ZBA Hearing - August 19, 2025

and it said custom printing and design uh so it says small personalizations and stuff like that

So I'm not sure if that's considered business support or separate from a business, but this is what, I mean, I can show them to hop on if that helps to just explain why they put it, why they asked it to be put under this category.

It doesn't seem like it's business support from what they're describing, custom printing and small custom personalizations.

Do you want me to see if I can bring them on?

If they're providing, if they're providing, like, so it says use, so the definition of business support is uses that provide personnel services, printing, copying, photographic services, or communication services to businesses or consumers.

Table uses include employment agencies, copy and print shops, telephone answering services, or photo developing labs.

so i think if they're providing if they're if they're printing things for people even doing

some customization i think that's still business support it's not like it's an office that

people come to um to obtain specific services such as you know attorney architect accountant

that sort of thing okay

planning commission

thank you chairman and good afternoon david fecto with the city planning commission

chairman and board members the comprehensive plan recommends no change to the rta1 residential

two-family zoning at this location the city rezoned this neighborhood in 2018 in accord

with recommendations in the comprehensive plan there are no unique physical circumstances or

conditions that will prevent this property from being used in strict conformity with the zoning

code the city planning commission recommends that the board deny the requested use variants for

business support hillary are we okay to vote on this no we need an amended refusal okay um so we

can hold, we can hold our vote.

It will be held until we have an amended refusal.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Number six, MI 2025

000470

3110 Aramingo Avenue.

This is a resumptive hearing. Henry Clinton is the attorney.

there's a support from south port richmond civic association the vote was 26 in support

six in opposition and a letter of non-opposition from council member squad we needed interior

photos the last time

chair i do not see henry clinton in the virtual audience

mr clinton

wow

okay we're going to go to the next one

all right number seven mi 2025 000 596 1163 south 19th street

alak sokoloff is the attorney this is a resumptive hearing

Alok Sokoloff is the attorney. This is a resumptive hearing.

Lose letter of support from Point Breeze Community Development Coalition.

Chair, I have a hand up by the name of Gabriel Fellis. I'm going to promote them to panelists.

That's one of his clients. I mean, his partner.

Can you start with him, Mr. Chair? Yes, I do feel like his client sometimes, though.

No, no, you're not. Could you please state your name and spell it for the stenographer?

My name is Gabriel Fellis, G-A-B-R-I-E-L. My last name is Fellis, F-E-L-L-U-S.

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

Yes.

um so this is a resumptive hearing um we need an update from you we'll have questions from the

board public testimony and then planning commission will make a recommendation so um that's great

uh we have updated plans so why don't you why don't you give us your updated

sure so anything else yeah so i mean last time uh we met on may 21st i believe mr johns raised

a little bit of concerns about the basement living situation um so we updated our our plans to now

it's going to be essentially a two-family uh unit i'm sorry two-family dwelling the first four unit

is going to be just uh the first floor above grade uh basement is just going to be it's going to be

just a mechanical room and then the second and third floor will be as uh as originally proposed

to be one unit um i also have the architect from design blends who can walk you through

some of the new plans and I can share my screen so we could help you out.

His name is Scott Woodruff. He should be in the virtual audience.

So what we can do is why don't you go through the plans and if the board

has any questions, then we'll use the architect, okay? Sounds great.

So you went from nothing in the basement,

right? Just mechanicals. No, so originally

the first unit was going to be basement

and the first four, and the second unit

would be the second, fourth, and third four.

We revised those plans so that the first

unit is just going to be the first four,

and the second unit will be second and third

four, and with no

basement living.

So I can run you through.

So this would be

basement.

and this is the first floor with garage

and a third and fourth I believe are completely unchanged since the original uh proposal

so michael

mr johnson yeah i believe the commissioner just asked for you i i'm good with it

but the first the basement has a rec room is that we have there

did i see that yeah

i'm i'm good with that okay

all right um you want to bring your owner on yeah absolutely her name is uh miss barbara mosley

She should be in the virtual audience.

Sure.

um your notes to the court will gladly take your testimony questions from the board

questions or comments from our attorney hlory emerson

not at this time mr chair questions or comments from the virtual audience

yes chair there is a hand up by barbara mosley will be promoted

okay

hi miss mosley good morning hi could you please state your name and spell for this

stenographer. Barbara Mosley, B-A-R-B-A-R-A-M-O-S-L-E-Y. You swear or affirm that tell the truth,

the whole truth, nothing but the truth. I do. Please proceed, counsel. Ms. Mosley, how are you?

I'm doing well, thank you. Good. Did you hear my testimony earlier today? Yes.

AND WOULD YOU SAY IT'S TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE?

YES. AND WOULD YOU ADOPT IT AS IF IT WERE YOUR OWN?

YES. GREAT. THANK YOU.

OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE VIRTUAL AUDIENCE?

