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OKAY.[BRIEFING SESSION - 5:30 PM]
COMMISSION.HI, TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
IF IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AND WE CAN PROCEED WITH IT.
AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE A CHAIR OR A VICE CHAIR.
IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN HAVE A TEMPORARY CHAIR APPOINTED FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING UP UNTIL EITHER THE CHAIR OR THE VICE CHAIR APPEARS IN ORDER TO ASSUME THEIR DUTIES.
AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE ERIC, UH, LEAD US IN THE MEETING.
WE, WE HAVE A, A FIRST AND A SECOND.
UM, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR MR. HEINE TO LEAD THE MEETING AND ACT AS THE CHAIR IN THE INTERIM UNTIL THE ACTUAL CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR ARRIVES.
THAT MOTION IS BEFORE YOU, YOU CAN EITHER VOTE ON THAT MOTION, OR IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION THAT CAN BE DONE RIGHT NOW AS WELL.
SEEING NO HANDS TO SEEING, NO ONE WISHING TO DO THAT.
HAVING MR. ERIC CADE SERVE AS THE TEMPORARY CHAIR.
SO AT THIS TIME, MR. HEAD, MR. EPO, MR. LANGSTON, MS. I CAN DOYE, MS. COCA AND MR. WHITE ALL VOTED TO APPROVE MR. HEINE.
MR. HEINE DID NOT VOTE, BUT SINCE HE'S NOT ABLE TO ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE, HIS WILL BE COUNTED AS AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE AS WELL.
THIS IS ON, UH, WELCOME TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS FOR THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 16TH, 2000, UH, 24.
I'M ERIC ADEEN, ACTING CHAIR OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
THE STAFF BRIEFING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER AT 5:43 PM THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE MEETING WHERE STAFF BRIEFS THE BOARD AND PREVIEWS THE CASE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY FACILITATE THE MEETING AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASE.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE BRIEFING.
I WILL NOW DO A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE.
AND JONATHAN, HEAD HERE AND WELCOME JONATHAN.
UH, LET THE RECORD, UH, REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR EZ HUBACHEK.
OH, IT'S
SO, AT THIS TIME, AT THIS TIME, WE NOW HAVE 10 MEMBERS PRESENT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ONE OF OUR ALTERNATE MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE.
NO, YOU'RE NOT AN ARE YOU AN ALTERNATE? ARE YOU I'M AN ALTERNATE.
ARE YOU GONNA LEAVE JONATHAN? I MEAN, I'M GONNA HANG OUT FOR THE PHONE, BUT I'LL STEP AWAY FROM OKAY.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR YOU.
AND NOW WE WILL HAVE STAFF PRESENTATION.
UH, I'LL BE PRESENTING THE, UH, CASE ITEMS TONIGHT.
STARTING OFF WITH ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA, OR EXCUSE ME, ITEM NUMBER THREE.
UH, EXCUSE MY TITLE THERE ON THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
ITEM THREE ON YOUR AGENDA IS ZBA TWO FOUR DASH 11 DASH 0 4 8.
AND THIS IS A VARIANCE REQUEST
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FOR THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OR AREA ALLOWED FOR A REAR YARD CARPORT.THE CARPORT IS TO BE PROPOSED OR IS PROPOSED AT A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1705 MANCHESTER DRIVE.
AGAIN, THIS IS FOR A REAR YARD CARPORT, AND IT IS FOR PROPERTY'S OWN SINGLE FAMILY, ONE RESIDENTIAL.
THE VARIANCE IS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AREA ALLOWED FOR THAT CARPORT, UH, WITH THE MAX BEING 500 SQUARE FEET, UH, AND THE REQUESTED BEING 800 SQUARE FEET.
SO ON THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE A GENERAL LOCATION OF THAT PROPERTY.
AND I DO WANNA POINT OUT, UH, THAT TYPICALLY THESE CARPORTS THAT ARE IN THE REAR YARD, MEANING THEY HAVE AN ACCESS POINT, UH, EITHER FROM A REAR ALLEYWAY OR A STREET IN THE REAR, DO NOT TYPICALLY COME TO THIS BOARD.
THEY ARE ADMINISTRATIVELY RE, UH, REVIEWED, AND IF THEY FIT ALL CRITERIA, THEN THEY'RE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY AS WELL.
UM, HOWEVER, THIS CASE AGAIN, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKING FOR MORE THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED, UH, AREA WISE THAN IS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.
SO ON SCREEN YOU'LL SEE A SIDE PLAN, UH, A GENERAL LAYOUT OF THAT PROPOSED CARPORT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU HAVE THE HOME THERE IN THE FRONT AND THAT CARPORT BEING OVER THE REAR DRIVEWAY.
AND SO THEY ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY VARIANCES BESIDES THAT MAX AREA.
THEY'RE MEETING ALL THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, UH, THE WIDTH REQUIREMENT.
UM, AND ON SCREEN YOU'LL SEE A GENERAL PICTURE OF WHERE THAT CARPORT WILL GO.
SO IF I CAN, UH, DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN WHERE I'M SHOWING MY MOUSE IS WHERE THAT CARPORT WILL GO.
CURRENTLY, THERE IS A SMALL GREENHOUSE THERE, WHICH WILL BE REPLACED AND, UH, OR SORRY, A MOVE TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE YARD THERE, UM, STAFF DID MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE LOT COVERAGE, UH, AS WELL AS THE MAX AMOUNT OF ACCESSORY FIXTURES ALLOWED WITHIN THAT LOT.
AND THEY ARE ALL IN CONFORMANCE WITH THOSE REGULATIONS.
SO REGARDING ZBA TWO FOUR DASH 11 DASH 0 0 4 8 34, NOTICES WORSENED OUT, ONE WAS RETURNED IN FAVOR AND STAFF CANNOT SUPPORT THE REQUEST, AS IS THE APPLICANT WILL BE HERE TONIGHT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT REGARDING THE, IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO, TO ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU.
SO PROXIMITY WISE, THERE IS ONE, UH, IF YOU LOOK ON SCREEN WHERE THAT BLUE, UH, SQUARE IS, THAT IS THE CLOSEST LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORT, UH, TO THAT PROPERTY.
