Kathy are we waiting on anybody else we
are not but we need I really understood
pardon being a unanimous
meaningful majority of I was just
driving yeah I mean how many do we
usually have the sevens wow ones
or is a
quorum
and it's still majority
three or four of them uh we will go
ahead and call the July 27 2023 uh Board
of zoning and planning meeting uh
if we could have a uh roll call please
Mr Schick
here
Mr Turner here Mr storm here Mr Hall
here chairman Marsh here
um next item is approval of the minutes
and I believe we've got both
the May and June minutes
um I assume everyone's had a chance to
review those does anyone have any
comments uh or additions or corrections
to the minutes
do I hear a motion to approve the
minutes
do I hear a second second
uh all those in favor of approving the
minutes please say aye
aye all those opposed say no
let the record reflect that the minutes
were approved
uh next item is item four public
comments uh this is time for anyone from
the public who wishes to uh just comment
on the general working of the board if
is there anyone here that would like to
comment tonight
seeing none we will close the public
comment and go to Five old business
um Ms Rose I don't see any old business
tonight that is correct and I do want to
clarify that vote approved both May and
June correct yes May and June um we'll
go on to new business uh first uh
application is uh
bzap23-14 for 320 North Parkview is the
applicant here tonight yes you could
come up and be sworn in please
can you state your name Paul lavaluto
you saw me swear or from the testimony
you're about to give this evening is the
truth yes thank you and uh Ms Rose if
you could give a sign of the background
on this
I
uh the applicant has submitted an
application that includes paper pad
located in the front yard that crosses
the driveway
Mr avaluto has a lot with a single Lane
driveway that passes through a portico
attached to the south side of his house
in order to access the rear yard
in a small paved area
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this property is located on the west
side of North Parkview
it is directly across the street from
the private drive that goes down to the
Jeffrey some Division and leads back to
six houses it is also just south of the
governor's mansion the applicant has
indicated that there is limited space in
the rear yard for Carson maneuver and
the number of visitors and occasional
events taking place at the governor's
mansion generates car parking along both
north Parkview and Maryland Avenue
propose the turnaround to improve safety
by allowing cars to exit facing forward
from his driveway and why he replaced
the front walk with a space that could
be used in this manner Mexico section
1264 I'm sorry 1262.04 B does not allow
parking spaces in the front yard and the
proposed turnaround which could possibly
be used as temporary parking space is
something the board should also address
if the board finds it appropriate to
allow the turnaround to remain there
could be limits such as no overnight
parking and perhaps a landscape plan to
screen The Hardscape and not block the
driver's view of the driveway
got it thank you
um and um if you want to go ahead and
present your uh your case that would be
great
yeah um we want to put a turn around
there uh we have plenty of parking in
the back
um we just cannot perform a three-point
turn back there to either going forward
or going reverse so we'd like to put the
turnaround there and
um like I mentioned in the document
we do live next door to Governor's
Mansion they do have a lot of activity
and they do park down Park View a lot
and it's hard to
come in reverse all the way down the
whole uh driveway so
uh for safety reasons we'd like to put
the turnaround there
so in this picture you can see the
driveway it runs along the bottom end
which is the south side of that house
and it has been expanded just to the
north of the driveway alongside that
sidewalk that goes around the front
so there's a small pad there that's been
expanded
does anyone on the board have any
questions
will can you provide us assurance that
there will be no cars stored there
overnight
sure okay yeah thank you
what's the material going to be for the
is this going to be the same as the
pavers that uh uh just I think the
previous
um
see where the strange Behavior type
yeah something like that exactly
have any of your neighbors have you have
you spoken with any of the Neighbors
about this
um one neighbor is the governor
it's a
nobody lives there but somebody owns it
got it okay it's pretty quiet okay
we'd draw any inference that the
governor is not here tonight to either
support or are we to draw any inference
tonight that the governor is not here to
either support or oppose this uh I I
think he'll accept it okay you know
I don't think I have much issue with it
as long as you landscape around it
appropriately
and
I would
like to see it you know how to really
tell you how to do this but instead of
just being this like rectangular piece
where you took out sidewalk and plopped
in this thing maybe sure
