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Long Beach ZBA grants variance to keep shortened garage at 457 East Penn St.
Summary
The Long Beach Zoning Board of Appeals granted a variance allowing an attached garage reduced from the required 20-foot depth to roughly 17–18 feet at 457 East Penn Street after the applicant said interior work altered the original dimensions and the owner invested in extensive renovations.
The Long Beach Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday granted a variance allowing the owner of 457 East Penn Street to keep an attached garage that is shorter than the city’s standard off-street parking depth.
The variance (case 3443) permits the property to maintain an interior garage depth of about 17 to 18 feet rather than the 20 feet required under the zoning code. The board granted the application after hearing from the project manager, who said the change resulted from interior construction and plumbing work and that restoring the garage to the original depth would be costly.
Project manager James Lynch, representing 475 East Penn LLC, told the board the owners had already spent what he estimated as “300 and probably $25,000” on the house renovation and removed a closet to maximize bedroom space rather than extend the garage. Lynch said the shorter bay still accommodates the owner’s daily-use sedan and that parking on the street was not adversely affected. “As you see the pictures, the car is there every day,” Lynch said, describing a Volkswagen Jetta parked in the space.
Chairman Morelli introduced the motion to grant, Commissioner Markowitz seconded it, and Commissioners Markowitz, Brooks, DePasquale and Chairman Morelli voted to approve the application. Commissioners Callahan, Lease and Alvarado were recorded as absent.
The variance is limited to the off-street parking dimension cited in the application and maintains the property’s existing envelope; no other changes to the project were approved at the hearing.
Case details listed on the record identify the property as 457 East Penn Street, Long Beach (Section 59, Block 158, Lot 66 on the Nassau County land tax map).
