i own 65 and 67 montezuma. i also on the parking at 69 montezuma. i bought this property just prior. i submitted you a brief that gave you a history of the way this easement was created. when i purchased my property, a long came a deed granted easement. the planning department to mandated this in 1982. it was a condition of approval to split lots. this mandate said parking was required. in 1988, they were well aware that this easement existed on the property. they fully understood that the planning department opinion on this. they had an opportunity to terminate their contract. they took responsibility for this issue. there are three documents, k, n, and o, confirming those three items. this easement is located on 69 montezuma and has been used as a carport. the exhibit and i would like to show you, if you would not mind, this shows what the date looked like prior to then taking it off -- the date looked like prior to then taking it off. this is what it looks like today. this is in your brief that i sent you. thank you. this is what they said they t

it was very clear there were two parking spaces at 69 montezuma, one for the property at 69 montezuma and one for the adjacent property. this is the evidence that was presented to our department. we were brought into this because of the fact that the second garage space was closed off. the easement was denied to access that parking space. there is no variants on record to remove the parking that has been provided. this was an enforcement issue. there was a directors hearing on it. our department became involved. i reviewed all the facts. i denied the permit that is at issue here based upon the facts that i had. the parking that was being removed was code required parking and it could not be removed. the variants today has been saw. -- variance today has been s ought. the removal of the parking goes back several years. there had been several discussions with the parties. we're hoping -- we were hoping the matter would be resolved outside the board of appeals. but we are here today and based upon the evidence, i have to determine that there is required parking for the adjacent property

the subject property is at 69 montezuma's street. this is an appeal the denial on january 26, 2011, of a permit to alter a building. when the appellant is ready, we will start. >> he does tend to be some diagrams and pictures of what he is going to show. president hwang: i think that is helpful. i assume the other side has received these. >> i tried to give it to him earlier. he gets worried when i hand him stuff. >> you do not have a laptop? >> [inaudible] i think i have seven minutes. give me a second. thank you for allowing me -- my name is patrick buscovich. this case is pretty straightforward. if you break it down to what is about. i need to apologize. they have made mistakes here. the project opponent has made mistakes. all these people have made mistakes. this is a very complicated case where the original developer lied to the city. if you except the mistakes, how we move on? we're asking the board to make a decision. in -- the original developer came to the city in 1982 and said there is a 12 by 20 garage on my lot. he was tr

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