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[1. Convening of Meeting]
AND WELCOME TO THE MARCH 18TH, 2026 BEDFORD TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING PURSUANT TO THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT.NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE BURLINGTON COUNTY TIMES, HAS BEEN PROMINENTLY POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, AND ON THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF BEDFORD TOWNSHIP, AND FILED THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE ON JANUARY 22ND, 2026.
ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAVEN'T BEEN PROVIDED.
UH, EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR BEHALF.
INDIVIDUAL ROLL CALL PLEASE, MR. MORRISON.
MR. HACKETT, VICE-CHAIRMAN RICKERS HERE.
[5. Correspondence]
HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? WE DO HAVE SOMETHING, UM, FROM KEVIN JONES, THE ATTORNEY FOR EASTERN WIRELESS, UH, REQUESTING, UM, THE APPLICATION WILL BE CARRIED TO THE APRIL 15TH MEETING.SO DO WE NEED A MOTION TO CARRY TO THE APRIL 15TH MEETING WITHOUT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL NOTICE, RIGHT? YES.
MOTION TO CARRY WITHOUT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL NOTICE.
SO IF ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC IS HERE FOR THE EASTERN WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATION, THAT APPLICATION IS GOING TO BE CARRIED TO THE APRIL 15TH MEETING.
[6. Minutes – January 21, 2026 regular meeting minutes]
UM, HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE JANUARY 21ST, 2026 MEETING MINUTES? AND DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ISSUES? OKAY, IF NOT, UM, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SO MOVED MINUTES.[8. Memorialization of Resolutions]
INTO MEMORIALIZATION OF RESOLUTIONS, RESOLUTION 2026 SLASH 11, JASON KLEINMAN, THREE QUAIL RIDGE CORE BLOCK 53 0 1 0 1, LAP 32 0 5.DENYING BULK VARIANCE TO CONSTRUCT A 32 BY 40 FOOT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WHERE THE MAXIMUM DEATH PER DEATH PERMITTED IS 24 FEET.
SORRY, DID I MAKE THAT MOTION? I WASN'T HERE LAST MONTH.
SOMEBODY ELSE MADE THE MOTION.
YOU GUYS CAN TAKE YOUR TIME TO MAKE THE MOTIONS.
RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 12 EMILY MCDONALD, FIVE EAST LAKE CIRCLE BLOCK 38 0 5 LOT TWO APPROVING THE BULK VARIANCES FOR SIDE YARD SETBACK, BUILDING COVERAGE AND LOT COVERAGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FIFTH 560 FOOT SQUARE FOOT DECK.
SECOND, SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 13 NICHE HOLDINGS, LLC FIVE SOUTH LAKESIDE DRIVE, WEST BLOCK 31 0 8, BLOCK 50 0 1, APPROVING THE BULK VARIANCES FOR THE FRONT AND REAR YARD.
REAR YARD SETBACKS AND BUILDING COVERAGE FOR TWO ADDITIONS TO THE DWELLING.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 14 COLLEEN CHUCK STEVENS, 3 81 TAVISTOCK DRIVE BLOCK 27 0 1 0 9 MO ONE APPROVING THE WHOLE VARIS FOR THE SIDE YARD SETBACK FOR A ONE STORY FAMILY ROOM AND A SECOND STORY MASTER SUITE ADDITION TO THE DWELLING.
[9. Applications]
OF THE NIGHT.EIGHT SANDSTONE COURT BLOCK 51 0 2 0 6.
LOT EIGHT SEEKING A BULK VARIANCE FOR THE LOCK COVERAGE TO INSTALL AN IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL.
COME ON UP IN A MICROPHONE OR COME UP.
WHO'S HERE? DOMINIC VISCO AND JAMES
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YOU'LL BOTH BE TESTIFYING? UH, YEAH.GENTLEMEN, YOU SWEAR THE TESTIMONY YOU GIVE TO THE BOARD BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES.
PLEASE, UH, TELL US ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION.
WELL, I'M APPLYING TO INSTALL AN INGROUND SWIMMING POOL IN MY BACKYARD.
AND I, THE, UH, THE SETBACKS WERE JUST WITHIN THEM, A COUPLE LITTLE CURVES IN THE POOL AND, UH, THERE'S SOME PRIOR CONCRETE THERE, WHICH SOME OF THAT WILL BE COMING OUT THAT COVERS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF AT THE PROPERTY OF THE HOUSE.
WOULD YOU MIND, CAN WE GET YOUR IDENTIFICATION, YOUR, YOUR NAME? JAMES DEBAR MAYO.
JAMES DEBAR MAY AND YOU ARE, ARE, ARE YOU WITH THE COMPANY? YES, I'M THE WHICH COMPANY? WHAT COMPANY? UH, UH, ROUND ENTERPRISE ROUNDBAR POOLS.
UH, WE'RE JUST MAKING A RECORD.
YEAH, NO, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS IN QUESTION.
THE, UH, FROM 15 FOOT TO 12 FOOT FROM THE TWO OF THE BUMP OUTS ON THE POOL AND THE COVERAGE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S CURRENTLY WITH THE POOL, IT'LL BE AT 28%, WHICH ONLY 20 IS ALLOWED.
BUT AFTER REMOVING SOME OF THE CONCRETE THAT'S ALREADY THERE, THEY'LL DROP IT DOWN TO 2320 5%.
UM, ARE YOU REMOVING ANY TREES? NO, THEY'RE NOT.
AND DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE LETTER THAT WAS PROVIDED BY OUR PLANNER? THE REVIEW LETTER? I BELIEVE SO, YEAH.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALSO, THAT YOU HAVE IT.
UM, SO THERE WAS A NOTE, A COMMENT IN HERE THAT ANY APPROVAL SHOULD BE CONDITIONED UPON A PLAN TO REMOVE THE GRAVEL STONE OR CONCRETE, UM, AND RESTORE THE COMMON AREA GROUND.
SO ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT? YEAH.
WHICH CONCRETE? WHICH THE CONCRETE PATIO OF THE, UH, EXCEEDS THE COVERAGE IS WHAT, IS HOW I TOOK IT, TAYLOR, IS THAT, UM, NO, UH, THERE IS A SHED, UM, THAT WAS IN YOUR IMAGES, THAT'S ON THE COMMON SPACE THAT'S OUTSIDE THE FENCE LINE? YES, THERE IS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PINPOINT SO THAT SHED CAN'T BE THERE AND IT NEEDS TO BE RELOCATED TO A CONFORMING POSITION.
SO YOU WANT TO SHED THE, OR IT NEEDS TO OR MOVED.
THERE, I, I WROTE IT IN THE LETTER.
SO YOU CAN EITHER GET A PERMIT OR YOU CAN SEEK A VARIANCE.
HOWEVER, IT WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL COVERAGE IF IT'S ON YOUR LOT.
SO I NEED TO SEEK A VARIANCE TO HAVE IT, TO LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS.
NO, IT CANNOT BE ON THE COMMON AREA.
NOTHING CAN BE ON THE COMMON AREA.
