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File #: 210187    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 5/26/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/28/2020 Final action: 10/8/2020
Enactment date: 5/28/2020 Enactment #: 210187
Title: That the Administration explain in writing to this Council, upon granting a permanent Certificate of Occupancy or extending a temporary Certificate of Occupancy to the 21 Cherry Street development, why het COO was granted given the many built violations of the Special Permit granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Sponsors: Mark Niedergang, Lance L. Davis, Mary Jo Rossetti, Ben Ewen-Campen, Jefferson Thomas ("J.T.") Scott, Jesse Clingan, Katjana Ballantyne, Kristen Strezo, Matthew McLaughlin, Wilfred N. Mbah, William A. White Jr.

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That the Administration explain in writing to this Council, upon granting a permanent Certificate of Occupancy or extending a temporary  Certificate of Occupancy to the 21 Cherry Street development, why het COO was granted given the many built violations of the Special Permit granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals.

 

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That the Administration provide in writing to this Council, upon the granting of either an extension of a temporary Certificate of Occupancy (COO) or a permanent COO to the 21 Cherry Street residential development, a complete written explanation for granting a COO to a property that currently has many existing well-documented and built violations of the conditions in the zoning permit granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals, in the interest of full transparency and accountability.