ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PUBLIC HEARING will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, in the Common Council Chambers, City Hall, 3rd Floor, 62 Civic Center Plaza on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at 6:00 PM or as soon thereafter as the matter is reached on the agenda on the following matter: 16 PERSHING AVENUE: AREA VARIANCE Application for area variances relative to the expansion of an existing non-conforming auto-body shop requiring a variance of Section 19-3.2(3)(a) allowing for a maximum primary street setback of 15 feet, to allow for a proposed setback of 106 feet, Section 19-3.2(3)(a) requiring a minimum build-to-frontage of 60%, to allow for a build-to-frontage of 0%, Section 19-3.2(4)(c) requiring that the minimum allowable height of a building shall be either 2 stories or 29 feet to allow the height of the addition to be one story, 24 feet tall, Section 19-3.2(4)(h) requiring a minimum ground story transparency of 50%, to allow 29% transparency on the ground story, Section 19-7.1(3) providing that upon a finding by the Planning Board that a proposed remodeling of a nonconforming building, including the improvement of its exterior appearance and of its grounds, would result in enhancing the compatibility of such building with its surroundings, said Board may authorize the issuance of the necessary permits, where the term "remodeling" may include enlargement of the building to an extent not exceeding 25% of its area on the effective date of this chapter, provided that the Board shall find that such expansion will not diminish the compatibility of said building with the existing or potential use of immediately adjacent properties, to allow an expansion of the existing use by 64%, Section 19-3.2(2)(f) requiring that parking location and access have a minimum side yard set-back of 10 feet, to allow parking access on the property line, and Section 19-3.2(2)(h) allowing for a maximum driveway width of 20 feet, to allow for a driveway width of 24 feet. Owner: AJ Autobody LLC; Applicant: Devenand Jaikarran; Consultant: Studio 90 Design & planning ; Grid # 6161-24-427984 ; File #ZBA2025-023 At the public hearing, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hear all persons in support of and in opposition to the application. All application materials will be available for public review through the City's website (the link is: https://cityofpoughkeepsie.com/381/Agendas-Minutes), or at the City Development Department, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 62 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie, NY, by appointment. Written comments may be emailed to the Board Administrative Assistant, Lori Garcia, LGarcia@cityofpoughkeepsie.com, mailed, hand delivered, or faxed to (845) 451-4006 no later than 4:00 pm on the day of the meeting. Members of the public will also be provided the opportunity to give verbal comments during the schedule public hearing. It is strongly recommended that those wishing to speak during the meeting submit notice and/or written comments to Board Administrative Assistant, Lori Garcia, by the deadline listed above. Persons may also submit comments in writing to: Scott Parker, Chairman City of Poughkeepsie Zoning Board of Appeals c/o City of Poughkeepsie Development Department 62 Civic Center Plaza Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 THIS WILL BE THE ONLY NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. In the event this scheduled Zoning Board of Appeals meeting is cancelled, please contact the City Development Department (845) 451-4263 for information on the next scheduled meeting. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD Scott Parker Chairman Zoning Board of Appeals September 2 2025 LNYS0361813