* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] I IN. YOU GUYS GOT A NICE SMILE, DEBBIE. ALRIGHT, [BRIEFING SESSION - 5:30 PM] WE HAVE AS MANY CASES AS WE GOT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR BRIEFING IN ORDER SINCE WE HAVE A FORM READY AND WE'LL DO WHAT WE DO ON MIC. MUTED. BOOP. DO WELCOME TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS FOR THE MEETING OF JULY 21ST, 2025. I'M BARRY SANDIS, CHAIRMAN OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. THIS STAFF BRIEFING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:36 PM THIS IS THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING WHERE THE STAFF BRIEFS THE BOARD AND PREVIEWS THE CASE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY FACILITATE THE MEETING AND PRESENTATION OF THE CASE. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE BRIEFING. I'LL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. AFTER I SAY YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE JUST LIKE THIS. BARRY SANDIS. HERE. DEBBIE EK. HERE. I'M KIMBERLY RO. HERE. ANTHONY LANGSTON. HERE. UH, MELINDA ROGERS. HERE. UH, STACY WHITE. HERE. ANNA COKA. HERE. DAVID BAKER. HERE. JONATHAN ED HERE. UH, AND TO THE KITCHEN. GET YOU. I ALWAYS MISS IS MELINDA EVEN ON HERE? YES. I DID GET, I DID SAY MELINDA. I CHECKED IT. OKAY. WE'RE ALREADY CONFUSED FOLKS WITH NINE PEOPLE HERE. WE HAVE A FULL QUORUM. BARRY JUST CAN'T READ. ALSO IN ATTENDANCE IS MR. ARDINE, WHO'S OUR ALTERNATE AND WAITING GRACIOUSLY ON STANDBY. SO NONE OF YOU GUYS START TO HAVE A COLD OR ANYTHING. UH, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NINE MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE CAN PROCEED. COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONES WHEN YOU SPEAK TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU. AT THIS POINT WE'RE READY FOR STAFF PRESENTATIONS. OKAY. BEFORE WE GET BEGIN THE BRIEFING, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THREE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, BARRY SANDIS, TIMOTHY IPO, AND DEBBIE HUBACHEK. YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAS BEEN SECOND TO NONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND EXCEPTIONAL, EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS. YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE AND YOUR PRESENCE ON THE BOARD WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. WELL THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE BUN CAKES. YEAH, WE CAN SELL HIS ON EBAY. DIBS ON HIS BUNK CAKE THOUGH. UM, OKAY. ONE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. AT THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL BE HAVING OFFICER ELECTIONS. THAT CONCLUDES MY OPENING STATEMENTS. OKAY, SO ITEM NUMBER TWO ZBA 2 5 0 5 0 0 3 9 IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND A VARIANCE FOR FRONT YARD CARPORT. LOCATED AT 9 0 2 BIRCH STREET. THE ZONING DISTRICT IS SINGLE FAMILY FOUR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW FRONT YARD CARPORT. THEY WILL NEED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW THE CARPORT AND A VARIANCE TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AREA OF ALL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. CURRENTLY THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE 50% OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, WHICH EQUALS 493 SQUARE FEET. THEY'RE REQUESTING 606 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF A 23% INCREASE. THE PROPOSED CARPORT IS 450 SQUARE FEET. IT IS SHOWN IN RED, ALSO SHOWN IN RED ARE TWO EXISTING SHEDS AND THE EXISTING HOUSE. SO YOU CAN KIND OF JUST GET AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE PROPOSED CARPORT MEETS ALL OF THE OTHER DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ALL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. A THING OF NOTE IS THAT THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN 800 FEET BUFFER FOR OTHER CARPORTS. