and can you explain what drove you to want to install such a tall fence
y si nos puede explicar que fue la causa que causó que usted quisiera instalar una cerca así de alta
um i saw that a neighbor had the same fence
and I asked who installed it and I got the information, contact information of the ones
that installed it. And I put it up because the area was becoming dangerous. I live near
the train station, so it's just becoming a lot more dangerous.
alguien quisiera traspasar so i'm also a single father i have a young son and i wanted to have
the peace of mind that he could play outside and without either getting out or someone i'm trying
to come in the house okay i have no further questions any other questions from the board
yes um and why why are you seeking permission now i mean you've had it up since 2017
What drove you to ask for permission now to legalize the fence?
¿Y por qué usted está pidiendo permiso ahora?
Si ya ha tenido la cerca desde el 2017, ¿cuál fue la causa que usted viniera a pedir permiso para legalizar la cerca el día de hoy?
No sabía que tenía que pedir un permiso y me dieron una violación.
so um i was unaware that i needed to ask for a permission so i received a violation
So it was because of that I am seeking to do things legally and correct the situation I was given that opportunity to file to legalize this.
And that's the reason why I'm here and asking for permission.
Thank you.
Luego estuve en una reunión, un meeting con los coordinadores de la ciudad y mis vecinos.
Se le enviaron carta a mis vecinos, asistieron todos, la mayoría, y todos están de acuerdo con que Intale se mantenga ahí.
and then we had a meeting with the coordinators and they sent letters to
the entire neighborhood we had a meeting with most of the neighbors
and they were all in agreement that um to let the installation of the fence
and also the coordinators were in an agreement as well okay uh thank you questions from our
attorney gracias preguntas de la abogada hillary emerson not at this time madam chair um questions
from the virtual audience pregunta de la audiencia virtual i see no he's at this time chair no veo
manos levantadas all right planning commission comita de planos thank you chair and good morning
David Fecto, F-E-C-T-E-A-U, with the City Planning Commission.
Okay, do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Yes, ma'am, I do.
Okay, thank you.
Así que David Fecto, que es del Comité de Planos, él afirmó el juramento.
The chair and board members, the comprehensive plan recommends no change to the RSA-5 residential single-family zoning at this location.
Chair and board members, the comprehensive plan recommends...
Presidente y miembros de la Junta, el plan comprensivo recomienda que no haya cambio al RSA-5 residencial unifamiliar zona para esta ubicación.
The city re-zoned this neighborhood in 2014 in accord with recommendations in the comprehensive plan.
The appellant appears to have built a non-compliant fence without the benefit of permits.
El apelante aparece que construyó una cerca que no estaba en cumplimiento, sin los beneficios de permisos.
The City Planning Commission recommends that the board deny the proposed height variance for a non-compliant fence.
el este la el comité de planeo de la ciudad recomienda que la junta denegue la
variancia de altura propuesta de esta cerca que no está en cumplimiento
okay thank you m i two zero two five zero zero one three zero eight fifty two fifty two
south street i vote yes what seek it para el m2025 001 308 5252 south street yo voto que si
michael johnson my vote is yes michael johnson yo voto que si
cheryl gaston my vote is yes cheryl gaston yo voto que si ryan mcadams my vote is yes
Ryan McIntyre, mi voto es sí.
Taya Wynn, mi voto es sí.
Taya Wynn, mi voto es sí.
Thank you.
You can tell him he has his votes and we are done.
Así que ya tiene sus votos y terminamos.
Thank you, interpreter.
Case number two, MI2024006072518 East Thelma Street, Muhammad Ahurani is the owner and applicant. This is a pro se.
Muhammad, last name starts with A, will be joining us as a panelist.
Hey, good morning.
Good morning. Can you state your name and spell it for the record?
