Only after a long struggle was he able to get a variance to sell the empty space as 20 condominium apartments.
Regulations stipulate that a site that size have 17 parking spaces, and the store planned to provide only 2. Given that, it is not surprising that they did not get a variance.
Mr. Tarnoff said that if the Romanoffs did not get a variance, they may simply keep the old buildings that are there and convert them to high-end retail.
Dr. Robert Canter, the pastor of Open Hand of God Church, a nondenominational Christian assembly two doors away, said by e-mail, "If the people of East Meadow do not want the mosque to get a variance, then I feel they shouldn't get it".
Susan Elsbree, a spokeswoman for the redevelopment authority, said in an interview that zoning at the Allston project location dictates two spaces per unit and that the developers would need to get a variance through the city's zoning board.
Therefore, for a sensor, we get a variance ν i (1 − ν i ), either with parameter ν i or (1 − ν i ).
If you can't get a variance, or don't want to do a major renovation, find simpler ways to create a sense of privacy and independence.
"I hope he gets a variance and we just put this whole thing behind us," Patterson said.
Douglas Hase, an entrepreneur who had run both bungee jumping and hot air ballooning companies, tried unsuccessfully in 2003 and 2004 to get a variance for such a venture.
Douglas Hase, an entrepreneur who had run bungee jumping and hot air ballooning companies, tried unsuccessfully in 2003 and 2004 to get a variance for another bungee jumping venture.