SO, SO WHAT IS THE CONCRETE, IS THERE CONCRETE WHERE THE SHED IS? I IS THE CONCRETE UNDER THE, SHE LIKE THE P OR IS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND, BUT THE SHED WAS THERE WHEN I BOUGHT THE HOUSE.
UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF 2020.
I I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS OUTSIDE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS OFF THE PROPERTY LINE UNTIL I CAME AND GOT A PERMIT ON THE FENCE INSTALLED.
THEN I REALIZED BEYOND THE PROPERTY LINE, NOBODY SAID ANYTHING AT THAT TIME.
YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK ANYONE KNEW IT WAS THERE.
I JUST HAPPENED TO SEE IT IN THE IMAGES THAT YOU SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT ALLOWED TO BE THERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BOARD WANTS TO DO.
I'M ASSUMING, BECAUSE THE LOT COVERAGE WILL BE EXCEEDED.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN BE PLACED IN A CONFORMING LOCATION.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
UM, SO I, I TRIED TO TRANSMIT THIS IN THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT IT SHOULD BE SORT OF DISCUSSED AND FIGURED OUT BEFORE IT CAME HERE TO YOU.
WHAT'S YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THE SHED? YEAH.
DO YOU WANT TO KEEP IT AND MOVE IT ON YOUR PROPERTY? I, I PLAN TO KEEP IT, BUT IF IT'S, IF IT'S ILLEGAL, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
WELL, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE, BUT, AND IF YOU WANT TO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF YOU WANT TO MOVE IT ONTO YOUR PROPERTY, YOU'LL PROBABLY NEED TO SEEK A VARIANCE, WHICH YOU COULD DO RIGHT NOW SINCE YOU'RE HERE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW HOW BIG IT IS, RIGHT? WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GONNA BE PLACED.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHED.
WE CAN'T GRANT VARIANCE FROM CLEAR THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
CAN I JUST AGREE TO, TO TEAR IT DOWN AND THEN IN THE FUTURE IF I WANT TO INSTALL SHED, I'LL COME BACK AND ASK FOR PERMISSION AND ASK FOR VARIANCE.
YOU CAN'T, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST TRYING NOT TO SPEND MORE OF YOUR MONEY BY TEARING IT DOWN AND REPLACING IT WITH A NEW, IF YOU THINK THAT'S SALVAGEABLE.
AND ALSO IF YOU CAME BACK, IT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL, YOU'D HAVE TO FILE, YOU GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.
I'M WONDERING IT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT FOR YOU AND FOR YOU IF YOU DID IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
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I GUESS IF WE DON'T HAVE, IF WE DON'T HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HEAR THAT REQUEST.DO YOU KNOW THE SIZE OF THE SHIP? COULD HE POSTPONE? COULD WE, COULD WE, I THINK IT'S AROUND 10 BY 12 OR 12 BY 12.
I I BELIEVE, I THINK THAT CAN WE, OR IS TE IS HIS TESTIMONY ENOUGH? WELL, YEAH, I CAN, COULD WE CARRY IT? I AND THEN I MEAN YEAH, WE COULD, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE THIS AS EFFICIENT, COME BACK, GIVE US MORE DETAILS IN THE MEANTIME.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT FINANCIALLY GOOD FOR YOU.
I, I APPRECIATE IT, BUT I, I DON'T WANT TO BEND THE RULES EITHER, SO, SO I, I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU GUYS ASK.
SO I, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
SO IT'S IN THE REAR CORNER, UM, OPPOSITE OF WHERE THE POOL WILL BE, RIGHT? IT'S KIND OF ON THAT SIDE.
SO IS YOUR SEPTIC FIELD IN THAT LOCATION OR WHERE IS SEPTIC FIELD IS RIGHT IN, IN THE FENCE AREA, RIGHT UP RIGHT ABOUT THE CENTER OF THE HOUSE.
SO ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON YOUR LOT WETLANDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF? NO.
SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT COULD, IF IT, LET'S JUST SAY IT'S 12 BY 12, WE CAN CALCULATE THIS SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THAT THE COVERAGE, UM, IT WOULD NEED TO BE SET BACK FIVE FEET FROM ALL PROPERTY LINES.
SO THAT WOULD PUT IT, WE COULD PUT IT ON THE, THAT CORNER, SORT OF THAT OBTUSE THAT NOT OBTUSE, THAT ACUTE ANGLE ON THE SOUTH WEST PROPERTY LINE ISH.
IS THAT THE OPPOSITE OF WHERE IT'S NOW? NO, SIR.
IT WOULD BE OPPOSITE OF WHERE THE POOL IS, BASICALLY SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA.
OKAY, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I WISH WE COULD ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SET BACK FIVE FEET FROM ALL PROPERTY LINES.
SO BASED ON, UH, 144 SQUARE FEET AND UTILIZING THE ENGINEER'S PLAN THAT RESULTS IN, UH, 6,104 SQUARE FEET OF, UM, COVERAGE OR 29.1%, HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TAKING OUT OF THE CONCRETE OR THE PATIO? UM, ABOUT AT LEAST 2000 SQUARE FEET OF, OF THE CONCRETE SPACE THAT'S OUTSIDE THE, WHERE IT'S UP, IT'S THIS PORCH ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO THE PORCH WHERE IT SAYS CONCRETE AND THEN BEHIND THE PORCH AREA AND THEN THE WALKWAY.
SO, SO IS THAT PART OF YOUR CALCULATIONS ON, ON THE PLAN? OH, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE ENGINEER.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE WILLING TO REMOVE.
WELL, HE, HE INDICATE WELL, YEAH, THAT IT'S NOT VERY HELPFUL 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE REMOVING FROM THAT PLAN.
IS IT FROM, FROM, FROM THIS, THIS CONCRETE AND THEN ALL ALL THE WAY RIGHT TO THE, TO THE FENCE LINE? YEAH.
DO YOU HAVE A PLAN? I DO HAVE A PLAN, YES.
THIS PAD PROBABLY INCHES INSIDE.
IS THAT, IS THAT REALLY USEFUL FOR YOU TO REMOVE ALL THAT? IT'S, IT WAS THERE WHEN I BOUGHT THE HOUSE.
I DON'T WANNA BE HONEST WITH YOU.
'CAUSE THERE, THERE, THERE'S NO INGRESS OR THE ONLY WAY IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE IS THROUGH THE GARAGE, THE FRONT DOOR AND THE BACK DOOR HERE.
SO YOU'RE, YOU WANT TO REMOVE IT? I WASN'T PLANNING ON REMOVING IT, BUT IF YOU GUYS WANT ME TO, I WILL.
IF I'M EXCEEDING OR IF THAT CAN BE PART OF VARIANCE.
I I DON'T LIKE DOING THIS ON THE FLY.
I, I PREFER HAVING MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO US AND THEN WE DECIDE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, DO YOU WANT, I DON'T WANNA DESIGN THIS ON THE FLY.
IF HE WANTS TO HAVE A COVERAGE OF ALMOST 30%, THE BOARD CAN DETERMINE IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT.
