ZBA Hearing - September 15, 2020

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members and we had that officially

in case the employer wants to know and who opposed it and one who supported it.

The reason why, as the Planning Commission indicated, the size of this

building is a lot larger than shit. You can put the objects that the applicant

indicated in there, but you can put a lot of other things in there too of nature.

you can put a lot of other things in there too of nature and that's why the neighbors

And that's why the neighbor uses

who attended that meeting were definitely opposed to doing this now i know other people have sheds

in the area and the person next door's shed is larger well why wouldn't he support something

where uh he is doing something that's not legal either so the bottom line is we want to raise

objection to it based on what the neighbors fear. Also, too, there are other objections. First of all,

the property is three and a half feet beside the property line when you require 10 feet,

so that's not legal right there. And also the neighbors are concerned that this is going to be

used for other purposes other than storage with the size. This is three times bigger than a shed,

normal shed so you can store a lot more things in there than that or else you

can move those things somewhere else and use it for some other purpose whether

it be a business which you're hearing as another location or whatever else you

want to do now business is illegal we realize that but as the learner said

himself that this is way back of this property it's very large no one can see

it, so you could be doing anything in that particular shed. So this is the

objection that the neighbors raised. This shed was going to be used for other

purposes than what they indicate there. And also, too, since one neighbor has

indicated to us that there is an electrical line running through the shed,

now it may not have electricity now, as Irina stated, that doesn't mean in the

future electricity can't be posted in there. So basically we're supporting the

neighbors to oppose this particular change, as the Planning Commission has also done.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for your testimony, sir.

Is it safe to say, or correct me if I'm wrong, is it the size of the shed or is it the concern

about what the use may be going forward?

It's the concern.

It's the fact of how it could be used in the future.

I think that's the major objection, because the size of it is such a large size that the neighbors are concerned that it's going to be converted into something other than shed.

That's from my understanding of what the neighbors have told us.

I think I get that. I think the board gets that as well.

I'm just curious, Sharon, if we were to approve this with a proviso, is there a proviso that we could come up with that would guarantee that it could only be used for storage of materials or whatever and never to be used for anything?

No one living in there, no living unit, no whatever.

You could add proviso saying no electricity and no use other than storage.

yeah i think that would do it so mr chair we actually offer to do a proviso for no business

purposes in terms of electricity and i haven't really talked to my client about this i think

she would just want electricity just in case like you know potentially i don't know why turn a light

on you don't want to go if it's dark at night you want to go in there you need light i don't have

that much of concern about the electricity it's just what gets what what the electricity would

be used for other than lighting on some receptacles in there if they're going to you know do any work

in here they have tools yeah i so i and i may correct me if i'm wrong if we wanted to do

anything but for storage that would that would generate another violation like we would have

so the the purpose was never to like use this for any type of commercial use i'm not suggesting that

that was the reason. I'm just trying to find a place where the community can be, you know,

feel comfortable that this is not going to turn into an extension of a business or some other

use than storage. Well, how about accessory storage for household living? Something to

that effect, Mr. Chair. Whatever is the tightest we can make it, it would be my opinion. And that's

the board has to vote so I'm just throwing that out there. What is the square footage?

The square footage, Madam Vice Chair, it is according to refusal 355 square feet.

And Mr. Nockamson is correct that any business use or extension of the residence into that would

would generate and that would be a violation in any case um so adding the language that

um so adding the language that he suggested it would give the community some assurance

he suggested it would give the community some assurance

and again i want to make it as tight as possible in the event i'm not saying suggesting that his

client is going to do this but somebody else can come along they sell the house someone else has

that shed and they may decide to use it as an office or something of that nature because i look

at 1009

Twist Road, that seems to be

a very large

shed as well.

Again, I would ask that

Sharon, you give us the

most restrictive language you could give us.

I think the language that

Mr. Nockamson suggested was good.

Storage accessory to household use

only.

All right. Anyone else

wish to testify in this case, please

raise your hand.

i have no one chair all right um alan i'm going to ask you to give me that language again

uh storage for a storage accessory to household use only

okay uh calendar number three nine five eight six nine six nine five six six wally avenue

my vote is yes with the proviso storage for household accessory uses only a storage

accessory to household use only storage be limited to a storage accessory

storage accessory limited to household use

to house storage storage accessory to household use only storage to be accessible to household

use only that's the proviso my vote is yes with that proviso yes with proviso yes for proviso

yes for proviso yes with proviso

thank you very much

you're welcome

have a great day

you too

I believe that completes

the 3.30 list is there any

unfinished business

no nothing for today but I will

send out an invitation for tomorrow

morning there are a lot of

follow up things that you will be doing

tomorrow so I'll send you

a memo on that and then we can talk

about them in the morning

executive session nine o'clock tomorrow morning yes all right well tanya yes that's true sir

we're good yes okay good night everyone stay safe good night all good night everyone good

night good night sheree thank you for everything okay you too it's tanya it's tanya