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Planning board denies variance for proposed 4‑story, 22‑unit building after neighbors raise flooding and compatibility concerns
Summary
The Planning and Development Board voted 3–3 on Feb. 10, 2026, on a variance tied to a 4‑story, 22‑unit project at Shenandoah Street and North 17th Avenue; the tie meant the variance failed and the site plan did not advance. Neighbors urged independent flood studies and cited repeated flooding, solar‑panel shading and neighborhood‑scale incompatibility.
The Planning and Development Board on Feb. 10 rejected a setback variance tied to a proposed 4‑story, 22‑unit apartment building at Shenandoah Street and North 17th Avenue, ending the application after extended public comment and a split roll‑call vote.
Planner Omar Javed presented file 24DPV34 as a design and site‑plan application with requested corner‑setback variances for a four‑story, 22‑unit multifamily building on two parcels totaling about 20,400 square feet. Staff told the board the application had completed internal reviews and recommended design approval and variances if the board found the code criteria met.
Neighbors filled the public‑comment period with repeated accounts of neighborhood flooding and concerns about compatibility. Julie Tereschenko, a…
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