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IS OPEN SPACE ALL AROUND THE SITE.MR. NOEL DID NOT HAVE AN OPINION WITH RESPECT TO THE, UM, THE EXCESSIVE COVERAGE.
THE PERMITTED COVERAGE IS 20% AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY SANDY OUT THERE.
SO WHEN, IN YOUR LETTER, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF THE CONCRETE, THE SAILOR YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THE SHED, WHERE THE SHED IS, WHERE THE SHED IT RED AS CONCRETE.
SO IT'S PAVER WHATEVER IT READ AS, USUALLY THERE'S SOME SOMETHING UNDERNEATH THE, AND NOT, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T PLACED ON THE GROUND PART OF HIS TESTIMONY.
AND IT'S NOT MUNICIPAL OPEN SPACE.
IT IS OWNED BY THE HOA, BUT IT, IT STILL SHOULD BE RESTORED.
IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THEIR SUBDIVISION APPROVAL AND IT'S NOT PERMITTED TO BE LOCATED IN THAT SPACE.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE IT AND THEN PLACE IT AT LEAST FIVE FEET OFF OF THE PROPERTY LINE? CORRECT.
INSIDE, INSIDE, INSIDE, INSIDE MY PROPERTY.
AND IN THE REAR OF THE SIDE YARD? YEAH.
AND ARE YOU OKAY WITH RESTORING AFTER YOU REMOVE THE SHED FROM WHERE IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE RESTORING THAT AREA TO, WHEN YOU SAY RESTORE, PULLING UP THE PAVER AND JUST HAVING IT JUST DIRT, DIRT GRASS.
I MEAN, I, IT WOULD BE RESTORING IT TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION.
I'M, I'M SO TO, TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE PINPOINTING APPROXIMATELY THIS LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY? YES.
I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF I, I WANT TO TEAR IT DOWN AND I'M, I'M, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A WHILE AND ONCE I'M DONE WITH THE POOL, I'LL PROBABLY PUT A SHED OVER HERE.
YEAH, I'LL PUT IT OUTSIDE BECAUSE THIS IS A FENCE RIGHT HERE.
SO I'LL PUT IT RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS FENCE.
WELL, IF HE'S WITHIN, IF YOU'RE GONNA TEAR IT DOWN AND YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK AND JUST PUT ANOTHER ONE IN LATER AND YOU'RE WITHIN THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS OF FIVE FOOT, YOU DON'T NEED TO COME IN FROM THIS ONE.
IS THAT CORRECT? AS LONG AS IT'S SQUARE FOOTAGE.
WELL, IF YOU GRANT HIM THE VARIANCE FOR THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE 29, WE'LL JUST SAY 29.2% TO THE SAME.
BUT JUST TO GIVE HIM I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
BUT THAT ALSO ASSUMES HE'S NOT GONNA TOUCH ANY OF THE OTHER STUFF THAT HE WAS THINKING ABOUT.
IT JUST ADDS ON 144 SQUARE FEET.
IF YOU THAT THEN YOU WOULDN'T NEED THEN, YOU KNOW, GET IT DOWN BELOW 20%.
WHICH IT WOULD IT, DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT AGAIN? NO, I MEAN HE, HE HAS, UM, ALL THOSE DRIVE AND THE WALK IN THE REAR PATIO OR 2,800 SQUARE FEET, SO THAT INCLUDES THE DRIVEWAY.
SO IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET ISH.
YOU KNOW, HARD TO, SO 6,100 DOWN TO 5,100 MAYBE? OR I THINK YOU SAID HARD TO AND 20% IS THE MAX.
AND HE'S AT, AND HE RIPS ALL THAT OUT.
WILL THAT GET IT DOWN BELOW 90%? I DON'T THINK SO.
BECAUSE HE'S, RIGHT NOW HE'S AT 23.8.
I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE THEN TO DO THAT.
UM, WHAT IS THIS PLANT? THE ONLY ISSUE WITH THAT IS THAT THERE WILL BE TREES THAT WILL BE REMOVED, BUT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO REGISTER.
I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IF THAT'S IDEAL OR NOT, BUT I MEAN, THE OTHER PLACE YOU COULD PUT IT IS CLOSE TO YOUR DRIVEWAY AND YOUR GARAGE, WHICH ALSO MAKES SENSE FROM THAT CLOSER TO THE HOUSE.
BUT IN, IN THE REAR YARD, WELL, THE COVERAGE WOULD STILL BE THE SAME.
CLOSER TO THE, I'M JUST SAYING TO MAKE IT MORE USEFUL FOR YOU IF IT'S A SHED THAT, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO THE GARAGE OR WE FROM HERE TO HERE IS, IS THE SAME.
SO IT'S, UH, THE ONLY STUFF OUT THERE.
JUST THERE'S SOME LAWN CHAIRS THAT WE BRING IN AND AFTER, UM, YEAH, NOT MUCH.
AND MS. HILLARY, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS AS FAR AS THE POOL? UH, NO.
I, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE REAR SETBACK, UM, I THINK IS, IS REALLY, UM, NOT NECESSARILY AN ISSUE.
UM, I WOULD THINK IF THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR IS HERE THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE POOL BEING LOCATED WHERE IT IS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, BUT WE THERE, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY REAL COMMENTS.
YOU KNOW, THE TYPICAL COMMENTS ABOUT LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU PLANNING ON LIGHTING YOUR, YOUR POOL AND, AND WE'LL, WE KIND OF LIGHTING.
ARE YOU PLAYING ON IF LIGHTING WOULD BE VERY SUBTLE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UM, SO, AND THEN ARE YOU GONNA, UM, WHAT ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE? IF LIKE, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SOMETHING FOR LIKE STORAGE FOR POOL EQUIPMENT
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AND LIKE THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD USE THE SHED FOR.SO THAT'S THAT, THAT'S WHY I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THE SHED MOVING.
IT'S, IT'S NOT VERY GREAT SHAPE ANYWAY, SO, OKAY.
MY INTENTION WAS TO REBUILD IT, BUT I HAVE TO PUT IT INSIDE FINE.
SO IF, IF THIS APPROVAL WOULD BE CONDITIONED UPON HIM REMOVING THE SHED AND RESTORING THE AREA, EITHER, YOU KNOW, CHANGING LOCATION, RESTORING THE GROUND, AND, AND, AND GETTING A PERMIT FOR A CONFORMING SHED, IS THERE A TIME LIMIT ON HIS DOING THAT? SHED, IS THIS A SECOND
IN OTHER WORDS, WE MEET TODAY.
COULD DO IT IN TWO YEARS OR ONE YEAR OR WHAT? I DUNNO.
THEN I SUGGESTED WOULD BE A ONE YEAR TIME LIMIT TO, TO REMOVE THE SHED.
SO, OH, SO I WOULD HAVE A LIMIT OF WHAT THE PASSES YEAR? I CAN'T REBUILD THE SHED? NO, I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE REMOVING, I CAN HAVE IT REMOVED IN IN THE NEXT I'LL, I'LL ASK YOU SIX MONTHS.