I SEE NO HEANS AT THIS TIME, CHAIR.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. AND GOOD AFTERNOON. DAVID FECTO WITH THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS NO CHANGE TO THE RSA.

five residential single-family zoning at this location the city rezoned this neighborhood in

1985 and a council supported that change there are no unique physical conditions or circumstances of

of this property who are prevented from being used in strict conformity with the zoning code

city planning commission recommends that the board deny the requested use variance for multi-family

living and by 2025 zero excuse me mr chair we have to hold the vote on this matter um because

we do not have the correct form from the prior hearing we will we will vote on this next wednesday

at uh 9 30 a.m thank you thank you council thank you guys all right um do we hear from henry

number six

MI 2025

000470

3110 Aramingham Avenue

Henry Clinton is the attorney

it's a resumptive hearing

henry clinton will be rejoining us as a penile loose

good afternoon mr chairman hi mr clinton could you please state your name and spell for the

stenographer? Sure. Henry Clinton, H-E-N-R-Y, Clinton, C-L-I-N-T-O-N. Do you swear or affirm

to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. So, Mr. Clinton, this

is a resumptive hearing, and this will be an update from you and the applicant. Sure.

Questions from the board, public testimony, and a planning commission recommendation.

Please proceed, Mr. Clinton.

Do you want to swear with him, Mr. Chairman?

Oh, I thought I did. I'm sorry. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth,

all truth, nothing but the truth?

I do.

Thank you, Mr. Clinton.

I just wanted to make sure. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the board.

I'm here concerning 3110 Aramingo, and if I can share my screen.

Please.

Is that visible, Mr. Chairman?

It is.

Right.

So we were last in front of the board May 14th at 2 o'clock,

and this is a request to convert the first floor of a two-floor home on Aramingo

from a doctor's office to an apartment and maintain the apartment on the second floor.

The board may not remember, but when I presented the project previously, the floor plans were rather elementary or rudimentary, whatever word you want to use.

They were performed by my client.

So the request was, naturally, to get the floor plans upgraded to a professional grade, which we have done.

And they're in my table of contents referenced as well as in the packet.

I also have updated photos of the zoning notice and an email to all the affected RCOs as well as the updated tax clearance.

So here's what I say are rudimentary elementary floor plans presented in May.

Obviously, no detail at all, and it was done at the last minute by the client.

Now, here are the professional floor plans.

plans, this is what is, I should start with existing, this is the existing floor plan.

This is the existing floor plan.

So the first floor, we have.

So the first floor, we have doctor's office and consult room, a bathroom, which is going to be removed, full bath as well as a half bath, which is going to be removed on the first floor.

The second floor is existing and will remain existing.

There's two bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen on the second floor.

and the proposed changes are

basement is going to be mechanical room

and storage for the first floor.

The entrance is a sunroom.

There's a little porch on the front,

two bedrooms, a living, a bath,

and a kitchen in the rear.

There's access to the rear yard,

walking through the kitchen.

into the rear yard.

Second floor remains the same, accessed via the stairway in the hall

up into what I said before, two bedrooms, bath, and a kitchen.

These are postings of the notices of today's hearing for August 19th.

There's a photograph of the outside of the property with the posting,

And this is a little sunroom that I talked about on the first floor.

And the second floor has a bay and a little bit receded from the front first floor elevation.

This is the email to everyone who was at the first hearing, letting them know of today's hearing.

This is an updated tax clearance.

Well, it's not really a clearance, just proof that no real estate taxes erode.

um that's basically the presentation again it's a a doctor's office and an apartment on the first

floor and we're looking to make that first floor uh into an apartment we did have the support

of the rco as per my prior presentation and i can bring my client on and also

why don't you do that everybody bring your client on mr bylas are you on the call

Claudia

I see no one in the audience

Henry you're an officer of the court

we will take your testimony

questions from the board

I have a question

so on the second floor

you're going to have a different tenant

on the second floor

correct?

there's an existing tenant there

and that tenant is going to stay because i i see two bedrooms but and a kitchen but there's no

really living space up there am i wrong no you're right she kind of uses the the kitchen area

because it's not that big of a space the front is indented and then there's a roof over the

first floor in the back okay so like is the tenant using one of the bedrooms as like a living space

Just a couch or a TV?

Kind of.

I think it's kind of a studio where there's a pull-out bed, but also a couch and a television.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So it's a one-bedroom?

Correct.

But you say two-bedroom.

When you talk to the architect and the owner, it's a little bit of both.

I mean, there is a pull-out couch there, but also there's a television.

so so there's no living room i i guess the bedroom should have been called bedroom slash

living room sorry mr johns come on now is the kitchen you got a kitchen correct no living room

and a bedroom or two bedrooms and no living room no no there's not two bedrooms and a living room

It's a bedroom slash bedroom, living room, bath, and a kitchen.

I don't want to misdirect anything.

Yeah, well, I guess.

No, it's a one-bedroom.