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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING—Approved 8123122
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Thursday,June 9, 2022, 6:30 P.M.
600 W. Maple Street,Lansing, MI 48915
1. ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order by Marcie Alling at 6:30 p.m. Roll call was taken.
Present: M. Alling, J. Hovey, K. Berryman, E. Jefferson, M. Rice, J. Learning, C.
Iannuzzi, & B. Fryling
Absent: M. Solak
Staff: S. Stachowiak
A quorum of at least five members were present, allowing voting action to be taken at the
meeting.
II APPROVAL OF AGENDA
It was moved by Mr. Leaming, seconded by Ms. Jefferson to approve the agenda with the
addition of"Excused Absence" under New Business. On a voice vote, the motion carried
unanimously (5-0).
III. PUBLIC COMMENT
IV. PUBLIC HEARING/ACTION
A. BZA-4076.22, 109 E. Randolph Street, Variance to the parking requirement to
permit a 20-bed, State-licensed, adult foster care home
Ms. Stachowiak stated that this is a request by Bruce Hicks for a variance to the parking
requirement to allow the building at 109 E. Randolph Street to be used for a state-
licensed adult foster care, large group home for the aged (up to 20 residents). Section
1254.01.03 of the City of Lansing Zoning Ordinance requires 10 parking spaces for the
proposed group home. There are no parking spaces on the subject property. A variance
of 10 to the required number of parking spaces is therefore, being requested. Ms.
Stachowiak stated that the staff recommendation is to approve the variance on a finding
that the request complies with the variance evaluation criteria listed in Sections 1274.06
(c) & (e) of the Zoning Ordinance.
Ms. Stachowiak said that the building on the subject property has historically been used
as a convent for 17 nuns. She said that at one time it would have been located on the
same property as the church to its west. Somewhere along the line, it was split off and
became its own parcel of land although the church continued to allow the nuns to utilize