Muhammad Alhorani M-O-H-A-M-M-A-D-A-L-H-O-U-R-A-N-I
I'm the owner of 518 Eastern Mastry 1912
Wait a minute, wait a minute
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth
the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
I swear
Okay, all right
So this is the application for use as a two-family household living
in an existing structure
and you have a refusal
because this is prohibited in the RSA 5 zone and district.
Our board secretary, Ms. Gadsden, will ask you a couple questions.
Good morning.
Did you file your exhibits and documents five days in advance of this hearing?
And do you waive the reading of the refusal?
To its accuracy.
And stipulate to its accuracy.
okay um you can now share your screen and begin to make your presentation sure
so mr or ahurani we have all your documents so um you have uh unanimous support from the 42nd
ward rco and you also have a letter of non-opposition from council member lazada so you can um
tell us what you're trying to do today and uh show us some pictures and explain as your
your pictures your documents so this is the plan i have for the blow that up please
is there a way you can make that bigger sure yeah you see it now yes okay so this is the second
floor of the property um this is the entrance right here in the back i have the room
the back I have the room bedroom right here one bedroom and this is the
bedroom right here one bedroom
kitchen right here a bathroom and in the front there is a living room and this is
the first floor right here we have a living room and there is a bedroom and
there is a bathroom in the back and the deck all the way in the back and the
kitchen right here next to the living room and this is the entrance for the
basement in the basement right here I have like a big room and what is I have
the laundry and I have the garage all the way in the back and there is the
entrance for the garage from here so you're trying to make a duplex exactly
yes okay um i can show you some pictures yes please show some pictures
so this is the entrance for the second floor
also i'm sorry
This is the second floor too, this is the back room and this is the kitchen.
this is this is the back room for the second floor
this is the kitchen for the second floor
and also this is the um the living room for the second floor
This is the deck in the back of the house for the first floor and this is the
first floor was the living room and the kitchen. The kitchen is right here and
this is the living room this this way it goes to the bedroom right here and
bathroom this is the front entrance for the first floor and this is the kitchen
right here um this right here in front of the house um where we can leave the trash
for the second floor and the first floor
okay i think that's this was the pictures they have all right we have uh we have those um any
questions from the board i have a few questions one you showed a photo of a kitchen um that
didn't have a stove or a refrigerator and i just wanted to know are they being installed or
yeah i mean shown on the plans but they weren't shown in the photo yeah the house has been empty
since since 2021 since i bought this house i'm trying i understand yeah i understand nobody
lives there but like what's the plan for the big appliances is the hope that the tenant
is bringing the appliances no no i'm gonna i'm gonna bring it of course you're gonna bring it
okay yeah 100 and then my second it's less of a question it's more of a comment the way the
living room is designed on the second floor it looks like a bedroom and i just wanted to understand
why you put a closed door on the living room and can you go can you go back to the plan so we can
see what oh yeah um i have i have a door for the living room for the second floor yeah i was asking
why i mean i've been i've been there so i didn't change anything honestly um i can show you the
plan right here here you go
so i think the the issue with that is that the dining room in the kitchen is small i mean it's
it's a good size for a dining room in a kitchen but um i just want to make sure that this doesn't
get rented as a two bedroom no that would make that second floor have a very small living area
no it's only it's only one living room i understand that but because the door is on
i understand that but because the door is on the living room that functionally
the living room that functionally could have it defined
could have it defined as a bedroom according to code and so yeah okay i mean if if i have
to remove i would remove it there's no problem with that with me
i do think that would be advised yeah i mean it's more reasonable to remove the door
only the first floor apartment has access to the garage in the basement
yeah it has access to the garage in the basement so where are they doing laundry for the second
floor unit the second floor um they have they have their own um they they have their own
access they can get the like with the washing machine and do in the on like in the on the in
the kitchen how i i install um i install uh what do you mean uh like the hose for the water uh for
the cold and hot water with the sink oh so you're saying the plan is to put a washer and dryer on
the second floor yes that okay yeah i was like they don't know that okay any other questions
from the board the the basement um what are the plans for the basement it's just it's an open
space is it for storage is it another room for the first storage storage for the first floor
because it's it got it has a it has a garage it's a laundry mat it has a garage
okay and do you know of any other duplexes are on the block yes and do you have the support of your
neighbors that are adjacent to you on both sides i do have the rco support i can show you right now
I mean, the support from your near neighbors on the block.
