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NO ORDER SINCE IT IS 5 32 AND WE HAVE A VERY FULL AGENDA.
[BRIEFING SESSION - 5:30 PM]
THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE BOARD ADJUSTMENT APPEALS FOR THE MEETING OF MARCH 17TH, ST.I AM BARRY SANDERS, CHAIRMAN OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
THE STAFF BRIEFING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:33 PM THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE MEETING WHERE THE STAFF BRIEFS THE BOARD AND PREVIEWS THE CASES ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY FACILITATE THE MEETING AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASES.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE BRIEFING.
I'LL NOW NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE, JUST LIKE THIS.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT WE DO HAVE EIGHT OF OUR NINE MEMBERS PRESENT SO WE CAN PROCEED WITH OUR BRIEFING.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU AND IT CAN ALL BE PROPERLY RECORDED ON THE RECORD.
WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR AGENDA.
SALVADOR, IF YOU'LL START US OFF WITH OUR FIRST CASE PLEASE, SIR.
STARTING OFF WITH ITEM NUMBER TWO ON YOUR AGENDA.
THIS IS ZBA 24 DASH 12 DASH 0 54.
THIS IS A VARIANCE TO THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH, EXCUSE ME, FOR TWO LOTS.
2, 3, 3 5, AND 2 3, 3 9 SOUTHEAST FOURTH STREET.
THE PROPERTIES ARE ZONE SINGLE FAMILY SIX RESIDENTIAL, AND AGAIN, THE VARIANCE IS TO REQUEST A MINIMUM LOT WIDTH FROM 55 FEET TO 50 FEET.
NOW, A BIT OF A CLARIFICATION ON THIS ITEM.
TECHNICALLY THE VARIANCE, AND IF I'M MISSPEAKING PLEASE CORRECT ME, BUT, UM, THE VARIANCE IS JUST, UH, WOULD APPLY FOR THE CORNER LOT THERE THAT YOU'RE SEEING.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU SEE ON SCREEN WHERE I MOVE THE MOUSE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A CORNER LOT HERE.
OH, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TWO YELLOW LINES, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LOWER CORNER.
AND SO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE HAS, UH, AN ADDITIONAL STANDARD FOR CORNER LOTS REGARDING WIDTH THAT THEY BE AN ADDITION OF FIVE FEET, UM, WHATEVER THE MINIMUM LOT DEPTH OR EXCUSE ME, WIDTH IS FOR THAT ZONING DISTRICT.
AND SO, UM, THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING TO BUILD THREE RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON THESE TWO LOTS TO BE SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTIAL LOTS BECAUSE THAT CORNER LOT AGAIN HAS THAT ADDITIONAL STANDARD FROM THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
IT WILL HAVE A MINIMUM, UH, LOT WIDTH OF 55 FEET.
AND CURRENTLY IT IS ONLY 50 FEET.
AND SO THE APPLICANT HAS COME TO THE BOARD IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT TO REQUEST THAT HE HAVE OR THEY HAVE A VARIANCE, UH, TO GET THAT REDUCTION OF THE ADDITIONAL MINIMUM OR THE ADDITIONAL FIVE FEET IN WIDTH.
SO THE TOTAL WOULD BE, AGAIN, 50 FEET INSTEAD OF FIVE FEET FOR THAT MINIMUM LOT WIDTH FOR THE CORNER LOT.
CAN YOU GO TO THE OVERHEAD WITH THE YELLOW BOXES? YES.
UH, SO BASICALLY THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT FOR BOTH BOXES IS ABOUT 150 FEET.
'CAUSE HE'S GONNA TRY TO DIVIDE IT UP INTO THREE 50 FEET'S.
FOR EVERYTHING EXCEPT A CORNER LOT.
THE STANDARDS ARE, IT NEEDS TO BE 55 FEET.
SO FOR THAT BOTTOM CORNER TO WORK, THEY NEED TO HAVE US SAY 50 FEET.
THE OTHER TWO ARE GONNA BE 50 FEET AS WELL, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
ANYTHING ELSE? I'M SORRY TO DETOUR, BUT I WANTED TO TRY TO FOLLOW ALONG.
SO RICK, THIS IS A STREET VIEW OF THE, UH, CURRENT LOTS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE VACANT AND UH, AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING TO PLAT FIRST SUBDIVIDE THOSE LOTS INTO THREE TO BILL THREE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES REGARDING THIS ITEM 16 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION OF, AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE REQUEST AS IS.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OF STAFF TO MY RIGHT, QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT.
IF NOT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CASE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE ON YOUR AGENDA.
THIS IS ZBA TWO FIVE DASH OH ONE DASH 0 0 3.
THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR A CARPORT AS WELL AS A VARIANCE REQUEST FOR A SIDE YARD SETBACK FOR THAT SAME CARPORT.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3 6 3 8 4 TRAIL DRIVE.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY TWO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
AGAIN, THEY'RE SEEKING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO GET THE CARPORT CONSTRUCTED, UH, ON THE SIDE YARD.
AND IN ADDITION TO REDUCE THE SIDE
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YARD SETBACK FROM THREE FEET, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM TO ZERO FEET, UM, I'LL COME BACK TO THIS, UH, SITE PLAN HERE SHORTLY.I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU THE EXISTING CARPORT AS IS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS PRETTY MUCH ON THAT PROPERTY LINE.
STAFF HAS VERIFIED THAT IT IS ON THE PROPERTY OF THE APPLICANT WHO HAS REQUESTED THE VARIANCE SO THEY'RE NOT, UM, PROTRUDING ONTO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THE CARPORT IN QUESTION WILL BE A HUNDRED OR IS 176 SQUARE FEET.
IT IS ABOUT EIGHT FEET TALL AND IT DOES MEET ALL OF OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, EXCEPT FOR OF COURSE, THAT SIDE YARD SETBACK.
AGAIN, THIS IS A ALREADY CONSTRUCTED SIDE YARD CARPORT.
AND IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM 40 NOTICES, 48 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, FIVE WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO WERE OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND REGARDING THE ITEM, STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE ITEM AS A REQUEST.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS THE STAFF TO MY RIGHT, MS. ROGERS.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION, IT'S COMMENT.
I'LL HAVE TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS SINCE THAT'S AN HANDBOOK.
WELL, NOW THAT MR. RAMIREZ AND MS. ACHE ARE IN THE ROOM, WE'RE AT 10.
SO SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET TO STEP OUT AND I'M GONNA GET, SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN A TROOPER THE LAST COUPLE TIMES, I MEAN, YOU CAN STAY AND VISIT WITH YOU.
JUST ENJOY MY DULCE TONES, BUT I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T FORGIVE YOU IF YOU WANNA SLIP AWAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, MELINDA.
I THINK THAT'S THE CLEANEST WAY FOR EVERYBODY JUST TO HANDLE THAT.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE HER CUTE, BY THE WAY, TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR HE IS GOT A PRETTY COOL GR GROCERY GETTER NEXT DOOR.
WELL, LITTLE YELLOW SOMETHING TO RUM TO KROGER'S WITH, UH, ANYONE ELSE TOMORROW, RIGHT, MELINDA? THAT'S AWESOME.
DOES HE LET YOU DRY YET? HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW ME.
AM I RIGHT? QUESTIONS IN MY LEFT ABOUT THIS CASE? MR. WHITE? YEAH.
ARE THERE OTHER CARPORTS IN THE AREA? SO THERE NONE WITHIN 800, UH, FEET.
NONE LEGALLY PERMITTED, I SHOULD SAY WITHIN 800 FEET.
SO THERE'S NONE WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU APPROVE THIS ONE, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AGAIN, STAFF DOESN'T OBJECT AND NO ONE SENT ANY LETTERS OF OBJECTION.
AND THERE WERE NO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION SUBMITTED TO US.
OH, FIVE IN FAVOR? THAT'S RIGHT.
WHAT IS THE VARIANCE ON THIS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR? WELL, GOING FROM THREE FOOT TO ZERO IN ADDITION TO THE REQUEST FOR THE CARPORT SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
HE'S POURED THE CONCRETE, OBVIOUSLY RIGHT AROUND THE PROPERTY LINE.
NOW HE WANTS WELL, IT'S, THAT'S BUILT, CORRECT? IT IS CURRENTLY EXISTING, THAT'S RIGHT.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON THE CA THE THIRD CASE.
BUT NOW THE CITY STILL HAS TO INSPECT IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S PROPERTY NOT CORRECT.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON YOUR AGENDA.
THIS IS CBA A 2 5 2 5 DASH TWO DASH ZERO FIVE.
UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL VARIANCES ATTACHED TO THIS REQUEST FOR THIS PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1449 AVENUE A.
IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY FOUR RESIDENTIAL.
THE FIRST VARIANCE IS TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM LOT AREA FROM 7,200 SQUARE FEET TO FI 5,410 SQUARE FEET.
AND THE SECOND VARIANCE REQUEST IS TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM LOT DEATH FROM 110 FEET TO 89 FEET.
AND TO GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND THE PURPOSE OF THESE REQUESTS HERE, THERE'S CURRENTLY AN EXISTING HOME ON THIS LOT.
IT IS CURRENTLY A SINGLE FAMILY LOT, ONE LOT.
THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING TO SUBDIVIDE THAT LOT TO CREATE TWO LOTS AND TWO, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
ONE EXISTING, AND THEN ONE PROPOSED.
BECAUSE OF THE ODDLY SHAPED LOT, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THE MINIMUM LOT, UH, AREA FOR THIS SMALLER LOT THAT YOU CAN SEE.
AND AGAIN, THAT HAS THE CURRENTLY EXISTING HOME IN ADDITION TO THE MINIMUM, UH, LOT DEATH.
SO THAT NEWLY PROPOSED LOT WITH THE NEWLY PROPOSED HOME.
AND KEEP IN MIND THIS VARIANCE WILL ONLY BE ATTACHED TO THE LOT WHEN THEY REPLAY IT.
SO ONE ATTACHED TO THE, TO THE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR ANYTHING THAT'S JUST FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES.
BUT THE VARIANCES, THEY'RE ALL JUST FOR THE EXISTING LOT.
AGAIN, BECAUSE HE'S SUBDIVIDING IT WILL CREATE, UM, VARIANCES THAT ARE NEEDED.
AGAIN, HE WON'T BE ABLE TO MEET THE MINIMUM LAW AREA AND THE MINIMUM LOT DEATH.
SO AGAIN, THIS, THESE ARE SOME IMAGES, UH, THERE IS
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AN EXISTING HOME ON THE EXISTING LOT AND IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM, 42 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR AND TWO RETURN OPPOSED.AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE REQUEST AS IS QUESTIONS.
I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WOULD YOU WANNA MAKE THE LOT SMALLER IF, IF YOU'RE ALREADY HAVING SIZE PROBLEMS? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, THEY'RE COMING TONIGHT FOR THE VARIANCE REQUESTS, OBVIOUSLY TO BUILD, UH, AMBITIOUS AMBITIOUSLY BUILD, UH, A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN THE SPACE, BASICALLY IN THE BACKYARD.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO.
AGAIN, THEY DO MEET OUR CURRENT, UM, UUDC DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, BUT THEY WILL BE CREATING, UH, THE NEED FOR TWO VARIANCES ON THAT EXISTING LOT.
WELL, I THINK THE PURPOSE IS, SOUNDS LIKE THERE AND WE'LL ASK THE APPLICANT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE INTENTION IS TO DIVIDE THOSE LOTS AND HAVE TWO HOUSES ON A FUNKY PIECE.
WELL, CAN, CAN THEY, CAN THEY GET THE LOT DONE FIRST OR DO THEY HAVE TO GET THE VARIANCE DONE FIRST? THE FIRST STEP IS TO GET THE VARIANCE AND THEN THEY WOULD SUBDIVIDE WITH A REPL AND THEN THEY WOULD BUILD THE HOMES IF THEY'RE APPROVED FOR ALL OF THOSE.
SO THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T GET THE LOT DONE FIRST UNTIL THEY GET THE VARIANCE DONE FIRST.
SO, BUT I, BUT I, OKAY, BUT IT STILL, IT BOGGLES MY BRAIN WHILE YOU'D WANT TO SHRINK A LOT, SO I'M NOT GET I'M NOT FOLLOWING THAT LOGIC, SO, BUT OKAY.
A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
CAN YOU GO BACK THE PICTURE WITH THE HOUSE ON IT? IT, OF COURSE.
SO WHERE, UH, ON THE PICTURE TO THE RACK MM-HMM
WHERE, WHERE WOULD THAT HOUSE BE PUT? OKAY.
YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE FRONT OF THE HOME, I SEE IT MM-HMM
RIGHT? AND THEN THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT SHOWS MORE OF THE BACK OF THE HOME AND THAT'S WHERE THE HOUSE IS GONNA BE BUILT.
THAT'S RIGHT TO THE RIGHT OF THE TREE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT PICTURE BEHIND THAT CHEST, SO THE, WHERE YOU SEE THAT TREE WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY THE FRONT YARD OF THE NEWLY PROPOSED HOME.
THERE'S MORE PROPERTY ON THE, ON THE LEFT, ON THE BACK SIDE? YEAH.
UM, YES, BUT I MEAN, THERE IS A PROPERTY LINE, IT JUST, YOU CAN'T SEE IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO FENCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S NOT ALL JUST EMPTY SPACE OR OVERHEAD SHOP BY WAY.
BUT, SO IT'S NOT BLOCKING THE HOUSE THING, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S GONNA BE OVER TO THE SIDEWALK WHITE SHED.
IT WILL ESSENTIALLY, YEAH, IT'S BE BEHIND THE HOME, KIND OF BEHIND OVER.
SO YEAH, WHEREVER YOU SEE, AND I, I'M SORRY I, MY MOUSE ISN'T SHOWING UP ON HERE, BUT IF I HAD A CLICKER OR SOMETHING, BUT WHEREVER YOU SEE THESE TWO, UM, BOTTOM BLACK LINES, THAT'S WHERE THE STREET WILL BE.
OR THAT'S WHERE THE STREET IS.
SO THEY'RE NOT INCREASING THE SIZE OF THIS HOME, THEY'RE BUILDING AN ENTIRE SEPARATE HOME, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE? TO SELL THE HOME.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE END GOAL IS TO SELL THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROPERTY? UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, YES.
THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY TO SUBDIVIDE AND SELL THE, BUILD A NEW HOME AND SELL IT.
I DON'T THINK THE APPLICANT IS OKAY.
INTENDING TO LIVE THERE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
ANYONE ELSE? BRIAN MRPA, GO AHEAD.
WE STILL, IF I THEY IT WOULD STILL BE ZONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
DO YOU HAVE THE LETTER OF THOSE AND HE SAID NO? UM, YES.
WE CAN PULL THEM UP, UM, AFTER THE UH, BRIEFING YOU.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE? NO, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION AND MR. WILLIAMS HELD OUT A CARD, IS THAT RIGHT? ARE YOU THE APPLICANT ON THIS CASE OR NOT ON THIS ONE? JUST HERE TO, OKAY.
SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK ANY IN SUPPORT OF OR JUST SHOW YOUR SUPPORT OR SHOW YOUR OPPOSITION, BE SURE TO FILL OUT A HANDY DANDY CARD LIKE MR. WILLIAMS DID.
SO WE KNOW AS THE CASES COME WHO, WHO TO CALL IN, BUT WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FOURTH CASE FOR TONIGHT WITH OUR FULL AGENDA.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE THAT I PRESENTED BEFORE.
ALRIGHT, SO THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS ZBA 25 0 2 0 0 0 7.
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THE MINIMUM LOT AREA.SO 7 1 7 HOMESTEAD TRAIL RIGHT CURRENTLY IS ZONED AGRICULTURAL.
UM, THE APPLICANT WISHES TO BUILD A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
UM, WHEN THEY WANNA BUILD A HOME, WE TYPICALLY REVIEW AND SEE IF THE LOT IS MEETING ALL THE REQUIRED DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT.
RIGHT NOW UNDER THEIR AGRICULTURAL ZONING, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A FIVE ACRE LOT MINIMUM.
THEY'RE ASKING, HEY, THE LOT IS ALREADY PLOTTED.
CAN WE JUST GET A VARIANCE FOR THE AREA AND MOVE, PROCEED AS PROPOSED.
THAT IS THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU.
SO THEY PLAN ON BUILDING A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND IF THE VARIANCE FOR THE LOT AREA IS APPROVED, THEY PLAN ON MEETING ALL OTHER DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS FRONT SETBACK, SIZE, SETBACK, AND MAYOR SET BACK.
THIS IS THE PICTURE SHOWING THE STREET VIEW OF THE PROPOSED VACANT LOT.
WE SENT OUT 19 NOTICES, UM, ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURN OPPOSED.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? I'D BE HAPPY TO COVER ANY DETAILS.
SOUNDS LIKE THIS ONE NOW ZONED AGRICULTURE.
SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE FIVE ACRES.
CORRECT? THE ONLY THING THAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT THIS IS THE MATH SEEMS SO GLARING THAT THEY WANT TO DO 0.55 ACRES ONE 10TH OF THE REQUIRED AMOUNT.
IS THE INTENT LIKE THE PREVIOUS CASE MM-HMM
TO GET THIS ZONING APPROVED, RELAID IT AS A RESIDENTIAL SPOT OR WHAT IS THE INTENT? SO THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
SO ACTUALLY HERE IS A SLIDE PAGE.
SO TYPICALLY WHEN WE HAVE AN AREA THAT IS PREVIOUSLY ZONED AS AGRICULTURE, WHAT STAFF TRIED TO DO IS TO HAVE THEM REZONE TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT BECAUSE MOST OF THESE LOTS ARE NOT FIVE ACRES.
ONE THING YOU SEE HERE MARKED IN, UM, ORANGE AND BLUE, JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF, YOU KNOW, SHOWING IT BETTER.
THEY'RE LOCATED INSIDE AN AREA WHERE OUR FUTURE LAND USE FOR THAT AREA RECOMMENDS A COMMERCIAL.
SO THERE IS A RISK THAT THERE'S ZONE CHANGE COULD GET DENIED.
AND ALSO ANOTHER REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT IS THAT, HEY, WE HAVE NO PRO.
SO HERE'S THE COMPARISON CHART.
OKAY? FOR THE, UM, THE HOMESTEAD LOT AND THE TYPICAL AGRICULTURE STANDARD AND SF ONE STANDARD.
SO WHAT WE ENCOURAGE ALL AGRICULTURE TO DO IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO SOMETHING ELSE.
AND WE USUALLY RECOMMEND SFA BECAUSE THAT USUALLY ALIGNS BEST.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, TYPICALLY WHEN WE ASK STONE CHANGES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE, UM, THE THE HOMEOWNER BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUILD UP TO 50% OF YOUR LAW, THEY CAN HAVE HIGHER BUILDING, THEY CAN HAVE MUCH REDUCED SETBACKS.
WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING IS, HEY, WE DON'T WANNA BE BUILD A 2,400 SQUARE FEET BUILDING BECAUSE THAT'S HARD TO GET A LOAN FOR THAT MUCH THAT BIG OF A HOUSE.
WE TRULY ONLY NEED ABOUT 2000 SQUARE FEET FOR OUR HOME.
COULD WE STAY AS A AGRICULTURAL ZONING BUT GET A VARIANCE FOR 0.5 ACRES? SO STAFF HAD AN INTERNAL MEETING WITH LEGAL AND WE JUST WANTED TO EXHAUST ALL OPTIONS BEFORE TAKING THEM AND FORCING THEM TO DO A ZONE CHANGE.
SO AGAIN, THEY ARE WILLING TO MEET ALL OTHER, UH, SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENT AND HIGH REQUIREMENT.
THEY JUST SAID, HEY, ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FINANCE WISE AND ZONING WISE, WE ACTUALLY WOULD PREFER TO STAY AGRICULTURAL ZONING, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL REQUESTS.
BUT AGAIN, STAFF WANTED TO GIVE THEM THE VARIANCE OPTION BEFORE, UH, EXPLORING OUT THEIR OPTIONS FOR THIS LAB.
SO TO BE CLEAR, AND THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING COUNCIL WEIGHS IN ON OR PLANNING DEPARTMENT WEIGHS IN ON WHETHER THEY CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL TO SF WELL YOU SAID SFA, BUT I BELIEVE YOU MEAN SF ONE, SORRY, UHHUH SF ONE'S WHAT YOU SAID TO CHANGE THAT MM-HMM
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VARIANCE TONIGHT IS CORRECT.
ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 'CAUSE LOTS SIZE IF AND, AND IF, IF THIS, THIS BOARD DOESN'T VOTE TO APPROVE THAT THEIR NEXT COURSE IS TO GO SWITCH FROM AGRICUL, BUT THEY REQUEST THAT IN PLANNING YES.
AND IS FOR YOUR KIND OF, TO HELP YOU KIND OF MAKE THE DECISION WORTH THE MATH FOR? YEAH.
SO TYPICAL HOUSE THAT YOU SEE ARE ABOUT 7,500 SQUARE FEET LOTS.
UM, SF ONE, WE SUGGEST THEM BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE S ARE USUALLY NOT FIVE ACRES.
THEY'RE USUALLY LESS THAN ONE ACRE.
THIS LOT ISN'T HALF AN ACRE, SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AREA TO BUILD A HOME.
SO GETTING THAT VARIANCE FOR THE LOT ACREAGE IS NOT OUR BIGGEST CONCERN BECAUSE THEY WILL STILL SUFFICIENTLY HAVE SUFFICIENT ROOM TO BUILD A HOME AND A LOT OF, UH, REST OF LAND, UM, THEY'RE WILLING TO COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, SO MM-HMM
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? MR. WHITE FIRST.
SO IS THIS A TRAILER THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON THIS PROPERTY? IS THIS SINGLE FAMILY? NO, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD A NEW TRAILER ON A VACANT LOT.
THEY'LL HAVE TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND GET A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THAT, SIR.
IF THERE'S A TRAILER EXIST, LIKE A MOBILE HOME EXISTING, THEY CAN APPLY FOR A REPLACEMENT PERMIT.
BUT TO BUILD A NEW ON THE BUILD VACANT PROPERTY, WE DO NOT ALLOW A MOBILE HOME UNLESS THEY'RE WITHIN A MOBILE HOME PARK.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES.
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YEAH.I, AS FAR AS MY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS AREA IS IT IS A, UH, MOBILE HOME AREA.
IT IT, YES, IT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR A MOBILE HOME PARK.
I THINK SOME OF THE OLDER HOMES EITHER GOT REPLACED, BUT THIS HAPPENS TO BE EMPTY, WHICH MEANS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO PUT A NEW HOME, THEY HAVE TO DO A TYPICALLY ZONE CHANGE AND A, AND BUILD ACTUAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THAT IS NOT ON STILTS, THEY'RE NOT DISCONNECTED MR. BAKER.
BUT THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR A ZONE CHANGE.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY WANTED TO EXPLORE THE VARIANCE OPTION, IN WHICH CASE THEY WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO DO ON SOME CHANGE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
BUT WITH STILL KEEPING AS, AS AS, UM, UH, AGRICULTURAL MM-HMM
THEN THEIR TAXES COULD POSSIBLY BE CHEAPER AS WELL.
CORRECT? THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.
AGAIN, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE EXPERT KNOWLEDGE.
WELL, IT JUST GIVES YOU INSIGHT OF WHY IT'S NOT REALLY BEFORE US TO WORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT THE Y IS.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL, I'LL KEEP ANYTHING ELSE.
I'LL KEEP TOO LONG OUT THERE GRAZING IF IT GETS ME AN AG EXEMPTION.
UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO CASES 0 0 0 8.
IF WE HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS, BRIEFING THIS MANY OF 'EM IS GONNA BE TOUGH TO DO.
WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE CITY STANCE OVER? OH, WE DID NOT OPPOSE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX ON YOUR AGENDA.
THIS IS ITEM DBA TWO FIVE DASH ZERO TWO DASH 0 0 8 AND THIS ONE IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A CARPORT AS WELL AS VARIANCES REQUEST FOR VARIANCES TO THE MINIMUM SETBACK AND MAX AREA FOR THAT CARPORT.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT 5 4 8 HENSLEY DRIVE.
IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY FOUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
AGAIN, THEY'RE SEEKING FIRST A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR SIDE YARD CARPORT, A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACK FROM THE REQUIRED THREE FEET TO ZERO FEET.
AND THEN LASTLY, A VARIANCE TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AREA ALLOWED FOR A CARPORT FROM, FROM 500 SQUARE FEET TO 900 SQUARE FEET.
ON SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE A PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT THIS IS AN EXISTING CARPORT, SO IT IS ABOUT 900 SQUARE FEET.
IT MEETS ALL OF OUR DENSITY DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT THE SIDE YARD SETBACK AND AREA ALLOWED FOR A CARPORT.
AND THERE IS AT LEAST ONE LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORT WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO ON THE LEFT SCREEN YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, THAT'S FROM LIKE A FRONT DRIVEWAY STREET VIEW AND THEN THE, UM, IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS THE EXISTING CARPORT ITSELF BEHIND THE FENCE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO IN REGARDS TO THIS CASE, 32 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED, AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA, AND I BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE A TYPO ON THIS SCREEN.
UM, BUT STAFF ACTUALLY CANNOT SUPPORT THIS ITEM AS REQUESTED.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THE TYPO IS, YOU SAID, WHAT YOU JUST SHOWED US SAYS TEST OBJECT.
BUT YOU'RE CORRECTING THAT WITH YOUR THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'LL GET A CORRECT PRESENTATION.
THE STAFF DOES, DOES OBJECT BASED ON, SO TYPICALLY FOR CARPORTS, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAX AREA THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
IF THEY'RE GOING OUTSIDE OF OUR MAX ALLOWED IN THE UDC, WHICH IS 500 SQUARE FEET MM-HMM
IF THEY'RE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD, UM, WE CAN SUPPORT THE ITEM.
BUT ONCE THEY EXCEED ABOUT 35% ABOVE THAT THRESHOLD, THEN WE TYPICALLY DO NOT SUPPORT THAT REQUEST TO SIMPLY PUT, IT'S JUST WAY OUT OF WHAT WE ALLOW TYPICALLY FOR A CARPORT IN TERMS OF AREA.
DO YOU HAVE A SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT'S, UH, THAT'S MAXED? UH, CODE? YES.
AND WHAT IS THEIR SQUARE FEET? 900.
AGAIN, IT'S PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED.
IT'S, SO IT'S CURRENTLY EXISTING.
THE APPLICANT HAS COME TO GET THE VARIANCE, NOT JUST FOR THE MAX AREA ALLOWED, BUT AGAIN, IT'S PRETTY MUCH ON THE PROPERTY LINE.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR SIDE SIDE BACK REDUCED TO ZERO IF YOU APPROVE, UM, FROM THE REQUIRED THREE FEET AND YOU WOULD APPROVE ALSO UP TO 900 SQUARE FEET FOR THEM.
SO USING YOUR RULE OF THUMB, WE CAN GET UP TO ABOUT 6 25, 650 SQUARE FEET AND, AND OVER THAT THEN IT STARTS TO GET HINKY AND WE NEED, WE CAN'T SUPPORT AS A STAFF THAT STAFF DOES NOT.
IF THEY WERE TO BRING THAT AND THEN THE THREE FOOT LINE, UH, WOULD, WOULD THAT STILL GIVE, AND THEY KEPT THE LINK, WOULD THAT BRING THEM CLOSER TO
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WHAT YOU NEED TO DO? SO IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY TO SAY THAT IF THEY BRING IT TO THREE FEET, JUST BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK ON THE IMAGES, I MEAN IT'S, IT IS JUST A TRICKY, UH, SITUATION THAT THEY'RE IN THAT THEY'VE CONSTRUCTED THE CARPORT PRETTY MUCH RIGHT AT THE PROPERTY LINE.BUT WITH THAT, IF THEY BROUGHT IT IN INTO THREE FOOT, IT STILL KEPT THE LENGTH.
DID THAT PUT CLOSER? MR. BAKER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MATH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 50 FEET DEEP.
IF YOU, THE THREE FEET THAT GAINS 'EM 150 FEET.
SO IF WE GO FROM 900 THAT TAKES 'EM DOWN TO ABOUT SEVEN 50, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL PRETTY FAT ON THE, UH, THE SIZE OF THE CARPORT.
IS THAT MATH HOLD UP? I SHOULDN'T BE YEAH.
DOING MATH UP HERE, BUT, UH, THAT'S SIM THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW I SIMPLY RE REVIEW IT.
ISN'T THAT IN THE BACK? I MEAN, I MEAN SIDE, IT'S TECHNICALLY I IT'S ON THE SIDE, BUT I MEAN PEOPLE WOULD THEY, I MEAN IT'S STILL KIND OF ON THE BACKSIDE.
WELL, YOU CONSIDER IT ON THE SIDE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
DID THEY PERMIT THAT DRIVE THAT THEY PUT IN? UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY CODE VIOLATIONS WITH THE DRIVEWAY.
UM, THE MAIN CAUSE OF CONCERN HERE WAS THE KILLER VIOLATION WITH THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION OR THE CARPORT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, MR. EPU IS THE, UH, HEIGHT, THE HEIGHT IS NOT AN ISSUE.
IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CASE 0 0 0 9, I BELIEVE.
MOVING ON, THIS IS, UM, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON YOUR AGENDA.
THESE ARE VARIANCES, UH, REQUESTS FOR VARIANCES TO THE MINIMUM REAR AND SIDE YARD SETBACK FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 4 2 NML KING JR BOULEVARD.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY FOUR RESIDENTIAL, AND AGAIN, THE VARIANCES ARE TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACK FROM THE REQUIRED 20 FEET TO 11 FEET, AND THE VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACK FROM SIX FEET TO FIVE FEET.