WHEN, WHEN IS YOUR POOL CONSTRUCTION? YEAH, IT'S ABOUT THE WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR? IT'S ABOUT THE POOL.
I'D LIKE TO BE STRAINED MORE OF THAT.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST SAY, UM, UH, AND IS THERE, THAT'S DONE SIX MONTHS, IS THERE SOME TRIGGER THAT WOULD FROM CONSTRUCTION THAT YOU COULD TAG ON A ZONING PERMIT? WELL, I, I, WHATEVER THE APPROVAL IS, I, YOU KNOW, WOULD REFERENCE THIS RESOLUTION IN THE ZONING PERMIT.
BUT ALL ZONING APPROVALS FOR BOTH VARIANCES ARE JUST GOOD FOR ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE YOU APPROVE IT.
SO EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DONE WITHIN ONE YEAR.
OR ELSE YOU HAVE TO COME BACK AND GET THE APPROVAL AGAIN.
SO THERE ARE SOME CONSTRAINTS.
AND THEN IF YOU DECIDE TO, IF I GIVE YOU A ZONING PERMIT AND YOU ONLY DO PART OF IT, THEN YOU, YOU'RE NOT, UM, IN COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR OR YOUR APPROVAL.
SO YOU COULD BE, UM, COMING BACK HERE ANYWAY.
SHE'S SAYING THAT IF YOU DON'T COMPLETE THE PROJECT, LET'S SAY YOU DON'T REMOVE THE SHED THAT YOU COULD END UP HAVING A CITATION AND BEING BROUGHT INTO COURT, WHICH GENERALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN, BUT NO, I DON'T YOU'RE YOU'RE GONNA DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
YEAH, NO, I'M GONNA TAKE THE SHED DOWN.
DOES ANYBODY FROM THE BOARD HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC? SO WE JUST NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT LOT COVERAGE, RIGHT? SO WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT WOULD BE THE, UM, REASONABLE, WHY DON'T WE JUST SAY 29.2, DOES THAT WORK? THAT'S 1.1% MORE THAN WHAT YOU THOUGHT.
SO THAT'S A GOOD, AND THEN HE DOESN'T HAVE TO REMOVE ANYTHING THAT SANDY SOIL TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING.
SO I JUST TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T NEED TO REMOVE THE WALKWAYS IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT 'CAUSE I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN I'LL BRING YOU BACK.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO, TO OPEN THIS UP TO THE PUBLIC? SO MOVE SECOND.
IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO COME AND SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION, YOU MAY COME FORWARD NOW TO DO SO.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT AS, UH, THE CONVERSATION DEVELOPED WITH THE 29.2% OF ROCK COVERAGE TO ALLOW FOR A SHED, UM, TO BE REPLACED OR MOVED, WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
AS LONG AS WE DON'T EXCEED THE 29.2 WITH THE LOCK COVERAGE THERE AND THE SHEDS WITHIN THE SETBACKS OF THE NORMAL FIVE FOOT.
TELL HER SHE CAN SWIM BY MEMORIAL.
WHAT'S THAT? MEMORIAL DAY SWIMMING.
YOU NEED TO COME THE GENTLEMAN NEXT TO YOU,
LEAVE YOUR WALLET AT THE DOOR.
NEXT APPLICATION IS JUSTIN MARUS, ONE 15 S***T
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ROAD BLOCK, UH, 41 0 6, BLOCK 22, SEEKING A BULK VARIANCE FOR FRONT YARD SETBACK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HIS SECOND STORY EDITION.HOW ARE YOU? UH, UH, LET'S JUST GET YOU SWORN IN.
MR. OZICK, YOU SWEAR THE TESTIMONY GIVE TO THE BOARD WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES SIR.
IS SOMEONE NOT GONNA TESTIFY WITH YOU THIS EVENING AS WELL? YES.
SO YOU'LL BE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, I'M HERE FOR MORAL SUPPORT.
NO, THEY THOUGHT THAT POSSIBLY A LETTER WAS SENT TO ME, A CERTIFIED LETTER, BUT I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING.
SO IN CASE YOU NEEDED ANYTHING FROM ME, I, I SHOULD.
I'M JUSTIN MEEK, THE OWNER OF ONE 15 S***T ROAD.
IT'S A SINGLE STORY, THREE BEDROOM, ONE BATH BUILT IN 1951.
PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 2011.
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE'VE STARTED TO BUILD OUR FAMILY.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND WITH ONLY ONE BATHROOM IN THE HOUSE, IT'S STARTING TO GET HECTIC.
AND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO REQUEST A VARIANCE TO ADD A SECOND STORY OVER PART OF THE EXISTING DWELLING.
THIS ADDITION WILL NOT, WILL BE A LOFT FOR A KIDS PLAYROOM SLASH COMMON AREA AND BATHROOM DUE TO SUBSECTION FIVE 19.
ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE 50 FEET FROM FRONT AND REAR LOT LINES.
MY EXISTING STRUCTURE IS 32 FEET FROM THE FRONT LOT LINE I'M PROPOSING TO GO UP ON THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT.
SO THE NEW STRUCTURE WOULD BE THE SAME DISTANCE FROM THAT FRONT LOT LINE AS WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
THE ADDITION WOULD NOT BE A DETRIMENT TO THE PUBLIC GOOD OR ANY NEIGHBORS.
MY CLOSEST NEIGHBOR, MR. PERRY PARKS, WAS KIND ENOUGH TO JOIN ME HERE TODAY WITH NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ADDITION.
THIS BUILD WILL ONLY USE 96 SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL LAND IN THE REAR OF THE HOUSE.
BUILDING UP WILL CUT DOWN ON LAND USAGE FROM MATERIAL FOR THE BUILD AND UTILITY COSTS.
DENIAL OF THIS VARIANCE WOULD RESULT IN UNDUE HARDSHIP, RENDERING ALL TIME AND MONEY SPENT ON PLANS AND PERMITS OR WASTE LIMITING THE POTENTIAL RESALE VALUE OF THE HOME AND WOULD MAKE IT HARD TO GROW OUR FAMILY AT THIS RESIDENCE WITHOUT AN ADDITIONAL BATHROOM AND MORE SPACE, MORE SPACE FOR THE KIDS.
SECOND STORY WOULD BE AN A-FRAME STYLE BUILD WITH TAN AND VINYL SIDING TO MATCH THE EXISTING COLOR SCHEME.
ANY LIGHTING ON THE ADDITION WILL BE FULL CUTOFF, DIRECTED DOWNWARD, AWAY FROM NEIGHBORS, LOW VOLTAGE AND A WARM COLOR.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY TREES BEING REMOVED OR DAMAGED.