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE SCREEN. OUR SUBJECT PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW TWO, UH, READILY AVAILABLE, LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORTS. ONE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO OUR PROPERTY AND ONE ACROSS THE STREET ARE SHOWN IN RED. THE VARIANCE TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ALL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. UM, YOU CAN SEE IT, IT'S A 23% INCREASE. THEY DO HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION SUBMITTED AND THEY PROPOSED CARPORT WILL BE PLACED OVER AN EXISTING PAVED DRIVE. SO HERE IS A PICTURE OF OUR PROPERTY WITH THE ADJACENT CARPORT. 35 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURNED OPPOSED. AND THERE IS NOT A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THIS REQUEST. QUESTIONS OF STAFF TO MY RIGHT. QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO THE NEXT ONE. BY THE WAY, AT THE END OF THIS, [00:05:01] SINCE WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE OF MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES, WE'RE ALL GONNA HEAR THE BRIEFING AT WHICH POINT WE CAN EXCUSE MEMBERS BEFORE WE START OUR REGULAR SESSION. SO I'LL TAKE HANDS. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE BALL TICKETS. WE'RE ALL IN THE ROOM AND WE CAN ALL HEAR STUFF AND ASK QUESTIONS. SINCE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE SEEING EVERY SEAT FULL UP HERE AND THE ATTORNEY SUDDENLY STARTED GETTING NERVOUS, DOES HE REALIZE YEAH, I'M COUNTING THEM. IS THAT OKAY OR IS THAT A PROTOCOL THAT I NEED TO SORT THIS OUT NOW? COME ON TIFFANY. GIVE US A LITTLE DISCRETION HERE. SORT IT OUT. SORT IT OUT. SO HERE'S THE DEAL GUYS. I HAVE, LOOK HOW QUICK JONATHAN RUNS. LIKE I DIDN'T EVEN FIRE THE GUN . IT'S OKAY. SO OUR REGULAR MEMBERS, OUR ALTERNATES ARE MELINDA, UH, JOHN, OUR MELINDA, JONATHAN, AND, AND, UH, ERIC. WE NEED NINE SITTING MEMBERS. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE REGULAR BOARD MEMBER THAT HAS AN APPOINTMENT ELSEWHERE IN ARLINGTON IN ABOUT AN HOUR AND WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO GET HER CHECK MARK FOR ATTENDANCE NOW, BUT STILL BE ABLE TO BE EXCUSED. SO IF WE'RE IN THE ROOM, I NEED TO KNOW WHO IS WHO OF THE NINE CAN STAY THROUGH THE WHOLE MEETING. UH, WE HAVE MR. AVID DAPO. YOU HAVE BUNK CAKE TO EARN. SO YOU'RE HERE ? UH, I'M HERE. DEBBIE'S HERE. EVERYBODY ELSE YOU THREE ARE ALL GOOD. SO WE'RE AT SIX SEVEN AND UH, ANTHONY, YOU'RE GOOD. HEY, SO REALLY WE JUST NEED MELINDA OR NOT. I MEAN, WHAT AM I COUNTING HERE? I'M COUNTING 10 RIGHT NOW UP HERE. WHO WANTS TO STEP DOWN? DO YOU WANNA STEP DOWN AND LET MELINDA STAY IF THAT'S OKAY WITH MELINDA? OH YEAH. IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. OKAY. MS. ROGERS, DO YOU HAVE TEXAS RANGERS TICKETS THEN? WE'RE GONNA EXCUSE MS. ROE AT THIS POINT SO THAT WE HAVE NINE IMPANELED MEMBERS. MR. DI DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS AND I APPRECIATE YOU EVERYONE AND GET ENTANGLING US WHILE WE DO THIS AND LETTING US GET THROUGH THIS LEGALLY. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, LORD KNOWS I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAWYERS ON MY LAST MEETING, UH, ALTHOUGH THERE'S STILL A GOOD CHANCE IT'LL HAPPEN. SO MS. ROIA, AT THIS POINT YOU CAN BE EXCUSED AND WE'LL SET IT OUT WITH THE NINE WE HAVE UP HERE THAT WORK FOR COUNSEL. THANK YOU ALL. OUTSTANDING. CAN I JUST SAY YES? CAN I SAY SOMETHING FOR JUST A SECOND? THAT'S TOTALLY OFF OFF THE RECORD HERE, BUT THAT'S FINE. IN CASE I FORGET LATER, BARRY, YOU HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. YOU'RE VERY CORRECT AND YOU ARE SO EFFICIENT AND WHOEVER TAKES OVER, PLEASE TAKE A NOTE FROM BARRY BECAUSE, UM, I'VE BEEN ON, I WAS ON ZBA BEFORE FOR QUITE A WHILE AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL OF THEM AND IN TERMS OF UH, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY AND BY FAR BARRY HAS JUST BEEN, I FIND AN ATTRIBUTE. SO TRIBUTE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. I MIGHT ATTRIBUTE THE TWO CHAIRS I SERVED UNDER BEFORE I BECAME CHAIR OR IN THE ROOM. 