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Home My WebLink AboutBZA Decision Letter Appeal 3021 - 307 Warren Pl CITYOFITHACABOARDofZONINGAPPEALS SpecialTemporaryPermitforAccessoryApartment Findings&Decision Applicant:CarolynandJeremiahAnderson AppealNo.:3021 ZoningDistrict:RͲ1a HearingHeldOn:May3,2016 PropertyLocation:307WarrenPlace PublicationDates:April21,2016&April22,2016(TheIthacaJournal) Summary:TheapplicantsseekaSpecialTemporaryPermittorentanexistingaccessoryapartmentinthebasementof theirhomeat307WarrenPlace.Thestudioapartmentwasoriginallyconstructedandrentedbytheformerownerof 307WarrenPlaceunderZoningAppeal#2400,grantedbytheBoardofZoningAppeals(BZA)onDecember1,1998.The propertyat307WarrenPlacehas3offͲstreetparkingspacesandmeetszoningrequirementsforbothunits.ThesingleͲ family,4Ͳbedroomunithas1,604SFofhabitablespaceandtheexistingapartmenthasatotalof603SF.Thisapartment alsohasaseparateentranceatthebackofthehouse.Thepropertyat307WarrenPlaceisinanRͲ1aZoningDistrict wheretheinstallationofanaccessoryapartmentisanallowedaccessoryuse.However,Section325Ͳ10requiresthat theBZAgrantaSpecialTemporaryPermitfortheaccessoryapartmentpriortoaBuildingPermitbeingissued. RequirementforWhichVarianceisRequested:TemporarySpecialPermitforaccessoryapartment,andallowancefor increasedsizeofapartment. ApplicableSection(s)ofCityZoningCode:325Ͳ10&325Ͳ10D.(4) MembersPresent: StevenBeer,Chair TeresaDeschanes MarshallMcCormick PublicHearing:May3,2016.NoonespokeinfavororagainstgrantingtheTemporarySpecialPermitrequested. Motion:MadebyTeresaDeschanes. EnvironmentalReview:Type2Action.Thisactionhasbeendeterminednottohaveasignificantimpactonthe environmentandisotherwiseprecludedfromenvironmentalreviewunderEnvironmentalConservationLaw,Section 176Ͳ5C.(14). TompkinsCountyReviewperSection239Ͳl&ͲmofNewYorkStateGeneralMunicipalLaw:N/A Planning&DevelopmentBoardRecommendation:ThePlanningBoardidentifiednolongͲrangeplanningissueswith theappealandsupportedgrantingit. CITY OF ITHACA 108 E. Green Street — 3rd Floor Ithaca, NY 14850-5690 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, BUILDING, ZONING, & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Division of Zoning PHYLLIS RADKE, DIRECTOR OF ZONING ADMINISTRATION Telephone: Planning & Development – 607-274-6550 E-Mail: cpyott@cityofithaca.org