UM, THANK YOU FOR CLEARLY READING THE LETTER AND PROVIDING TESTIMONY FOR ALL OF COMMENTS.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST BUILDING UP, IT'S JUST BUILDING UP AND IT'S CLEAR FROM THE AERIAL IMAGERY THAT THE, THE SHAPE OF THE LOT IS IRREGULAR AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE DWELLING ON THE LOT IS ALSO SOMEWHAT DEVIATING FROM THE, THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, IF IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN EXISTING NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE AND WE PUT THOSE, UM, SETBACKS IN PARENTHESES SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT THAT REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT, IT'S ALLOWED TO BE THERE, UM, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES.
AND I THINK THE APPLICANT ALREADY PROVIDED TESTIMONY AS FAR AS THE ARCHITECTURE AND COLORS, THE TREES, THE LIGHTING, UM, EVERYTHING.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
I THINK ELSE IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT ADDITION.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO SUPPORT.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO THE APPLICANT? NO.
IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION, YOU CAN COME FORWARD NOW AND DO SO.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO UH, ACCEPT THE APPLICATION AS READ, UH, WITH THE TESTIMONY THAT WE HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT.
YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH RESIDENT.
JOHN AND ARLENE SCA FIVE REEDS FERRY COURT BLOCK 51 0 5, BLOCK 29, SEEKING A BULK VARIANCE FOR A FRONT YARD SETBACK AND LOT COVERAGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DECK.
I'M ARLENE SCA, THE HOMEOWNER.
SWEAT TESTIMONY WILL GOOD TO THE LORD BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE
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TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.ANYONE ELSE HERE TESTIFYING TO YOU? UH, MY HU UM, WELL HE'S NOT GONNA TESTIFY OKAY, BUT HE'S SITTING HERE
I'M THE OWNER OF FIVE REBURY COURT AT ONE WITH MY HUSBAND JOHN.
UM, WE'RE IN THE RRG D ONE ZONE, PRETTY TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
UM, VERY SIMILAR RESIDENTIAL LOTS ON THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST SIDES.
UM, WE HAVE CAMP NIK IN TO OUR EAST.
UM, WE ARE REQUESTING, UM, APPROVAL OF TWO DEVIANCES FROM CURRENT ORDINANCE TODAY.
THE FIRST IS THE FRONT, THE FRONT YARD SETBACK WHERE 50 FEET IS REQUIRED.
UH, 24 CURRENTLY EXISTS AND WE'RE REQUESTING 39 FEET.
UM, THE, THE HARDSHIP WITH THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE IS THAT THE HOME WHEN IT WAS BUILT IN 1979 WAS PLACED SO THAT THE SETBACK, THE FRONT SETBACK WAS 24 FEET HALF OF WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS TODAY.
SO IT KIND OF MAKES ANY SORT OF REASONABLE IMPROVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE HOME ITSELF.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST REQUEST THAT WE'RE MAKING.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE LOT COVERAGE WHERE 20% IS REQUIRED.
23.08 EXISTS TODAY, AND 24.38% IS PROPOSED.
UM, SO WE'RE REQUESTING JUST ABOUT 1.3% OVER CURRENT, BUT IT'S STILL 4% PLUS OVER THE PERMITTED.
UM, MAINLY THE, THE HARDSHIP HERE IS JUST THAT WE WANNA ENJOY OUR OUTDOORS A LITTLE MORE
UM, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY THE, UM, THE EXPANSION OF THE DECK, UH, AND I'M GONNA READ RIGHT FROM MS. TAYLOR'S REPORT,
UM, IT'LL REMAIN PURELY RESIDENTIAL AND WE'RE NOT CHANGING ITS CURRENT USE.
UM, THE CHARACTER OF THE DECK WILL REMAIN PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE'S NO IMPACT ON UTILITIES, TRAFFIC OR DENSITY.
UM, THE LAST TWO ITEMS, UH, TO TESTIFY TO, WELL, THREE OF THE ITEMS REALLY INVOLVE ONE.
AND THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO SIX INCH CALIBER OR MORE TREE IN THAT AREA.
SO REPLACEMENT PLAN I DON'T THINK WOULD BE REQUIRED.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON ADDING ANY LIGHTING WITH THIS PROJECT.
SHE'S FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS REALLY WELL.
YOU KNOW, TWO, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT AREAS THAT YOU'RE YES.
SO THE SMALLER AREA, IT'S REAL.
THAT'S REASON WHY WE'RE EXTENDING THAT IS 'CAUSE IT'S COMPLETELY UNUSABLE THE WAY IT IS.
I MEAN, IT'S ONLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE, I FORGET WHAT IT IS NOW, LIKE FOUR OR FIVE FEET WIDE MM-HMM
UM, AND YOU CAN'T REALLY PUT ANYTHING THERE.
IT'S, IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
SO WE'RE GONNA EXTEND THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND THEN THE MAIN, THE MAIN AREA THAT WE'RE EXTENDING OUT IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE COVERING UP AN OLD CONCRETE SLAB AND NOT AS, NOT AN AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AREA THAT USED TO HOUSE A HOT TUB.
UM, SO THE, THE DUCK WILL COMPLETELY COVER THAT AREA.
PROBABLY IT'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE SAFETY AS WELL BECAUSE THAT CONCRETE PAD AND IT WAS LIKE UNEVEN ROCKY AREA AROUND IT.
SO THAT'LL BE GONE COMPLETELY.
MS. TAYLOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I MEAN, IT'S SIMILAR TO THE LAST ONE.
I MEAN THE, THE, IT'S ON TWO ROWS.
IT HAS FRONTAGES ON TWO STREETS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO DO ANYTHING ON THIS LOT, IT WOULD REQUIRE VARIANCES.
UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE, THE DECKS AND IMPROVEMENT.
AND UM, SO IF YOU LIVE IN MEDFORD, YOU SHOULD SPEND TIME OUTSIDE
DOES ANYONE FROM THE BOARD HAVE ANY NO COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE TABLE OVER PLEASE? SO MOVE.
IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE FROM IN PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION, YOU CAN COME FORWARD NOW.
TEAM NONE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE.
OKAY, I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO WHY DID THE, WHY IS THE SETBACK CHANGING? WELL, SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
CAN I ANSWER THIS? GO AHEAD,
SO, WELL TECHNICALLY IT'S THE, IT'S THE IMPROVEMENT.
LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE INSTALLING AN IMPROVEMENT THAT'S STILL INFRINGES UPON THE CURRENT 50 FEET REQUIREMENT.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE SETBACK IS FOR.
BUT MY POINT IN SAYING THAT THE HOUSE ITSELF IS ONLY 24 JUST MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DO ANYTHING WITHIN TODAY'S ORDINANCE.
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SO THE SETBACK OF THE, SO OF THE DECK IS THAT CONSIDER THE 50 FEET LIKE A PLANE AND THE EXISTING HOUSE IS ALSO A PLANE, BUT YOU STILL CAN'T BUILD IN THAT PLANE.SO THAT ENCROACHMENT IS WHERE THERE WASN'T ANYTHING BEFORE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT NEEDS A VARIANCE.
I UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED THE VARIANCE, RIGHT? OKAY.
