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Long Beach zoning board denies homeowners’ request for 30‑foot curb cut at 74 Delaware Ave.
Summary
The Zoning Board of Appeals denied Patricia and Joseph Gummis’s request for a combined 30‑foot curb cut to serve front‑yard parking at 74 Delaware Avenue. Board members debated whether the property still had a legal parking generator after portions of the detached garage were converted to living space; the motion to deny passed 4–3.
The Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Long Beach denied a request by Patricia and Joseph Gummis to retain a combined 30‑foot curb cut and front‑yard off‑street parking at 74 Delaware Avenue.
The application, filed as Case No. 3460 under the City of Long Beach zoning ordinance (section cited by the board as 9‑113.28 for off‑street parking/curb‑cut size), drew lengthy testimony from the applicants and questions from board counsel and members about whether the property still had a legally recognized parking generator (a garage) after part of the detached garage had been converted to living space.
“After we put the cement in … we found out that we didn't have our off‑street parking anymore,”…
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