1912 BAKER AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

Hoard of Ad�ustment Minutes September 9� 1985 Page 3 Mr. CMiatianaon, 1912 Baker, sEated he had obtained a permit to repair the foundation and had exeavated under the house to enlarge the cellar uhioh had an o entry on the north. After the basement atairs xere Snatalled, he talked to the � new owner of the property t� the north, and slnce there wae quite a water problem m they had agreed to him oementing the entire area betaeen the txo houses in order •• to take aare oP the drainage. � � � � Ms. Baylan asked him iP he oould have the basement entranne at the rear and he �, _ reaponded that the aement wae about a faot thiek with rebar ln it and there were �^ sewer llnea in the rear yard so it would be difflcult. m o n Mr. Hoagland aaked if there was plenty of room to the aouth to place the ataire o � and Mr. Christianaon said there was. _ � m .. Ma. Sullivan asked Sf the covering were completed if it would be replaaed with � _ something more aeathetio and permanent. Mr. Christianson said he would as he � _ already had a uaed Pire door from a hoapital he would uae and would put in a � �, four-hour fira wall. -� ,� o � � �Karen Ripperda� 1908 8aker� the neighbor to the north passed out to yhe Hoard � Membera a oopy of the Building Permit Mr. Christianson abtained whiah wae for m � repairing the foundatlon only and a copy of the assesaor's records whioh duea not o '^ ehow a basement. She stated thera ware no staira there originally� but only grasa � m and dirt betxeen the txo housea. They had agreed to the oement between the Lao 3 ,�„ houaee, but only beosuse she had asaumed he had building permita !or the etaire Z � and waa meeting all oode requirementa. If she had lmown he wa�; not� ehe would ;i m have proteeted before the staira were built. The problems with t:�e atairs ares p z � 1. Mr. Christianson'y children sleep in the basement, and since these > staira are the only aocess when they go in and out� they walk on her = property and aince they have friends aerosa the alley, there is a lot s oP aotivity on her praperty. �, T_ 2. There is no room to maintain the struature without aoming on her -�i property. r, m 3• Nater runoff onto her property. 4. Devalues her property. 5. Livabillty factor - you need some spaae around your home. She polnted out that lt is not a amall structure he is building� se it ls at least 20 feet Sn length. She aants to see the variance denied and the sLalr� and roof structure removed. Aon Anderaon, 1911 Baker, spoke in favor of granting the variance. 14214F