I'M SAYING HOW, HOW THE FRONTAGE IS THE FRONT YARD SETBACK IS STILL GONNA BE THE SAME THOUGH THE HOUSE WASN'T MOVING.
SO, BUT WE WENT FROM 24.2 TO 38.
WELL THAT'S FOR THE, THAT'S FOR THE THE DECK.
THAT'S FOR THE DECK DEFINITION.
SO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSE ANYMORE, I'M TALKING ABOUT WHERE THAT DECK IS PLACED.
TALKING ABOUT THE CONCRETE AND STUFF.
SO I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE DECK.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION.
CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TO ANN.
UM, WHEN, AT WHAT POINT DOES THE CONSTRUCTION OFFICE GET SO NEXT YOUR RESOLUTION WILL BE MEMORIALIZED? SO THE ACTION TAKEN TONIGHT WILL BE PUT IN WRITING AND THEY WILL ADOPT, UH, YOU KNOW, APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS LIKE THEY DID EARLIER IN THE MEETING.
AND THEN AFTER THAT I CAN ISSUE THE ZONING PERMIT AFTER NEXT MONTH.
SO AFTER, AFTER THE RESOLUTION, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE PUBLIC NOTICE TO RUN.
WELL THE PUBLIC NOTICE IS, UH, THERE IS AN APPEAL PROCESS FROM THE DAY OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE AND MR. UH, DRAWS, IF YOU WANNA COMMENT ON THAT, IF ANYONE WAS INCLINED TO CHALLENGE THE GREEN VARIANCE, IF 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE THE RESOLUTION IS PUBLISHED YEP.
AND THAT'S FOLLOWING THE RECORDING OF THE RESOLUTION NEXT MONTH? CORRECT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND BILL, IT'S UP TO YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW THE ODDS OF SOMEONE, I GONNA SAY THIS TOO LOUD.
WELL WE DO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OFFICE I GUESS TO RECOGNIZE 'CAUSE THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE DIGGING FOOTERS.
AND I DON'T WANNA LEAVE THE HOLES OPEN FOR OKAY.
SO, OKAY, SO AFTER, I'LL TOUCH BASE WITH YOU THE NEXT ONE.
I WAS JUST WONDERING SATELLITE THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY TO START SOONER BECAUSE LIKE POOL.
IF YOU MOVE AHEAD AFTER YOU GET THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT, IF YOU MOVE AHEAD IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE APPEAL PERIOD EXPIRES, YOU'D BE DOING IT AT YOUR RISK.
OKAY, NEXT APPLICATION, RUSTED AND DANA.
TRISH, 15 NOTTINGHAM DRIVE BLOCK 27 0 3 0 3.
SEEKING A FULL VARIANCE FOR THE CIDER SETBACK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DECK.
UM, MR. RECH, YOU SWEAR THE TESTIMONY YOU GIVE TO THE BOARD WILL BE THE TRUTH AND THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO.
UH, MY WIFE COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT.
SHE'S SHUFFLING KIDS AROUND AT DIFFERENT VARIOUS EVENTS.
UM, WE'VE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE PROBABLY IT'S COMING UP FROM 12 YEARS, I THINK.
UM, MY WIFE HAS LIVED IN MEDFORD ALL OUR LIFE IN LAKE PINE.
UM, SO GREW UP HERE, IT'S BEEN AROUND HERE.
WE ARE ALWAYS OUT BACK AS A FAMILY.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, MAKE THAT SPACE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND ADDING A 18 BY 39 DECK WITH A PARTIAL ROOF.
UM, KIND OF WELL COVERING THE EXISTING PATIO THAT'S THERE AND TO KIND OF CREATE, TO CREATE A NICE SPACE FOR OUR FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN EXTEND 50 SEASONS IN TERMS OF THE VARIANCES.
UM, IT'S A SIDE YARD SETBACK ON THE WEST SIDE TO 18.75 FEET.
CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 20.85 FEET.
UM, WHICH, UH, READING THROUGH YOUR DOCUMENTATION, THANKS FOR FINDING THAT UP AND EVERYTHING.
UM, WE, I GUESS WE WERE GRANTED IN OR WHEN THE BUILDING WAS ALLOWED TO BE THAT, THAT CLOSE TO THE SIDE YARD.
I THINK IT WAS WITHIN 15 FEET AT THAT TIME.
UM, SO WE ARE SO REQUESTING 18.75 FEET.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE BUILDING COVERAGE OF 16.61%.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 11.99%.
I THINK THE REQUIREMENT IS 12%.
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UM, YOU KNOW THE REASONS WHY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS AND, AND APPLIED FOR THE VARIANCE.OUR PROPERTY IS KIND OF LIKE AN IRREGULAR SHAPED, IN A SENSE IT'S PARALLEL GROUND, DIAGONAL SIDE YARDS.
SO ON THAT WEST SIDE YOU GO BACK OFF THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, RIGHT? YOU'RE JUST CONTINUING TO INFRINGE ON THE SIDE YARD SETBACK.
UM, 'CAUSE THE HOUSE IS ORIENTED TOWARDS THE ROADWAY.
IN ORDER TO BE IN FULL COMPLIANCE OF THE 30 30 FEET SETBACK SETBACK, UM, IT WOULD FORCE THE, IT WOULD SHIFT EVERYTHING OVER, RIGHT? IT WOULD, IT WOULD FORCE THE ROOF TO KIND OF BE OVER TOP OF AN EXISTING BAY WINDOW, WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY WOULD, WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE NATURAL LIGHT INSIDE OUR HOME.
AND THE BENEFITS OF THAT, UH, AND NOT ALLOWING REALLY THE ABILITY TO HAVE LIKE A DECK WITH LIKE A PARTIAL ROOF AND OPENING.
UM, THE, THE DECK WOULD PROVIDE DIRECT WALKOUT ACCESS TO THE BACKYARD IN, IN THIS USE OF OUTDOOR SPACE FOR OUR FAMILY.
UM, THE PARTIAL ROOF WOULD EXTEND THE SEASONAL USE.
UM, WHILE THE DECK, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL RIGHT, WILL SUPPORT OUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING THROUGH INCREASED CONNECTION WITH THE OUTDOORS, RIGHT? AS YOU GUYS JUST JUST SAID, RIGHT? EVERYBODY SHOULD BE OUTDOORS IN MEDFORD.
UM, THE DECK AND PARTIAL ROOF ARE RESIDENTIAL AND SCALE AND CONSISTENT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND OTHER HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROJECT WILL NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND SUPPORTS OVERALL PROPERTY AND COMMUNITY VALUE.
UM, THE REQUESTED SETBACK, REDUCTION IN BUILDING COVERAGE INCREASE REPRESENT THE MINIMUM RELIEF NECESSARY.
IN TERMS OF LIKE THE, THE STRUCTURE, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR, OUR CURRENT HOUSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF COLOR IT'S GONNA BE CONSISTENT.
UM, LIGHTING, WE OVER THE COVERED AREA, WE DO HAVE, WE, WE ARE LOOKING TO PUT LIGHTING UNDERNEATH OF THERE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ON, UM, IN THE EVENING TIME, RIGHT? IF WE WANNA HAVE LIGHT UNDERNEATH ON THE COVERED AREA, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT.
