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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024.02.22 BOA Minutes Bangor Friends of Affordable Housing - 17 Fifteenth Street - HearingBoard of Appeals Minutes For Meeting Held on February 22, 2024 at 5:15 p.m. Members Present:Jordan LaBouff, Robin Perkins, Edward Gould (Chair), Rachel Thompson, and Donald McCann (Associate Member). Staff Present:David Szewczyk, City Solicitorand Grace Innis, Assistant City Solicitor. Introductions: Chair Gould opened the hearing and introduced members. Approval of Minutes: January 31, 2024: Member LaBouffmade a motion to approve the meeting minutes. Member Thompson seconded the motion. Motion passedunanimously (5-0). Public Hearing -Consideration of an appeal of a Code Enforcement Officer’s Notice of Violation – The Heritage Building Associates (15 Columbia Street): City of Bangor Code Enforcement Officer Jeff Wallace requested a continuance of the hearing in order to further investigate a forthcoming engineering report. Casey Olesen represented the applicant and consented to the continuance. Board of Appeals voted on the matter. Member Thompson made a motion to grant a continuance of the public hearing to allow the Code Enforcement Officer time to further investigate the engineering report. Associate Member McCann seconded the motion.Motion passed unanimously (5-0). Public Hearing - Request for Reasonable Accommodation Under the federal Fair Housing Act from the requirement of §165-13(B), which limits the number of unrelated people living at the property to five - Bangor Friends of Affordable Housing (17 Fifteenth Street): Michael Tuller spoke as the applicant and President of Bangor Friends of Affordable Housing and presented his request for variance.The applicant advised the Board that he made a last-minute decision to transfer ownership of the property. As a result, he withdrew his application. Other business: None. Meeting adjourned. Member Thompson made a motion to Adjourn. Member Perkins seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously (5-0) to adjourn.