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Zoning board continues hearing on 22 Pershing Ave use variance request from used‑car dealer

5714447 · August 12, 2025
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Summary

The owner of Kane Motors and his project manager sought a use variance to operate a used‑car lot at 22 Pershing Ave. The board asked for additional financial evidence and noted a recent rezoning to MU‑5 and a county negative recommendation; the public hearing was continued to the September meeting.

The City of Poughkeepsie Zoning Board of Appeals continued the public hearing on a use‑variance request to operate a used‑car lot at 22 Pershing Avenue after hearing testimony from the applicant and several questions from board members about financial proof and zoning history.

Frank Bridal, project manager for the property owner, said Bridal Real Estate purchased the site in 2013 and that site‑plan approval at that time required the tenant to obtain a certificate of occupancy. Bridal said that a tenant operated the property as a used‑car lot after the site plan was approved but that the tenant never obtained the required certificate of occupancy. Bridal told the board the owner submitted a contractor's…

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