ZBA Hearing - March 3, 2021

so this was the before

okay can you see that one right there

yeah so you guys coming all the way up to where that fort used to be

wow that's the whole lot nine time do you see that i see that they have a problem yeah i do too

confessor i see it tom i see it i mean they're blocking light and air

and it's right out to the property line and plus it's without a permit that's insane

that's why I asked about the next door neighbors

I mean they could have

at least just maybe canon

levered the second floor and leave it open

yeah

what did the RCO

say you say you guys met with the RCO

yes

who is the RCO

community say

if they give the permission.

I got the paper also signed for them.

Who is the RCO?

I think it says that the 42nd war,

Democratic war.

And who's the council person?

Okay, I'm going to put the letter right now

so you can see him.

Lord, we see it.

Mr. Chair, who would the...

Mr. Chair, who would the, oh, I see Sloan Folks.

Oh, I see Sloan folks.

Is he on? Is Mr. Folks on?

Come on, Lily, let's go. Here we are.

No, it's just me right now.

You don't have a letter from the councilwoman's office?

Yes.

You do have a letter?

Yes, I do.

From the councilwoman?

Yes, it's Quiñones Sanchez, Maria.

Yes, you have a letter from her?

Yes, right there on the screen.

That's the 42nd Ward.

Can you see it?

Yeah, that's a letter you wrote to the councilwoman.

The ward wrote.

Am I right or am I missing?

I can't see it that well.

No.

no it's a letter from her no it's not it's from the 42nd ward to to the councilwoman

then right it's in the bottom it's a shanty um lindsey lindsey yeah that's the that's

that's the ward committee it's not the councilwoman

um there's there's no way this can be corrected is there um mr chair

i don't know you you'd have to see what how the construction the materials what was built

does it just block i don't know i don't know if it's i mean that's the structural issues there

could potentially be structural issues i'm not aware of that the only way the only way you can

correct it is to tear down i i agree i was thinking maybe that again i don't know what

the materials are holding up the second floor if they eliminated the walls the side walls

you know i'm saying and had a pier holding up the second floor but i don't know if that that's

possible. I have the contractor person right here. And he can explain that for you guys.

The contract, the contract, the contractor who built this without a permit.

No, legal, the legal one.

This probably has to come down.

i think that that'll be an issue most likely for l and i i assume yeah uh but i i don't know

if anybody have any more questions we'll find out what the zoning board wants to do and then

we'll figure it out i mean the planning commission rather uh could you go back to the picture of the

the extension on the building again yeah sure

it's it's really wrong well it's wrong because what happened on both sides and

more so than anything else they're blocking the porches it

porches doors windows i can't believe a contractor would build this without a permit

so it's insane well they they did for a while until they got stopped

it's built with with black um cement and also the bars holding it inside

um i'm i'm going to do this you know what

i i don't know anybody have any ideas uh just to vote it now let's let's say we voted

It's here from the Planning Commission, and then we'll vote.

Planning Commission.

Yeah, Ron Bednar, City Planning.

Property is indicated for single-family residential use on the city plan.

The applicant has not sufficiently demonstrated necessary hardship regarding requirements of the code.

Recommend the request for variance not be granted.

I think no matter what we do, Alan I is going to probably have some issues anyway.

uh mi 2020 does zero zero two four five four four four one east mentor street my vote is no

my vote is no it's no my vote is no

okay i think that do we do we have the do we have the right to do a c-sop

uh we could uh and you could do enforcement no with enforcement you can do code enforcement

Code enforcement.

Yeah, because it looks a little dangerous.

If it meets code, then we still have issues with it.

All right.

okay i think that concludes our business for today is that correct that's correct we do have um

Okay.

I think that concludes our business for today.

Is that correct?

That's correct.

someone with a hand up i'm not sure sarah aldifer

um i just saw her to um speak yeah she was the she was the first add-on frank and we voted it

Yes, it's done, right?

Yes.

Yes.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you, everyone.

Be safe and all the people behind the scenes.

Thank you again for your assistance.