'CAUSE MELINDA WAS CHAIR WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE AND MR. DEAN WAS CHAIR AFTER. SO IT THE UGLY, THIS ALL GOES AROUND. IT, IT, IT ALL EVENS OUT HERE, YOU KNOW, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR KIND WORDS. WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THE BRIEFING 'CAUSE NOW, UH, YOU KNOW, SALVADOR'S GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS LOOKING AT THE UH, 16 MINUTES. WE HAVE TO GET SEVEN MORE CASES IN. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS. GO AHEAD SIR. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. WE'LL BE MOVING ON INTO ITEM THREE ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT. UH, THIS IS EBA TWO FIVE DASH OH SIX DASH 0 0 4 0. THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR A GARAGE CONVERSION AT 1610 BRITISH BOULEVARD. THIS IS ZONE SINGLE FAMILY ONE. AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS A GARAGE CONVERSION. AS WITH THE GARAGE CONVERSION COMES THE REQUIREMENTS OF TWO OFF STREET PARKING SPACES AND ON SCREEN YOU'LL SEE A GENERAL, UH, MAP OF THAT PROPERTY LOCATION MAP. SO THIS IS A SIDE PLAN OF THAT PROPOSED CONVERSION OF COURSE WITH CONVERSIONS. UM, WE DON'T, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO DISPLAY THAT SIDE PLAN. I MEAN IT'S, IT'S THE GARAGE. SO WHERE IT'S HIGH HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THAT'S WHERE THE EXISTING GARAGE IS. THERE IS A BACK WAY ENTRY INTO AN ALLEY WITH THE DRIVEWAY. SO THEY ARE MEETING THAT TWO OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENT AND THE PROPOSED UH, CONVERSION OR THE EXISTING GARAGE IS ABOUT 400 SQUARE FEET AND THERE'S NONE, THERE'S NO OTHER LEGALLY CONVERTED GARAGES, UH, WITHIN 800 FEET. AND THEN ON SCREEN YOU'LL SEE A FLOOR PLAN. ONE IS EXISTING AND ONE IS PROPOSED. THE INTENT BEHIND THIS GARAGE CONVERSION ISN'T REALLY FOR A LIVING SPACE PER SE, WHERE YOU WOULD SAY SOMEONE WOULD BE SLEEPING THERE. IT'S STILL A LIVING SPACE IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE A GARAGE FOR CARS, IT'S GONNA BE MORE FOR STORAGE. SO JUST STORAGE OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. AND THIS IS A PROPOSED ELEVATION DRAWING AND AN [00:10:01] EXISTING ELEVATION DRAWING OF THAT HOME. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THEY'LL BE TAKING AWAY THAT DOOR, THAT GARAGE DOOR AND THEN UH, REPLACING IT WITH BRICK AND A FRONT DOOR. YEAH, SO THIS IS KIND OF AN IMAGE OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE WHERE EVERYTHING IS, BUT IF YOU LOOK ON SCREEN WHERE UM, MY MOUSE IS, THIS IS THE FRONT STREET, UM, AND YOU SEE THE LITTLE PATHWAY THERE. MM-HMM UH, AND THEN BACK HERE IS AN ALLEYWAY AND THEY HAVE LIKE A CARPORT SLASH CAR STORAGE AREA BACK HERE. SO THIS IS WHERE THE GARAGE IS AND THIS IS WHERE THAT DRIVEWAY IS. SO YOU WON'T REALLY BE ABLE TO SEE ANY DIFFERENCE FROM THE STREET IN REGARDS TO THIS CASE. 40, NO 41 NOTICES WORSE SENT OUT ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR AND ONE WAS RETURN TO POST AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND STABBED DOES NOT OBJECT TO ZBA 2 5 0 6 DASH 0 0 4 0 AS REQUESTED. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. I'LL START OFF. I HAVE JUAN, AS YOU DO THE OVERHEADS OF EXISTING AND THEN THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE. WOULD YOU MIND SCANNING BACK THERE? ONE MORE? OKAY, SO AS I LOOK AT THIS, IS IT CURRENTLY GOT A WATER CLOSET IN THE VERY BACK THERE. WHERE IS THE GARAGE ENTRY NOW? UM, SO THIS IS THE GARAGE HERE. OKAY. YEP. AND THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT EXTRA DOORWAY. SO TO THE LEFT ON THAT SAME LEVEL THOUGH, IS LIVING SPACE TO THE LEFT OF THE HOUSE. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S WHERE THE WATER CLOSET IS BATHTUB OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY LIVES THERE. YES. HERE THE GARAGE REALLY STARTS ROUGHLY THIS IS THE WALL. OKAY. SO YEAH. GOTCHA. SO THIS UM, IS ON THE ACTUAL GARAGE SIDE. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IT'S JUST WHEN YOU START OFF WITH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE FOR LIVING SPACE, IT'S JUST STORAGE AND THEN I LOOK AND SEE A WATER CLOSET, I'M LIKE HMM, OKAY. BUT THAT IS ANOTHER PART OF THE HOUSE. THAT'S JUST THE LEFT BACK PART OF THE HOUSE. THAT'S THE MASTER OR WHATEVER. MM-HMM . ALL RIGHT. ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ON MY RIGHT? HOW ABOUT ON MY LEFT? THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE. AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THIS APPLICATION. ALL OF YOU IN YOUR PACKETS, DID WE GET THE COPIES OF THE ONE OPPOSITION LETTER? UM, NO. I THINK IT CAME IN AFTER, BUT I WILL READ IT OUT LOUD. MAKE THAT AVAILABLE IN THE CASE. I THINK JUST SO THAT IT'S EXPRESSED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WE'LL MOVE ALONG. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FOUR ZBA 25 0 6 0 0 4 2 VARIANCES TO THE SIDE IN REAR YARD SETBACKS FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. OUR PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 38 0 1 LUCINA COURT. THE ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY TWO AND AGAIN, WE'RE REQUESTING VARIANCES TO THE SIDE AND REAR SETBACKS TO ALLOW, THERE'S A TYPO THERE, AN EXISTING POOL HOUSE TO THE, TO REMAIN THE ARTICLE SIX REQUIRED SIDE YARD SETBACK IS SIX FEET. OUR APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE FOOT. THE REAR YARD SETBACK IS 10 FEET AND OUR APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO. THIS IS AN EXISTING 322 SQUARE FOOT POOL HOUSE SHOWN IN RED. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021. IT IS WITHIN THE SIDE AND REAR SETBACKS SHOWN IN YELLOW. IT IS ALSO ENCROACHING ON A UTILITY EASEMENT. UM, THERE'S KIND OF A BLUE DASH LINE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE SEVEN AND A HALF FOOT EASEMENT THERE. OKAY, A QUICK NOTE REGARDING THE ENCROACHMENT IN THE EASEMENT. OUR APPLICANT HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM UTILITY COMPANIES FOR THE EASEMENT ENCROACHMENT. AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED AND WILL BE EXECUTED AND FILED OF RECORD. IF VARIANCES ARE APPROVED, THERE IS AN ACTIVE BUILDING PERMIT FOR THIS PROJECT. OKAY. HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE POOL HOUSE, KIND OF FROM A VARIETY OF ANGLES. 45 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RETURNED IN FAVOR, ONE RETURNED OPPOSED. AND THERE IS NOT A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THIS REQUEST. QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS TO THE MY RIGHT IS THIS ON A SLAB? I'M SORRY? IS THIS ON A S SLAB? UH, I BELIEVE THAT IT IS. OKAY. OUR APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT AND CAN ANSWER THAT. YEAH, THAT'D BE THAT. OR IT'S THE CONCRETE FOOTINGS, RIGHT? IS THAT HOW THEY DO THAT? TYPICALLY? THEY EITHER DO A FULL SLAB OR THEY DO IT LOOKS LIKE THE SKYLAB. WE CAN ASK THE APPLICANT WHEN WE GET THERE TO THE, TO THE CASE. HOW ABOUT TO MY LEFT? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANY TO MY RIGHT TIMOTHY? DOES I SEE YOU MOVE? NO, NO. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CASE THEN. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FIVE CBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 5. SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS FOR FRONT YARD CARPORT AND A GARAGE CONVERSION. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 7 1 7 BONUM STREET. THE ZONING DISTRICT IS SINGLE FAMILY FOUR. THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO CONVERT [00:15:01] A GARAGE TO LIVING AREA AND TO ALLOW AN EXISTING FRONT YARD CARPORT TO REMAIN. YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING CARPORT HIGHLIGHTED IN RED AND THE PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE THAT IS GOING TO BE CONVERTED. THE, THE GARAGE IS SHOWN IN BLUE. IT MEANS ALL OF THEIR UM, ARTICLE SIX DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS. SO REGARDING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE FRONT YARD CARPORT, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE 800 FOOT BUFFER AND THERE ARE SEVERAL LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORTS LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE REQUEST AREA. THE REQUEST AREA IS SHOWN IN YELLOW. UM, LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORTS ARE SHOWN IN RED REGARDING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A GARAGE CONVERSION. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS NOT WITHIN THE 300 FOOT BUFFER AND THERE ARE NO OTHER LEGALLY PERMITTED GARAGE CONVERSIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE IS AN ACTIVE BUILDING PERMIT AND THE EXISTING CARPORT WAS CONSTRUCTED SOMETIME PRIOR TO 2001. THAT'S AS FAR BACK AS I COULD GO WITH THE AERIALS. SO HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE, UM, CARPORT. YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. AND RIGHT BEHIND THAT IS A, A SINGLE CAR GARAGE THAT IS THE LOCATION OF THE CONVERSION HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE. IT WILL TRULY BE A LIVING AREA. A LIVING ROOM AREA. 42 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURNED OPPOSED. AND THERE IS NOT A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THIS REQUEST. HOW ABOUT QUESTIONS? TO MY RIGHT TO MY LEFT. IS THIS EASY PEASY FOR YOU? MOVING ON TO THE NEXT CASE. ALRIGHT, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER SIX ON YOUR AGENDA. THIS IS ZBA 2 5 0 6 DASH 0 0 4 7. THIS IS A VARIANCE REQUEST. YES. YOU SAID OH SIX OR OH FIVE, UH OH SIX FOR A VARIANCE TO FRONT YARD SETBACK FOR A FRONT YARD SETBACK AT 1514 WEST RIDGE DRIVE. FOR, FOR THE RECORD HERE, THE AGENDA THAT'S POSTED THAT WE HAVE PRINTOUTS OF SAYS OH OH 5 0 0 4 7. SO AS WE'RE GOING OVER THIS, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE HEARING THE RIGHT CASE. OKAY? AND IT'S NOT A LEGAL PROBLEM. I TOLD YOU I'D FIND A WAY TO GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAWYERS BEFORE WE GOT OUTTA THIS. UH, I THINK EITHER WHAT YOU'RE READING, IF WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE THE ACCURATE CASE, WE CAN CERTAINLY CHANGE AN AGENDA, BUT IT'S THE RIGHT CASE. IT'S JUST A TYPO. IT'S A TYPO ON THE AGENDA. IT'S 6 4 4 0 0 4 7, CORRECT? MM-HMM . WE JUST TYPED IN A FIVE ON THIS. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. IS THAT OKAY? LAWYERS THAT WE'VE POSTED A CASE NUMBER? I, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE AGENDA SAYS. OKAY. BUT THE CASE NUMBER ITSELF DOESN'T REALLY GIVE THE PUBLIC NOTICE. IT'S REALLY THE DESCRIPTION. OKAY. AND SO I THINK THE CAPTION IS SUFFICIENT TO GIVE THE PUBLIC NOTICE AND WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE HEARING. RIGHT. WE'LL JUST WANT TO VERIFY THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT CASE NUMBER AND ANNOUNCE IT, UM, BEFORE WE HAVE THE, THE AGENDA ITEM LATER. AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE THE ORDER HAS THE CORRECT CASE NUMBER. OKAY. SO I'M MAKING A MOTION TO MAKE SURE IT'S RIGHT. YEAH. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, MOVE ON. S I'LL JUST REFERENCE ZERO FIVE THEN. WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA? JUST GO AHEAD AND PRESENT. OKAY. SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR 1514 WEST RIDGE, WEST RIDGE DRIVE. THIS IS UH, ZONE SINGLE FAMILY TWO RESIDENTIAL AND THE THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK FROM THE REQUIRED 25 FEET TO 10 FEET FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING A PROPOSED ADDITION TO THE MAIN HOME. SO ON SCREEN YOU'LL SEE A GENERAL SITE PLAN OF THAT REQUEST. THE PROPOSED ADDITION IS 400 SQUARE FEET AND AGAIN THEY'RE REQUIRED TO UH, HAVE A 25 MINIMUM FRONT SETBACK. BUT BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY'RE WANTING TO PLACE THAT ADDITION, THEY CANNOT MEET THAT. AND SO THEY'RE REQUESTING 10 FEET. