ryan patterson, on behalf of the appellants. they unfortunately could not be here tonight because of a family religious ceremony. this is the first of two appeals we will here tonight. the first one is regarding a letter of determination, the second one to be called separately regarding a variance in the project. the property is fairly standard. is 26 and a half feet by 100 feet. it is not standard in that it contains two buildings already. the rear building is a duplex, two department units. the front building is a historic grocery store with housekeepers quarters. rent controlled residential units, which are not currently occupied residentially. the owner is using it for commercial leasing. this is a pretty interesting project with a lot of background. i will have to lean on my brief for a lot of it but i want to touch on the high points. there was a prior appeal regarding this project, as you may recall. the project sponsor maintains that there was not a rent-controlled resident dwelling units in this building. they did the r

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