No, 4837
Brown Street, which is M.I.
2025, 001
This case has been withdrawn.
Number two,
1937 Watkins
Street, M.I.
2026 001 023 this case is continued until 11 426 at 2 p.m number four 27 2707 to 11 federal street
this is mi 2026 001 030 this case is continued until 11 426 at 2 p.m number seven 16 east
Springer Street MI 2026 001 137. This case is continued to 11 426 at 2 p.m. 11 10 North 39th Street. This is MI 2026 001 255. This case is continued to 11 426 at 2 p.m.
Number 13, 7226 Castor Avenue. This is MI 2026-002-159. This case is continued until 11-4-26 at 2 p.m.
And number 14, 1814 West Erie Avenue, MI 2026-002-444.
This case is continuing until 11-4-26 at 2 p.m.
Are there any other requests for continuances?
Mr. Chair, I do not see any hands raised.
Thank you.
number six
oh that's right here's our ad ones oh my goodness gracious
you didn't have any this morning that's why
Here's our add-ons.
Number one, MI-2025-007-020-2408 West Lehigh Avenue.
I vote yes proviso approved use is multiple family house no multiple family household
living.
oh I got that's that's that's for the other one that's the old one here it is
that's that's that's the other one that's the old one here it is
here it is i vote yes approved use is two family household living only no household living in the
basement michael johns my vote is yes with proviso cheryl gaston my vote is yes with proviso
you got it it's all right okay that's great number two
everyone we have to continue the voting did you go sure okay it's not a grand my vote is
just with proviso layla bb my vote is yes with proviso number two mi 2025 007 358 1509 north
29th street i vote yes with proviso maximum two dwelling units no household living in the basement
interior trash storage michael johns my vote is yes with provisos
cheryl gaster my vote is yes with provisos tenetta graham my vote is just with proviso
Layla Beebe, my vote is yes, with proviso.
Number three, MI 2024, 007, 462, 6215 North 13th Street.
I vote yes, with proviso.
Maximum two dwelling units, no household living in the basement.
Michael Johns, my vote is yes, with proviso.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes, with provisos.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes, with provisos.
Layla Beebe, my vote is yes, with provisos.
And number four, MI 2024-007-465-6217 North 13th Street.
I vote yes, with provisos.
Maximum two dwelling units, no household living in the basement.
Michael Johns, my vote is yes, with provisos.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes, with provisos.
Tenetta Graham, my vote is yes, with provisos.
Layla Beebe, my vote is yes, with provisos.
I'm good. I'm good. I got...
Can we get him? No, I'm good.
No, no, no, because you need to have the...
Is that yours? You don't need it? Oh.
All right, here we go. It's going to be number six.
It was six, no.
Seven.
Oh, that's right. You all right?
Sorry about the delay up here.
We're good.
number six mi 2026 001 136 1052 to 54 roy street alan knockamson is the attorney
but it's actually alex goldberg
do you need a spanish interpreter yeah okay spanish interpreter please
good afternoon my name is steven aubain last name spelled a-u-b-a-i-n
interpret ID YM288. Right. Do you swear or affirm that you will interpret accurately,
completely, and impartially from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English to the
best of your ability? Yes, I do. Thank you. Mr. Goldberg is the attorney. Mr. Goldberg,
will you just state your name for the record? Alex Goldberg. And could you identify who your
client is please my client is carlos mota um he could be honest yeah if if you see him in the
virtual audience great he may be on a computer identified as maria who's his partner okay so um
but he he uh he understands that all right let's let's let's see if we can see him first why don't
we get them on the line.
Get him on the line.
And this is the interpreter speaking.
Would you like me to ask for him to raise his hand?
Yeah, why don't you do that, please?
Así que Carlos Mota, si puede prender su cámara en micrófono.
Carlos Mota, si puede levantar la mano.
Mr. Chair, interpreter, I do not see that individual in the virtual audience and no
hands have gone up for the matter.
Does there happen to be a Maria Reyes in the virtual audience?
Pardon my interruption, Chair, this is Ian Hegarty.
Carlos Mota has been promoted to panelist and is on the panel currently.
Okay, thank you.
Why don't we swear him in and get him out and just get him online?
Could you ask him to come online, please?
Carlos Mota, si puede prender el micrófono y la cámara, por favor.
Carlos Mota, si puede prender su cámara y micrófono, por favor.
So, can you ask him to please state his name and spell his name?
Carlos Mota, C-A-R-L-O-S-M-O-T-A
All right, Ashton, do you swear or affirm to tell the truth?
Jura y afirma decir la verdad?
The whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Toda la verdad, nada más que la verdad.
All right, counsel, counsel, you've already, if I remember, identified yourself.
You may have to go a little bit slower so the interpreter can work with you, okay?
For sure.
