Board accepts subdivision application to split 18–19 Fifth Avenue; easement and fire‑separation issues to be clarified

Lindsay Hooper, attorney for 18–19 Fifth Avenue Associates LLC, told the Planning Board the applicant seeks to subdivide a lot that presently holds two structures so that the residential carriage house and the commercial office would sit on separate parcels. Hooper said the subdivision is intended solely to separate ownership and that “there's no other plans other than that at this time.” Board members raised a series of title and access questions. City staff asked that any board action be subject to corporation‑counsel review of a permanent easement the applicant said it had provided but had…