AGAIN, UH, TYPICALLY WHEN WE, UH, BRING A CARPORT TO THE BOARD, IT'S BECAUSE, UH, THEY HAVE TO MEET A CERTAIN REQUIREMENT OF 800, UH, SQUARE FEET, OR, SORRY, 800 FEET WITHIN THE, UH, NO 800 FEET WITHIN, UH, LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORT.
SO TYPICALLY WHAT WE SEE IS IF THERE IS ONE WITHIN 800 FEET LEGALLY, UM, AND IF THERE ISN'T, THEN IT COMES TO YOU.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS FOR A REAR YARD CARPORT, AND THEY ARE NOT, UH, THEY DO NOT ABIDE BY THOSE, UH, STANDARDS.
SIMPLY THE REASON WHY IT'S COMING TO YOU BEFORE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE, UM, THEY'RE EXCEEDING THE MAX SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT CARPORT.
SO THE ONLY VARIANCE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, UH, IS THAT MAX AREA, UH, REQUEST.
IN FACT, IT IS NOT A SPECIAL EXCEPTIONAL REQUEST.
IT IS A VARIANCE, UM, FOR THAT MAX AREA FROM 500 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS A MAX THAT WE ALLOW TO 800 SQUARE FEET.
SO THE DIMENSIONS, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THE WIDTH WILL BE 20 FEET AND THE LENGTH WILL BE 40 FEET.
AGAIN, THE WIDTH IS NOT AN ISSUE.
UM, IT IS JUST THE MAX AREA THAT WE OKAY.
I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY THAT WAS WITHIN THEIR BACK BACKYARD? YES, IT'S, IT'S WITHIN THE, THE FENCE BACKYARD.
IS THERE A DRIVE? YES, THERE IS A DRIVEWAY THERE.
ON THAT FAR SIDE, YES, THERE IS A DRIVEWAY AND AN ENTRY POINT.
THE CARDBOARD DOES NOT CURRENTLY EXIST.
IT IS A PROPOSED CARDBOARD, SO THEY HAVE NOT BUILT IT YET, BUT IT WILL GO THERE.
UH, AGAIN, IF I CAN DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN WHERE YOU SEE MY MOUSE, AND YOU KIND OF SEE THAT SMALL STRUCTURE THERE.
CURRENTLY, IT IS A GREENHOUSE, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE CARPORT WILL GO.
BUT NONE OF THAT CARPORT WOULD EXTEND BEYOND THE FRONT OF THAT HOUSE, CORRECT? NO, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IN THE REAR.
SO, AND LET ME JUST, LEMME SEE THE SIDE.
UH, I DON'T HAVE AN IMAGE OF THAT, BUT IF I CAN DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN.
SO WHERE I'M SHOWING MY MOUSE HERE, THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE STREET.
UH, THIS IS WHERE THE, UH, FRONT OF THE HOUSE IS.
THERE'S A SMALL WALKWAY UP TO THE DOOR,
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AND THEN YOU COME AROUND THIS STREET HERE.SO THERE'S A SMALL STREET BEHIND THE HOUSE THAT COMES AROUND.
AND HERE WHERE I HAVE MY MOUSE IS WHERE THE, UH, GATE OPENS TO ALLOW ENTRY INTO THAT, UH, DRIVEWAY THAT YOU SEE ON THE SITE PLAN.
SO, SO THERE'S ALREADY A DRIVEWAY THERE? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE ROAD.
CAN YOU SEE IT FROM THE STREET? IT DE SO IT'S, YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM THE FRONT, THE STREET THAT'S FACING THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE OR THE, THE STREET THAT HAS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
BUT IF YOU WERE TO DRIVE INTO THE ALLEYWAY, YOU COULD DEFINITELY OH, YES.
AND, UH, THE PROPOSED CARPET WILL BE NINE FEET.
UM, CAN YOU GO TO THE SLIDE, THE RECOMMENDATION? YES.
UM, IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO RENT THE REQUEST, DEPUTY MUST ABIDE BY THE FOLLOWING.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? YES.
SO IF YOU APPROVE THE VARIANCE TONIGHT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, SOLELY THE VARIANCE, IT'LL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROPOSING THAT CARPORT, UH, WITH THE DIMENSIONS OF 20 BY 40 FEET.
UH, AT THAT POINT, THEY'LL APPLY FOR THE REGULAR BUILDING PERMIT.
AND AT THAT POINT, THAT'S WHEN STAFF WILL REVIEW, UH, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR SAFETY FOR, UH, THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UM, BUT BECAUSE THAT VARIANCE WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE, UH, TO THE REQUEST, THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO VARY FROM OUR REGULAR STANDARDS, WHICH IS THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW MORE THAN 500 SQUARE FEET.
YOU SAID THAT'S A NINE FOOT CORRECT? NO HIGH VARIANCE.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT UPWARD, THAT LOCATION BASED ON THE OTHER HOUSES? IS IT AN UPWARD I IT, SO IT MEETS ALL THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND IT DOESN'T EXCEED OUR WIDTH, UH, LIMIT, WHICH IS 26 FEET.
THAT'S WHAT WE REQUIRE FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME KIND OF, UH, PAID DRIVEWAY UNDERNEATH THE CARPORT.
SO THAT MEETS THAT REQUIREMENT AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? NO QUESTIONS.
MR. BAKER IS COMING IN, SO I WILL SWAP CHAIRS WITH HIM AND LET HIM TAKE BACK OVER AS, UH, THE OFFICIAL VICE CHAIRMAN TIFFANY, YOU HAVE, SO WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE 10 INDIVIDUALS PRESENT.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA STEP OUT.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, YOU, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
BUT IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE HERE.
WHICH ONE ARE WE ON? JUST FINISH TWO.
UH, MR. VICE CHAIR, WE JUST COVERED, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO ON YOUR AGENDA, AND, UH, IF THE BOARD HAS ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER.
IF NOT, I CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT, UH, ITEM.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS TO THE RIGHT? NO.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE LEFT? ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD.
I WILL COVER THIS AGAIN ONCE WE GO INTO THE ACTUAL PUBLIC.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE ON YOUR AGENDA.