UM, SO THE BACKGROUND OF THIS, UH, ITEM HERE, THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY, UM, OR A DIFFERENT APPLICANT ACTUALLY CAME TO THIS BOARD, UM, SOMETIME LAST YEAR.
UH, THEY HAD AN ODDLY SHAPED LOT AND THEY GOT APPROVED FOR VARIANCES FOR THINGS LIKE THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH, UM, LOT DEATHS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE LOCATION OF THIS, UH, OR LOOK AT THE LOCATION OF THIS MAP, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT 1 6 1 CORRIDOR.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS TEX DOT CAME ALONG TO BUILD THAT CORRIDOR AND THEY TOOK SOME OF THAT PROPERTY AND KIND OF CREATED AN ODD LOOKING, UH, LOT THERE.
AND SO THE APPLICANT, UH, AGAIN CAME TO THE BOARD AND WAS APPROVED BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
UM, IN THE PROCESS THEY TRANSFERRED THE OWNERSHIP AND A NEW BUILDER.
UH, WHENEVER THEY STARTED THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THE HOME, THEY REALIZED THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY AN ACTIVE WATER LINE, UM, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU THERE, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THAT FIRE HYDRANT, UH, PRETTY MUCH ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, THEY'VE COME TO THE BOARD TO, UH, GET SOME HELP.
THEY ARE TRYING, CURRENTLY TRYING TO BUILD A HOME AND THEY NEED TO MOVE THE HOME, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY FURTHER INTO THE LOT BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT ENGINEERING HAS FOR AN ACTIVE WATER LINE, UH, OR THE SPACE THAT THEY REQUIRE FOR AN ACTIVE WATER LINE.
UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING THAT VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM REAR SETBACK.
UH, TYPICALLY FOR RESIDENTIAL LOTS, THE REAR SETBACK MINIMUM IS ONLY ABOUT 10 FEET, BUT BECAUSE THERE IS A CORRIDOR THERE, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY 20.
AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A TIGHT LOT.
IF THEY ARE HAVING TO ABIDE BY THAT, THEY WILL HAVE SOME CHALLENGES.
AND LASTLY, BECAUSE THEY'RE MOVING THE HOME AS BEST AS THEY CAN, THEY ALSO NEED AN ADDITIONAL FOOT TO THE SIDE TO GET THAT HOME FIT PROPERLY ON THE LOT.
SO IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM 39 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED, AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE REQUEST AS IS AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE US ON DOWN TO, OH, I'M JUST SO LOST NOW.
THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS ZBA 25 0 2 0 0 10.
UM, IT'S A VARIANCE TO THE MINIMUM SIDE SEPARATE REQUIREMENT.
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SO THE PROPERTY'S LOCATED AT 4 0 9 CHOCTAW 4 0 9, AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY ZONE AS SINGLE FAMILY FOUR.THEY'RE REQUESTING A SIDE YARD REDUCTION FROM SIX FEET TO FIVE FEET.
SO THEY, THIS IS CURRENTLY VACANT, THIS LOT IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
WE DROVE OUT THERE, THERE'S NO HOME ON THERE.
THE, UH, APPLICANT WISHES TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND THEY ARE REQUESTING A REDUCTION ON THE SIDE YARD.
SO HERE'S KIND OF A COMPARISON OF WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU.
SO THIS PROPERTY WAS PLOTTED BACK IN NINE, EARLY 1940S, POSSIBLY 1942 BEFORE WE HAD THE TWO GARAGES, TWO CAR GARAGES AS THE STANDARD.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, TYPICAL SA FOUR LOT WILL BE ABOUT 60 FOOT WIDE WITH THE SIX FOOT SIDE YARD THAT WILL STILL HAVE ABOUT 48 OF A BUILDABLE AREA WHERE THEY CAN BID IN A HOUSE.
BASED ON THE 51 LOT WIDTH, THEY ARE LEFT WITH ABOUT 39 FEET.
SO IF THEY ARE GRANTED THIS ONE FOOT REDUCTION ON EACH SIDE, THEY ACTUALLY WILL END UP WITH ABOUT 41 FEET TO FIT A HOME NICELY WITH TWO CAR GARAGES AT THE FRONT.
AGAIN, THIS IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
ANY QUESTION FOR STEPH AT THIS TIME? UH, QUESTIONS, RIGHT? QUESTIONS LEFT.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP CASE 0 0 1 1, WHICH IS NINE ON OUR AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER NINE ON YOUR AGENDA, ZPA A TWO FIVE DASH TWO DASH ZERO TWO DASH 0 0 1.
THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, UH, REQUEST FOR A GARAGE CONVERSION FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1502 OAK STREET.
CURRENTLY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY FOUR RESIDENTIAL, AGAIN, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FROM THE BOARD TO HAVE A GARAGE CONVERTED TO A, UH, LIVING SPACE.
SO CURRENTLY THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ACCOMMODATE FOR FAMILY.
UM, AFTER STAFF TOOK A LOOK AT THE SITES AND I'LL SHOW YOU AN IMAGE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
UH, CURRENTLY, UM, WE DETERMINED THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME ISSUES WITH THE OFF STREET PARKING.
UM, SO THE UDC SAYS THAT YOU MUST MAINTAIN OFF STREET PARKING IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE UP THE TWO OR THE TWO REQUIRED, UH, GARAGE PARKING SPACES.
AND SO IN ADDITION TO, UM, THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION STAFF TALK TO THE APPLICANT AND, UH, THEY ARE WILLING TO BUILD SOME ADDITIONAL PAVING OR PARKING SPACES, UH, TO GET THAT FIT.
UM, AND IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM 50 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED, AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE REQUEST AS IS WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE TO OFFICER NON-STOCK, NON-ST STACK PARKING SPACES ON SITE.
SO SHOULD THIS BOARD MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS VARIANCE, WE'D WANT TO INCLUDE THE VERBIAGE THAT THE REQUIREMENT IS TO INCLUDE THE TWO SPACES.
MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS CASE? MY RIGHT.
SEEING NONE QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT.
WE'RE DOWN TO NUMBER 10 ON THE AGENDA.
UH, ZBA ITEM NUMBER 10, ZBA TWO FIVE DASH OH TWO DASH ZERO 12 IS ANOTHER SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A CARPORT.
UH, THIS IS FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 47 17 OVERLAND TRAIL, CURRENTLY ZONED PD 81.
AND THIS WOULD BE A NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A FRONT YARD CARPORT.
THEY CURRENTLY MEET ALL OF OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
THEY JUST WERE NOT WITHIN 800 FEET OF A LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORT.
AGAIN, IF YOU REMEMBER, THE RULE IS THAT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE SAYS IF YOU ARE WITHIN 800 FEET OF A LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORT AND YOU MEET ALL OF OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, WE CAN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVE THE CARPORT.
AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET THAT SECOND OR THAT REQUIREMENT OF 800 FEET.
THEY'RE JUST THE TRENDSETTERS ON OVERLAND TRAIL, THE FIRST STEP OUT.
UM, THAT'S CURRENTLY THE SITE AS IS RIGHT NOW IN THE STREET VIEW IMAGE AND THE CARPORT ON THE RIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WOULD BE BUILT KIND OF A PRODUCT OF, OF WHAT THEY WOULD BE PURCHASING OR CONSTRUCTING.
SO IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM, 50 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED, AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THAT ITEM AS IS.
ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER CARPORTS NOT, UH, APPROVED OR WHATEVER, BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER CARPORTS ANYWHERE AROUND THERE? NOT THAT I COULD SEE.
MOVING US ALONG TO THE 11TH ITEM 0 0 1 3.
THE LAST ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA IS ZBA TWO FIVE DASH OH TWO DASH 0 0 3,
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A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A CARPORT AND VARIANCES TO THE MAX AREA.SO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS LOCATED AT 35 14 RACKET CLUB, SINGLE FAMILY, ONE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
UM, AND I'LL COME BACK TO THIS VARIANCE REQUEST IN A MINUTE, BUT OH, SORRY.
THERE'S A DUPLICATE SLIDE IN THERE.
THIS IS THE, UM, THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
SO THE PROPERTY, UH, DOES NOT HAVE THE CARPORT CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED, AND THE PROPOSED CARPORT WOULD BE 12 AND A HALF FEET TALL.
AND IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, EXCEPT THAT IT DOES NOT MEET OUR MAX AREA.
SO THIS IS THE IMAGE THAT I KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW Y'ALL.
UM, THE PROPOSED CARPORT IS MOST LIKELY GONNA BE A STORAGE FOR THAT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE.
AND SO THAT IS, UH, AND I'LL LET THE APPLICANT KINDA SPEAK MORE TO THIS, BUT, UM, THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE REQUESTS MOST LIKELY BECAUSE THEY'RE WANTING THE ADDITIONAL AREA TO COVER THAT RECREATION OF VEHICLE.
AND SO, UM, AGAIN, THEY'RE NEEDING A VARIANCE FOR THE TOTAL MAX AREA.
THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY, UH, WITHIN WHAT WE ALLOW AND, UH, THEY'RE, UH, LEAKING FOR THAT REQUEST FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION AS WELL FOR THE CARPORT.
SO IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM 39 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR AND ZERO RETURN OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND SORRY, THERE'S ONE LAST TYPO THERE.
WE'LL GET ALL THESE FIXED, BUT STAFF CANNOT SUPPORT, CANNOT SUPPORT THE ITEM AS IS CURRENTLY.
UM, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS THAT BECAUSE OF HEIGHT OR BECAUSE OF OVERALL DIMENSIONS? BECAUSE OF THE MAX AREA.
UM, OKAY, AGAIN, AS STAFF MENTIONED, IS THE OVERALL SIZE OF IT.
SO AS STAFF MENTIONED EARLIER, WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT CARPORTS THAT ARE WANTING TO GET AWAY FROM OUR MAX AREA VERY, UM, REQUIREMENT, AND WE GIVE THEM A PERCENTAGE THAT THEY, THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT ABOVE THE 500 SQUARE FEET.
AGAIN, 500 SQUARE FEET IS THE MAX, BUT IF THEY ARE BASICALLY TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM IT WHERE, UM, IT'S MORE THAN 35%, WE CANNOT SUPPORT THIS.
SO BASICALLY YOU'LL GIVE 'EM LEEWAY UP TO SAY SIX 50, BUT REALISTICALLY, I DON'T THINK DE DEPENDING ON DESIRED USE, I THINK WE HAD LAST MONTH, A A BOAT AND A, A BUILDING AND YOU KNOW, AN RV, THERE'S NOTHING'S GONNA, NO RV'S GONNA GO IN A 650 FOOT FACILITY.
SO IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON DESIRED USE AND THAT'S WHY YOU NEED A VARIANCE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
AND WE ALWAYS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OBVIOUSLY THE, UM, CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT YES.
IF I MAY ADD ON, I THINK THAT 35% WAS SUGGESTED BY STAFF LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING VERY MANY CARPORTS WITH SIZE, KIND OF CLOSE TO 900 KIND OF CLOSE.
BUT YEAH, BUT WE HAVE APPROVED, UM, SOMETHING BIGGER THAN SIX 50 IN THIS MEETING, I BELIEVE ONCE OR TWICE AS FAR AS I REMEMBER.
WELL, AND JUST, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD SIR.
FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES AGAIN, 500 SQUARE FEES, THE MAX SEND THEIR REQUESTING 766 SQUARE FEET.
ANY QUESTIONS? THE STAFF ON THIS CASE? I'M GOING WEIRD.
SO FOR CLARIFICATION, STAFF, PULL YOUR MIC IN IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, DEAR.
SO FOR CLARIFICATION, STAFF DOES NOT SUPPORT CORRECT? I THINK PART OF IT IS BECAUSE WE WANNA BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION.
HOWEVER, ZBA CAN MAKE CONSIDERATION CASE BY CASES.
STAFF, STAFF SUPPORT OR NON-SUPPORT IS, THAT'S, WE'RE WE, WE DO VARIANCES, SO IT'S HATE TO BE NASTY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE STAFF SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, AND WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT EITHER.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ONE? IF NOT, I FEEL LIKE A MARATHON RUNNER THAT'S JUST FINISHED A MARATHON OR CAUGHT THE ICE CREAM TRUCK, BUT WE MADE IT THROUGH 10 CASES OF BRIEFING AND WE'LL NOW ROLL ALMOST, BUT THIS WILL CONCLUDE OUR STAFF BRIEFING AND WE'LL ADJOURN AND THEN START RIGHT BACK UP.
TWO HOUSEKEEPING NOTES IN BETWEEN, SINCE YOU SEE MORE THAN NINE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HERE, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND EXCUSE MS. VIE MORRIS, OUR OTHER ALTERNATE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, BUT I KNOW SHE JUST GOT BACK FROM TRAVELING AND NEEDS SOME REST RIGHT NOW, REALLY BAD.
SO WE NEED NINE MEMBERS PRESENT, UH, FOR THIS BOARD.
MR. POVO, DO YOU NEED THE COMFORT BREAK OR WE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START? ALL RIGHT.
UH, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS AT THE FRONT WE HAVE THESE HANDY DANDY SPEAKER CARDS.
IF YOU'RE AN APPLICANT AND YOU THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA SPEAK ON THIS IN SUPPORT OF YOUR CASE, YOU SEE SHE'S BRINGING ME SOME RIGHT DOWN HERE.
IF YOU WANNA SPEAK IN SUPPORT IN OPPOSITION OR JUST TO EXPRESS YOURSELF AND DON'T WANNA SPEAK, LOVE THOSE TOO.
I'LL TRY TO KEEP OUT TRACK OF 'EM AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
BUT WE'RE, WE HAVE ADJOURNED THAT MEETING AND
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WE WILL NOW CALL THIS GAVEL, THIS ONE INTO SESSION.[Call to Order ]
GRAND PRIX ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT APPEALS MEETING OF MARCH 17TH, 2025.I'M BARRY SANDIS, CHAIRMAN OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:13 PM ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS USUALLY MEETS THE THIRD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH.
ALL MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN UNLESS PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS IS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER VARIANCES, EXCEPTIONS AND APPEALS AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE'S UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND FOLLOWS A PRINTED AGENDA THAT IS AVAIL AVAILABLE ONLINE.
IT'S ALSO COPIES UP THERE JUST OUTSIDE THE DOORS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2 1 1 0.009 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
THE CONCURRING VOTE OF SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IS NECESSARY TO DECIDE IN FAVOR OF AN APPLICANT ON ANY MATTER ON WHICH THE BOARD HAS JURISDICTION.
I WANNA EXPRESS THAT TO EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM.
THIS IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL BOARD, THEREFORE, YOU NEED SEVEN VOTES TO GET YOUR VARIANCE OR ADJUSTMENT IN ANY KIND OF THE NINE PEOPLE HERE.
SO AS THINGS ARE GOING, IF IT STARTS TO FEEL HINKY, ASK TO TABLE IT, ASK TO RECUSE IT BECAUSE IF YOU GET SIX THREE, YOU GET FIVE, FOUR, YOU'RE DENIED.
