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Developers seek parking variance for 17 South Hamilton; board urges planning‑board waiver first
Summary
Applicants asked the zoning board to legalize 13 missing parking spaces at 17 South Hamilton Street while proposing an expansion that would require an additional waiver; board members urged the applicants to pursue a full waiver from the Planning Board before the ZBA considers a variance.
Applicants for 17 South Hamilton Street asked the City of Poughkeepsie Zoning Board of Appeals on Oct. 14 to legalize a longstanding downtown building configuration by granting an area variance for 13 parking spaces and to allow a Planning Board waiver for 10 additional spaces tied to a proposed expansion. The applicants told the board the project would increase the property from 10 dwelling units and six commercial units to 21 dwelling units and five commercial units on a 0.083‑acre (about 3,600 square feet) site in the PIDB district.
The developers described the northern portion of the building as an existing four‑story structure that will remain and the southern portion as a two‑story section that would be raised to four stories. Project representatives said the full project requires 23 parking spaces, that they are…
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