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Area Board of Zoning Appeals—December 6, 2017 <br /> MRS.SMITH: I think one of the challenges that Mr. Urbanski hit on and what you're hitting on as well is when the <br /> Common Council approved this for an office use in 1992 or a commercial use actually, it was C-1 Commercial, even at that <br /> time it was extremely difficult if not impossible for this site to meet the standards with that district at that time which is <br /> what warrant the variances back then.So it kind of goes all the way back to the Common Council's approval in 1991 that <br /> kind of set in this chain of events which is always caution when we look at land use issues is once approved that land use <br /> is approved and therefore it presents challenges going forward. <br /> MR. CRUMLISH: However, in 2004 it was changed to "0"? <br /> MRS.SMITH: Because the commercial designation that was there before was not in line with any of the options within <br /> the district. They actually down zoned it to"0"Office. I suppose they could have made it Local Business or Mixed Use or <br /> any other number of things but they generally in 2004 they were looking at the existing use and I don't know if it was <br /> occupied at that point or not but they were generally looking at the existing use and how to bring it in in a zoning <br /> classification that was the lowest possible to meet that existing use without causing any undue hardship on the property <br /> owner by making them a legal non-conforming use. <br /> MR. URBANSKI: The property directly north across Howard Street,which used to be a restaurant years back, is that,did <br /> that revert, I'm assuming it was Commercial because there was restaurant,did that revert to a residential lot? The vacant <br /> lot that's never been built on. Somebody made comment that that's not for sale. <br /> MR. CRUMLISH: The one across the street? <br /> MR. URBANSKI: Yes. <br /> MRS.SMITH: To the north across Howard? <br /> MR.CRUMLISH: What is that zoned? <br /> MR. URBANSKI: Northwest corner? <br /> MRS.SMITH: Northwest corner? It's the northwest I'm talking about. <br /> MRS.SMITH: Both of the properties, both the northwest corner and the northeast corner, both are zoned"SF2"Single <br /> Family. I'm guessing the northwest corner is a legal non-conforming use. The northwest corner looks like it has multiple <br /> driveways,so I'm guessing it's probably a multi-family dwelling,or multiple sidewalks. <br /> MR. CRUMLISH: It's the Legal Aid Clinic. <br /> MRS. SMITH: If it's the Legal Aid Clinic so it's probably a legal non-conforming use. <br /> MR.CRUMLISH: Does anybody have any knowledge of when the vacant property immediately north,the structure was <br /> razed that was there,was that prior to 1992? <br /> MRS. SMITH: Immediately north must have been razed after 2015 because I'm looking at a 2017 aerial and there's still a <br /> house on it in 2017. <br /> MR. CRUMLISH: I guess I'm referring to... <br /> 23 <br />