BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
August 11, 2008

 

9:30

 

Calendar No. 08-141:

3400 St. Clair Avenue

Ward 13

 

 

 

Sin Mun Chan, owner, appeals to change the hours of operation of a nightclub located in a General Industry District at 3400 St. Clair Avenue to be simultaneous to the hours of a restaurant operated in the same building; contrary to the conditions of a zoning variance granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals in Resolution No. 05-77, regarding a failure to meet the parking requirements of Section 349.04(e) of the Zoning Code for simultaneous operation of a nightclub and restaurant.  The applicant has identified an additional 34 parking spaces available to the business through a lease with a neighboring property owner.




9:30

 

 

Calendar No. 08-143:

10404 Clifton Boulevard

Ward 18

 

    

 

Smythe Ford Real Estate, owner, c/o Josh Cohen, and Christina Anderson, tenant, appeal to establish a fitness studio in a commercial building on the northwest corner of Clifton Boulevard and West 104th Street in a One-Family District; whereas the proposed use is not permitted in a One-Family District and is first permitted in a Retail Business District, and whereas no substitution or other change in a nonconforming use other than to a conforming use shall be permitted except by Special Permit from the Board of Zoning Appeals; and whereas 6 additional off-street parking spaces are required and none are provided.




9:30

 

 

Calendar No. 08-144:

3809 Buechner Avenue

Ward 16

 

 

 

Radu Lupu, owner, appeals to erect a 2-bedroom, 1-bath addition, measuring 24’x29’, replacing a front porch on a house in a mid-block location on the south side of Buechner Avenue, between West 41st Street and State Road in a One-Family District; contrary to the regulations of Section 357.04(a) of the Zoning Code which requires a front yard setback of 28¾’ in line with existing buildings, and a setback of 17½’ is proposed. 



9:30

 

 

Calendar No. 08-145:

12833 Lorain Avenue

Ward 19

 

 

 

The Ohio Conference Association of Seventh Day Adventist, owner, c/o Lisa Falkenstein, and Bryan Black, architect, appeal to change the occupancy from day care to a place of worship of a building on the south side of Lorain Avenue, one parcel east of West 129th Street, in a General Retail Business District and One-Family District; contrary to Section 352.09 of the Zoning Code, which requires an 8’-wide landscaped transition strip at the rear of the parcel abutting a One-Family District, and contrary to Section 337.02(e)(1), which requires a place of worship to be located at least 15’ from any adjoining premises in a Residence District not used for a similar purpose, and the proposed church abuts a One-Family District at the rear.




9:30

 

 

Calendar No. 08-147:

6020 Fir Avenue

Ward 17

 

 

 

John Farrier, owner, appeals to replace and extend the front porch of a house on the north side of Fir Avenue, just east of West 61st, Street in a Two-Family District; contrary to Section 357.13(b)(4), which does not permit open front porches to project more than 6 feet into a required front yard, whereas a 12-foot projection is proposed, and does not permit a front porch that aggregates a vertical area in any story more than twenty percent of the area of the facade in that story.

POSTPONED FROM JULY 14, 2008



10:30

     

 

Calendar No. 08-110:   

       749 East 185th Street               Ward 11           

 

 

 

 

Katarina Fugina, owner, and Tony Bougebrayel, prospective purchaser, appeal to erect a new car wash on an irregular “L” shaped corner parcel located in a Local Retail Business District on the southeast corner of East 185th Street and Muskoka Avenue at 749-51 East 185th Street; subject to the limitations of Section 343.01(b) a car wash is not permitted but first permitted in a General Retail Business District, and pursuant to Section 343.11(b)(2)(l)(2) it must be 100 feet from a residential district; and a 6 foot width contrary to an 8 foot wide transition strip is provided, where the use abuts a residence district and a transition landscaped strip providing 75 percent year-round opacity is required,  as stated in Sections 352.08-11of the Codified Ordinances. (Filed 5-27-08)

First postponement requested by the applicant for time to provide notification to residence who did not receive notice.