UH, THIS IS ZPA, A TWO FOUR DASH 11 DASH 0 5 0.
THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A GARAGE CONVERSION FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 0 9 NORTHWEST 14TH STREET.
THIS PROPERTY IS ON SINGLE FAMILY FOUR RESIDENTIAL.
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CURRENTLY THE RE THE REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIAL, SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW FOR, UH, A GARAGE TO BE TURNED INTO A LIVING SPACE.THEY, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY PROVIDE TWO OFF STREET PARKING SPACES, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING, UH, MORE THAN ENOUGH, UH, OFF STREET PARKING SPACES ON SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE A GENERAL LOCATION, UH, OF THAT PROPERTY.
AND ON SCREEN YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE YELLOW PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTED AS THE APPLICANT'S, UH, ADDRESS.
AND KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT IF I CAN DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN WHERE MY MOUSE IS, THERE'S TWO PROPERTIES THERE THAT HAVE, UM, LEGALLY CONVERTED GARAGES INTO LIVING SPACES.
SO THEY DO NOT MEET THE 300 FOOT RULE THAT WE TYPICALLY LOOK FOR.
AND THAT IS WHY THE CASE IS, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.
THIS IS A ROUGH SKETCH OF THE PROPOSED, UH, LAYOUT OF THE, UH, PROPOSED GARAGE CONVERSION.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THIS IS THE MAIN HOME, 8 0 9 NORTHWEST 14TH STREET, AND THEY WILL HAVE AN ATTACHMENT TO THAT GARAGE, UH, WHERE THEY'LL BE CONVERTING THAT INTO A LIVING AREA.
AND LET ME JUST SHOW YOU AN IMAGE OF THE HOME.
SO I THINK THIS DOES A BETTER JUSTICE OF EXPLAINING, UH, THE CURRENT LAYOUT.
SO IF YOU SEE THIS, IF YOU CAN SEE ON SCREEN THIS LARGE STRUCTURE THERE, THAT IS THE CURRENT GARAGE, UH, WHICH IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE TURNED INTO A LIVING SPACE.
UM, AS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY HAVE, UM, AMPLE OFF STREETT PARKING IN THE FRONT, BUT AS WELL AS IN THE REAR.
IS THAT ATTACHED OR DETACHED? IT IS CURRENTLY DETACHED.
UM, HOWEVER, IF YOU WERE TO GRANT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND WHEN THEY MOVE FORWARD TO, UH, THE BUILDING PERMIT, UH, STAFF WILL ENSURE THAT IT IS CONNECTED TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE, UM, AS A REQUIREMENT WHEN WE REVIEW THE PERMIT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL, UH, REVIEW AT THE PERMITTING PROCESS, CORRECT? THAT, THAT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE A PART OF, UH, OUR CONDITION.
WAS IT ALREADY IN THERE OR NO? SO YOU, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU CAN MAKE IT A PART OF YOUR CONDITION.
HOWEVER, IT'S AUTOMATICALLY DONE ON YOU GUYS.
WE WILL ENSURE THAT IT IS BECAUSE, UH, BECAUSE IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, WE DO NOT ALLOW ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
UM, AND SO WE WILL ENSURE THAT THAT CODE IS, UH, UP TO STANDARD AT THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
SO YOU DO HAVE THAT RIGHT? IF YOU WANT TO, IF I'M MISSPEAKING, PLEASE CORRECT ME, COUNSEL.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, THAT WILL BE CAUGHT AT THE PERMITTING STAGE.
SO REGARDING ZBA TWO FOUR DASH 11 DASH FIVE, UM, 32 NOTICES WORSE UNTIL ZERO, RETURN IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED, AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE REQUEST, AS IS.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT STATE, UH, THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE LEFT? ALRIGHT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT AND WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER, LET'S SEE, UNDER NUMBER FOUR ON YOUR AGENDA.
THIS IS, UH, ZBA TWO FOUR DASH 11 DASH 0 5 1.
A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A CARPORT, A VARIANCE TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ALLOWED AND A MAXIMUM, UH, VARIANCE TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AREA, UH, ALLOWED FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
SO THIS ONE IS, UH, QUITE A FEW VARIANCES AND A SPECIAL EXCEPTION THAT WE, UH, THAT THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING.
UM, I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE, BUT, UH, PLEASE LEMME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DURING, UH, THE PRESENTATION.
SO THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1006 AT ALL SPA LANE.
UM, IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT 84.
AND AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A FRONT YARD CARPORT.
SO CARPORT WILL BE, IS BEING PROPOSED IN THE FRONT.
UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA JUMP REALLY QUICK SO THAT YOU MAY UNDERSTAND.
UH, SO BECAUSE THAT CARPORT IS BEING REQUESTED IN THE FRONT, AFTER STAFF REVIEWED THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN, UH, AND THEIR CURRENT STRUCTURES ON THE LOTS, UH, WE NOTICED THAT THEY WERE CURRENTLY EXCEEDING THE MAX NUMBER OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ALLOWED ON THE RESIDENTIAL LOT.
CURRENTLY WE ONLY ALLOW A MAX OF THREE.
HOWEVER, WITH THIS PROPOSED CARPORT, THAT WILL BE A NUMBER OF SIX.
THE ADDITIONAL VARIANCE THAT THEY'RE SEEKING IS IN REGARDS AGAIN, TO THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
SO BECAUSE OF CARPORT IS BEING PROPOSED, UH, WE DO HAVE A LIMIT ON THE TOTAL SQUARE
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FOOT AREA OR THE TOTAL AREA OF ALL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT ARE ALLOWED ON THE LOT.CURRENTLY, IT CAN ONLY BE 10% OF THE LOT FOR THIS SIZE OF A LOT, WHICH IS HALF A HALF AN ACRE OR GREATER.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE THEY ARE, AGAIN, ARE PROPOSING A FRONT YARD CARPORT, THAT NUMBER WILL JUMP UP TO 13%.
AND I CAN GIVE YOU THE SPECIFIC SQUARE FOOT, UH, SQUARE FOOT IS HERE IN A SECOND.
BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THAT FRONT YARD CARPORT IS THE REASON WHY THE EXCEPTION AND THE VARIANCES ARE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK ON SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE, UH, THERE'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 CURRENT EXISTING ACCESSORY STRUCTURES HERE.
UH, AND THEN THAT CARPORT WILL JUMP IT UP TO SIX AGAIN WITH THE AREA.
UM, THAT WILL BE A MAX ALLOWED OF 2195.42 SQUARE FEET, AND THEY ARE REQUESTING TO JUMP UP TO 2,858 SQUARE FEET.
AND THIS IS A GENERAL, UH, RENDERING OF WHAT THAT CARPORT WILL LOOK LIKE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR REGARDING ZBA A TWO FOUR DASH 11 DASH 0 0 5 1 28.
NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR OR OPPOSE.
AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND STAFF CANNOT SUPPORT THE REQUEST AS IS.
UH, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT WILL ALSO BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, NOT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THE STAFF DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS, CORRECT? THIS IS CORRECT.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE LEFT? UM, YES.
CAN YOU ELABORATE AGAIN ON, UH, IF ON THE RECOMMENDATION? I'M SORRY, ON WHAT? UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION GO TO THIS? OH, YES.
SO STAFF CANNOT SUPPORT THE REQUEST AS THIS MM-HMM
I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A CARPORT, UH, LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORT RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
HOWEVER, THE MAIN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS STAFF.
AND, UH, AGAIN, WE CANNOT SUPPORT THE ITEM IS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON THE LOT.
SO IT IS A LARGER LOT THAN USUAL FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
UM, HOWEVER, THAT NUMBER IS, UH, AT SIX WITH THE CARPORT.
AND I'VE POINTED OUT THE, UH, TOTAL AREA.
SO FROM THE ALLOWED 10% TO 13%.
THE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY THE AREA NEXT DOOR, IS IT IN THE FRONT OR THE BACK? IT IS IN THE FRONT.
AND THIS ONE IS ALSO BEING PROPOSED IN THE FRONT AS WELL.
AND I DO WANNA POINT OUT AGAIN, SO THEY ARE MEETING ALL OUR DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CARPORT.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOT AREA OF ALL THE, UH, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND THE NUMBER OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES WE WANTED TO BRING IN, IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TO MAKE THAT DECISION TO GRANT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED THAT FOR YOUR CARD REPORT OR NOT? YES.
DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THE, UH, THE FRONT OF IT? SO THAT MEANS, SO LIKE THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE DOES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSE, DO YOU SEE ALL THE BUILDINGS? IS IT OVERWHELMING LOOKING OR YOU DON'T HAVE THAT? UH, NO, I CAN GET ONE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND, UH, I MEAN, SO LIKE WHEN YOU DRIVE BY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSE, DO YOU SEE ALL THE STRUCTURES BEHIND IT? LIKE IT OVERPOWERS IT? I MEAN, THAT'S NOT REALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL IN THE REAR.
SO YOU DON'T REALLY EVEN SEE 'EM.
AND I'LL, I'LL GET AN IMAGE UPLOADED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
NO, AND THIS IS NOT, YOU SAID THE NUMBER OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING MM-HMM
BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE, THE VARIANCE WITH THE FOOTAGE.
SO YES, THERE IS THE, IS THERE A NUMBER OF, UM, ACCESSORIES STRUCTURES THAT ONE CAN HAVE ON THE PROPERTIES? SO YOU CAN ONLY HAVE THREE.
SO YOU CAN HAVE THREE, BUT THEY HAVE FIVE ALREADY.
AND SO THEY'VE GOTTEN VARIANCES FOR THOSE OTHER TWO, I'M ASSUMING? UH, NO.
HOWEVER, JUST TO CLARIFY ON THAT, IF YOU WERE TO GRANT THE VARIANCE TONIGHT, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO CONSTRUCT THE CARPORT AND WE'RE NOT REALLY FOCUSED ON, NOT FOCUSED ON THE OTHER STRUCTURES.
WE'RE HERE FOR THE ONE FIGHT, CORRECT? RIGHT.
AND IT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THEY TAKE UP THAT COMES INTO PLAY FOR THE CARPORT, THAT IS ALSO AN ISSUE.
SO THE CARPORT ITSELF, UH, DOES NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH OUR DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
OVERALL, UH, AREA OF ALL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT VIOLATES OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE CURRENTLY OR TO BE PROPOSED, SORRY, BUT WE CAN STILL GRANT TO 'EM IF WE WANT TO.
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YOU CAN GRANT THE VARIANCES YES.AND THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE CARDBOARD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOW I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
BY GRANTING THIS SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THIS CARPORT, DOES THAT GIVE THE OKAY, FOR THE STRUCTURES? IT WOULD, IT WOULD GIVE THE OKAY TO BUILD A CARPORT.
DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE STRUCTURES GIVING ANY KIND OF OKAY.
FOR THOSE IT WOULD NOT RENTE ANYTHING.
ALSO, OR CORRECTION, SORRY, JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY ON THAT, YOU WOULD NOT BE APPROVING OR AUTHORIZING THE EXISTING STRUCTURES? CORRECT.
THEY WOULD'VE BEEN REQUIRED TO GO TO PERMIT AND TO PERMIT THEM AND THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO GET PERMITS FOR THOSE STRUCTURES TO MAKE THEM WHERE THEY'RE LEGALLY COMPLIANT.
HOWEVER, YOU WOULD BE AUTHORIZING THE EXISTING SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ALL OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURES AND THE NUMBER OF ALL OF THE STRUCTURES.
SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO GET A VARIANCE FOR THOSE STRUCTURES.
THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE ADDITIONAL PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS.
SO THE FACTOR OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURES, THAT'S THE REASON THAT STAFF DECIDED TO BRING THIS TO ZBA, CORRECT? YES.
INCLUDING THE TOTAL, BECAUSE THEY NOW EXCEED WITH THE NEW STRUCTURE? CORRECT.
IN ADDITION TO THE TOTAL AREA.
HAS THE COUPLE BEING BUILT OR NOT YET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES THE, UH, THE BRIEFING.
