The Planning and Zoning Commission was asked Tuesday, September 9, for pre-application input about remediation efforts proposed for 24 Greenwoods Road West, a property owned by Love Simply, LLC.
Benjamin Shiff, principal of the LLC, owns both that building and the former pizza shop at 32 Greenwoods Road West.
Shiff 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.
“If you are making exterior changes in the Village District, it has to be reviewed by the P&Z Commission,” Zoning Enforcement Office Stacey Sefcik said following the meeting. “That never happened and that’s where it started.”
Shiff was represented at Tuesday’s meeting by Jack Hollihan, who said he is a friend and landlord of Shiff and is trying to help him untangle the problem.
PZC Chairman Christopher Schaut said the issue before the commission Tuesday was solely what the prospective applicant wants to do and is separate from any enforcement action.
Hollihan said Shiff’s first efforts would be toward “restoration and remediation.” A later application would address what might be done with the ground floor of the building.
He was advised to be specific about materials to be used in the remediation and to list only the scope of work expected to be accomplished in the first application.