OKAY? SO THAT EVERYBODY'S CLEAR ON HOW THE RULES OF THAT WORK.
IDEALLY IT'S NINE OH AND EVERYBODY LOVES EVERYBODY, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE UNSURE OF.
HEY, MATHEMATICALLY, WE HAD A MAJORITY.
IT'S NOT A, IT HAS TO BE A SUPER MAJORITY.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ITEMS LISTED UNDER THE PUBLIC, UH, HEADING OF PUBLIC HEARING.
I'LL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE, JUST LIKE THIS.
WE ARE GOOD AND READY TO ROLL.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL NOW ASK MR. BAKER FOR OUR INVOCATION.
FATHER, WE COME TONIGHT JUST GRACIOUS AND, UH, KEEP US SAFE.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR THE GRAND PRAIRIE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
HELP US TO BE WISE IN OUR DECISIONS.
LORD, UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS WEATHER.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE BREEZY BUT UH, WE CAN HANDLE IT AND JUST KEEP US SAFE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
WE ASK THINGS YOUR NAME, AMEN.
IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY.
THE STAFF WILL PRESENT FIRST ON ANY AGENDA ITEM.
APPLICANTS HAVE UP TO 30 MINUTES TO PRESENT.
ONCE THE APPLICANT HAS SPOKEN, EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO FILLS OUT ONE OF THOSE HANDY-DANDY SPEAKER CARDS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH ADDITIONAL TIME ALLOWED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN.
SPEAKERS SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS RIGHT AT THE VERY TOP ALONG WITH THEIR ADDRESS.
AND THEN TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR.
STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION OF EACH ITEM.
AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC THAT'S NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA SHOULD SPEAK UNDER THE HEADING OF CITIZEN COMMENTS WHEN THE TIME COMES.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ONTO OUR FIRST ACTION ROUND OF THE NIGHT, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 17TH, 2025.ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE MINUTES? ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THESE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE FEBRUARY 17TH, 2025 MEETING.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OF THE FEBRUARY 17TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES SET.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. BAKER A SECOND FROM MR. LANGSTON.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE.
AYE THAT MOTION PASSES NINE TO ZERO.
[2. ZBA-24-12-0054 (Council District 3) – Variance to reduce the minimum lot width for a corner lot permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 2335 & 2339 SE 4th St., legally described as Lots 1A & 1B, Block H, Grand Prairie Prize Acres Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Six Residential District ]
IS ZBA 2 4 1 2 0 0 5 4, WHICH IS ITEM TWO ON YOUR AGENDA.AND SALVADOR, IF YOU'LL PLEASE PRESENT.
ITEM NUMBER TWO ON YOUR AGENDA, ZBA 24 DASH 12 DASH 54.
THIS IS A VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED TWO PROPERTIES LOCATED 2 3 3 5 AND 2 3 3 9 SOUTHEAST FOURTH STREET.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY ZONE SINGLE FAMILY SIX RESIDENTIAL.
AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED DURING BRIEFING FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, THE BOTTOM LOT THAT YOU SEE THERE, UH, IS THE LOT IN QUESTION THAT IS REQUESTING THE VARIANCE.
AND I'M JUST GONNA SKIP ONE SLIDE OVER TO EXPLAIN HERE.
THE APPLICANT HAS COME FORWARD AND THEY'RE WANTING TO REPLANT THOSE TWO EXISTING LOTS INTO THREE RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
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THAT VERY BOTTOM LOT THAT YOU SEE IS CONSIDERED WOULD BE CONSIDERED A CORNER LOT.THE UDC CURRENTLY HAS A STANDARD WHERE IF IT IS A CORNER LOT, IT HAS AN ADDITIONAL MINIMUM LOT WIDTH OF FIVE FEET.
IF, IF THEY WERE TO DO SO, THEN THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THAT ADDITIONAL FIVE FEET.
AND SO THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT THEY BE REDUCED FROM THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH OF 55 FEET TO 50 FEET.
AND AGAIN, THESE LOTS ARE CURRENTLY VACANT, SO THERE'S NO HOME EXISTING ON THOSE LOTS AT ALL.
AND THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE LOTS IN QUESTION.
SO THEY, THE PROPOSED LOTS WOULD MEET OUR DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, DENSITY DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE ADDITIONAL MINIMUM NOT WIDTH REQUIREMENT.
IN REGARDS TO THIS CASE, 16 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR AND ZERO RETURN OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME IN QUESTIONS, THE STAFF TO MY RIGHT.
IF NOT, LET'S GET ON WITH THE PROGRAM.
IS THE APPLICANT JULIAN LEVI PRESENT? I DO HAVE AN ALEXIS LEVI CARD.
COME ON DOWN IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
I SEE YOU'VE CAREFULLY WRITTEN IN QUESTIONS ONLY, BUT THAT WAS THE PLAN.
IT ALWAYS STARTS OFF WITH A PLAN.
UNTIL THEY TELL YOU TO COME ON DOWN ANYWAY, START WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
OKAY, MY NAME'S ALEXIS LEYVA, UM, FROM 3 6 5 1 GRIFFITH COURT IN AUBREY, TEXAS.
AND DID WE, THE VISION HERE IS YOU GOT TWO LOTS, CORRECT? BUT THEY'RE ON THE ONE'S ON THE CORNER AND THE NEXT YOU'D LIKE TO SPLIT 'EM UP INTO THREE.
AND YOU NEED 50 50 50, CORRECT.
AND THE REQUIREMENTS ON A QUARTER LOT IS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 55 55, CORRECT.
SO YEAR BEFORE THIS BOARD ASKING FOR THE FIVE FOOT, JUST ON THAT CORNER LOT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES SIR.
ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO KNOW OR JUST FOR QUESTION? YOU'RE BACK TO QUESTIONS ONLY.
YOU GOOD WITH THAT? UM, THAT, THAT'S THE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT TODAY.
I JUST THOUGHT I'D SUMMARIZE, BUT I THINK I UNDERSTOOD IT FROM BRIEFING.
BUT DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE APPLICANT HERE TO MY RIGHT.
HOW ABOUT TO MY LEFT? ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO KNOW OR YOU READY FOR US TO GO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO HERE? WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF 2 4 1 2 0 0 5 4.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE? 2 4 1 2 0 0 5 4.
SEEING NONE, I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A MOTION ON THIS CASE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE AND APPROVE ZBA 2 4 1 2 0 0 5 4 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF A SECOND, MR. EPO BEACH AND MR. WHITE.
SO I'M GONNA GO WITH A MOTION FROM BE BETTER NEXT TIME.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. BAKER, A SECOND FROM MR. EPO.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ASK ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY AYE.
[3. ZBA-25-01-0003 (Council District 2) – Special Exception for a side yard carport and a Variance to reduce the minimum side yard setback permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 3638 Forest Trail, legally described as Lot 3, Block B, Arbor Creek Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Two District]
OUR NEXT CASE, SALVADOR, WHICH IS ZBA 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 3.ITEM NUMBER THREE ON YOUR AGENDA.
ZBA 2 5 0 1 DASH 0 0 3 IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR A CARPORT AND A VARIANCE REQUEST FOR A SIDE YARD SETBACK REDUCTION FOR THAT CARPORT.
THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS AT 3 6 3 8 4.
TRAIL CURRENTLY IS ON SINGLE FAMILY TWO RESIDENTIAL, AND AGAIN, THEY'RE SEEKING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR AN EXISTING SIDE YARD CARPORT AND A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACK FROM THREE FEET TO ZERO FEET.
SO WHERE YOU SEE ON THAT SIDE PLAN MARKED X IS THE CURRENTLY EXISTING, UH, CARPORT IN QUESTION.
IT IS 176 SQUARE FEET, ABOUT EIGHT FEET TALL, AND IT DOES MEET ALL OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACK, WHICH IS THREE FEET.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY PRETTY MUCH BUILT IT RIGHT THERE ON THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND THESE ARE SOME IMAGES OF THAT CARPORT IN QUESTION.
AGAIN, IT IS CURRENTLY EXISTING.
UM, THE BACKGROUND IS THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, WAS ALERTED AND, UH, ISSUED A STOP WORK ORDER ON THIS.
UH, IT WAS BUILT WITHOUT PERMITS.
AND SO NOW THEY'RE COMING IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TO GET EVERYTHING RECTIFIED.
UH, IN ADDITION, AGAIN, TO THE SPECIAL YARD EXCEPTION, OR I'M
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SORRY, THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR EXCEPTION FOR THE CARPORT, THEY'RE SEEKING THAT VARIANCE FOR THE SIDE YARD SETBACK.AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH ON THE PROPERTY LINE AND IT WOULD BE A REDUCTION OF THREE FEET TO ZERO FEET.
SO 48 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, FIVE WERE IN FAVOR AND ZERO RETURN OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA REGARDING THIS ITEM AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
QUESTIONS OF STAFF TO MY RIGHT.
IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CARDS.
I GOT SEVERAL OF THEM FOR THIS, BUT I'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT.
JERRY NICHOLS, YOU HEAR, SIR, COME ON DOWN.
TELL US ABOUT, UH, WHAT YOU'D LOCK US DO WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
REMEMBER IF YOU'LL START WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 36 38 FOREST TRAIL DRIVE.
KNOW EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY MY PLACE IS THE GATHERING PLACE,
I STARTED THIS CARPORT AND, UH, IT'S NOT FINISHED.
IT'S GONNA HAVE A UNDERCOVER AND IT'S GONNA HAVE A FEW MORE AESTHETICS TO MAKE IT ALL PROPER WITH THE GUTTERING.
UH, THE ZERO VARIANCE, UH, AFTER I DID THE SURVEY, BECAUSE THEY ASKED ME TO HAVE A SURVEY DONE FOR IT, I HAD THAT DONE AT, AT ABOUT $700.
AND, UH, TURNS OUT TO BE THAT I'M NINE INCHES TO MY FURTHEST WIDTH.
SO WE CAN BACK THAT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AND, UH, SO I'VE GOT MY NEIGHBOR, ALLISON.
SO RATHER THAN ZERO, YOU ONLY, YOU ONLY NEED TWO FOOT, THREE INCHES RATHER THAN NINE THAN THREE FEET.
AND, UH, ANYWAYS, UM, ALICE, UM, WILLIAMS WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR TO ME, SHE'S GONNA BE THE HOUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SHE'S LIVED NEXT DOOR TO ME FOR 28 YEARS AND WE, WE COUNSELED WITH EVERYBODY BEFORE I STARTED THIS.
SHE'S HERE WITH US AND, AND, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT IT EXTENSIVELY.
I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UH, SALVADOR, UH, GONZALEZ HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.
I I, I, I KNOW YOU TALKED TO HIM ON EMAIL AND PHONES, BUT THAT'S THE GUY I JUST WANNA TELL YOU.
SALVADOR HAS BEEN A, A GREAT HELP WITH THIS THING.
IT, THIS HAS BEEN A WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY DEAL.
AND I, BY MY AIR AND NOT, I DIDN'T FINISH IT.
I STOPPED WHEN I WAS TOLD TO STOP AND I WENT DOWN TO GET A PERMIT.
MY ERROR WAS THAT I DIDN'T START WITH A PERMIT.
AND WE, UH, WE DID ALL THE PAPERWORK, DID THE PORTAL, DID EVERYTHING THAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND I DIDN'T GET A PHONE CALL BACK.
I WANTED A MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF.
AND I CALLED DOWN THERE AND I SAID, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT'S A LADY THAT'S WORKED DOWN THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS? MS. ANN, AND SHE KNOWS ME BECAUSE MY CAR, THIS IS ONE OF MY CARS.
UM, WE DO CAR SHOWS AND WHEN I BRING MY CARS HOME, I WORRY ABOUT HAIL AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND I PARTICIPATE IN ALL GRAND PRAIRIE'S PARADES.
I'VE BEEN A FIREMAN FOR 38 AND A HALF YEARS.
I'M RETIRED, BUT I PARTICIPATE IN ALL THIS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE CARPORT WAS BECAUSE GRAND PRAIRIE GETS HIT WITH A LOT OF HAIL.
UH, BUT ANYWAYS, UM, SO WHEN I, WHEN I GOT TO SCHOOL AND, UH, I CALLED BACK DOWN THERE AND MR. NICHOLS, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON YOU.
I SAID, I SPENT THREE HOURS DOWN, DOWN THERE AND FOUR OR FIVE TRIPS, THEY LOST THE FILE.
I WENT BACK DOWN, CALLED SALVADOR AND I, I CALLED SOMEBODY, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME.
AND, UH, ANYWAYS, ANOTHER FELLOW IN, IN THE BUILDING INSPECTION AND THEY HELPED ME AND WE SAT DOWN THERE FOR, IT WAS WELL OVER AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF AND REFILLED OUT EVERYTHING.
UH, GOT MY SURVEYS, GOT EVERYTHING PUT IN THERE, AND THAT MOVED IT ALONG IN THE, IN THE INTERIM THE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THEY WROTE ME A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER SAYING, STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING, GO DOWN AND GET A PERMIT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A CITATION.
SO I FIND OUT IT'S A CITATION.
I SAID, YOU GET A CITATION FOR THAT.
OKAY, I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
I I, I MADE A BOO BOOO AND SO I'M GETTING CITATION.
SO I TALKED TO MR. TIM WELLS, ANOTHER REAL FINE GENTLEMAN.
UH, HE'S THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
TOLD HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON AND UH, WE SPOKE FOR PRETTY GOOD LITTLE WHILE.
HE SPENT MORE TIME WITH ME THAN I EXPECT HE WOULD.
HE SAID, JERRY, JUST GET THE COURT DATE MOVED, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL TRY AND GET IN THERE TO LOOK AT IT.
HE SAID, SALVADOR AND THOSE GUYS, YOU GUYS GET TOGETHER, GET YOUR PERMIT, AND BASICALLY COME DOWN TO IF YOU HAVE YOUR PERMIT AND YOU COME DOWN AND TALK TO THE JUDGE, HE'S A PRETTY GOOD GUY.
HE'LL PROBABLY DISMISS IT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.
I GOT A NOTICE THAT I MISSED MY COURT DATE ON MARCH 13TH.
WELL, LET'S BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN HE TOLD ME TO GO DOWN THERE AND CHANGE THE COURT DATE, WE KNEW WE HAD A MARCH 17TH HEARING ZBA DATE.
AND HE SAID, YEAH, JUST CHANGE IT.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE.
SO I CHANGED IT TO APRIL 12TH.
I GET A LETTER THAT I MISSED IT ON
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MARCH 12TH.I DON'T, DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THAT CLERICAL.
AND SO NOW I GOT A 300 AND I CAN'T REMEMBER 300 AND SOME DOLLARS FINE THAT I HAVE TO PAY.
I'M SITTING THERE GOING, I THIS CARDBOARD'S COSTING YOU ALL KINDS OF DICKING SURVEYS.
IT, IT'S, IT'S COSTING ME MORE HEADACHES.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO
I TOOK THE TIME TO GO OUT AND JUST SEE THE ONES AND SURVEY THE ONES.
