APARTMENT ISSUE BEFORE ZONING BOARD TAKES OPERETTA-LIKE TWISTS.(Local)

Byline: Richard Wexler

Gilbert and Sullivan might have felt at home at Monday night's meeting of the Albany Zoning Board of Appeals.

A case before the board presented the sort of twists and legal fine points typical of one of their operettas. The issue was what constitutes an apartment in a building at 473 Western Ave.

At one time, a doctor had an office on the first floor. The doctor and his family lived on the remainder of the first floor and all of the second and third floors.

At some point - it was not clear from testimony before the board exactly when - the residential part of the first floor was converted to a second apartment. A …