NOW WE CAN, UH, WE ARE AT TIME FOR MEETING, SO I GUESS WE CAN, UNLESS SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TAKE A BREAK, I GUESS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND START WITH OUR MEETING.
EVERY CITY OKAY WITH THAT? ALRIGHT.
[Call to Order]
TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS MEETING, UH, DECEMBER 16TH, 2024.I'M DAVID BAKER, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE ZONING AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER AT SIX OH EIGHT.
THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT USUALLY MEETS THE THIRD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH.
ALL MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION MAY BE TAKEN UNLESS PROPERLY, UH, APP.
PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS IS APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF COUNCIL, CONSIDERING VARIANCES EXCEPTIONS APPEALS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND FOLLOWS A PRINTED AGENDA THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWO 11.009 OF TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CONCERNING VOTE OF SEVEN MEMBERS, WHICH WE HAVE NINE BOARD MEMBERS NECESSARY TO DECIDE IN FAVOR OF APPLICATION.
ANY MATTER IN WHICH THE BOARD IS JUSTIFIED, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA UNDER PUBLIC HEARING.
I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL, UM, MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
WHO ARE HERE, PLEASE SAY HERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LIST OF ENDS AT THAT.
AND WE HAVE SOME SPEAKER CARDS.
I THINK YOU PUT I THINK HE POINTED THIS FRONT AND BACK.
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LET LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE NINE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT.UH, WOULD YOU MIND MELINDA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE INVOCATION? NOT REALLY.
STACY, COULD YOU, WOULD YOU MIND DOING THE INVOCATION? I'LL PASS.
DO WE HAVE AN INVOCATION? TIMOTHY? YES.
FOR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
GUIDE US ALL, LORD, IN OUR DELIBERATION AT ALL, WE MAY DO WE TO THE GLORY OF THE CITY AND TO YOUR NAME.
IN THE EFFORT TO MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTIONS, THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY.
THE STAFF WILL PRESENT FIRST ON AN AGENDA ITEM.
APPLICANTS HAVE 30 MINUTES TO PRESENT.
ONCE THE APPLICANT HAS SPOKEN, EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WILL, WHO FILLS OUT A SPEAKER CARD, WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH ADDITIONAL TIME ALLOWED AT MY DISCRETION.
SPEAKERS SHOULD HAVE GIVE THEIR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALONG WITH WHOM THEY REPRESENT.
STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO, TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOLLOWING EACH PRESENTATION OF THAT ITEM.
AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA SHOULD SPEAK UNDER THE HEADING CALLED SUBSTANCE COMMENTS.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NOW THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT APPROVAL OF MINUTES.OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM OF THE NIGHT IS TO PROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024.
IF THERE IS ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE MINUTES IS, UH, FOR LAST, LAST MONTH.
IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THOSE MINUTES? I'LL NOW ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024 MEETING.
GET TO THE BACKSIDE OF MY PAPER HERE.
[2. ZBA-24-11-0048 (Council District 1) – Variance to increase the maximum area allowed for a rear yard carport permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 1705 Manchester Dr., legally described as Lot 8, Block D, Dorchester Place Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-One Residential District]
NOW WE, UH, LET'S OUR, UM, WE'LL SPEAK ON OUR FIRST, FIRST ITEM.THE FIRST ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS ZBA, A TWO FOUR DASH 11 DASH 0 0 4 8.
AND THIS IS A VARIANCE TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AREA LOT FOR A REAR YARD CARPORT FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1705 MANCHESTER DRIVE.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE RESIDENTIAL, AGAIN, AS MENTIONED DURING BRIEFING.
UH, THIS IS FOR A REAR YARD CARPORT, UH, MAX AREA.
SO TYPICALLY, UH, THIS TYPE OF REQUEST, UH, UH, A CARPORT THAT'S LOCATED IN THE REAR YARD AND HAS ENTRY FROM THE REAR, UH, WOULD NOT TYPICALLY COME TO THE BOARD IF IT MET ALL OF OUR DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
AND THE ONLY REASON WHY THIS HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE WANTING TO EXCEED THE TOTAL MAX AREA ALLOWED.
WE ONLY ALLOW UP TO 500 SQUARE FEET AND THEY'RE REQUESTING 800 SQUARE FEET.
SO IF YOU WERE TO GRANT THE VARIANCE TONIGHT, IT WOULD JUST SOLELY BE FOR THE TOTAL MAX AREA.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THAT IS THE GENERAL LAYOUT OF WHERE THE CARPORT WILL GO.
SO THEY'RE MEETING ALL SETBACKS, UH, ALL ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THE HEIGHTS OF THE PROPOSED CARPORTS WILL BE NINE FEET AND IT WILL BE OVER THAT REAR DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS PAVED.
THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS FROM THE REAR ALLEY.
AND IF YOU CAN SEE ON SCREEN WHERE I AM MOVING MY MOUSE, THAT IS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF WHERE THE CARDBOARD WILL BE.
THAT CURRENT STRUCTURE, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS A GREENHOUSE, WHICH WILL BE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION ON THE YARD.
STAFF HAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON THE LOT, AND THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY, UH, ISSUES CONFINING TO OUR, UH, MAX ACCESSORY STRUCTURE STANDARD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR LOCK COVERAGE OR, OR ANYTHING SIMILAR.
SO, UH, THIS IS THE REAR ALLEY WHERE THEY WILL ACCESS THE CARPORT.
THERE IS A GATE HERE LOCATED ON THIS SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WHERE MY MOUSE IS, UH, AGAIN, IT BEING A REAR YARD CARDBOARD, SO NOTHING WILL BE SEEN FROM THE STREETS IN REGARDS TO ZBA TWO FOUR DASH 11 DASH 0 4 8 34.
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NOTICES WORSENED UNTIL ONE WAS RETURNED IN FAVOR AND ZERO RETURN.OPPOSED, THERE IS NOT AN HOA STAFF CANNOT SUPPORT THEIR ITEM AS REQUESTED.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE, AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT WHO IS HERE TONIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? OKAY.
NOW I HAVE A CARD SPEAKER CARD HERE FROM MATTHEW.
