The exchange set the tone for an evening where neighbors systematically dismantled the applicant's case. Gabriela Mirabelli called the 563-square-foot lot deficiency "a gap they bought," not a village-created hardship. Vincent Cohan noted the tree re…

Thank you. My name is Gabriela Mirabelli. The residents here tonight are not the ones who need to make a case. A variance is a legal exception to existing zoning, and the burden of justifying that exception rests entirely with the applicant, not with…