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Memorializing the City Council's decision of May 18, 2016 granting the appeal of Joelle Olson to a decision of the Planning Commission denying the establishment of nonconforming use as a triplex at 897 Goodrich Avenue.
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WHEREAS, Mike and Joelle Olson, on July 2, 2015, duly applied for an establishment of nonconforming use permit under PED Zoning File No.15-138929 pursuant to Legislative Code
§ 62.109(a) for property commonly known as 897 Goodrich Ave and legally described as Summit Park Addition, Lot 20, Blk 24, [Parcel Identification N0. 02.28.23.31.0055]; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Olson’s application was to allow the legal occupancy of a basement unit previously identified by the Fire Inspection Division of the department of safety and inspections on December 2, 2011 as being illegally occupied. According to PED staff, 897 Goodrich Avenue is located within an RT1 zoning district which allows duplex units. Triplex units are not permitted uses in RT1 districts. According to the Fire Inspection Division, a follow-up inspection in February 2012 indicated that the subject property was occupied as a duplex as permitted in RT1 districts. The Olson’s purchased the subject property in July 2014. On March 13, 2015, a Fire Inspection Division inspection determined that the property was again occupied as an illegal triplex. The Fire Inspector ordered the Olson’s to either discontinue the illegal occupancy or covert the occupancy to a legal use which caused the Olson’s to file with the Planning Commission the said application to establish a nonconforming use; and
WHEREAS, on August 13, 2015 and pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.303, the Commission’s Zoning Committee duly conducted a public hearing on the Olson’s non-conforming use application where all persons present were afforded an opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, the public hearing was duly closed upon the conclusion of the hearing testimony and the Zoning Committee, after discussing the mer...
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