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ZBA continues 71 Main Street mixed-use application after building, fire-safety concerns
Summary
The board continued a request from 71 Main Street LLC to allow residential use on the first floor and to exceed the residential-to-commercial square-footage ratio after the building official and the fire marshal raised accessibility and life-safety issues; the applicant was asked to return with additional technical input.
The City of Orange Zoning Board of Appeals on March 11 continued public hearings for an application from 71 Main Street LLC to permit residential use on the first floor of a mixed-use building and to allow residential square footage to exceed commercial square footage.
Staff read building-official and fire-marshal comments into the record that raised significant life-safety and code concerns for the proposed conversion. Building official Dan Cohen’s memo noted “significant concerns regarding the barn located in the basement,” that the proposed new residential occupancy must comply with all codes, and that accessibility…
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