[Chat] Zoning Issue 2741 St. Paul Street

[JUDY BERLIN]

Why is this a problem?
Judy


On Dec 6, 2009, at 0:52, SLG2700 at cs.com wrote:

> Dear Neighbors:
>
>  This email is intended to reach interested residents and property 
> owners who are interested in the planned conversion of 2741 St. Paul 
> Street from 3 to 4 units with the 4th unit being in the basement.  
> There is a zoning hearing set for Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 3 p.m., 
> at the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals for Baltimore City, City 
> Hall.  Any interested persons can attend the hearing and/or send 
> letters in support or opposition to the appeal.  You should address 
> your letters to:
>
>  David Tanner, Executive Director
>  Board of Municipal Zoning Appeals
>  417 East Fayette Street, Room 4132
>  Baltimore, MD 21202
>
>  and be sure to include the Appeal No., property address, and hearing 
> date in your subject line.
>
>  Residents should send the original by mail, a copy by email to 
> david.tanner at baltimorecity.gov with a copy to me so that we can have 
> them in our file when we appear before the Board. The BMZA's phone 
> number is 410-396-4301. All of this info can also be found at 
> http://baltimorecity.gov/government/zoning/ along with the hearing 
> dockets.
>
>  It is also important for the residents opposing the appeal to show up 
> at the hearing itself. The presence of the opposition carries much 
> weight with the BMZA. If no residents appear or send letters in 
> opposition the CVCA will be unable to appeal an unfavorable ruling 
> because only an adjacent resident has standing to appeal.
>
>  The CVCA Land Use Committee has recommended to that the CVCA Board 
> send a letter to the BMZA opposing the appeal, and the Board vote is 
> pending.  If you are interested in the reasons for the Committee's 
> recommendation, contact me and I will share them with you.  For the 
> sake of brevity, I have not included them here.
>
>  So far, 7 residents from 4 separate nearby addresses have opposed the 
> conversion and sent letters to the BMZA. 
>
>  This case is basically identical to Zoning Appeal 246-09: 2927 St. 
> Paul Street from April 2009 where we strongly opposed the applicant's 
> planned conversion of a 3 dwelling unit into a 4 dwelling unit and the 
> BMZA denied the applicant's appeal.
>
>  Please contact me if you have any questions.
>
>  Sharon L. Guida, Chair, CVCA Land Use Committee
>  2746 Maryland Avenue
>  Baltimore, MD 21218
>  410-889-0436 (home)
>  410-467-4409 (work)
>  410-467-4410 (work fax)
>  410-960-1139 (cell)
>  SLG2700 at cs.com_______________________________________________
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