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON SCREEN, THIS IS A CORNER LOT. SO, UH, THE HOME IS LOCATED HERE AND WHERE THEIR PROPOSED ADDITION IS HERE. SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM HAWAII DRIVE. HOWEVER, THERE IS A PROPO OR AN EXISTING UH, SIX FOOT WOODEN FENCE AND THAT PRETTY MUCH ENCAPSULATES THE, UH, PROPOSED OR WOULD [00:20:01] ENCAPSULATE THE PROPOSED EDITION. AND I WILL SHOW THAT HERE. AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THAT ADDITION WOULD GO THERE AND IT WOULD PRETTY MUCH HIDE THAT OR DEFENSE WOULD HIDE THAT ADDITION OR PROPOSED ADDITION. AND SO GOING BACK TO THE FLOOR PLAN, UM, THE PURPOSE OF THAT ADDITION WILL BE TO BUILD A BEDROOM WITH A WALK-IN CLOSET. ON THE LEFT YOU SEE THE EXISTING AND THEN ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE THE PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN. THESE ARE SOME OF THE ELEVATION DRAWINGS. UM, THIS PORTION HERE THAT'S OUTLINED IS THE PROPOSED ADDITION. AND THEN BACK TO THE IMAGE AGAIN. SO IN REGARDS TO THIS CASE, 47 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ONE WAS RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURN TO OPPOSED. AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE REQUEST AS IS. CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALRIGHT TO MO F NOPE. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CASE. ALRIGHT, ON THE EXHIBIT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. THIS IS EBA TWO FIVE DASH OH 6 0 4 8. THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND VARIANCE FOR FRONT YARD CARPORT AT 1 1 1 7 RIO STREET. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED SINGLE FAMILY FOUR AND THE INTENT AGAIN IS TO BUILD A FRONT YARD CARPORT AND A VARIANCE TO REDUCE, OR, I'M SORRY, INCREASE THE ALLOWED MAXIMUM AREA OF A CARPORT FROM 500 SQUARE FEET TO 748 SQUARE FEET. THIS IS A GENERAL SIDE PLAN OF THAT CARPORT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THEY'RE WANTING TO PUT IT RIGHT THERE AT THE FRONT DRIVEWAY. THEY'RE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS FROM OUR UDC FROM ARTICLE SIX FOR CARPORTS. HOWEVER, THERE'S UM, THE ADDITIONAL VARIANCE, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE COMING TO THE BOARD FOR THAT 748 SQUARE FEET. AND THE CARPORT WILL BE 22 BY 38 FEET WITH A HEIGHT OF 10 FEET. AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, ON THIS MAP, THE PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN BLUE ARE WHERE THERE IS AN EXISTING LEGAL CARPORT. AND SO AGAIN, THE REASON WHY THEY'RE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS BECAUSE OF THAT UH, MAXIMUM AREA THAT IS ALLOWED. AND THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THAT CURRENT PROPERTY. SO IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM 46 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR OR POST AND THERE IS NOT AN HOA WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE REQUEST AS IS. QUESTION IS THE STAFF TO MY RIGHT. QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN OUR LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA BOARD ARE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ZBA 25 0 7 0 0 4 9. UH, OUR APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS PROJECT BE TABLED TO THE NEXT HEARING SO THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH THEIR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. DO WE REQUIRE AN ACTUAL MOTION AND SECOND AND A VOTE TO TABLE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING? YES. OKAY. GOT IT. COOL. