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Board grants parking variance for 180 Corwin; orders $100,000 in‑lieu fee to support affordable housing
Summary
After rehearing, the Board voted 5–0 to overturn the zoning administrator and grant a parking variance at 180 Corwin Street, imposing a $100,000 in‑lieu payment toward the city's inclusionary housing program as mitigation.
The Board of Appeals granted a parking variance for 180 Corwin Street on a rehearing and required a $100,000 in‑lieu payment as mitigation to the city’s inclusionary housing fund.
Appellants Roger Telles and counsel argued that selling or renting a below‑market unit on site was infeasible given the building’s ownership model and financing constraints. Planning staff described the complex interactions with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and said the existing in‑lieu figure for a one‑bedroom unit had been outdated; Planning noted an in‑lieu fee schedule was being revised.
After deliberation about fairness and the applicants' financial showing, several commissioners proposed a compromise sum between the applicant’s $50,000 offer and Planning’s $174,000 figure; the Board settled on $100,000 and voted 5–0 to overrule the prior denial and grant the variance conditioned on payment and subsequent findings prepared by the appellant’s counsel.