UM, TREES, THERE'S NO TREES INVOLVED IN THIS.
AND I THINK I HIT EVERYTHING THERE ON THE LIST.
SO YOU'RE BUILDING OVER THE EXISTING PATIO? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
WHERE IS THE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OF WHERE THE ROOF IS GOING.
IT'S GONNA COME HERE AND COME DOWN.
SO IT'S GONNA JUST, IT'S GONNA BE THE OUT HERE AND IT'S GONNA CONTINUE NOT OVER THE ENTIRE DECK? NO.
IT'S THE OUTSIDE PORTION, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THE INTERIOR PORTION WILL NOT HAVE A ROOF.
UM, THERE'S A DRAWING, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT NUMBERED.
SHOWS I HAVE THAT THE COMPOSITE DECKING AND THIS IS THE ROOFED AREA AND THE STAIRS, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT RELATING TO THE, THE HOUSE VERY WELL, SO IT'S HARD TO SEE.
SO I THINK IF THAT'S, I DON'T THINK WE DO HAVE THAT.
YEAH, WE DO HAVE THAT, BUT I THINK THE, WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS THE ROOF'S GONNA BE OVER HERE.
THE ROOF'S ON THE, THE OUT EXTERIOR SIDE COMING STRAIGHT OUT.
WE HAVE A BAY WINDOW THERE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO KILL THAT.
I, AND I SEE THE BAY AND I UNDERSTOOD YOUR TESTIMONY THAT YOU WOULDN'T WANNA PUT ON SOMETHING OVER TOP OF THE THAT CORRECT? YEAH.
AND THEN THIS WOULD ALL BE OVER.
AND THAT'S THE GARAGE SIDE BASICALLY? CORRECT.
SO THE ROOF WILL BE COMING OFF THE GARAGE.
AND IT'S GONNA MATCH THE REST OF YOUR YEAH, SO IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES I GUESS FROM ABOVE, RIGHT? WE HAVE THAT LIKE IT'S A SHED ROOF ALREADY THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A SHED ROOF THERE TOO AS WELL.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE LIKE WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT, WHAT PEOPLE USED TO DO IS THEY WOULD JUST PUT A PATIO IN BECAUSE THEY COULD DO THAT.
SO THEY DIDN'T PUT THINGS LIKE DECKS IN.
SO THAT'S HOW THINGS SORT OF LIKE, THEY DIDN'T COME FOR VARIANCES BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T BUILDING A STRUCTURE.
IS THE DECK NOT GOING UP TO THE BILL CODE DOORS? IT'S GOING TO GO OVER TOP OF THOSE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT ACCESS TO THE DECK, TO THE BOOK OF THE OH, THERE'LL BE A DOOR IN THE DECK? YEAH.
MS. TAYLOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? I MEAN, THIS IS A SIMILAR SITUATION.
THE, THE STRUCTURE IS ON THE LOT THE WAY IT IS.
THIS, THE LOT IS IRREGULARLY SHAPED, I GUESS, UH, CLOSER TO THE LOT LINE AT THE REAR.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE YOU COULD PUT IT FRANKLY.
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CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE TO THE PUBLIC PLEASE? MOTION.IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE FROM PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION, YOU MAY COME FORWARD NOT TO DO SO.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IF ANYONE ELSE FROM THE BOARD DOES.
IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
OKAY, FINAL APPLICATION OF THE NIGHT, GRAYLIN AND KAITLYN JOHNSON.
81 UNION STREET BLOCK 50 15 0 1 LOT.
THREE SEAT IN BOTH VARIANCE FOR THE SIDE YARD SETBACK FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STORY ADDITION DECK AND PATIO.
DO I STATE MY NAME? UH, GRAYLIN JOHNSON.
YOU, YOU SWEAR THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL GIVE TO THE BOARD WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING HERE WITH YOU? IS THIS PART OF YOUR APPLICATION OR IS THIS SOMETHING ELSE? I THINK IT'S ALL PART OF THE APPLICATION, JUST IN CASE IF YOU NEED SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
UM, SO I OWN THE PROPERTY AT 81 UNION STREET, JUST THREE HOUSES DOWN FROM HERE WITH MY WIFE CAITLYN.
SO WE DO HAVE AN AUDIENCE THERE,
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS, UH, REPLACING, WE'RE BUILDING AN ADDITION, UH, THAT WILL REPLACE TWO ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE, UH, PRIMARY HOUSE.
UH, IT'S A KITCHEN AND A MUD ROOM, TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS.
SO IT IS SORT OF OFFSET AND NOT REALLY PRACTICAL, UH, FOR WHAT WE NEED IN OUR HOUSE.
WE BOUGHT IT IN 2012, UH, WHEN WE JUST JUST GOT MARRIED AND NOW WE HAVE THREE KIDS AND THEY'RE GETTING BIGGER AND JUST LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, PEOPLE THAT, THAT CAME BEFORE YOU, UH, WE ALSO NEED A FUNCTIONAL SPACE.
UM, SO THE, UH, VARI THAT WE'RE SEEKING IS FOR THE SETBACK.
UH, THE SETBACK REQUIRES 15 FEET.
UH, THE CURRENT STRUCTURE, UH, IS ACTUALLY 4.77 FEET.
UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY MOVING IT MORE INTO COMPLIANCE, UH, AT 10.05 FEET.
UH, SO THAT'S, UH, SORT OF THE OFFSET.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S IMPROVING, UH, THE OFFSET.
AND, UH, THE REASON WHY WE THINK THIS IS JUSTIFIED IS THERE'S REALLY NO PRACTICAL WAY, UH, TO GET THE SPACE THAT WE NEED, UH, TO REMAIN WITHIN THE 15 FOOT SETBACK ON BOTH OF THE SIDES OF OUR PROPERTY.
SO, UM, I ALSO CAME PREPARED, SO THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE REPORT.
UH, SO, UH, THIS WILL REMAIN A RESIDENTIAL, UH, PROPERTY.
UH, THE NEW ADDITION WILL MATCH THE EXISTING MATERIALS AND FINISHES, UH, TO THE BEST THAT WE CAN, UH, SEAMLESSLY, UH, BLENDING INTO THE EXISTING HOUSE.
UH, THE NEW ADDITIONAL MATCH EXISTING MATERIALS, UH, ALL EXISTING TRIM, UH, FACIA, UH, DETAILS WILL REMAIN, UH, AND NEW WILL BE MATCHED, UH, TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, TODAY.
NO NEGATIVE IMPACTS, UH, TO THE PROPERTIES NEAR US.
UH, THE NEW ADDITION ALSO MATCHES THE SIZE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ADJACENT HOUSE.
UH, THE HOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO MINE, THE YELLOW HOUSE ALSO HAS A VERY SIMILAR, UH, EXTENSION OR ADDITION.
UH, THE ORIGINAL FORM WILL REMAIN AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REMOVED.
