Zoning Board of Appeals - Special Meeting

Would you like to someone? Yes. Yeah, sure.

Okay. So, since the November meeting, um the board has received um a business plan and designs for the remodeled property at 2119. it would now be a triplex which I think fits in the neighborhood. Um, and I'm hoping that the board can see their way to approve this variance from mixed use commercial residential I think is what it is right now. Um, I did send copious letters. I don't know if you want me to go through all that.

No, I think I think we read them all. I'm good. We're all up. I think we're all I'm all up to speed. Yes. Agreed. Are there any questions from the board? I have a question for our legal council, but not for you. Okay. If this resolution or variance passed in the affirmative, would that establish a binding precedence on any other like kind variances that would come before this sport?

Not each property has it would not each property has to meet the test on its own merits. So each excuse me each application for a use variance has the mean for test on its own merits. So it would not establish a precedent that would be binding would not be a binding precedent. It might be it an applicant a future applicant would not be prohibited from arguing to the board that it should be persuasive that it had been approved in the past by this board or perhaps by a different board or something like that. But it's not binding. Thank you. You've answered my question.

Would it be useful to put on the record that uh it is the intent of the board not to make it a precedent and to make it specific to the facts of the situation. You can do that. Um and that will make your intent clear, but that also will not be binding on a future board as to what it wants to do. We should do that. So we want to do that. No, you want first of all you need to first of all the need to do a seeker and need to and I is someone is someone here does someone here want to speak on that or is that on Zoom?

Somebody's on Zoom. It's just my daughter, right? Oh. Oh, okay. Okay. Uh you ready for a seeker motion? Well, is there anybody in the audience that wants to talk? There's three people. So, I figure we should at least open it right. All the same thing. I know, but still he should offer it.

Where? Yeah. So, seeker come seeker. I don't have the do seeker. What? Yeah. Oh, you want can you do seeker? Yeah. Um if everyone's ready and uh no one online or there's no issue. Okay. So for um no they were just asking Mr. Chairman in regard to PLZBA 2025-000048 uh as supported by the staff reports. I ask that the board find this proposal to be an unlisted seeker action with sufficient information available for a negative declaration. I second. Make your roll call. All in favor? All in favor?

I I I I Anyone opposed? No. No opposed. You should if you take it not by roll call. You should just ask if anyone's opposed. It eliminates. It does. Sure. All righty. Zach's ready here. You ready? I'm ready. Okay. Is there any questions? I just I didn't know you guys were talking. No, no questions.

All right. I move that the board approve the variance for uh PLZBA 2025004848 uh for 2119 Bett Avenue to turn into a three family. Is that the three unit a three-unit rental apartment? Um this property is um let's see here hardship the the hardship it has to pass all of them. Oh it has to pass all of them. So the property Yeah.

Okay. So the the property is unable to provide a reasonable return unless the variance is approved uh based on the facts that we were presented with uh for the return of of the agreement. Uh the hardship relating to the property is unique when compared to similar properties and does not apply for a substantial portion of the neighborhood. This is a dental office that we're bringing into being student housing. Um the requested variance I if granted will not alter the essential character of the neighborhood. There's a lot of apartments there and a lot of student housing. Lead hardship is not self-created. You've been trying to sell the building for a year. Um, the only thing I'd like to add is that we This is not to set a precedent uh for any future cases that may come in front of the board.

This I'll second that. Take a slow roll. Let's take a vote. Let's turn it off with Tammy. I approve. I approve. You're going to call it Steve. It's a roll call, Steve. Yes, I'll approve it. Approve. I approve. Feel like we should. Congratulations and welcome to the welcome to Troy. I don't know.

Thank you to the board. This has been a very difficult past few years for our family and this brings it to closure. You're very welcome. We appreciate your patience. Thank you for the Thank you. Yeah. I I'll make a motion to adjourn. Second. No, that's motion to I agree. I agree.