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Long Beach planning board approves home-based medical office with owner-residency conditions
Summary
The Long Beach Planning Board approved a request to operate a small medical office out of a two-family home, imposing conditions that the owners live in the property and that the commercial use remain a medical office.
The Long Beach Planning Board approved an application to allow a small medical office in a two-family home, with the board imposing three conditions: the current owners must own the property, must reside at the property, and the commercial use must remain a medical office.
The applicant told the board the proposal would not change the neighborhood’s character and that surrounding neighbors submitted support letters. “That’s not gonna change the character of the neighborhood,” the applicant said, citing Section 7-50 of the municipal code as the board’s scope and authority.
The applicant said the building is a two-family home that would be converted to include a one-bedroom office where the practitioner would see one patient at a time, roughly two days a week and “people in it for, you know, 16 hours a week.” The applicant said appointments will be staggered and that there will be no structural changes, no new lighting or pavement, and minimal or no signage beyond a modest door marker. “It’s not gonna be advertising,” the applicant said.
Board members asked about parking and signage. One member noted the planning board normally excludes single- and two-family homes from review but said the mixed-use aspect made this application subject to consideration. The board asked whether patient visits could overlap and was told scheduling would be “one in and one out,” with appointments spaced about 30 minutes apart.
Board member Clancy made the motion to approve. Board member Lucas stated the motion should carry three conditions: that the current owners own and reside at the property and that the commercial aspect remain limited to a medical office. The board voted unanimously to approve with those conditions; voting members recorded as voting yes included Clancy, Lucas, Martinson, Spada and the acting chairperson.
The board’s approval allows the applicant to operate the office under the stated conditions. No additional permits or architectural changes were described on the record.
