ZBA Hearing - June 17, 2026

let's see so front door is the middle one you walk in there's a living room dining room kitchen

and a bedroom you go down a flight of steps there are multiple uh oh that's to right i'm sorry the

multiple the the lower levels to right there's a what's considered den area we also envision that

to be potentially like an office area and there is like a flex space there as well for like maybe

and there is like a flex space there as well for like maybe a guest room but specifically if you

a guest room

look at the top right portion there is uh exterior steps now instead of doing unit number one which

is a two bedroom two bath you go you know up a flight of steps which is floor plan number three

that's a two bedroom one bath uh and again you walk in there's a dining room a living room a

kitchen there's two bedrooms one on each end there's a bathroom each of the upper level units

have ventilated trash closets the the lower the first floor unit has the outdoor space for trash

next and then this is the third unit which is on the third floor similar exact floor plan as unit

number two and there's no roof deck next

and there's more of the elevations and kind of looking at it from a side view next

i think it's the same kind of from the other sides next

so we met with the community so according to alex it was a well-attended meeting

they understood that this was previously approved they appreciated that the porch was there

and they did see a need for multi-family living in that neighborhood next so this is just the

hearing notice poster notice the notice of refusal proof of of of the mailing

the application for appeal along the project information form and the notice of refusal

and there should be a couple more exhibits just the deed to the property showing that my client

owns it having for all mankind llc along with a tax clearance certificate so there was a balance

due and my client just recently paid it was like 500 bucks or something like that

and then there's proof of payment there's two payments on there

cumulatively they equal actually i think they exceeded that amount

that's it that's our presentation if miss thomas is in the virtual audience

what's his name uh heaven heaven thomas heaven thomas yep

mr thomas

council chair i do not see that individual in the virtual audience it's been a long day i i know

that she she was supposed to be on i i hope as an officer core you accept my testimony is true and

correct we take your testimony um just one question yeah i'm not saying this again it's

just the only three story properly it it is it is and i knew the board was going to ask it

no no i know it's true i i knew the board was going to ask that question it is it's the end

of the block um and the the community did not see much of an issue in terms of that they rather had

the extra bedroom on the second on the third floor questions other questions from the board

it was no roof deck was it no i don't believe so yeah i'm looking at the the refusal it does

not reference a roof deck you don't have a height no we actually we're at 34 feet

other questions from the board

yeah i'm still yeah um i know you don't have a refusal for the height but the entire block is

two stories which is sort of problematic and although it's the end of the group of houses

that are there you've still got the rest of the block on either side that's um the vacant lot it

can be two stories so it's it's kind of so kind of hard to justify so i will defer to the board

as always yeah if the board feels so inclined to grant it with you know a record with a a setback

of some sort you know we would lose a bedroom but you know i would defer to the board under

those circumstances where they provide you know with a condition we've done that before too

i don't think my client would be happy about it yeah

i understand the board's position or you do something or you don't or do something similar

that's around the neighborhood which is a man sort which is done uh in other areas too sort

of if the board if the board you know i maybe we hold it and i can talk to my client okay yeah

yeah i wouldn't have any issue with that let's go through the process

right council yep uh no questions at this time questions or comments from the virtual audience

i do not see any hands raised mr chair planning do you want to take a position now or are you

planning do you want to take a position now or are you the one that's wait to see what

with the one that's wait to see what

you'll take a position

nina solomonic with the planning commission the comprehensive plan recommends no change the rsa

5 residential single family attached zoning at this location there is no unique condition or

circumstance of this property that would prevent it from being used in conformance with the zoning

code therefore the city planning commission recommends that the board deny the proposed

use variance from multi-family household living right so um why don't we bring it back okay um i

guess uh i guess we'll have to make it a um resumptive hearing right that's right and um

how about the resumptive cards going here

and give me a date for a result of hearing if you would

hold on hold on 8 2 2026 at 9 30 a.m thank you okay thank you is there anyone else i'm sorry

chair what was what was that date i'm giving it the resumptive date okay can you repeat that date

because i don't think that's a a tuesday 8 12 20 26 9 30 a.m 8 12 yes august 12th the night there

yep yep all right uh is there anyone in the audience whose case has not been called

um mr chair i do not see any hands all right before i go i think we should all

thank lynn it's her first time with us you you get to join the i miss dinner club

when you work in this crew you always you know you never you get done early once in a while but

you'll never get dinner so this is the missed dinner club we that's right I know I've watched

you sneak out a couple times but um we want to thank you and you fit in very well this week

and thanks to the staff because uh I said to Bill Bill never complains in the back there

we gave him a late lunch today we gave him a late here thank you very much and thank you all

we appreciate you staying and our planning person always gets to stay late

thank you mr chair good night everybody