ZBA Hearing - January 13, 2021

appreciate that so i'll roll through this is the uh letter of support uh and these are photographs

And these are photographs. This is Malvern Avenue. It's pretty much a residential area.

This is Malvern Avenue. It's pretty much a residential area.

This is an apartment complex over here. And this property is at the end of the row. And you'll see

this is the rear of the property. There are four meters, always have been four meters here.

Three, this is the doctor's office, first floor apartment, second floor apartment. And this is a

common meter. Again, a closeup of the meters. But this is the driveway that leads behind the

home is on Malvern Avenue, and this was the entrance to the doctor's office. If I go back

to the first photograph, and you'll see it on the floor plan, the way this home is laid out is

there's an entrance here that takes you up to the first floor, excuse me, to the second floor

apartment, and there's a door on the side that takes you to the first floor apartment, and then

the third door is what I showed you on the side, which entered into the former doctor's office.

here's the the formal entrance and this is what the doctor's office just used to look like

it's been demolished and we've told we show these photographs to the community group

because we told them it would not be commercial it would not be a doctor's office and they would

not have the foot traffic or the car traffic in and out of the driveway like they used to

these are kind of rudimentary plans but they nevertheless do depict the actual layout of the

property this is the front elevation this is the door to the second floor apartment and then there's

a side door that goes into the first floor apartment then here's that side entrance door

this is the proposed layout of the basement there will be one bedroom as i said it was formerly an

office but the intent is to convert it into residential as that's what the rest of the block

is the second floor is again a two-bedroom unit that's already existing and as I said my client

has a license residential license for this for this two-family dwelling and this is the first

floor same layout as on the second floor the zoning map here's the the lot it's it's a very

very huge lot it's I think it's about 6,000 square feet according to the OPA and again it sits

at the end of the row. I just wanted to delve into the archives to show you that the board

that in fact this was a two-family with a doctor's office and it even says here in fine print

doctor to live above. So it looked like it was an owner-occupant use on one floor and with his

office in the basement. Again here's a reference from 1988 to what the former use of this property

was. The rest of the documents are my standard documents, tax certification, application for

appeal, the deed indicating that Mr. Foster, who's on the line, is the current owner of the property

and it's his application that we're seeking to prosecute. There's our notice letters and our

certificate of mailing. So again, it's a pretty straightforward proposal, which is to swap out a

commercial use in the basement to a residential. We have the support of the community group

and some of the neighbors on the block. So I'm going to ask if Mr. Foster can be unmuted and

I'll ask him to adopt my testimony and entertain any questions from the board.

mr foster you can unmute and speak yes ma'am good afternoon good evening mr foster please

identify yourself spell your last name for the record yes my name is robert foster uh my first

name r-o-b-e-r-t-f-o-s-t-e-r do you swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing

about the truth yes sir thank you mr clinton hello mr foster yes sir good afternoon uh you

were on this call during this meeting when i presented the testimony concerning this property

correct yes sir and did you hear my testimony yes sir and is my testimony true and correct

yes sir and if you had the opportunity to testify would you have got my testimony as your own

and as true and correct yes sir thank you mr foster we appreciate it thank you

Mr. Chairman with that I ask my exhibits be admitted to evidence and I rest.

Thank you. Questions from the board? No. No. Anyone else like to testify in this case? If so,

please raise your hand. There are no hands up at this time, Chair. Thank you. Planning Commission?

this property is indicated for residential use on the city plan based on the documented used

history we have no objection to the granting the variance my name is Ron Bednar BED

history we have no objection to the granting the variance my name is Ron Bednark B-E-D-N-A-R

thank you Ron MI 2020-000376-6463 Malvern Avenue my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes

my vote is yes thank you this is Sharon yes I was unable to reach Mr Bolin this case was

previously listed on october 7th it was continued at the request of the councilwoman in order for

the applicant to have an rco meeting um if you are i guess you can continue it must be heard

okay mi2020-000693-4733 i'm sorry mr clinton do you have another case no i'm gonna i'm gonna

we've stopped sharing now. Okay. Thank you. So MI 2020-000-693-4733, excuse me, 4733

Lieper, L-E-I-P-E-R Street is continued, must be heard. Calendar number 0979, 706 Washington Avenue.

someone has an open mic would you need to mute please

is there anyone here for 706 washington avenue

it was um no exhibits on this one okay no one has their hand up at this time chair

and this is the first listen let me hold on one second i gotta leave and come back i think

no i'm here can you hear me now yes all right i got all kinds of stuff on my screen i don't know

why but anyway uh it was not it hasn't been continued in the past

is that i checked and was not able to find any record of it having been listed

did you receive any exhibits no no exhibits okay that makes it easy mi 2020 that's zero zero zero

nine seven nine seven oh six washington avenue my vote is to dismiss my vote is to dismiss

dismiss dismiss okay uh i believe that concludes uh the list yes it does any outstanding business

lakisha anyone we're all good yes all right thank you