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS ON TABLING IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THIS CONCLUDES THE STAFF BRIEFING. WE'LL ADJOURN FOR THE 6:00 PM MEETING, WHICH IS IN ONE MINUTE. SO ANYBODY THAT'S THAT FAST, MAKE IT UP, UP, UP THERE DOWN THE HALL. SINCE THE MEAN LADY'S GONNA KEEP US IN LINE. [Call to Order] WELCOME TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRIX ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT APPEALS MEETING OF JULY 21ST, 2025. I'M BARRY SANDIS, CHAIRMAN OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER AT 6:06 PM THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS USUALLY MEETS THE THIRD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH. ALL MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED. NO OFFICIAL ACTION MAY 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 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND FOLLOWS A PRINTED AGENDA THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2 1 1 0.009 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. THE CONCURRING VOTE OF SEVEN MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD IS NECESSARY TO DECIDE IN FAVOR OF AN APPLICANT ON ANY ISSUE UNDER OUR JURISDICTION. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I POINT THIS OUT. THIS IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL BOARD SO YOU NEED SEVEN MEMBERS UP HERE. AS YOU SEE THERE ARE NINE. WHAT THAT MEANS IS SIX, SIX AND THREE IS NOT A WINNER. FIVE AND FOUR IS NOT A WINNER. SO YOU NEED SEVEN OUT OF THE NINE TO VOTE FOR YOU TO GET YOUR VARIANCE OR GET WHATEVER RELIEF. GRANTED, IF YOU THINK THINGS ARE GOING WEIRD, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD SIGN TO SAY, CAN WE WITHDRAW THIS SO I CAN GO TALK TO STAFF AND MAYBE TABLE FOR A MONTH TO GET [00:25:01] A BETTER CHANCE. 'CAUSE IF YOU GET ON THE WRONG SIDE OF A VOTE, YOU HAVE TO WAIT SIX MONTHS TO REAPPLY. SO JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT IT TAKES SEVEN AND THIS IS THE ONLY CITY BOARD THAT'S LIKE THAT THAT REQUIRES KIND OF A SUPER MAJORITY ON EACH OF OUR CASES. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND EXPLAIN TO EVERYBODY. THAT'S WHY. AND IT DOES THROW PEOPLE OFF. 'CAUSE I CAN SEE BEING OUT THERE GOING, WELL, SIX TO THREE I WIN. NO YOU DON'T. SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA WORK. UM, NEXT THING UP IS, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET BACK TO WHERE I WAS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA UNDER PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL ON MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE JUST LIKE THIS. BARRY SANDIS. HERE. DEBBIE EK. HERE. TIMOTHY OPPO. HERE. UH, ANTHONY LANGSTON. HERE. STACEY WHITE. HERE. KOKA. HERE. CJ RAMIREZ. HERE. DAVID BAKER HERE. AND MELINDA ROGERS HERE. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE NINE MEMBERS PRESENT AND WE ARE READY TO ROLL. SO LET THE RECORD REFLECT AT THIS POINT I'LL NOW TURN TO THE INVOCATION AND ASK MR. BAKER TO PROVIDE OUR INVOCATION. DEAR FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT WE LIVE IN A CITY THAT'S FREE. ALLOWS US TO MAKE CHOICES. LORD, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, SAFETY OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARRIVED TONIGHT. AND, UH, JUST HELP US GET THROUGH THE NIGHT AND BE SAFE. AND TO BE HONEST AND FAIR WITH ALL THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, WE AS THINGS YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN. IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY. THE STAFF WILL PRESENT FIRST ON ANY AGENDA ITEM. APPLICANTS HAVE 30 MINUTES TO PRESENT. ONCE THE APPLICANT IS SPOKE SPOKEN, EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO FILLS OUT ONE OF THESE HANDY DANDY CARDS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH ADDITIONAL TIME LOUD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN. THAT'S ME. SPEAKER SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS RIGHT AT THE TOP JUST FOR THE RECORD SO WE KNOW YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. IT'S ALL IMPORTANT. FOLKS, AS WE RECORD STUFF, IT HAS TO BE IN THE RECORD. THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHO'S