I'M NOT GONNA TAKE UP ALL YOUR TIME.
I KNOW YOU GOT A LONG NIGHT, APPRECIATE IT.
BUT I SERVED SURVEYED THEM AND THEY'RE METAL AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE SHABBY LITTLE POLES.
I MEAN, I USE SIX BY SIX POSTS.
BUT OVER TO THE RIGHT, I GOT A PERMIT FROM YOU SEVERAL YEARS BACK FOR A, THAT'S A PAT FRONT PATIO.
THIS ONE'S 250 SOMETHING DOLLARS.
I'M GOING, I HAVE REALLY MESSED UP.
BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S, I JUST, AND, AND THE PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO, THEY NEVER, THEY SAID NO, WE DIDN'T GET NO PERMIT.
AND SOME OF IT'S HANGING OVER THE ALLEY AND ALL THIS.
AND I'M JUST GOING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID WRONG, BUT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE BEFORE YOU FOR.
AND, UM, I'M JUST HOPING THAT I CAN BRING MY CARS HOME.
AND AGAIN, I PARTICIPATE AND I WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE TOO.
BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR AND I'M GRATEFUL.
SO THE REQUEST TIN TONIGHT IS CAN WE HAVE OUR, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
I, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN, SIR, IT'S ANY QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT BEFOREHAND? ANYBODY? UH, MAN'S TRYING TO GET A CAR COVER FOR HIS PRIUS OR A SMART CAR.
HOW YOU DOING? HOW, UM, ARE YOU HOLDING THE ROOF CLOSE TO THE WALL? DO YOU HAVE A PLAN? IS IT SAFE? HOW IS IT SECURED TO THE, TO THE BUILT TO THE HOUSE? OH, IT'S BOLTED,
IT IS BUILT SO FAR ABOVE AND BEYOND.
EVEN THE CENTERS AREN'T 16 INCH OR 12 INCH.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT IT IN THE BOTTOM ON IT.
I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO THAT.
A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SITTING THERE,
VERY, AND IF YOU WANT A RIDE IN IT, LET ME KNOW.
SOME OF 'EM SAY, DON'T LET YOU SPEAK, BUT ONE OF 'EM IS GUEST SPEAKER THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED.
PROBABLY THE PERSON THAT WOULD BE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS, THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.
MS. ELLIS WILLIAMS IS IN SUPPORT BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO SHE'S HERE IN SUPPORT BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE LADY RIGHT THERE, THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE OTHER CARDS I HAVE ON THIS CASE ARE LONNIE HALE, AGAIN, WISHES TO SUPPORT BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? CORRECT.
AND THE LAST CASE I, LAST ONE I HAVE ON THIS IS, IS THAT MIKE CONNOR OR, OKAY, MIKE, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK OR NO? UH, YES SIR.
I GOTTA HAVE IT ON MIKE FOR THE RECORD THERE.
JERRY, I JUST MISSED ONE, ONE OTHER ITEM.
ALL RIGHT, HANG ON THERE, MIKE, WE'RE GOING HERE.
THE ONE OTHER BRIEF THING I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IS THAT I KNOW EVERYBODY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY GOT THE MAYOR AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE GOT 12 TO 14 LETTERS OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOU HAVE HERE OF PEOPLE ALL IN SUPPORT.
AND I JUST, THE YELLOW CAR GUY, UH OH.
AND THAT TONE ME OUT'S IT TIME'S OUT AND HE'S OUTTA THERE.
ALL RIGHT, MR. MIKE CONNOR, IF YOU'LL START WITH YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS.
MIKE CONNOR, 2014 CLARK TRAIL.
UH, JERRY AND I ARE GOOD FRIENDS.
BEEN KNOWN EACH OTHER 10 YEARS, 10 OR 12 YEARS.
AND UH, WHEN HE, UH, WHEN I FIRST STARTED GOING OVER THERE, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE CARPORT, BUT THAT, UH, MAN CAVE THAT'S THERE IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A KID'S BEDROOM,
SO THAT'S WHERE WE SIT OUT AND SHOOT THE BULL AND TELL LIES AND TELL STORIES, WORLD PROBLEMS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO, UH, AND WHEN I'M SITTING THERE, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 90% OF THE CARS THAT GO UP AND DOWN THAT STREET, THEY'RE EITHER HONKING OR WAVING OR
SO, UM, HE'S VERY WELL LIKED AND AND APPRECIATED, DOES THINGS BEYOND THE NORMAL REALM OF EXPECTABILITY ON, ON HELPING PEOPLE.
AND FOR THE RECORD, YOU'RE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORTIVE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUE QUESTIONS FOR MIKE BEFORE WE SEND HIM AWAY? THANK YOU, MIKE.
AND WRITING IN HIS ROD IS TO BE, UH, OH.
WE ALL WANT TICKETS AFTER YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE IT.
YEAH, WE, WE'VE ALL WORKED THIS, WE, WE, WE WANNA TAKE IT TO KROGER'S LATER, SO, YOU KNOW.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL THE CARDS I HAVE ON THIS CASE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK OR REGISTER THE REPORT FOR ZBA? 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 3.
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MR. CHAIR, I HAVE A FEW ITEMS HERE IN SUPPORT THAT I CAN.YEAH, IF YOU'LL READ 'EM INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE.
STARTING OFF WITH ALICE WILLIAMS, UH, LOCATED 3 6 3 4 4 TRAIL DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 2.
CASE NUMBER ZBA TWO FIVE DASH ZERO ONE DASH 0 0 3 IN SUPPORT.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, READ JERRY'S CARPORT.
LOOKS VERY NICE AND I DO NOT OBJECT TO HAVING IT NEXT DOOR.
MOVING ON TO RAY LOPEZ, 3 6 4 7 4 TRAIL DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 2 4 ZBA ITEM 25 0 1 DASH THREE IN SUPPORT WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OF I BELIEVE THAT THEY PAY PROPERTY TAXES AND OWN THE HOME.
THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T ADD WHAT THEY LIKE.
NOBODY'S BUSINESS, THEIR HOME, THEIR CHOICE.
MOVING ON TO AIRPLANE SPOKE RANDY RANDY SCROGGINS AT 3 6 3 9 FOREST TRAIL DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 2 ZBA.
ITEM TWO FIVE DASH OH ONE DASH 0 0 0 3 IN SUPPORT WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OF I DO NOT FIND THE SUBJECT CARPORT, VISUALLY OBJECTABLE OR OBSTRUCTIVE.
IT IS WELL CONSTRUCTED AND PROVIDES PROTECTIVE SHELTER FOR A WELL KEPT VEHICLE.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE OTHER CARPORTS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO EXISTING PROPERTY VALUES SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.
I AGREE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THIS STRUCTURE.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO SUSAN BARNETT AT 3 6 2 3 6 2 3 FOREST TRAIL DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 2 ZB.
ITEM 2 5 0 1 DASH ZERO THREE IN SUPPORT WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OF QUOTE, I HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 23 YEARS.
I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS.
MOVING ON TO MELANIE MATZ, MADSON 26 61 FOREST TRAIL DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 2.
CASE NUMBER ZBA A TWO FIVE DASH OH ONE DASH 0 0 3 IN SUPPORT WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OF I'M WRITING TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE NEIGHBOR AT LOT THREE BLOCK B ARBOR CREEK EDITION REGARDING THE REQUEST FOR AN EXCEPTION TO ALLOW THE CARPORT ON THE PROPERTY TO REMAIN IN PLACE.
UNFORTUNATELY, I AM UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON WHY THIS STRUCTURE SHOULD BE PERMITTED.
THE CARDBOARD IS SOLELY ON MY NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY AND HAS BEEN THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED TO ENHANCE BOTH FUNCTIONALITY AND AESTHETICS.
IT PROVIDES NECESSARY PROTECTION FOR THE CLASSIC CAR WHILE MAINTAINING A CLEAN AND WELL KEPT APPEARANCE THAT COMPLIMENTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD RATHER THAN BEING AN EYESORE.
IT ADDS THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY AND DOES NOT CREATE ANY DISRUPTIONS OR CONCERNS FOR SURROUNDING HOMEOWNERS.
OKAY, I KINDLY ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER GRANTING THIS EXCEPTION AS A CARDBOARD SERVES A PRACTICAL, PRACTICAL PURPOSE WITHOUT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO IF, FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS NEEDED.
AND I'M NOT GONNA READ THE GOTCHA PHONE NUMBER, ALL THE OTHER STUFF.
AND I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT AT 3 6 5 9 4 0 DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 2.
CASE NUMBER ZBA 2 5 0 1 DASH 0 0 0 3 IN SUPPORT WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OF QUOTE, I SUPPORT MY NEIGHBOR AT 3 6 3 FOREST TRAIL DRIVE BECAUSE THE PORCH LOOKS EVERY, EVERY GOOD AND IT DOES NOT AFFECT ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE ONLY WANTS TO PROTECT HIS CLASSIC CAR END QUOTE.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
GOT A LOT OF FRIENDS SUPPORTING YOU MR. NICHOLS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU GOT A WHOLE ARMY THERE.
THAT'S GOOD TO SEE OUR CITIZENS GETTING, GETTING INVOLVED AND GETTING AND TAKING THE TIME.
THEY CAN'T BE HERE IN PERSON LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, THEY'RE STILL EXPRESSING THEIR INTEREST.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ZBA 2 5 0 1 0 0 3? SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE MR, WERE YOU WANTING MAKE THE MOTION OR? YES.
ALL I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. E IBITDA AND A SECOND FOR MS. CHENIER JUST MAKES MR. HARPER'S JOB A LITTLE MORE FUN THAT HE HAS TO WRITE DIFFERENT DOWN DIFFERENT NAMES THAT WAY.
THAT WAY WE DON'T CATCH 'EM DOING THE CUT AND PASTE THING EVERY ON ALL 10 CASES.
UH, SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING THIS CASE, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE.
[4. ZBA-25-02-0005 (Council District 3) – Variances to reduce minimum lot area, and lot depth, permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 1449 Avenue A, legally described as Lots 1& 2, Block B, Lake Crest Addition No. 1, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Four District]
UP, SALVADOR.MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON YOUR AGENDA.
THIS IS ZBA 2 5 0 2 DASH 0 0 0 5.
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THIS IS A VARIANCE TO A, A REQUEST FOR VARIANCE TO THE MINIMUM LOT AREA AND LOT DEATH FOR A PROPERTY CURRENTLY LOCATED AT 1449 AVENUE.A CURRENTLY ZONE SINGLE FAMILY FOUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
UM, AND I'LL COME BACK TO THESE VARIANCES REALLY QUICK.
I JUST WANT TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS.
SO AS I MENTIONED DURING THE BRIEFING WHERE YOU SEE MY POINTER THERE, UH, ALONG THESE LINES IS WHERE CURRENTLY THE STREET LIES.
AND SO THE APPLICANT HAS COME FORWARD AND IS WANTING TO REPL A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND LOT, UH, INTO TWO TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HOME ON THAT ADDITIONAL LOT.
UH, THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT NEED ANY VARIANCES AND ARE MEETING OUR, UH, STANDARDS FOR THAT.
UH, ADDITIONALLY PROPOSED LOT.
UM, BUT THEY ARE HOWEVER, NOT MEETING THE, UH, LOT, UH, MINIMUM LAW AREA AND LOT DEATH FOR THE LOT THAT WOULD BE REMAINING WITH AN EXISTING HOME.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THE APPLICANT FIRST HAS TO COME TO THE BOARD AND HAVE A VARIANCE GRANTED TO THEM OR VARIANCES AND THEN THEY WILL BE, IF THEY'RE APPROVED FOR THOSE VARIANCES, WILL BE ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE REPL PROCESS.
AFTER THAT, THEN THEY CAN, IF THEY'RE APPROVED OR WHEN THEY'RE APPROVED, THEY CAN GET, UH, PERMITS TO BUILD THAT FAMILY SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
AND SO, AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE ON SCREEN, THIS TOTAL LAW AREA FOR THIS EXISTING LOT WOULD NOT SUFFICE TO OUR STANDARDS AND THE MINIMUM LAW DEATH THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE, RIGHT? IT WOULD NOT, UH, SUFFICE AS WELL.
UM, AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THE APPLICANT HAS COME FORWARD FOR THE REQUESTS FOR THE VARIANCES.
NOW THIS IS THE IMAGES THAT I HAVE.
UM, THIS IS WHAT IT CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A EXISTING HOME AND OVER HERE WOULD BE THE NEWLY PROPOSED HOME.
UM, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE LOT LINES IN REAL LIFE, RIGHT? SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE LOT LINE WOULD KIND OF COME RUN ALONG THIS LINE THERE.
BUT IN REGARDS TO ZBA OR THIS ITEM, UH, 42 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT IN ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR, TWO RETURN TO OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE REQUEST AS IS.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
QUESTIONS OF STAFF TO MY RIGHT.
IF NOT, I'M EXCITED TO GET THE APPLICANT DOWN HERE.
KEVIN SANCHEZ, YOU IN THE ROOM? YES SIR.
PLEASE, SIR, TELL US ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND I THINK SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
HOW YOU GUYS DOING TODAY? START? I'M DOING WELL START OFF WITH THAT NAME AND ADDRESS.
JUST KEVIN SANCHEZ PER, UH, LIVE 1909 AVENUE A.
SO I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THIS PROPERTY.
SO THE PLAN IS, SO THE HOUSE THAT'S EXISTING, IT'S SITTING ON A PRETTY DECENT SIZED LOT.
THE BACKYARD IS HUGE AND IT'S KIND OF JUST A MESS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RENTING IT, THEY JUST, THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF IT.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO REPLANT IT, CLEAN IT ALL UP AND PUT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON IT, YOU KNOW, TO CLEAN UP THE AREA A LITTLE BIT.
AND IT DOES HAVE CITY SEWER AND CITY WATERLINE ALREADY ON THE STREET.
UM, SO I DON'T REALLY NEED TO DO ANYTHING EXTRA ASIDE FROM JUST THE REPLANT.
NOW MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU'RE WANTING TO SHRINK THE LOT SIZE OF THE WHOLE LOT SIZE, OR YOU JUST WANTING TO REPLANT IT BASICALLY.
SO I'M JUST GONNA RE SO IT'S LIKE HALF AN ACRE FROM THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS ON A SINGLE FAMILY.
YOU NEED 10 FEET, THERE'S LIKE 16 FEET ON THE BACKYARD.
AND THEN I WOULD TAKE WHAT'S LEFT, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND 60 FEET IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE NEW DIMENSIONS FOR THE, FOR THE NEW PROPERTY.
SO YOU'RE WANTING TO SHRINK THE ONE THAT'S ON THE SMALLER LOTS? YES.
SO NOW THAT, THAT STARTS, SO YOU'RE NOT REALLY WANTING TO SHRINK THE LOTS, YOU'RE JUST WANTING TO SHRINK THE, THE SMALLER LOT.
SO THAT THE, YOU HAVE LE YOU HAVE, UH, LESS OF A LOT SIZE ON THAT MM-HMM
AND SO HAVING SAID THAT, I GUESS I MAY HAVE A MORE, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION FOR EL SALVADOR.
