Neighbors and applicant spar over massing, parking and property claim at 8 South Clinton application

The City of Poughkeepsie Zoning Board of Appeals on May 13 opened a public hearing on an application for 8 South Clinton Street that would require multiple variances under the new zoning code, and adjourned the matter to the June 10 meeting after extended public comment and discussion.

The applicant, represented by Jason Litchwick of JL Architecture, presented a revised design that moves the building entrance to the front and reduces the building’s visible mass in the neighborhood, but still requests a side‑yard setback variance on the south side. Litchwick said the project as redesigned “put the entrance in the front” and that the team “redesigned the building to set the front of the building back 5 feet away from the property line” while the structure “has to jog back to a 0 foot setback to accommodate for the…