Go ahead.
or you've identified him or you do
not yet good afternoon have you submitted your documents and exhibits five days in advance of
this hearing yes sí que buenas tardes ha sometido los documentos y evidencia cinco
días en adelante de esta audiencia contestó que sí and do you wave the reading of the
refusal and stipulate to its accuracy adiós y usted quita en la lectura de el rechazo y estipula
a su certeza dijo que sí sí que va a continuar con el caso
there we go
so this application is for a use variance to continue use that was granted by way of
special exception back in 2023 the zoning has actually since changed from cmx2 to rsa5 over
the course of time but the private club that was approved for this location has operated here
without issue for the duration of that time without any violations uh their variants actually
just expired um so we're we're seeking you know to to renew that variance um i'm sorry mr goldman
part part of the interruption um did you so we can do a couple of things with the interpreter here
um and it's it's up to you and your client um if you would like the entire proceeding to be
interpreted for your client we can do that or we can uh just interpret any questions from the
board or other information that we need directly from the client um how would you like to proceed
i think just the questions at the end is fine
thank you thanks okay interpreter do you understand um would you like me to let the
client know sure yes please solamente para dejarles saber que el abogado va a proceder con
this dar su testimonio y después al final este que yo le voy a interpretar las preguntas de la
junta si tiene está bien okay okay so what differentiates this go around is that we have
the support from the coordinating rco the previous time was not a well attended meeting the community
group i think didn't fully understand what we were asking to be able to do here this this
This, this establishment has functioned responsibly and respectfully, as I said, for the past several years, and they're now in support of the application, as well as many near neighbors signing a petition.
establishment has functioned responsibly and respectfully as i said
You can see the notice of refusal.
Again, this was a special exception last time around.
This time it's a refusal.
Private club is the classification that we best fit into.
This is, so Carlos is essentially the head of two, two different social clubs.
Um, one is, uh, is a softball team and the other is a Jeep club, which is Jeep aficionados.
Um, and, uh, a lot of, you know, his members are, um, of Latin American and South American
descent.
And they basically, um, you know, meet here periodically to socialize.
um they have uh community benefit um events and um that's that's really it it doesn't get a ton
of use um he he originally owned and operated um an auto body shop or a custom care facility here
for a very long time he's on the property since 1992 it was in very bad shape when he bought it
it's been cleaned up tremendously a lot of the neighbors remarked about that at the community
meeting that they appreciate that there's not junk cars parked all over the place and and he's
taking very good care of the property um and they don't play any loudly amplified music
they don't have crazy events um they don't use the space very often their their sort of hours
of operation are irregular because there's not a business operating here but typically they meet
6 p.m to 10 p.m um thursday to sunday and are there no later than midnight on saturdays
they have security they have exterior lighting all these things that we expect express to the
community group at the community meeting you can see they voted seven zero in unanimous support
they had several provisos the first one being security cameras and commercial trash which we
already both already do both of those things they have um trash pickup every other tuesday from
waste management um connecting more with you know the surrounding neighborhood and local community
meetings on board with that um contact information provided to the rco we did that and then there's
references here that i'm not sure were mentioned to us about um tenants and things like that this
is not a residential property so it was a positive meeting this was a petition that was executed by
several neighbors including the neighbor that we attached to directly next door and several
neighbors that are directly across the street from us this is the permit that we approved that
we received by way of variance in 2023 with the temporary variance to expire in may of 2026
Existing non-accessory parking used to remain.
There's a small garage there that you can see photos of
that he keeps a motorcycle and a car in just as storage, basically.
This is that permit, or this is the refusal that was issued.
This is reference to the zoning approval in 1988,
which was for eight private garages with an accessory office.
Obviously, there's a lot less vehicular traffic
associated with this property now than what was historically there.
zoning map this is a corner property between west westmoreland and roy street there's a large sort
of field directly across from us on the i1 side of the property and then residential properties
on the rsa5 side this is what the property looks like three posting photos for three frontages
the triangular parcel. Here's what it looks like on the Roy Street side, the left, and then West
Westmoreland. You can see it's not a residential side of the property. There's an overgrown sort
of lot here, and it doesn't look the same as the Roy Street side. Here's some interior photos.
There's a pool table. There's trophies from the softball team. Small bathroom inside.
and then here's his his little garage and then the floor plan is very basic
in terms of community service they do back to school drives and donate to the local hospital
they have a great relationship with their neighbors the organization the the softball
team has 32 members the jeep club has 20 members they don't they don't both uh occupy the space at
the same time um nor do all the members participate in socializing here but that's sort of what the
but that's sort of what the what the groups look like and you know the
what the groups look like um and you know
community is in support this time around we would like to not have a temporary
variance but I defer to the board on that we had the RCO meeting with the
with the coordinating RCO nice town tail again improvement team mailers went out
in a timely fashion, deed to the property, and tax clearance.
With that, I would ask Carlos to adopt my testimony.
Well, I'm not sure you can, right?
Oh, that's true. Good point.
So, can't adopt a testimony, but as an officer of the court,
we will take his testimony, okay?
Why don't we start with questions?
Questions from the board.
so is this like a private club or something that's exactly what it is yep and that's what
that's what was approved and that's what we're asking for and this is the interpreter speaking
would you like me to start interpreting from this point yes so yes my question was is this a
private club and there was a response from the attorney which was yes
Y su abogado respondió que sí.