JOE, ARE YOU YOUR SPEAKER TONIGHT? I AM.
JOE MALONES, TELL US, TELL US, TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF, WHERE YOU LIVE, SO FORTH.
UH, SO BEEN IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR 20 SOMETHING ODD YEARS.
FIRST TIME
OH, SO, UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UM, TEMPORARY CARPORTS THAT WE WANT TO, UH, WE WANT TO HAVE A PERMANENT STRUCTURE, UH, IN OUR ALLEY.
I MEAN, NOT THE BACK, THE ALLEY E, THE, UH, DRIVEWAY IN THE BACK.
UH, JUST BECAUSE WE KEEP REPLACING THOSE TENTS EVERY TWO, THREE YEARS, THE TENT COVERS.
SO IT JUST KIND OF GETS PRICEY OVER TIME.
AND HAVING PERMANENT STRUCTURE WILL ALLEVIATE ALL THAT BASICALLY IT, YOU KNOW, GIVE US SOME, UH, MORE PROTECTION FOR OUR VEHICLES.
ANY QUE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? TO MY RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? ALRIGHT.
ALRIGHT, NOW THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE SPEAKER, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD? I, ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I THINK A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CDA A 24 DASH 0 4 8 AND CLOSE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE AND APPROVE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE HAVE AN EIGHT TO ONE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
[3. ZBA-24-11-0050 (Council District 5) – Special exception for a garage conversion, located at 809 NW 14th St., legally described as Lot 16R, Block 7, Rogway Terrace Addition No.3, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Four Residential District]
MR. CHAIR, IF I'M, IF I CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.UH, MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER THREE ON YOUR AGENDA.
THIS IS A, UH, ZPA TWO FOUR DASH 11 DASH 0 5 0.
THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR A GARAGE CONVERSION LOCATED AT, UH, 8 0 9 NORTHWEST 14TH STREET.
UH, THE PROPERTY'S CURRENTLY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY FOUR RESIDENTIAL.
AND AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS, UH, FOR A CONVERSION OF A GARAGE SPACE INTO A LIVING SPACE.
UM, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT IS THAT YOU NEED TWO OFF STREET PARKING SPACES.
THEY HAVE MORE THAN TWO OFF STREET PARKING SPACES.
THE OTHER, UH, UM, REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE IS THAT THERE HAS TO BE ONE, A LEGALLY CONVERTED GARAGE INTO A LIVING SPACE WITHIN, UH, 300 FEET.
AND THEY DO NOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS WHY IT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON SCREEN WHERE I'M MOVING MY MOUSE, THERE'S TWO PROPERTIES THERE THAT HAVE CONVERTED THEIR GARAGES INTO LIVING SPACES.
HOWEVER, IT IS NOT WITHIN THE 300 FEET NEEDED.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT.
AND THIS IS A GENERAL LAYOUT OF THE PROPOSED CONVERSION.
SO, UM, CURRENTLY IT IS A DETACHED GARAGE.
HOWEVER, UH, IF YOU WERE TO GRANT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS, WE WILL ENSURE THAT AS YOU SEE ON SCREEN WITH THE SITE PLAN AND THE ATTACHMENT, UH, FROM THE MAIN STRUCTURE TO THAT DETACHED GARAGE, UH, THAT'S WHAT,
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UH, WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON SITE.SO ON SCREEN YOU'LL SEE, UH, THIS LARGE STRUCTURE HERE WHERE MY MOUSE IS.
THAT IS THE CURRENT DETACHED GARAGE.
THAT IS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE TURNED INTO A LIVING SPACE.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF, UH, OFF STREET PARKING SPACES, NOT ONLY IN THE REAR, BUT ALSO IN THE FRONT.
SO IN REGARDS TO THIS CASE, UM, 32 NOTICES WORKS SENT OUT ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR OR POST.
AND THERE IS NOT AN HOA WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE REQUEST.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT WHO IS HERE TONIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? I KNOW YOU SAID THE APPLICANT IS NOT CORRECT? UH, THEY ARE HERE, YES.
'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE A SPEAKER CARD ON THEM.
UH, HE, HE HASN'T FILLED ONE OUT, BUT HE, HE CAN FILL ONE OUT.
IF HE CAN SPEAK FIRST AND FILL ONE, HE CAN.
UM, I AM THE CONTRACTOR FOR 89, UM, 8 0 9 NORTHWEST 14TH STREET.
UM, I REMODELED THE HOUSE RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND THEY LOVE MY REMODEL THERE.
SO THEY LIKE, HEY, CAN YOU, YOU KNOW, COME WORK ON MY, MY GARAGE.
SO I'M HERE NOW TO CHANGE THE GARAGE TO A TWO BEDROOM.
IT'S RIGHT UNDER THE GARAGE NOW IS JUST RIGHT UNDER A THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A TWO BEDROOM.
AND THEY DO ALREADY CURRENTLY HAVE PLUMBING IN THERE.
THERE'S ALREADY, UM, THE TOILET AND EVERY AND, AND ALSO UPGRADED THEIR PANEL.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERMITS NOW, I GOT, I PUT A NEW 200 AMP SERVICE PANEL THERE.
AND, UM, SO I REWIRED EVERYTHING.
THEY GOT NEW ELECTRICAL AND UM, SO I'M GONNA PUT A BREEZEWAY, CONNECT THE, TO THE STRUCTURES, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE DOOR TO DOOR, HAS TO BE DOOR TO DOOR.
SO I'M CONNECTING EVERYTHING THERE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING THERE.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE LEFT? STACY? YOU GOT SOMETHING MORE TO BRING DOWN THERE? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT, IN THIS CASE I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR ZBA 24 1 1 0 0 5 0.
MR. VICE CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AND CLOSE ZBA TWO FOUR DASH 1 0 0 5 0.
SECOND MS. KIMBERLY, AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM DEBBIE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL THOSE, THAT'S A FULL HOUSE.
[4. ZBA-24-11-0051 (Council District 6) – Special exception for a front yard carport permitted under the Unified Development Code, variance to increase the maximum number of accessory structures for a residential property, and variance to increase the maximum area of all accessory structures allowed for a residential lot ½ an acre or greater, located at 1006 Alspaugh Ln., legally described as Lot 37A, Florence Hill Addition No.1, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Planned Development-84 District]
SEE, WOULD YOU MIND BRINGING US UP? OH OH FIVE ONE PLEASE.UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE ON YOUR AGENDA.
