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Long Beach ZBA keeps open hearing on 5 East Walnut use variance amid questions on hardship and parking
Summary
The board left the application for 5 East Walnut open after attorneys argued the property historically housed two units; members requested financial hardship documentation, full plans, and evidence about parking before deciding on a change-of-use variance.
The Long Beach Zoning Board of Appeals held the hearing open on an application for 5 East Walnut Street after extended questioning about whether converting the property back to two-family use would conflict with a 2001 zoning change.
Attorney Alexander Phillips, speaking for the applicant, said the property had two separate units as early as 1947 and that the requested conversion is consistent with other older, nonconforming two-family homes on…
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