The Planning and Zoning Commission has approved an application to remediate work done by Benjamin Shiff, principal of Love Simply, LLC, at 24 Greenwoods Road West, next to Infinity Hall.
Shiff, who owns both that building and the former pizza shop at 32 Greenwoods Road West, was cited in 2023 for changing the exterior of the building without getting a special permit. Efforts by land use officials since then to bring the building into compliance have been unsuccessful.
The P&Z reviewed the restoration plan during its October 14 meeting and, with conditions, agreed with the scope of the work. It delayed action, however, until it could confer with an attorney about what effect approval would have on fines levied during the long period of violation and whether fines should be stayed while the building is being brought into compliance.
Shiff is proposing to use 12-over-12-pane windows in keeping with the style of the turn-of-the-last-century building to replace the windows he removed. He initially planned to place clapboard over boarded-up lower-level windows on the south side, but P&Z members did not like this solution. In their final decision, they required Shiff to replace them with windows of the same 12-over-12-pane design.
Continuing fines and interest for the violations will be stayed from September 8, when the application was first submitted, through to satisfactory completion of the work or until March 1, 2026, whichever comes first. The conditions of the approval do not address any previous fines or interest.