NOW, SO DOES THE HOUSE THERE THEN, DOES HE HAVE THE, UH, BACKYARD SETBACKS? DOES THAT AFFECT THOSE? I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUIRED FOR ANY SETBACKS.
HE'LL, HE'LL MEET ALL THE SETBACKS.
WITH THIS CURRENT PROPOSAL, NO, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM THEN.
NOW I UNDERSTAND IT MORE BECAUSE YOU WERE SAYING HE WAS WANTING TO SHRINK.
I'M LIKE, SO RIGHT NOW IT'S ONE LOT.
HE'S JUST, HE'S WANTING TO CHANGE THE LOT SIZES.
AND SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IT.
HE'S WANTING TO DO IT AND, AND SO HE, AND SO HE WANTS A LARGER LOT FOR THE BACK HALF AND HAVE THE SMALLER
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LOT FOR FRONT.SO, BUT WHEN YOU WERE SAYING HE WANTS TO SHRINK THE, THE LOT AS A WHOLE, THAT, UH, THAT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
IT WASN'T THE OVERALL SHRINKING, IT WAS JUST BECAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA YEAH.
MEET THE VARIANCE BEFORE WE CAN DO THE REFL TO DO THE RIGHT.
BUT WE WILL MEET ALL THE SETBACKS.
JUNE, DID YOU HAVE MORE FOR THIS? I SAW YOU RAISED YOUR YES.
I THINK YOU MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER JUST THE AERIAL OF IT BECAUSE HE'S ROTATING, UM, HOW THE HOMES ARE BUILT.
'CAUSE OTHER HOMES ARE FACING THE OTHER STREET.
SO HOW HE'S PROPOSING THE STRUCTURE DOES BRING THE NEW STRUCTURE CLOSER TO OTHER HOMES IF YOU WANNA CHECK THE AERIAL.
'CAUSE THE TWO, THE TWO HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET ARE BOTH FACING THAT STREET.
WE ROAD THAT FORWARD DOWN HERE.
SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD BASICALLY BE LIKE THOSE MM-HMM
ANY OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW OR QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? TO MY LEFT.
MR. WHAT, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? YOU SAID YOU HAVE A, A RENTER IN ONE IN THE CURRENT PROPERTY? YEAH.
SO THE, SO THE HOUSE IS THERE NOW.
UM, AND IT'S A HUGE BACKYARD, YOU KNOW, AND THEY JUST, THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF IT.
LIKE IS THE SECOND PROPERTY A RENTAL OR ARE YOU SELLING THIS IN THE ENTIRETY OF THIS PROPERTY? NO, NO.
IT'S, WE'RE KEEPING IT YOU'RE, YOU'RE KEEPING IT.
AH, HE LIVES THROUGH THREE BLOCKS DOWN THE STREET.
SO QUESTIONS? AM I RIGHT? YES.
I THINK THAT TELLS US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER CARD DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT JORGE MEDINA, YOU IN THE ROOM.
ARE YOU IN SUPPORT OF THIS? YES.
SO YOU'RE IN SUPPORT, YOU JUST DON'T WISH TO SPEAK.
JUST WANTED TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF TWO B 25 0 2 0 0 0 5? JUNE? IF YOU'LL FLIP US TO THE OVERHEAD JUST SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, I'M GONNA MAKE YOU DO THE EXTRA LEGWORK THERE.
WHILE I'M DOING THAT, ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO KIND OF A, I WANT TO SAY TRIANGLE, BUT IT'S MORE OF A T TRAPEZOID TIE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT, IT'S, IT'S A, NO, IT'S A, IT'S A WEIRD LOOKING LOT.
DON'T SEE, I, I'M NOT GOING HEAD TO HEAD WITH YOU ON EVEN THOUGH GEOMETRY MR. CHAIR.
I SAW THERE WAS TWO OPPOSITION LETTERS, BUT, SO IN, THERE'S NO ONE IN THE ROOM WHICH YOU SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, BUT YOU DO HAVE TWO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION YOU'D LIKE TO READ IN THE RECORD? YES.
THEY'RE BOTH FROM THE SAME ADDRESS, BUT, OKAY.
SO, WILLIAM CONNOR LOCATED AT 1450 LAKE CREST STREET, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 1.
UH, FOR ITEMS EBA TWO FIVE DASH OH 2 0 0 5 IS REGISTERED TO HIS POSITION IN OPPOSITION OF, WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OF MY PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS PROPERTY IF THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BUILD THIS CLOSE TO OUR PROPERTY LINE.
THERE WILL BE NO PRIVACY IN MY OWN BACKYARD.
DOES, UM, DOES LAKE, DID YOU SAY LAKEVIEW? I'M SORRY.
IS THAT THE STREET TO THE LEFT OF THE WORD GARRETT? SO THE PRO, THE LETTER, I BELIEVE WHEN I CHECKED THE, UM, MAP IS FROM THE HOUSE ON THE, UM, KIND OF WHERE IT'S POINTING AT THE TOP, IT'S HOUSE THAT, UM, A BUDDING THAT PROPERTY KNIFE.
SOMEBODY USED TO LASER POINTER.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU, YOU'RE SAYING THIS ONE HERE? UH, LET ME, OKAY.
WELL, SO THIS HOUSE, THE HOUSE THAT'S ALREADY THERE IS MORE IN THEIR FACE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
SO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THIS HOUSE IS SECOND TWO STORY AND IT WILL BLOCK THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF GETTING CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ARE.
I DON'T, OKAY, WELL, WE'LL TAKE THAT IN AND, AND READ IT INTO THE RECORD WHETHER IT AFFECTS THE VOTE.
UM, AGAIN, WILLIAM CONNOR AT 1450 LAKE CHRIS DRIVE, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 1 FOR ITEMS EBA 2 5 0 2 DASH 0 0 5.
REGISTERING POSITION OF OPPOSITION WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OF QUOTE, IT WOULD BE A TOTAL EYESORE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS IS THE HOUSE THAT IS ALREADY THERE.
THEY'VE HAD A ROTTEN TREE THAT'S BEEN FALLING IN MY PROPERTY THAT THEY HAVE NEVER CLEANED UP.
I KEEP CLEANING IT UP AS IT FALLS FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEY DON'T CLEAN IT UP.
HOWEVER, CBA IS REALLY NOT FOR YOUR LIST OF GRIEVANCES FOR EVERYTHING, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MR. SANCHEZ, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL BECAUSE I DID SAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, IF ANYBODY SPEAKS IN OPPOSITION OR TELLS US ABOUT HORRIBLE TREES FALLING ON 'EM, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, SO FOR THE RECORD, I'LL REBUTTAL.
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BE CLEARED OUT, SO I'LL FIX FOLLOW FOR HIM.AND IT WILL BE A SINGLE FA IT'LL BE A SINGLE STORY, SINGLE STORY STORY WITH THE PRIVACY STORIES TOO.
SO IT'LL, IT WON'T AFFECT HIM AT ALL.
SO IT FIXES ALL HIS PROBLEMS. THE CURRENT PROPERTY, LITERALLY ALL HIS PROBLEM.
CURRENT PROPERTY ALSO SINGLE STORY.
AND THE NEW BUILD WILL BE SOLD.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DO THIS FAIRLY AND LET THE APPLICANT PRESENT ANYBODY IN OPPOSITION.
SO HE'S GONNA BE HAPPY WITH THE HOUSE DONE
I'M JUST TELLING YOU FROM HIS LIFE, HE'LL BE HAPPY THERE.
ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON FOR A MOTION AND A VOTE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION.
SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.
I JUST, THERE'S, WE'RE JUST KILLING YOU THERE.
SALVADOR, WE DO HAVE, UM, ONE ADDITIONAL CONDITION WITH THIS YES ITEM.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP THERE, UH, THE APPLICANT MUST INSTALL A 90 DEGREE DRIVEWAY APPROACH PER TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE'VE SPOKEN TO WITH THE APPLICANT.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT, UH, ON THE, UM, OKAY, HE'S, HE'S GIVEN THE HINDSIGHT, HE ACKNOWLEDGES.
SO WHEN MR. DAVID BAKER FINALLY GETS AROUND TO HIS MOTION BEFORE, INCLUDE THAT SORRY ABOUT THAT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE AND APPROVE.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. BAKER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK ALL THOSE TO VOTE.
I'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE SUPPORT.
AND BY NINE TO ZERO IT PASSES.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO STAY HERE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY WITH US.
[5. ZBA-25-02-0007 (Council District 6) – Variance to the minimum lot area permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 717 Homestead Trl., legally described as Lot 3, Travels End Mobile Estates Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Agriculture (A) District ]
OUR NEXT CASE.AND NOW FOR A PITCH HITTER, MR. GONZALEZ DOESN'T GET TO DO ALL OF IT FOR ONE CASE IN ONE CASE ONLY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GO AHEAD, JUDE.
SO THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS ZBA 25 0 2 0 0 0 7.
THIS IS A VARIANCE REQUEST TO MINIMUM LOT AREA.
SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 7 1 7 HOMESTEAD TRAIL.
UM, IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.
THIS WAS PLOTTED, UM, I BELIEVE IN 19 1970S.
UM, ANYWAYS, THE VARIANCE TO THE MINIMUM LOT AREA IS REQUESTED BECAUSE THE PLOTTED LOT IS 0.55 ACRES.
TYPICALLY WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO CONSIDER REZONING TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THEY HAVE REVIEWED THE SINGLE FAMILY REQUIREMENT AND REQUESTED THAT, HEY, WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST REQUEST A, UH, LOT AREA VARIANCE TO ZBA AS WE ARE WILLING TO MEET ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
THEY ARE, UM, PLANNING ON BUILDING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
SORRY, CORRECTION, THEY WERE PLOTTED IN 1987.
UM, CURRENTLY THE LOT IS VACANT AND, UH, STEP DOES NOT OBJECT TO THIS REQUEST.
THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? TO MY RIGHT, TO MY LEFT.
OUR APPLICANT AND SPEAKER CARD IS FOR MR. CALEB WILLIAMS WHO IS TRYING THE IF NEEDED THING, BUT I BET YOU HE NEEDS TO COME DOWN ANYWAY, INTRODUCE YOURSELF WITH YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND I BET SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
ALRIGHT, BUT TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
CALEB WILLIAMS. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MARTIN PEREZ.
SO THE BIG POINT I'D MAKE TO START WAS IN 2022, MY COMPANY BUILT A HOUSE ON AG ZONE LAND OFF OF ROBINSON, LESS THAN A HALF A MILE AWAY, HAD THE PERMIT FULLY RELEASED AND BUILT THE HOME.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OF THIS GENTLEMAN HERE TONIGHT? YOU KNOW, CALEB, I MADE YOU COME DOWN AND THEN THEY'D LET ME DOWN AND HAD NO QUESTIONS FOR YOU, BUT THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO DO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING DOWN.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ZBA 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 7.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THAT CASE? SEEING NONE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CLOSE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT AND APPROVE ZBA 25 0 2 0 0 7.
GOT A MOTION FROM MS. COCA? A SECOND FROM MR. WHITE.
JUST KEEPING UP WITH ALL THE NAMES TONIGHT.
JUST CHECKING ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
IF NOT, I'LL ASK YOU TO, UH, SIGNIFY YES BY SAYING AYE.
MOTION'S APPROVED NINE TO ZERO.
THANK YOU, CALEB, FOR COMING DOWN NEXT CASE.
[6. ZBA-25-02-0008 (Council District 5) – Special exception for a side yard carport; and variances to reduce the minimum side yard setback and increase the maximum area allowed for a carport permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 548 Hensley Dr., legally described as Lot 13, Block B, Hensley Park Addition No.3, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Four District ]
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.ITEM NUMBER SIX ON YOUR AGENDA IS ZBA 2 5 0 2 DASH 0 0 0 8.
THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR A SIDE YARD CARPORT
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AND VARIANCES TO THE MINIMUM SETBACK AND MAX AREA FOR THAT CARPORT.THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS AT 5 4 8 HENSLEY DRIVE.
IT IS SINGLE FAMILY FOUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
UH, AGAIN, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A SIDE YARD CARPORT, A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACK FROM THE REQUIRED THREE FEET TO ZERO FEET.
AND LASTLY, A VARIANCE TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AREA, MAXIMUM AREA ALLOWED FOR A CARPORT FROM THE ALLOWED 500 SQUARE FEET TO 900 SQUARE FEET.
SO ON THE SCREEN YOU'LL SEE A SIDE PLAN OF THAT EXISTING CARPORT.
UM, IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR THOSE MENTIONED IN THE VARIANCES REQUESTS.
AND THERE IS AT LEAST ONE LEGALLY PERMITTED CARDBOARD WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE IMAGES, UH, OF THE EXISTING CARDBOARD.
SO THE APPLICANT WASN'T AWARE OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS AT THE TIME OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT, AND SO THEY WERE TOLD TO STOP.
UM, AND THEY'VE COME FORWARD TO THE CITY TO GET EVERYTHING RECTIFIED AND, UH, IF THEY'RE APPROVED, THEY WILL CONTINUE WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS TO GET EVERYTHING PERMITTED.
SO IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM, 32 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR OF POST AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND STAFF CANNOT, CANNOT SUPPORT THE ITEM AS IS.
AGAIN, I MENTIONED DURING THE BRIEFING, TYPICALLY WE, UH, DO NOT SUPPORT, UH, VARIANCES FOR MAX AREA FOR CARPORTS PAST A CERTAIN POINT.
THE USE UDC ONLY LASTS 500 SQUARE FEET AFTER A CERTAIN THRESHOLD.
UM, IT'S SIMPLY TOO MUCH AND WE CANNOT SUPPORT SUCH A VARIANCE.
UM, BUT I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT DOESN'T, THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE YOU MAKE SURE YOU ARTICULATED WHY STAFF CAN'T SUPPORT IT, WAS BECAUSE THE OVERALL SIZE OF THE CARPORT THAT'S RIGHT.
WE DISCUSSED IN BRIEFING, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE IT WAS HERE DURING THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS.
UH, QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT FOR THE STAFF? QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT.
THEN I WILL MOVE ON TO THE, I HAVE AN APPLICANT CARD OF ALFON O BUT I ONLY HAVE PABLO ROSAS AS THE, ARE YOU THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME DOWN TO THE MICROPHONE? THEY MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO FOR YOU.
SO IF YOU'LL START WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
UH, YEAH, SO MY NAME'S, UH, PAO ROSA, UH, 5 48 HENSLEY DRIVE.
I STILL, UH, WHEN I BUILT THE, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE HIM, BUT I HAVE LIKE THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE YELLOW CAR.
I, I DO HAVE THREE VEHICLES THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON 'EM.
UH, SO THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF IT, JUST TO BUILD IT WHEN IT RAINS.
I HAVE A 5-YEAR-OLD, IT'S ACTUALLY HIS BIRTHDAY'S ON THE 21ST, IT'S FRIDAY.
