01-28-13 Agenda & Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Area Board of Zoning Appeals—December 5, 2012 MS. NAYDER: I believe you're right there is still a small business across Belmont. MR. MATTHYS: Maybe I missed it, have you stated your hours of operation? MR. WINDT: I believe our hours of operation that we've agreed on would be I 1 till 8 p.m. Eleven a. m. to eight p.m. Monday through Saturday. MR. LYONS: To answer your landscaping question, between this zoning and residential it requires Type B landscaping. That's essentially an Evergreen every 12 112 feet. Not a double staggered row,just a single row. MR. PHIPPS: It would be a single row then along Belmont across the street from (could not hear what was said on tape) and a more dense screening along the alley separating this building from the residential. MR. LYONS: If it were required by the Board, yes. MR. PHIPPS: That's your recommendation. MR. URBANSKI: I have, we just had in the last hour one on west Washington Street which is in a completely business neighborhood, businesses all along it, I still struggle with the fact with having the tattoo parlor part of it. I agree with the arts and the gift shop and the Christmas shop in that location but at the present time I would have to vote against doing the tattooing. Everything else that you said,the arts and the gift shop and everything else,just because going east, north east,the whole quarter is all residential. So I'm just telling you my opinion. Any questions or comments? MR. VELLEMAN: How did you come about the decision to put yourself in this area? MR. WINDT: Well, a friend of my partner Dan here located the property for us, we told him what we were looking for. We were looking for an empty building obviously that could have the potential to be everything that I'm looking to do with the tattoo studio,the clothing line,the art gallery and something that'Il be able to invite the community in and have events there. In the summertime we plan on having community barbeques in the parking lot inviting the community there to see what we do and also bring local artists in and supporting the local arts. Allowing them to have their work on exhibit and display their work and get traffic where they don't have to wait another year for the next Arts Cafe or Artbeat. Where they can have their work on display for a month or two at a time and with having my regular clientele, my tattooing clientele coming in to see this work I can promote that work for them and also for myself and other artists in the area. Not necessarily even the fine arts and painting and everything, there's excellent crafters in the area. Knitting, all sorts of stuff. So I wanted a facility that would accommodate everything that I'm looking to do under one roof. Kind of like a center for art. So this building has enough square footage. It's pretty much an empty box on a large lot. So it's everything I was looking for. It needs work, yeah, but we're willing to put in the time and the money to make it everything that it could be and really add to the area. 39