Court Opinion

ID: 4267862
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2018-04-24 00:07:05.721832+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:31:11.278849
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STATE OF VERMONT
                      SUPERIOR COURT - ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION

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In re Whiteyville Properties, LLC                   {           Docket No. 179-12-11 Vtec
Conditional Use Application                         {     (Appeal from Burlington DRB denial of
                                                    {        Application No. 12-0470CA/CU)
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                                     Amended Judgment Order1
        For all the reasons detailed in the Merits Decision that accompanies this Judgment
Order, we conclude that the proposal by Applicant Whiteyville Properties, LLC (“Applicant”)
to increase the occupancy of Dwelling Unit #1 in the main house of its property at 22–26
Summit Street in the City of Burlington conforms to the applicable provisions of the City of
Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance (“CDO”) Article 3 (governing conditional
use review and approval) and CDO Articles 4, 5, and 8 (governing residential uses in the RL
District, nuisances, and parking), conditioned upon the following:
    1. Applicant shall revise its proposed Property Management Plan to include the
       revisions and corrections noted on the marked draft of the proposed Property
       Management Agreement (a copy of which is attached to the Merits Decision) and
       shall review the draft again for accuracy and clarity of references. Applicant shall
       then provide finalized copies of the Property Management Plan to the Court, all
       existing and future tenants of 22–26 Summit Street, and the City of Burlington Office
       of Code Enforcement.
    2. Whenever Applicant makes any revisions to its Property Management Plan,
       Applicant shall provide copies of the revised Plan to the City of Burlington Office of
       Code Enforcement and all existing and future tenants of 22–26 Summit Street.
    3. Applicant shall provide all tenants with a copy of the current Property Management
       Plan and require all tenants to acknowledge receipt of the Plan by having the tenant
       sign an acknowledgment on either their lease agreement or a copy of the Plan.
    4. Applicant shall abide by and require its tenants to abide by all terms and conditions
       of the Property Management Plan.
    5. Applicant shall be responsible for identifying an on-site manager who shall be
       available for all tenants, neighbors, and City officials to contact concerning events or
       disturbances occurring at 22–26 Summit Street. Applicant shall confirm that its on-

1 This Amended Judgment Order is issued as a consequence of the Court granting in part and denying in
part a motion to amend filed by the City. See In re Whiteville Prop., LLC, No. 179-12-11 Vtec, slip. op. at
2 (Vt. Super. Ct., Envtl. Div. 02-26-2014 (Durkin, J.). The only change incorporated from the original
Judgment Order, issued on December 19, 2013, is the additional of the last full paragraph on page 2,
directing a remand of this matter to the City for issuance of a zoning permit.

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       site manager has provided his or her contact information to all tenants, abutting
       neighbors, and City officials.
   6. Applicant’s use and operation of the Property Management Plan and an on-site
      manager are material terms of the Court’s conditional approval of this application.
      Applicant’s failure to employ a Property Management Plan or on-site Manager will
      therefore be a violation of the Court’s order and conditional use approval.
   7. Applicant shall revise its site plan (Exhibit 33) to reflect that no more than twelve
      parking spaces may be developed and maintained on the property.
       This matter is hereby remanded to the City of Burlington Department of Planning and
Zoning so that the appropriate official may complete the ministerial act of issuing a zoning
permit in conformance with the terms and conditions of this Judgment Order and the
unappealed December 6, 2011 Minutes/Findings of Fact of the City of Burlington Development
Review Board. In rendering this zoning permit, we direct the Planning and Zoning official to
follow the usual practice of including the standard conditions employed in issuing City zoning
permits.

       This completes the current proceedings before this Court on this application.

       Done at Berlin, Vermont this 26th day of February, 2014.

                                                     Thomas S. Durkin, Environmental Judge

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