I LIKE TO, I HAVE A ROLLING TV THAT I LIKE TO BE OUTSIDE.
SO MY, MY HOME IS, IS IS MY, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO BO YOU KNOW, WATCH FIGHTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO YEAH, IT WAS JUST TO BE AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, MOTHER NATURE, NO SUN, NO HELL, NO NOTHING, JUST TO PROTECT IT.
UH, THE 900 FEET VERSUS SOMETHING A LITTLE SMALLER, DOES IT BE 900? I CAN, I CAN MAKE IT SHORTER.
UM, YEAH, SOMEBODY ASKED THAT IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE THREE FEET ON THE ONE SIDE OR MAKE IT SHORTER, I CAN MAKE IT SHORTER.
MAKE THE MATH WORK, MAKES EVERYBODY HAPPIER.
LOOK, BUT THE RULES ARE 500 IS THE STATED THING.
AND IF YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH STAFF AND SHORTEN IT DOWN, I MEAN, WE CAN EVEN SCOOCH UP OVER THAT.
AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD US TALKING EARLIER DURING BRIEFING, BUT, AND CAN'T BUILD A MONOLITH IN THERE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE BLESSED WITH THREE CARS AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, NO, FOR SURE.
LIKE I SAID, IF I, IF I CAN MAKE IT SHORTER, OBVIOUSLY AS SOON AS OFFICER PEREZ CAME BY, YOU KNOW, I, I STOPPED BUILDING IT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT COMPLETED.
BUT, UH, YEAH, I CAN DEFINITELY MAKE IT SHORTER.
UM, LIKE I SAID, IT, IT IS IN THE BACKYARD.
I HAVE THE GATE SO NOBODY SEES IT.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S, THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS VERY NICER.
SO, SO WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO TONIGHT? DO YOU WANT US TO VOTE ON THE VARIANCE AT THE 900 FEET? IF IT GETS VOTED DOWN, VOTED DOWN, THEN YOU COME BACK WITH A REVISED PLAN? THEY CAN.
IS THAT THE WAY TO DO THAT WITH STAFF? I BELIEVE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE IT.
THEY CAN COME BACK IF THEY DO NOT SUBSTANTIALLY MAKE A CHANGE.
I THINK THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR A YEAR.
SO MS. ROSE HERE, HERE'S THE THING.
YOU COULD JUST GO AHEAD NOW, LET US ROLL THE DICE AND GO ON THE 900 FOOT IF IT GETS DOWN.
BUT IF YOU BRING IT BACK WITH SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT THE SIX MONTHS TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT.
I WOULD, I WOULD SUBMIT THAT DROPPING 200 FEET OFF OF IT OR 250 FEET OFF, IT PROBABLY GETS YOU CLOSER TO THE BALLPARK OF WHAT THEY'RE WANTING.
A COMPROMISE TO BE, BUT GO AHEAD, SIR.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU BACK OUT OF IT, WHATEVER HE TABLE, TABLE THIS UNTIL NEXT MEETING, NEXT MONTH AND GET WITH SALVADOR AND COME UP WITH A NUMBER THAT WORKS
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THAT HE CAN WORK WITH.NOW YOU CAN DO 675 FEET AND YOU WON'T EVEN HAVE TO COME BACK AND SEE US AT ALL, OKAY? OKAY.
BECAUSE YOUR CONCRETE'S NOT THE PROBLEM.
AND, AND SO YOU CAN DO 500 FOOT PLUS, 35% TO 675 FEET.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND TABLING THIS UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT? YOU'RE THE, YOU'RE THE APPLICANT, SO IT'S COMPLETELY YOUR CHOICE.
WHAT HAPPENS IF, IF THAT GETS A NO, THEN YOU GOTTA SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE YOUR REQUEST.
MS. JUNE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR US.
UM, SO I WANNA POINT OUT AGAIN, IN THE AERIAL, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE BACKING INTO A TRA STATION, POSSIBLY NOT TO ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL AREA.
IS THAT CORRECT? HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT APPLY FOR OUR PURPOSES? SO, YOU KNOW, AS HE SAYS, I THINK THEY HAVE, THEY'RE NOT REALLY SURROUNDED BY OTHER RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, SO THE, I HAVE THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
WHAT'S BEHIND YOU? THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
SO, SO TO MY WAY OF THINKING, YOU'RE BEHIND A BIG OLD GATE.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR GATE'S PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL ANYWAY.
YEAH, I, I'D ALMOST TAKE A SHOT AT THE 900 FEET TO SEE IF IT PASSES TONIGHT.
AND IF YOU DON'T WANT THE ONUS OF HAVING OUT THERE, AND I SEE YOU OVER THERE, MS.
UM, IS WE CAN TABLE, YOU CAN REVISE THE PLAN.
YOU, I MEAN, FIRST THING YOU SAID IS, HEY, I CAN MAKE IT SHORTER.
SO IF YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH IT, THAT'S ANOTHER FIX.
THEN WE DON'T HAVE THE ONUS OF WHETHER WE HAVE TO WAIT, WHETHER IT COMES BACK.
YOU GUYS GET THIS CLEANED UP IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, BUT ENTIRELY YOUR CHOICE.
BUT I, MS. ACHE DOES HAVE HER HAND UP FOR A QUESTION.
I MEAN, TO ME, CAN YOU GO BACK FOR PICTURES? PICTURE? I MEAN, TO ME, IF HE'S ASKING, HE'S ASKING FOR 900 FOOT.
SO IF HE GOES BACK TO 7 35 OR 7, 7, 5, WHATEVER, I MEAN, I THINK YOU HAVE THE PICTURE OF, YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, IF HE'S ACTING FOR 900 FEET AND HE BACKS IT UP TO LET'S SAY 700 FEET, NO ONE FROM THE STREET WILL EVEN KNOW THAT NOBODY'S, NO ONE'S EVEN GONNA SEE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT HIS FENCE ON THE SIDE WITH THE HOUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH THE FRONT FENCE, IT'S COVERED.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT AT ALL.
SO PART I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE KNIFE HUNDRED FEET, GIVEN THAT HE'S GOT A FENCE AND HE BACKS UP TO THE TRAIN RACK IF SHORTENS IT, SIR, WHO'S GONNA GO OUT THERE WITH THE TAPE MEASURE TO SEE THAT HE SHORTENED IT? SO PART OF THE, PART OF THE ISSUE, TYPICALLY WHAT WE CONSIDER THE SIDER ZIP OF ZERO IS THAT DEPENDING ON HOW THE ROOF IS CONSTRUCTED, WE DON'T WANNA INCREASE THE RAINWATER DROPPING INTO THE PROPERTY, THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN, UH, REVIEW DURING.
SO I ACTUALLY, IT DRAINS TO THE BACK SO IT DRAINS, IT'S GONNA DRAIN TO MY OWN BACKGROUND DRAIN TO THE TRAIN.
I MEAN, I MEAN, IF HE'S WILLING TO DO GUTTERS YEAH, I CAN DO GUTTERS.
IF YOUR NEIGHBOR HAS A PROBLEM, THEN YOU WOULD YOU BE WILLING WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE DILI BOER, YOU KNOW? YEAH, I MEAN I, I, YEAH, LIKE, UH, LIKE I SAID, THE ONLY REASON FOR THE 900 IS 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA STOP WHERE MY HOUSE ENDS.
IT'S NOT LIKE I WANT IT FOR A SPECIFIC REASON, IT'S JUST AESTHETICALLY MAKE SENSE TO STOP AT WHERE MY HOUSE IS.
SO IT'S STRICTLY UP TO YOU IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH IT.
YOU, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO AND FOR IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MS. RUSS.
THANK AND YOUNG MAN, IN CASE YOU'RE JUST OBSERVING, WANNA SEE IF IT'S ALL ABOUT D BOPPERS, AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT TERM THAT, UH, PEOPLE USE.
YOU'LL GET TO THAT IN GOVERNMENT CLASS LATER.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF TWO IN 25 0 2 0 0 0 8? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO 2 5 0 2 0 0 8? NO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION ON THIS ONE? UH, NO.
MR. CHAIR, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REGISTER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE AND APPROVE ZBA 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 9 AS APPROVED BY STAFF WITH GUTTERS TO 0 0 8 0 0 8.
I'M SORRY, UH, WITH GUTTERS TO RUN THE WATER OFF TO THE BACK AND AS APPROVED BY STAFF SECOND.
GOT A, GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MS. SECOND RODIER, DOES THE GUTTERS HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE MOTION IF WE WANT 'EM ON THERE? THEY DO, AND THAT'S WHY I'M MAKING IT.
WE CAN LEAVE IT TO THE BUILDING REVIEW.
WE CAN LEAVE IT TO THE BUILDING REVIEW, BUT IN THE PAST WE HAVE REQUIRED EITHER FRENCH GUTTERS OR ANY OTHER GUTTERS IF THEY WERE NOT DRAINING TO THE BACK.
WE, WE'VE, THEY WERE DRAINING TO THE SIDE.
AND WE HAVE ADDED THAT TO BE REVIEWED DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT.
UM, IN THIS CASE, WE CAN LEAVE IT AS THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE SHALL NOT INCREASE ANY DRAINAGE UPON, UH, NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
AND WE CAN REVIEW THAT DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT.
I DON'T WANNA MAKE IT AN OFFICIAL, CORRECT? WELL, WE WE'VE ADDED IT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A REQUIRED CORRECT.
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IF IT SAYS IT HAS TO BE GUTTERS, THEN THEY HAVE TO BUILD A GUTTER SO WE CAN LEAVE IT TO, UM, NO DRAINAGE SHALL BE INCREASING ON THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION DURING BUILDING PERMIT.WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING, WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION.
I PERSONALLY AM NOT GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS BECAUSE THE GUT GUTTERS AREN'T THERE.
900, 900 FEET DOESN'T BOTHER ME.
UH, I UNDERSTAND WHY STAFF CAN'T JUST APPROVE SOMETHING THAT MUCH BIGGER, BUT RIGHT.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WITH THE TRAIN BACKING HIM UP BEHIND A BIG OLD FENCE, I DON'T, I DON'T MIND IT QUITE AS MUCH.
HE'S STILL GOT A FAST BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS, WHICH IS PART OF THE VERBIAGE.
WE'RE ADDING THE GUTTERS JUST IN CASE ANYBODY HAD A CONCERN, ME PERSONALLY, THAT THAT DOESN'T ALLEVIATE.
SO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO WELL, AND WE'RE DISCUSS AND WE'RE DISCUSSING AND WE'RE DISCUSSING, I, WE'RE DISCUSSING THE MOTION TO BE EXACTLY CLARIFIED.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSION.
COULD YOU ADD, CAN WE, CAN WE JUST ADD IF, IF CITY REQUIRED OKAY.
RATHER THAN TABLING I'M GONNA ASK TO MAKE HER THE MOTION.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA CHANGE THE MOTION AND THE MOTION.
AND, UH, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA CHANGE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ZBA 2 5 0 2 0 0 8
UH, SO THAT WATER DOES NOT, NOT THE ZONING REQUIRE 'CAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE VARIANCE.
IT'S ALREADY PART OF THE STANDARD.
AS THE CO AS THE CODE REQUIRED PER, PER TO DECIDE IF YOU'RE APPROVING SOMETHING THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THE STANDARD.
SO ARE WE APPROVING THE VARIANCE FOR THE 900 FEET IS BASICALLY WHAT'S BEFORE US.
PER, PER PER DESIGN STANDARDS, ET CETERA.
ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT APPLIES PER STAFF, STAFF REQUIRED.
SO WE HAVE THE MOTION AMENDED MOTION.
ARE WE CLEAR MR. OPPO, EVERYBODY ON WHAT, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON? YES.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NONE, WE'LL ASK A FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY NATE.
SO BY A MOTION OF SEVEN TO TWO, IT DOES PASS.
MOVES US ALONG TO OUR NEXT CASE.
WE ARE GETTING ALL KINDS OF CIVICS LESSONS TONIGHT.
ARE WE
[7. ZBA-25-02-0009 (Council District 5) – Variances to reduce the minimum rear & side setbacks permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 642 N M L King Jr. Blvd., legally described as Lot 27R, Block 161, Dalworth Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Four District ]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON YOUR AGENDA IS EBA 2 5 0 2 DASH 0 0 0 9.UM, THIS IS SEVERAL VARIANCE OR TWO VARIANCE REQUESTS FOR MINIMUM, UH, REAR AND SIDE YARD SETBACK REDUCTIONS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 4 2 N ML KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD ZONE SINGLE FAMILY FOUR RESIDENTIAL.
THE FIRST VARIANCE REQUEST IS TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM REAR YARD SETBACK FROM THE REQUIRED 20 FEET TO 11.
AND THE SECOND VARIANCE IS TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACK FROM THE REQUIRED SIX FEET TO FIVE FEET.
AND I'LL COME BACK TO THIS, UH, HERE BRIEFLY, BUT AS I MENTIONED, UM, DURING THE BRIEFING, UM, THIS PROPERTY HAS HAD VARIANCES ATTACHED TO IT IN THE PAST AND IT'S COME TO YOU.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S KIND OF AN ODDLY SHAPED LOT BECAUSE, UM, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT 1 6 1 CORRIDOR TEXA CAME AND TOOK SOME OF THAT, UH, LAND AWAY.
AND SO IT RESULTED IN AN ODDLY SHAPED LOT.
UM, A DIFFERENT APPLICANT CAME AT THE TIME TO GIVE VARIANCES FOR THE LOT WIDTH, LOT DEATH, ET CETERA.
AND NOW A NEW BUILDER IS LOOKING TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
AND AS THEY WERE TRYING TO DO SO, THEY REALIZED THAT THERE'S AN ACTIVE WATER LINE IN THE FRONT, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THAT FIRE HYDRANT.
SO UPON THE DISCOVERY, IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF ENGINEER IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SPACING WISE FOR THAT WATER LINE, THEY ARE NEEDING TO MOVE THE HOME.
UH, SEVERAL FEEDBACK AND TO DO SO THERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY OR TONIGHT TO ASK FOR THOSE VARIANCE REQUESTS THAT I MENTIONED.
SO IT DOES MEET, UH, ALL OF OUR DENSITY DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR THOSE TWO REQUESTED SETBACK VARIANCES.
AND IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM, 39 NOTICES WORSE THAN HOW, ZERO RETURN IN OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NONE AN HOA AND THE STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE REQUEST AS IS.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS OF STAFF TO MY RIGHT.
I HAVE ONE CARD HERE FOR EATON.
ARE YOU THE APPLICANT? ANTONIO FREES.
COME ON DOWN IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, SIR.
AND IF YOU'LL START WITH YOUR NAME AND SEE HOW BADLY I JUST BUTCHERED YOUR LAST NAME.
UM, 6 4 2 NORTH MLK BOULEVARD.
SO YEAH, I THINK SALVADOR COVERED MOST
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OF IT.UH, WATER LINE'S, RIGHT WHERE YOU NEED TO BE AND YOU NEED TO MOVE IT, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WATER, BUT IT MESSES UP WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, RIGHT? AND WATER LINES, THEY REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, TO BE SEVEN AND A HALF FEET FROM THE CENTER LINE JUST IN CASE THEY EVER NEED TO DIG A TRENCH AND, YOU KNOW, FIX THE WATER LINE.
