.
They would have to come back.
Thank you.
MI-2020-001214-531-Libsey, is that the way you pronounce it?
Libsey, yes.
Libsey Street, my vote is yes.
My vote is yes.
My vote is yes.
Congratulations to the Black family.
I think I better get my law degree.
You better go get it.
Hurry up.
Take care.
Good luck to you.
Thank you, folks.
All right.
Good night, all.
Good night.
good night uh tanya sharon anybody we have any unfinished business it's a wrap chair yes thank
goodness all right thank you thank you everybody good job good night we got executive session
tomorrow morning yes yes all right o'clock okay see you then bye-bye good job frank