Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the 317 North Division topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
ZBA continues hearing on outsized accessory garage at 317 North Division Street to Aug. 21
Summary
Property owner Luis Urbina requested variances to build a two-story, roughly 4,000 sq ft accessory garage at 317 North Division Street; the ZBA expressed concerns about bulk, impervious cover and whether the structure is accessory, asked for reduced-footprint options and precedent research, and adjourned the hearing to Aug. 21.
The Zoning Board of Appeals continued a contested public hearing on a proposed two-story accessory storage building at 317 North Division Street to the board's next meeting on Aug. 21.
Applicant Luis Urbina, owner through KD Peekskill Realty LLC, described a plan for a roughly 4,000-square-foot two-story structure intended for car storage and tenant storage. Planning staff and the planning commission flagged multiple concerns: the bulk of the proposed building relative to a small (approx. 1,332 sq ft) primary two-family house, high impervious coverage, and overlapping 30-foot residential setbacks on both sides of the lot.
Board members pressed the applicant on use (the owner said most use would be personal car storage, with tenants allowed limited access), the degree to which the structure is truly an accessory to the principal residential use, and whether comparable examples exist in the immediate area. The applicant provided a list of similar accessory buildings on nearby lots (addresses cited in the meeting) and estimated his on-site construction cost at about $100,000.
The board asked the applicant to: provide revised drawings showing reduced footprints or different orientations, stake out the proposed building corners on site so board members could better visualize massing, supply addresses and documentation for the comparables he referenced, and consider a site visit (with care about a quorum and the prohibition on deliberation). With those items outstanding, the board voted to adjourn the public hearing to Aug. 21 so staff and the applicant could return with additional materials.