make that a little more
make it just a little more tied together
yeah so that makes sense it'll match the
size the sidewalk that's there and
integrate that into the driveway as well
so it'll be
you know a pavers section that you would
do the turnaround and so it would look a
lot and I think as long as you agree not
to have parking air overnight as long as
it's not a parking place yeah so yeah we
have plenty of parking back it's just a
combination revert going reverse and
forward as well
I think I'd be okay with it with
um a parking restriction and
um landscape review by
you what
um
celebration not just
thank you so he doesn't want to just
make up
capacity we ease the edges of it a
little bit tapered in yeah taper it in
and tie it into that walkway going
around and you know with the appropriate
Landscaping so it okay yeah it doesn't
do that necessarily it looks like an ex
a wider sidewalk than it does they turn
around gotcha there's a couple other of
these that we've approved I think we've
asked for that same thing so yeah
is there anyone in the audience that
wishes to speak this application
any other uh comments
um Kathy can we have the finding of
facts please
the findings the fact and decision at
the board for application number
bzap-23-14 were properly located at 320
North parking on consideration of the
application's proposed variance and
evidence and testimony before it board
fines the applicant has proven that the
criteria to Grant an area variance in
Mexico section 12 26-11c have been met
and a variance from Mexico section
1262.04 B to allow a turnaround in the
front yard shall be granted with the
following conditions no overnight
parking in the turnaround and a
landscape
plan and footprint
plan of the pad should be submitted for
staff approval
do you understand the findings of fact
as Miss Rose read them yes
do I hear a motion
so move Schick right here's second
Turner
if we could have the roll call please Mr
Turner yes Mr storm yes Mr Shea yes Mr
Hall yes chairman Marsh yes
all right
it's been approved thank you thank you
plans today
uh so the I noticed the next application
there has been tabled do we need to make
a do we need to vote on that you just
want to announce that it is was
requested by the applicant to be tabled
until the August 24th 2000 got it so B
Zap 23-16 for 2529 East Broad uh it's
been requested by the applicant to be
tabled to the August 24th 2023 uh Beez
app meeting
uh next time I'm on the agenda agenda is
bzap23-20 which is 2572 Brentwood as the
applicant here
if you could come up and be sworn in
please
state your name Karen Smith do you
solemnly swear from the testimony you're
about to give this evening is the truth
I do thank you
uh Ms Rose we can have the background on
this
all right
um
sexy code section 1252.15
it's an accessory structure limits
accessory structures to 624 square feet
for lots that are 6 000 to 13 999 square
feet
the property in question is
9520 square feet and has an existing
660 square foot garage which does exceed
the allowable 624. it is a 22 by 30
garage built in 1922 and has a flat roof
the owner would like to replace the
garage with a slightly larger garage 782
square feet that has a pitched roof
which would match the principal
structure and the extra space they are
looking to add
to the two parking spaces would be used
for storage access through an exterior
door and a flex space that interacts
with the outdoor living area
and the architecture review board uh did
take a look at this and I'll let Karen
report on their recommendations I think
there were some conditions and yeah
um the architecture review board is
recommending this for agreeable for
design review and a certificate of a
program with a few conditions
um and I just got these updated drawings
today so to begin to add to whatever it
met but we talked a lot at the at the
ARB about the side of the building that
it begins the alley that was very just a
plane there was nothing on it and we
talked about Windows or some kind of a
treatment to help the you know the alley
beautification kind of you know culture
that we use for having benefits
um and understandably they didn't really
want to have Windows but this is what
they proposed also we were kind of
encouraging them to find a spot for the
garbage can that was all the way over
here and this is just where you
easier to utilize it's not really in the
Fairview of and even though we did have
a discussion about it
um I'm trying to say like I said I just
got to be starting to say but the main
issue that we were talking about is is
the back against Seattle and the garage
doors too did you change yeah I can
there was there was four items it was it
was the the back facade it was the
garage door treatment they liked either
having it match the rest of the doors
was previously white or be a wood tone
uh the owner liked the the black
matching the rest of the doors better uh
the third was exterior lighting
treatment and then the last item was
um the uh uh the Thieves for the um the
building I just realized the elevation's
been updated but the renderings did so I
