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John Guilfoyle asks Groveland board to extend residential use at 1 Elm Park; hearing continued to Aug. 5
Summary
Applicant John Guilfoyle told the Groveland Zoning Board of Appeals he plans to convert the 2nd and 3rd floors of 1 Elm Park into four residential units, keep an ADA unit and commercial space on the first floor, and has financing lined up; the board continued the hearing to Aug. 5 because it lacked a quorum to vote.
John Guilfoyle, applicant and owner of FKJ Properties LLC, described plans on Wednesday for converting the 2nd and 3rd floors of 1 Elm Park into residential units and asked the Groveland Zoning Board of Appeals to extend a legally nonconforming residential use for the building. The board opened the public hearing but continued the item to its Aug. 5 meeting because it did not have a quorum to vote.
Guilfoyle said the proposal would create three one-bedroom loft apartments and one two-bedroom unit on the upper floors, preserve an ADA apartment on the first floor and leave most of the first floor as commercial space. "We have a bank standing by to, finance the project," Guilfoyle said, adding that the plans are unchanged from an earlier presentation and that he expects the units to be ready for occupancy by early summer of next year.
Guilfoyle told the board that the project has been reviewed with the fire chief and that the building includes two stairways and "an addressable" fire alarm system. "There's 2 stairways, 2 points of egress all around," he said. He also said the building has an existing sprinkler system and that the architect — described as a local Groveland native — has reviewed egress and window specifications; older aluminum windows will be replaced with vinyl, energy-efficient windows that will meet egress code.
A committee member asked whether the egress and window types meet code and why parking information did not appear in the ZBA packet. "Is there a reason why that's not in here?" the member asked. Board members were told that parking details were handled by the planning board and therefore were not included in the ZBA materials.
The applicant said the planning board had already granted a related special permit and that his application to the ZBA is a reintroduction to correct a prior procedural oversight. Because the Zoning Board lacked enough members present to take a vote, the chair moved — and the board approved — a motion to continue the public hearing on the special permit to the regular meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 5.
The continuation means the board will consider a formal vote on the permit at the Aug. 5 meeting, when members said they expect to have a full quorum.
