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Zoning board approves second‑story addition at 47 Oakland Place with conditions after review of unpermitted patio
Summary
The board approved a second‑floor addition and associated variances for Jennifer Zaka and Hector Rosencrantz at 47 Oakland Place, after the applicants agreed to reduce lot coverage, screen a front‑yard generator and remove a gravel seating area installed without permits.
The City of Summit Zoning Board of Adjustment voted April 21 to approve a second‑story expansion at 47 Oakland Place that increases floor‑area ratio and lot coverage, subject to conditions including landscape and stormwater reviews.
Attorney James Weber presented the application for homeowners Jennifer Zaka and Hector Rosencrantz. The house, built in 1895 on a narrow 8,500‑square‑foot lot, already exceeded modern lot‑coverage standards. Weber told the board that a patio installed by a contractor without the homeowners’ permit request had contributed to the existing nonconformity; the applicants replaced and reduced other paved surfaces to keep the net increase to 215 square feet of additional lot coverage.
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