apologize for that but those those Eaves
are not going to be boxed thieves
anymore they're going to be uh they're
going to match the house and just and
match that overhang that's on the
existing house so those were the four
main items
and it looks like all of us have been
that it looks it was great
got it so yeah if you want to just go
ahead and tell us about the project and
and what you want to accomplish there
yeah so I'm probably reitering a lot of
what what Kathy said but
um this is an existing garage that is uh
not really held up well over the years
uh you know this facing the studs are
not uh six inches on Center they're two
feet on Center so just a structure the
building's not held up well uh the roof
has been torn off to a certain degree
through certain windstorms and and
um ice and snow so that's and that's a
flat roof so obviously not not great for
our climate
um so the owner wants to tear down and
rebuild with uh this um sort of extra
space on the side and they kind of more
or less already have it uh if you look
at the existing
um pictures it's a too small two-car
garage with another like one single car
garage on the side but there's no
driveway attached to it so they have
that kind of dead storage space that
they want to utilize uh better and more
effectively and that's what we're
showing
um just as more of an entertaining and
there is a small storage space in the
back too but mostly for entertaining and
and using for like workout space or
something like that better connect to
the backyard so and then um the last
thing is just you know the existing
structure is non-conforming so this is
adding um this is roughly eighteen and a
half percent larger than existing
structure so nothing it's not exceeding
rightly what is permitted but
um it is more than what's permitted so
is that a two-car garage
as we're showing yes yes okay it's just
and I can't tell that well
picture it's probably easier to tell
them perspective yeah
it just looks like a smaller restaurant
but yeah
so that would almost be like the size of
like a three-car garage essentially more
or less yeah yeah I think it seems like
the breakdown of what's what's permitted
is almost exactly like a 20 by 22 foot
garage so it's really just saying they
don't want anything more in the zoning
code than a two-car garage for this size
lot that's how I interpreted it anyway
but
they at least want your two enclosed
parking spaces yeah yeah
so I guess on the back our strategy
there is just
um to me what the ARB we're talking
about it's kind of trying to meet in the
middle a little bit with the owner um
not wanting to put any sort of glaze in
the back facade we're proposing there's
a almost like a three foot strip of
asphalt that's there right now that
doesn't really need to be there so we
can tear that up Landscape it and add
these sort of lattice walls to beautify
it a little bit as well as ADD you know
lighting back there for anybody that's
you know using the alley at night or uh
you know just for security reasons
is there anyone in the audience tonight
that wishes to speak to this application
any other board discussion or comments
I think it looks really nice of course
I kind of want it at my house I don't
want to go home and look at my garage
so there won't be access off the alley
at all there's no access currently
either
um and no there won't be uh it seems
like a lot of the yeah most of the
garage is in the alley for whatever
reason don't have access on the rear
is there Plumbing being added to the
garage no no Plumbing fine
any other comments or questions from the
board
I think the materials you put together
serve for your client are very nice yeah
really Aiden understanding the scope of
what you're doing
Israel's we could have the finding of
facts please
the findings of fact and decision of the
board for application number
bzap-23-20 the property located at 2572
Brentwood
upon consideration of the application
proposed variance and evidence and
testimony before the board finds the
applicant has proven the criteria to
Grant an area of variance in Mexico
section 1226 11c have been met in a
variance from Mexico section 12 to 2.15
to allow a new detached garage that's
782 square feet which will replace the
existing detached garage
the board further finds that a
certificate of appropriateness should be
issued in accordance with the
approval given by ARB and as modified in
the plans reviewed on July 27 2023.
you understand the findings and facts as
read
do I hear motion
motion to approve Square second
hmm
roll call please Mr Hall yes Mr Shea yes
Ms Dorne yes Mr Turner yes chairman
Marsh yes
it's a nice project thank you yeah thank
you very much do you have a card a
business card yeah I do not have one on
me but I I can I can give one to you do
you have an email that Kathy can afford
to me okay I can get that to you
um Ms Rose is there any other business
tonight
have any other business with you
I think we just have somebody that likes
to see us in action
all right
and uh
all right and with that we'll say we're
adjourning
thank you
thanks everybody thank you sure
for that yes