THAT IS ZB TWO FOUR DASH 11 DASH 0 5 1.
ONE BEING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A CARPORT.
UH, A VARIANCE TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ALLOWED ON A HALF AN ACRE LOT OR GREATER.
AND THE, UH, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AREA ALLOWED FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON HALF AN ACRE, LOT OR GREATER.
SO THE REQUESTS ARE BEING, UH, REQUESTED FOR A PROPERTY AT, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1006 ALL SPA LANE.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENT, CURRENTLY ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT 84.
AGAIN, WITH THE SPECS OF EXCEPTION, UH, THEY DID MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS TO ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVE.
HOWEVER, UH, WE WANTED TO BRING IT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD, UH, SO THAT THEY MAY REVIEW THE FRONT YARD CARPORT PROPOSAL, UM, DUE TO THE UN UNDERLYING CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH IS THAT THEY ARE SEEKING TWO ADDITIONAL VARIANCES.
UH, AND SO THAT ONE OF THE VARIANCES IS TO, UH, INCREASE THE TOTAL, UH, ALLOWED, UH, NUMBER OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ALLOWED ON THE HALF AN ACRE, A LOT OR GREATER.
SO TYPICALLY WE ONLY ALLOW THREE, AND I'M SORRY THAT'S FOR ANY LOT, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING, UH, FIVE, UM, AND THERE IS A TYPE ON THAT POWERPOINT.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, THE OTHER VARIANCE BEING THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING THE MAX AREA ALLOWED FOR ALL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES TO BE INCREASED FROM WHAT IS ALLOWED, UM, WHICH IS 10% TO 13%.
AGAIN, THOSE NUMBERS BEING SPECIFICALLY, OR THOSE SPECIFIC NUMBERS ON SCREEN THERE YOU CAN SEE.
UM, SO ON SCREEN YOU'LL SEE A GENERAL SITE PLAN OF THAT PROPERTY,
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UH, WITH THE EXISTING ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND THE PROPOSED CARPORT.SO THAT CARPORT IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED IN THE FRONT.
UM, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET AN IMAGE FROM THE STREET VIEW, HOWEVER, WE DID LOOK AT IT AND YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO SEE, UH, ANY OF THOSE EXISTING STRUCTURES FROM THE, FROM THE THANK YOU STREET VIEW.
AND SO THE CARPORT WILL BE STANDING AT, SORRY, I HAVE MY NOTES HERE, 10 FEET.
SO THE CARPORT WILL BE STANDING AT 10 FEET, UH, IF IT WERE TO BE BUILT.
UM, AND AGAIN, YOU'LL BRING THE LOT UP INTO CO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE, UH, NUMBER OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOT OR TOTAL AREA OF ALL THOSE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE WIDTH OF WIDTH OF THAT CARPORT? UM, IT IS 16 FEET.
AND ON SCREEN YOU'LL SEE A GENERAL RENDERING OF WHAT THAT CARDBOARD WOULD LOOK LIKE PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
SO AGAIN, THIS WOULD GO IN THE FRONT YARD.
AND I DO ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN, THAT THERE IS A LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORT RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
AND, UH, IN REGARDS TO ZBA TWO FOUR DASH 11 DASH 0 5 1, UH, 28 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA STAFF CANNOT SUPPORT THE ITEM AS REQUESTED.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT WHO IS HERE TONIGHT.
ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS.
UM, WE GOT SANDRA, UH, HALF COOK, HALF C**K, HALF C**K.
OKAY, LET'S DON'T GO OFF HALF COOKED.
I LIVE AT 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 ALL SPA LANE.
I'VE, UH, LIVED THERE SINCE THE 1980S AND I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE, ALL THE STRUCTURES IN THE BACK.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A LIMIT UNTIL I APPLIED FOR THIS CARPORT.
I HAVE A SIX FOOT FENCE SURROUNDING MY PROPERTY SO NOBODY CAN SEE ANYTHING IN THE BACK UNLESS THEY GO IN THE BACK OR GET A LADDER AND LOOK OVER.
UM, I HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT'S SUPPOSING THE CARPORT AND I DO HAVE PICTURES OF WHERE THE CARPORT WOULD BE.
AND, UH, AND I'D LIKE TO SHOW IT, SHOW 'EM TO YOU ALL WHERE THIS CARPORT'S GONNA BE, THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE REALLY INTERFERING.
SHE, SHE WANTS TO LOOK DOWN THE STREET FOR SOME REASON.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
AND I WANT ANOTHER CARPORT BECAUSE MY SON, UH, IS ON DISABILITY.
HE AND HIS WIFE MOVED IN WITH ME, PLUS ALL THEIR STUFF.
ALL THEIR STUFF IS IN MY GARAGE.
I HAVE A RIDING LAWNMOWER AND MY RIDING, UH, MY LAWNMOWER EQUIPMENT, ALL THAT IS IN THE GARAGE.
AND, UM, I CAN, AND I HAVE A CARPORT FOR TWO VEHICLES.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHY, AND I JUST GOT A, A LEFT HIP REPLACEMENT IN NOVEMBER AND I CANNOT TAKE ALL THIS STUFF OUTTA MY GARAGE AND PUT MY VAN IN THERE AND THEN CRAWL OUT THROUGH THE BACK, WHICH I HAD BEEN DOING BEFORE.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED A CARPORT FROM MY VAN IN THE FRONT.
AND THERE'S, UM, NEIGHBOR DOWN THE ROAD THAT HAS A CARPORT SIMILAR TO MINE.
AND OTHER FOLKS HAVE DIFFERENT STYLES OF CARPORTS AND I DON'T SEE HOW IT CAN GET IN ANYBODY'S WAY.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MY DRIVEWAY, WHERE THE CARPORT'S GONNA BE, I HAVE PICTURES OF THAT.
SO WHEN MY NEIGHBOR OPPOSES, YOU CAN SEE WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
AND SO I GOT MY PICTURES AND SHE'S OUT HERE.
