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Minutes of the Organizational Meeting of Council <br />Monday, January 12, 2015 <br />Page 21 <br />Mr. Marrelli stated, let me just paraphrase and give you a real quick, when I received the floor <br />plan of what the gentleman had been doing inside this dwelling, this garage, for the past two <br />years, and it had labels of areas that said kitchen and it had a stove, refrigerator, microwave, <br />cooktop and then it had a bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub, etc., at that point I said, stop. This has to <br />stop. You have a permit for an outbuilding and accessory building, a garage. Now your garage is <br />more of a house than your house. I drew the line in the sand and they don't like it. A couple <br />months back, maybe six months ago, we had a property split down the street, the Wellman <br />property. There was a carriage house and a main house on one property. We forced them to split <br />that lot so there would be one house on each lot. If we let this go, I am not saying we are going to <br />let it go, but I am going to say if it goes down that path, it takes our Zoning Code and basically <br />throws it out the window and says, if you don't get caught until after you are done, then you can <br />get away with it. We can't work that way. <br />Mr. Marrie stated, it opens up Pandora's box, totally. <br />Council President Buckholtz asked, there's no way they could disinhabit the original house and <br />have it this one? <br />Mr. Diemert replied, no. <br />Council President Buckholtz asked, this ruling is about that physical dwelling? <br />Mr. Diemert replied, right. <br />Council President Buckholtz asked, why can't he do a lot split? <br />Mr. Marrelli replied, because it's behind the house and doesn't have frontage. It's like the <br />garage in your backyard. <br />Mr. Jerome asked, they are trying to say they are putting stuff in it and it's not going to be <br />inhabited? This is just stuff they want in there? <br />Mr. Marrelli replied, we asked that question in just that way, will you tell us you are not going to <br />ever live in the house? His attorney told him not to answer that question. He never answered it. <br />Mrs. Mills stated, the neighbors are very unhappy with the whole situation. They know he is <br />living in it right now. <br />Council President Buckholtz stated, I go 100% with what the Law Director says. <br />Mr. Jerome stated, the easiest thing would be on our Council agenda to have it and make a <br />motion to affirm the Board of Zoning Appeals. <br />Mr. Diemert stated, I can draft a resolution, but unless the Mayor planned on vetoing something, <br />a motion would be adequate.