UH, WE ACTUALLY LOVE THE HOUSE.
MY WIFE SPECIFICALLY LOVES THE HOUSE.
UM, THE NEW ADDITION, YOU'LL SEE IN THE PICTURES THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE.
AND ALSO RIGHT HERE, THE ROOF LINE IS SLIGHTLY BELOW, UH, THE PRIMARY, UM, THE CURRENT STRUCTURE.
UM, THE PROPORTION OF DOORS AND WINDOW OPENINGS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES, ARE VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TODAY.
WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH, UH, TREES THAT ARE GREATER THAN SIX INCHES IN DIAMETER.
UH, LIGHTING ABSOLUTELY POINTING DOWN, NOT POINTING INTO ANY OF OUR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY.
UH, AND WE THINK THAT OVERALL IT'S GOING TO ADD TO THE AESTHETICS OF THE TOWN.
IT'S KEEPING, UH, WITH THE HISTORIC NATURE OF OUR HOUSE.
UH, THAT'S 170, 70 YEARS OLD I BELIEVE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, SO HOPEFULLY I COVERED THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED.
I THINK ONE THING THAT WAS IN MS. TAYLOR'S LETTER THAT YOU DIDN'T MENTION WAS THE HANDRAILS FOR THE, UH, YEAH.
SO WE WILL MATCH WHATEVER WE NEED TO, UH, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH, UH, WHATEVER WAS IN YOUR REPORT.
YEAH, I I THINK IF THE CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL REQUIRES HANDRAILS INTO THAT SIDE ENTRY, THAT THEY JUST HAVE THE TOP AND BOTTOM RAIL THAT, THAT'S REALLY AWESOME.
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THAT.'CAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE DRAWINGS.
SO THE, IF I CAN MADAM CHAIR, UM, THIS REQUIRES, UM, A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE DESIGN OF THE, THE, UM, ADDITION.
UM, WE DO THINK IT CONFORMS, UH, TO, UM, WHAT OUR TYPICAL, UM, ADDITIONS AND IT'S NOT VERY VISIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC WAY.
THE ONLY REAL VISIBLE PORTION IS THAT, UM, SIDE PORCH.
AND THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF LIKE SORT OF MINIMIZING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE SAME SCALE.
IT'S, IT HAS ITS OWN, UM, ITS OWN, UH, STYLE AND YET IT, IT NODS TO THE STYLE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING.
SO, UM, WE THINK THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO GIVE THIS AER CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AND, AND CLEARLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS LOT IS MORE THAN SIZABLE, UH, IN, IN THE VILLAGE.
IT'S A LOVELY LOT OF 20,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS REALLY NICE OUT THERE.
AND, UM, THE SIDE YARD, YOU KNOW, THE TEN FIVE IS, IS PERFECTLY REASONABLE AND CONSISTENT WITH, UM, UH, HAVING LIKE A MINOR ADDITION PUT ON THE REAR.
SO YOU THINK IT'S MINOR? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
WHAT COLOR IS IT GONNA BE? I'M SORRY, WHAT'S THAT? IS IT GONNA BE THIS BLUE? UH, SO THE EXISTING HOUSE, THE PRIMARY, THE CURRENT STRUCTURE IS THAT BLUE GOT IT BUILDING.
THE ONLY THING THAT, UM, YOU CALLED OUT IS ACTUALLY THE, UH, WHITE ON THE NEW SIDE PORCH.
WE DID THAT TO JUST SORT OF MAKE IT, UH, STAND OUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT STILL INCONSISTENT OR CONSISTENT WITH THE FEEL OF THE TOWN.
AND THAT'S A BOARD AND BATTEN, RIGHT? IT IS, YEAH.
SO I MEAN, IT KIND OF ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT'S A SHED ADDITION ON THE BACK.
LIKE, IT, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE PART OF AN AG WITH THE BOARD AND BATTEN.
SO ALTHOUGH EVERYTHING ELSE IS HORIZONTAL, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE VERTICAL SIDING IN THAT LOCATION IS, I THINK IT'S, IT'S FINE.
UM, 'CAUSE THERE ARE, THERE IS CONVERSATION IN 8 0 6 ABOUT, UM, SIDING BEING THE SAME DIRECTION.
UM, BUT THERE ARE BUILDINGS AROUND TOWN THAT HAVE BOARD AND BATTEN SIDING AND SO THIS IS GONNA BE SORT OF A BLANK WALL, UM, WITH THEIR, THEIR MUDROOM IN IT.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO, TO BREAK IT UP AND UM, AND SORT OF PRESENT AS A, ALMOST LIKE AN OUTBUILDING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE GOING FOR? EXACTLY.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DO AWAY WITH THE ILCO DOORS.
SO YOU'LL, YOU ONLY ACCESS TO THE BASEMENT WILL BE FROM THE INSIDE STEPS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, REALLY THE FOUNDATION OR THE BLOCKS THAT GO DOWN THERE, IT'S NOT IN GREAT SHAPE.
OUR BASEMENT IS NOT IN GREAT SHAPE.
IT'S AN OLD HOUSE, RIGHT? UH, SO WE'RE NOT REALLY USING THAT.
I THINK I USE IT ONE TIME, UH, WHEN WE REMOVE THE OIL HEATER.
WE DID THINK ABOUT MOVING IT CLOSER TO THE STREET, BUT WE THINK THAT WOULD LOOK WORSE.
UM, DOES ANYONE FROM THE BOARD HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NO.
UM, I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC MOTION OPEN.
UM, DON'T SEE ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK ON MOTION TO CLOSE.
SO WOULD WE BE THE ONES WHO ARE ISSUING THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS? YES.
SO, UM, AT THE MOMENT THERE IS NO HISTORIC COMMISSION.
UM, AND SO, UM, YOU HAVE TO RELY UPON ME TO GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT INTO HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE.
DO WE NEED TO SWEAR YOU IN OR HOLD IT? I MEAN, I'M ALREADY SWORN
UM, I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
IT'S UM, IT'S SOMETHING I'M VERY, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE, SOMETHING I'M INTERESTED IN.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHARACTER OF THESE ADDITIONS, HOW THEY HAVE TO FIT INTO THE, TO THE WIDER SCHEME.
UM, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE MEDFORD VILLAGE IS A CULTURAL RESOURCE AND AS A CULTURAL RESOURCE, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UM, ADDITIONS AND CHANGES TO THOSE BUILDINGS, UM, FIT THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY.
OTHERWISE THE CULTURAL RESOURCE GOES AWAY.
SO, UM, IT WOULD BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, KATE MAY STARTED TO JUST LET EVERYTHING GO.
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HISTORIC COMMISSION, YOU ARE ABLE TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH ANYTHING? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, 'CAUSE I SAW THAT IT SAID IN THERE ABOUT THE HISTORIC BOARD.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO GIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO IT'S NOT IDEAL THAT THERE IS NO HISTORIC COMMISSION.
MOTION TO APPROVE AND ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF, UH, APPROPRIATENESS SECONDS.