PB-23-11 Tompkins Realty/34 Tompkins Realty B: 7 Lot: 12.02

18; 15, 7 18. The existing two-family house consists of a one bedroom unit on the first floor and a three bedroom unit on the second floor, which equates to a required 3.5 parking spaces as per the Code. The proposed new two-family house would have a total of four bedrooms (with two bedrooms per unit) which would require 3 parking spaces (four spaces are proposed). Applicant’s planner, Michael Tobia, testified that the proposed new two-family fronting on Stockman Street would be an aesthetic improvement, bringing the street scape which now, though zoned residential, is not a residential street scape, into better conformity with the appearance of a residential zone. As for the front yard setback and position of the new home on Lot B, Mr. Tobia testified that other houses on Stockman (specifically #’s 16, 18 and 22) are built close to the sidewalk. The proposed new two family would be 31 feet high, which is 4 feet less than what is permitted and is three stories, designed as a duplex style with a rooftop amenity constructed with enclosed parapet for safety. The rear yard of the new house on Lot B is proposed to be six (6’) feet and the rear yard for the existing two family on Lot A would be 10.7 feet. The Applicant’s planner testified that the proposed new lot and two-family house would promote the purposes of the MLUL, specifically paragraphs a. (promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare), c. (to provide adequate light, air and open space), e. (promote the establishment of appropriate population densities and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being of persons, neighborhoods, communities and regions and preservation of the environment), g. (to provide sufficient