SHE'S A
BUT I HAVE PICTURES OF WHERE MY CARPORT WOULD BE AND I DON'T SEE WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
'CAUSE I HAVE TREES IN MY FRONT YARD AND I HAVE A, A POSSUM HALL Y POND, HOLLY WITH LEAVES ON IT.
AND YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING EXCEPT MAYBE THE NEIGHBOR'S CARS NEXT DOOR, YOU KNOW? AND YOU, I I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST HAVE THE PICTURES OF MY DRIVEWAY AND WHERE, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WHERE THE CARPORT COULD BE AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S, AND I, I NEED THE
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CARPORT.'CAUSE LAST YEAR GRAND PRAIRIE HAD FIVE INCH, UH, HAIL IN NORTHERN GRAND PRAIRIE.
WELL, WE'RE NOT IMMUNE FROM THE HAIL.
AND THAT'S WHY ANOTHER REASON WHY I WANT THE CARPORT IS BECAUSE OF THE HAIL.
YOU KNOW? UH, SEE THAT I HAVE TO RUN OUTSIDE AND COVER THE QUILTS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, AND I'M TOO OLD FOR THAT, MA'AM.
FEEL FREE TO, IF YOU WANNA SHOW, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, THERE'S A, IF YOU SEE ON SCREEN, THERE'S A CAMERA THERE SHOWING PUT YOUR CAMERA ON THE KEYBOARD.
AND THIS IS THE EAST SIDE OF MY PROPERTY.
THIS IS MY HOUSE RIGHT HERE AREA.
MM-HMM
AND LIKE IF YOU'RE STANDING ON MY PROPERTY LINE LOOKING WEST, WELL WITH MY TRUCK THERE, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN SEE.
AND LIKE IF YOU'RE ON THE PROPERTY LINE AGAIN AND LOOKING THAT WAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THE EAST SIDE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THERE'S SEE DOWN THE ROAD 'CAUSE MY CRATE MYRTLES ARE THERE AND IN THE SUMMERTIME THEY'RE FULL OF LEAVES AND EVERYTHING.
AND THIS IS THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
AND, UH, THAT'S MY CAT AND DOG.
AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHY I NEED, I JUST NEED A CARPORT FROM MY VAN.
AND THE CARPORT I CHOSE, I NEED A VERTICAL BECAUSE OF THE CREPE MYRTLES.
THEY HAVE APHIDS ON 'EM AND THEY HAVE THE APHID DEW THAT FALLS DOWN DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
AND I COULD WASH IT OFF THE ROOF IF IT WAS FLAT AROUND, IT WOULD STICK ON IT.
AND IT WOULD BE THE SAME COLOR AS MY HOUSE.
IT WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING WEIRD.
AND, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA SEE WHAT'S DOWN THE STREET, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WALK DOWN THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY AND LOOK DOWN THERE.
I MEAN, MY TREES ARE IN THE WAY OF THE VISION FROM MY NEIGHBORS.
SO THEY HAVE TO REALLY GO DOWN TO THE END OF THEIR DRIVEWAY.
AND, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I'LL TAKE YOUR DECISION, WHATEVER IT IS.
ALRIGHT, THEN WE HAVE, UH, JANINE WICKS IN, UH, OPPOSITION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? COME ON DOWN.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I'M SANDY'S NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST SIDE.
UM, I WASN'T AWARE OF THE CITY CODE OR, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF DETACHED THINGS THAT YOU COULD HAVE.
MY MY CONCERN IS IT'S GONNA BE IN THE FRONT YARD.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE ON THE SIDE OF HER HOUSE.
THERE ARE LOTS OF CARPORTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
DO NOT DISAGREE WITH THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
MOST OF THOSE ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
THIS WILL EXTEND, I THINK WHAT SHE HAD SENT TO ME WAS 20 TO 22 FOOT OUT FROM THE EDGE OF THE HOUSE.
SO WHEN I WALK OUT MY GARAGE DOOR, I'M GONNA SEE A METAL STRUCTURE AND THE METAL STRUCTURE'S GONNA HAVE SIDES.
YES, THERE'S TREES, BUT TREES ARE PRETTY, YOU KNOW, AND FROM AN AESTHETIC VIEW, IT'S NOT THE PRETTIEST VIEW TO LOOK AT.
SO, AND THAT'S MY OPPOSITION FOR THAT.
AND IT'S, IT'S 15 FEET FROM MY DRIVEWAY.
YOU KNOW, PART OF THE REASON LIVING OUT THERE IS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE SO THAT YOU'RE NOT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND HAVING ALL THE EXTRA STRUCTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO, UH, UH, TALK ABOUT THIS IN, IN FORWARD OR AGAINST IT OR ANYTHING ELSE? NOTHING ELSE.
UH, THEN WE CAN, UH, DISCUSS IT HERE.
ANY, ANYBODY WANNA TALK ABOUT IT? TO THE RIGHT? ANY, ANY BOARD MEMBERS TO THE LEFT WANNA DISCUSS THIS? ALRIGHT.
AND THAT CASE THEN, UH, I'M OPEN FOR A, UH, UH, A MOTION FOR, UH, 24 11 0 0 5 1.
MR. VICE CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ENC CLOSE.
ZBA TWO FOUR DASH ONE DASH 0 0 5 1.
AND YOU GOT A SECOND FROM STACEY.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OPPOSED? OPPOSED.
SO WE GOT AGAIN, HOW MANY WAS THAT IN FAVOR? ONE IN FAVOR.
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SO WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO CARRY, SO MOTION FAILS.AND COULD WE GET THOSE OPPOSED TO RAISE THEIR HAND ONE MORE TIME TO MAKE SURE.
SO WE HAVE OPPOSED, OPPOSED, OKAY.
MR. IPO, MS. ROGERS, MS. COCA AND MS. MORRIS.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES? UH, AND, UH, FOR CITIZEN'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE ZONING ZBA BOARD OR ANYTHING ELSE, UH, ON THEIR MIND? SEEING NONE THEN UM, THIS MEETING HAS COME TO A CLOSE.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR SHOWING UP.