SO, UH, YEAH, WITH THAT VARIANCE IT WOULD HELP US BUILD THE HOME.
UH, QUESTIONS THE APPLICANT TO I RIGHT TO MY LEFT.
IS IT, IS IT FOR YOU? UH, I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY DAD TODAY.
OKAY, SO YOU GONNA LIVE IN IT OR JUST RENT IT OR SELL IT? THE PLAN? PROBABLY.
YEAH, YOU'VE REALLY HAD TO WORK HARD ON THIS ONE.
ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO KNOW? UH, NO.
JUST THE WATER LINES IN THERE.
SO WE JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE VARIANCE.
ANYBODY ELSE IN SUPPORT OF 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 9? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION TO 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 9? IF NOT, I WILL ASK, UH, FOR A MOTION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION.
WE CLOSE AND APPROVE ZBA 25 0 2 0 0 0 9.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. BAKER.
IT IS HOTLY CONTESTED UP HERE.
WHO'S MAKING THE MOTION? WHO'S SECONDING? IT'S VERY EXCITING.
I HEARD A MOTION, UH, A SECOND FROM MS. CHENIER.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY AYE.
MOTION PASSES NINE TO ZERO, WHICH TAKES US TO OUR NEXT
[8. ZBA-25-02-0010 (Council District 5) – Variance to the minimum side yard setback required for a primary structure permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 409 Choctaw Trc., legally described as Lot 10, Block E, Indian Hills Addition No.1, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, Single Family-Four Residential District ]
CASE.UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS CBA 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 0.
IT'S A VARIANCE TO THE MINIMUM SIZE SETBACK.
THE REQUEST IS FOR 4 0 9 CHOCTAW TRACE.
THE UM, LOT WAS PLOTTED IN 1940S.
AND THE, UH, ZONING IS INDICATED AS SA FOUR.
THE APPLICANT WISHES TO BUILD A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME BY REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE SIDE YARD FROM SIX FEET TO FIVE FEET ON BOTH SIDES.
SO HERE'S A PROPOSAL FOR THE NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
SO HERE'S A QUICK COMPARISON SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE.
SO TYPICALLY, UH, SOME OF THE SF FOURS SF FIVE 60 FOOT LOTS TYPICALLY RANGE FROM SIX FEET TO FIVE FEET.
BUT BASED ON THE EXISTING LOSS SIZES, THEY'RE ACTUALLY CLOSER TO 50 FOOT LOT.
SO STAFF HAS NO OBJECTION TO THIS FIVE REQUEST AS IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO BUILD A HOME WITH TWO CAR GARAGES.
ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURN OPPOSED.
AND IT'S, AGAIN, STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THIS REQUEST.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? QUESTIONS MY RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, THEN I WILL, UH, ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME DOWN.
DO I HAVE A CARD ON THIS ONE? I DO.
SIR, IF YOU'LL YES, GO AHEAD AND SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR.
UH, RONAY, UH, 4 1 2 SOUTHWEST SIXTH STREET.
RON? UH, WE LIVED IN THE HOUSE THAT WAS THERE PRIOR.
AND HAD IT DEMOLISHED, UH, ABOUT TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
AND IT WAS THE SIDE SETBACKS WERE FIVE FEET ON THAT ONE.
WE WERE HOPING TO, TO MAINTAIN THAT.
DID JUST GET THE SAME SETBACKS YES.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THIS BOARD TO APPROVE TONIGHT? YES.
AND ACTUALLY IT'LL BE ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF FEET.
IT'S, UH, THE, THE NEW HOUSE IS ACTUALLY ABOUT A HALF A FOOT NARROWER THAN THE OLD ONE.
WELL, THE OTHER GUY FOUND US THREE INCHES SOMEWHERE IN THE DEAL, SO HE WAS PRETTY EXCITED.
UM, ANYTHING, UM, ELSE, ANYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS? I'LL SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
I'M NOT SEEING A LOT OF HEADS SHAKEN, BUT, UH, THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO KNOW.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS CASE? UH, IF NOT ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE, WHICH IS ZBA 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 0.
SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, THAT'S REALLY ON ME, NOT YOU GUYS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT MR. WHITE STEPPED OUT OF THE ROOM FOR A MOMENT, SO HE WON'T, HIS NUMBERS WON'T COUNT ON THIS VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY AYE.
MOTION PASSES BY COUNT OF EIGHT ZERO.
MR. HARPER, IF YOU'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT, WHICH TAKES US TO
[9. ZBA-25-02-0011 (Council District 5) Special exception for a garage conversion, located a 1502 Oak St., legally described as Lot 1, Block E, Fairview Addition No.1, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Four Residential District ]
OUR NEXT CASE.ITEM NUMBER NINE ON YOUR AGENDA.
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I'M LOOKING AND WAS READING THE WRONG ONE, MY BAD.ITEM NUMBER NINE IS EBA 2 5 0 2 DASH 0 0 1 1.
THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR A GARAGE CONVERSION FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1502 OAK STREET ZONE, SINGLE FAMILY FOUR RESIDENTIAL.
AND AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A GARAGE CONVERSION.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO ALLOW FOR MORE LIVING SPACE FOR THE APPLICANT AND THEIR FAMILY.
UM, THERE WEREN'T, UH, THERE WAS ONE AT LEAST LEGALLY CONVERTED, UH, GARAGE CONVERSION WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HOWEVER, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS IMAGE, UH, THEY DO NOT MEET OUR REQUIREMENT TO HAVE TWO OFF STREET PARKING SPACES.
AND SO PART OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS THAT WE HAVE ADDED A CONDITION THAT THEY PROVIDE TO OFF STREET NON-AG PARKING SPACES ON SITE.
AND SO REGARDING THIS, UH, ITEM 15 NOTICES WORSE SINCE HOW ZERO IT'S RETURN IN FAVOR OR POST AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE REQUEST AS IS.
AM I RIGHT? QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? ALL RIGHT.
WELL THAT NOW WE'RE GETTING TO THE SPEED ROUND 'CAUSE I ONLY SEE ONE PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FLYING FOLKS.
THE APPLICANT ON THIS ONE IS THE GLORIA GONZALEZ.
YOU'RE MARCO, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
UH, IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS CASE? SEEING NONE.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE AND APPROVE ZBA 25 0 2 0 1 1 WITH STAFFS REQUIRED OFF STREET PARKING SECOND.
THAT WAS THE MOST AFTER THE LAST ONE.
NOW WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. BAKER, A SECOND FOR MS. SECOND CHENIER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE.
MOTION PASSES NINE TO ZERO TAKES US TO THE NEXT CASE,
[10. ZBA-25-02-0012 (Council District 6) – Special exception for a front yard carport permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 4717 Overland Trl., legally described as Lot 26, Block II, Trailwood Addition No.8, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Planned Development-81]
WHICH NOW IS ZBA 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 2.ITEM NUMBER 10 ON YOUR AGENDA IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR CARPORTS FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 47 17 OVERLAND TRAIL ZONE PD 81.
AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS SIMPLY FOR THAT SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE CARPORT.
UM, THEY'RE MEETING OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ONE WITHIN 800 FEET OF THEM.
SO, UM, IF YOU APPROVE THIS ONE, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEGALLY PERMITTED.
AND, UM, ON SCREEN YOU'LL SEE A STREET IMAGE.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT EXISTING, IT'S A REQUEST.
UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF A PRODUCT OF WHAT THE, UH, CARDBOARD WILL LOOK LIKE OR END PRODUCT 50 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT REGARDING THIS CASE YOU WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT.
QUESTIONS OF STAFF TO MY LEFT.
WHERE THE CARPORT, THE SIDE GOT THE OVERHEAD FRONT GOES TO THE FRONT YARD.
WHAT IS THE SIZE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO BUILD THAT? FOUR FEET.
IT'S 400 SQUARE FEET, WHICH WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED IF THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE WITHIN 800 FEET, CORRECT? THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
SO HE WOULDN'T, WE WOULDN'T EVEN HEAR THIS ONE EXCEPT THAT MR. BEAN'S A TRENDSETTER ON THIS STREET AND BEING THE FIRST ONE TO BUILD A CARPORT.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO STAFF? ALL RIGHT, MR. BEAN, YOU'RE THE GUY HERE AT THE END OF THE AGENDA.
THE LAST ONE THAT GETS CALLED UP GOING DUM IT, WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET TO MY, MY SON AND, AND BLESS YOUR HEART, I YOU TRIED THAT IF ASK QUESTIONS THING, BUT YOU KNOW I'M STILL GONNA CALL YOU DOWN HERE.
I LIVE AT 47 17 OVERLAND TRAIL.
I'M THE HOMEOWNER, UM, NEW HOME HOMEOWNER TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, THIS IS MY FIRST HOME, UH, FOR MY FAMILY AND I, AND SO WE'VE HAD, I'M JUST TRYING TO PUT A CARPORT NOT ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE, UM, TO COVER THE CARS.
WE'VE HAD FOUR HAILSTORMS SO FAR IN A YEAR AND A HALF, THE FOURTH ONE BEING TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING WHEN I HEAR THAT FALL AND I HAVE TWO VEHICLES OUTSIDE SO I'M JUST TRYING TO PROTECT THE VEHICLES.
USED TO THE HAIL AFTER A WHILE, BUT THANK YOU.
OH, I'M I BORN AND RAISED HERE IN TEXAS.
UH, MY JOB PROMOTION BROUGHT ME UP HERE TO DALLAS, TEXAS.
AND I SAID ENOUGH'S ENOUGH IS TO GET A HOUSE.
AND WE CAME TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
HE'S NOT JUST MARCH MADNESS RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T HAVE US GETTING OUT THERE FIRST ROUND.
ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO HEAR? NO SIR.
IT'S WEIRD BEING THE FIRST ONE WITH IT THEN.
IS IS THE HOUSE FOR SALE? NO MA'AM.
WAS THAT A FOR SALE SIGN IN THE HOUSE? IN FRONT.
SO THE IMAGE THAT THEY PULLED FROM GOOGLE WAS THE FROM
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YEAH, WE BOUGHT IT.WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE LIKE THIS.
UH, THE PREVIOUS OWNER IS THE ONE WHO CHANGED THAT.
THAT SOUND BECAUSE A LITTLE CONFUSED MAKING HASN'T BEEN UPDATED YET ALREADY.
I APPRECIATE YOU, YOU COMING DOWN.
ANYONE ELSE WISH YOU TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT AS EBA A 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 2.
ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? IT'S PRETTY QUICK AND EASY HERE WHEN THERE'S NOBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM.
UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE BA 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 2.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. BAKER SECOND FROM MR. EPO.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ASK YOU TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? THAT MOTION PASSES NINE TO ZERO.
[11. ZBA-25-02-0013 (Council District 2) – Special exception for a side yard carport, and variance to increase the maximum area of a carport permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 3514 Racquet Club Dr., legally described as Lot 4, Block 2, Country Club Park Addition No.1, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-One Residential District]
OUR LAST CASE.LAST TIME ON YOUR AGENDA HERE, ZBA 2 5 0 2 DASH 0 1 3.
THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR A CARPORT AND A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR AN, UH, INCREASE IN THE MAX AREA FOR A CARPORT.
UH, THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION 35 14 RACKET CLUB SF.
ONE SINGLE FAMILY, ONE DISTRICT, UH, AGAIN, SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THAT SIDE YARD CARPORT AND TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AREA LOUD.
SO ON THE SCREEN YOU'LL SEE A SITE PLAN OF THAT PROPOSED, UH, CARPORT MARKED IN RED.
IT'S PROPOSED TO BE ABOUT 12 AND A HALF FEET TALL AND THIS WILL BE A NEW CARPORT.
UM, SO IT'S NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT DOES MEET OUR DIMEN, EXCUSE ME, OUR UH, DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, UM, EXCEPT FOR THE MAX AREA, WHICH IS 500 SQUARE FEET.
UM, BUT THERE IS NO LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORT WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET.
AND AS YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE FROM THIS NEXT IMAGE, UH, THE REASON FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION IS MOST LIKELY FOR THAT STORAGE OF THAT OR THE COVERING OF THAT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY'RE, UH, ASKING FOR SUCH A LARGE VARIANCE.
UM, REGARDING THIS ITEM 39 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND AGAIN, UM, BECAUSE OF THE RULE THAT WE HAVE, UH, STAFF CANNOT SUPPORT THE ITEM.
HOWEVER, LIKE JUNE MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE HAVE BEEN, AND EVEN TONIGHT, UH, CARPORTS THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED THAT HAVE EXCEEDED THAT RULE.
THIS IS ONLY 6 75, RIGHT? YES.
SORRY,
UM, BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? TO MY RIGHT.
WHAT WAS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT ALLOWED? I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT EXCEEDING IT.
UM, I THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMEWHERE LIKE 15 FEET OR SOMETHING, BUT I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT.
AND THEY WANT BE ABLE 12 AND A HALF SO THEY CAN SLIDE THAT.
IT'S LIKE PUT THE MOTOR HOME IN THERE.
THEY'RE JUST WANNA PUT THEIR MOTOR HOME IN THERE.
SO HEIGHT IS NOT A VARIANCE HERE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S, YOU JUST HAVE NONE WITHIN 800 FEET.
SO IT'S THE MAX AREA AS WELL? YEAH.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. WHITE? IT DOES.
MR. AB, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE, MR. BAKER? YOU GOOD? I'M GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE STAFF, IF NOT, THANK YOU SALVADOR.
I DO NOT HAVE A SPEAKER CARD ON THIS ONE.
I THINK IT'S FAIRLY TRANSPARENT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PICTURE HAS THE RV IN IT, UH, TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE.
CAN THEY BUILD 1 7 66 0.5 SQUARE FOOT, WHICH IS ABOVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED.
UH, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT AREA, THOSE LOTS ARE A LITTLE BIGGER AND, AND PRETTY WELL KEPT UP.
BUT IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THIS BOARD IF WE WANNA GRANT THE VARIANCE.
UH, I DO HAVE TO, FOR THE RECORD.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS CASE SINCE ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE GETTING PAID TO BE HERE AND WE'RE VOLUNTEERS.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS CASE, BUT WE'RE ALSO NOT HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.
ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ZVA 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 3.
HEARD THIS ONE OVER HERE? I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. BAKER.
MS. CHENIER, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ASK YOU TO VOTE BY IF YOU'RE OF TO APPROVE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
OPPOSED? SO BY COUNT OF EIGHT TO ONE, THE MOTION DOES PASS.
DO MR. HARPER? YOU GOT GOT IT.
I'D ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY BE IN THE ROOM TO DO A PUBLIC COMMENT.
CITIZEN COMMENT,
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY 10 CASES.
I'VE NEVER SEEN 10 CASES FOR ZBA AND WE STILL GOT IT KNOCKED OUT IN
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AN HOUR AND 10 MINUTES.