Have you spoken with them?
They joined the RCO meeting when we had the RCO meeting, all of them.
And what's your plan for the trash for both units?
That front casing?
Yes, the front, I'm going to like bought two cans for the first floor and the second floor.
what i show you on um on the picture
you want me to show it to you no i think i remember seeing it yeah all right do we have
any uh any more questions yeah yeah i've got i've got yeah you might generally as about the trash
is one you've got enough room within the units to store the trash within the units until trash day
so uh that's an issue putting having the trash cans out in the front the other thing is you
showed a picture of the front um that doesn't have a retaining wall then you showed another picture
when you said you're going to put the trash out front that shows a retaining wall
so that was the that was the google map it didn't get updated right here okay so this so this
so this so so this so this is a google map yes exactly okay so the retaining wall was the
retaining wall there when you bought the property i'm sorry was the retaining wall there when you
bought the property no i did it i did that oh and you got permits for that too i did that i did that
like uh in 20 in 2020 in 2022 because i had a couple violation about the grass i keep i keep
getting violation about the grass so that's why i did that honestly did you did you get billing
permits to do that no oh well that's problematic um so yeah so so my issue is you've got enough
room to store within the unit so i would recommend that the uh these the unit that the uh unit store
their trash within the units either with a uh the first floor clearly can store their trash on the
rear deck or in the in the basement uh and that the upper unit could clearly um store their trash
within the unit if you create a a vented um trash closet as opposed to having trash cans in the front
okay any other questions yes i have a comment and then just an agreement uh uh the second floor
where you have the uh bathroom where you have to go from the bedroom through the dining kitchen
area to get to a bathroom um i have a pet peeve about that three o'clock in the morning nobody
wants to go wandering through most of the unit to get to a bathroom I think that's a bad layout
and then I agree about the trash and I don't understand the enclosure I mean is there is
is there is there a door there is there some the the that retaining wall is there a door there to
Is there a door there?
Is there some...
the basement is that how people get in there or is that just closed off or what did you what did
you do there oh for in front of the house yes can i show you um that wall yeah yeah sure i can show
you a picture right here what i did just give me one second if you don't mind
okay is she showing you something yes yeah i want to show you um i want to show you a photo
um i'm trying to um send it to the laptop so you can see um in the front that i have the door
is that is that to the basement or which was like in the front of the house where they're
gonna leave the trash can you show us a photo of that can you show yeah i'm gonna show you
i'm gonna show you a photo right now okay okay
do you have a shop drawing of the retaining wall itself that one no yeah well he already said he
already said he did with those permits yeah he already answered his question i said i don't have
it no i've done it like a long time ago when did you purchase the bike um 2021 and when did you
do this wall in 2022 okay and uh the um conversion here that you've done because this is a legalization
correct? Yeah you're right. Okay and when did you do that? When I did what? Okay so like 2022 as
well? Yes I did the one in front of the house in 2022. Yes the conversion to two families when
did you do that? It's already done the house it was like that when I purchased it because when
When I purchased this house, it was for a lady who bought the house from the old owner
and she didn't complete the payment.
So the old owner took the house from here.
And all of that was done from the previous Senate.
And I have a court day, I have to do an eviction day with her.
So it took me a year and a half to make her leave the house, you know what I mean?
So you're saying that the property was in this condition when you purchased it?
All right.
thank you all right questions from our attorney
that's right um not at this time Madam Chair okay and questions from our audience
or virtual audience I see no hands at this time chair Planning Commission
thank you chair and good morning David Fecto with the City Planning Commission