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Applicant seeks variance to rebuild garage at Jackson Street property; floodplain status discussed
Summary
An applicant asked the Scranton Zoning Hearing Board for a variance to replace two demolished outbuildings with a single 24-by-36 garage at 2239 Jackson Street. Board and staff discussed whether the lot sits in a floodplain and whether the proposed use would be residential parking only; no final board vote is recorded in the transcript.
Jamie Tallarico asked the Scranton Zoning Hearing Board for a variance to knock down two dilapidated structures and erect a 24-by-36 garage at 2239 Jackson Street in an R-10 zone.
The application was presented by Sean Bingham, identified as “taxpayer contractor,” who said the two previous structures had been demolished under a city permit and that the proposed new garage would reduce the footprint from the two previous buildings to about 864 square feet. “The actual size of the 2 of them was 10 30 square feet. We're gonna be reducing the footprint to 864…
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