TALKING. SO YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU START, STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION OF EACH ITEM. SO AS WE'RE GOING ALONG, IF AFTER THE VOTE IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY, WE'LL WE'LL GET SOMEBODY TO GET YOUR ATTENTION OR A FOLLOW UP. UH, ANY INDIVIDUAL WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON OUR PRINTED AGENDA CAN SPEAK UNDER THE HEADING OF CITIZEN COMMENTS. [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM OF THE NIGHT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, THE MEETING OF JUNE 16TH, 2025. IS THERE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE MINUTES? IS THERE A MEMBER REPUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, I'LL NOW ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE. MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE OF THE MINUTES ON JUNE 16TH, 2025. SECOND ZBA SECOND. I APPRECIATE THAT, UH, MR. WHITE, BUT I GOT MR. LANGSTON JUMPED IN BEFORE HE EVEN FINISHED TALKING. SO I GOT MR. BAKER'S MADE A MOTION. NO, NOT AT ALL. NOT AT ALL. IT'S A CHOMP BALL. EVERYBODY'S VERY EXCITED. EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR NAME CALLED OUT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. BAKER, A SECOND BY MR. LANGSTON. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. SAY AYE. AYE. MINUTES ARE APPROVED. ONE DOWN. GO [2. ZBA-25-05-0039 (Council District 5) – Special exception for a front yard carport and a variance to the maximum square footage of all accessory structures permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 902 Birch St., legally described as Lot 8, Block B, North Haven Addition No. 2, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Four District] AHEAD AARON. WHAT DO YOU GOT? OKAY, ITEM NUMBER TWO, ZDA 25 5 0 3 9. SPECIAL EXCEPTION VARIANCE REQUEST FOR FRONT YARD CARPORT LOCATED AT 9 0 2 BIRCH STREET. THE ZONING DISTRICT IS SINGLE FAMILY FOUR. THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW FRONT YARD CARPORT, WHICH DOES REQUIRE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND IN THIS CASE A VARIANCE TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AREA OF ALL STRUCTURES. OUR CODE ALLOWS US TO HAVE HA 50% OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL EQUAL 493 SQUARE FEET AND OUR APPLICANT IS REQUESTING 606 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS A 23% INCREASE. THE PROPOSED FRONT YARD CARPORT IS 450 SQUARE FEET. UM, IT MEETS ALL OF THE OTHER ARTICLE SIX DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR ALL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON A PROPERTY. THE FIRST REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE 800 FOOT BUFFER AND SEVERAL LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORTS ARE LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OUR SITE, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. UH, THERE ARE TWO AT LEAST LEGALLY PERMITTED STRUCTURES SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. ONE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY AND THEN ONE ACROSS THE STREET. AND THEN THE VARIANCE TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE. AGAIN, OUR APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A 23% INCREASE OF 606 SQUARE FEET. THERE IS AN ACTIVE BUILDING PERMIT AND THE PROPOSED CARPORT WILL BE PLACED OVER AN EXISTING PAVED DRIVEWAY. HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. [00:30:02] NOTE THE ADJACENT LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORT. 35 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO. RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURNED. OPPOSED. AND THERE IS NOT A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THIS REQUEST. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS OF STAFF? TO MY RIGHT. HOW ABOUT TO MY LEFT? MOVING RIGHT ALONG. OKAY. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD. I BELIEVE IT'S THE APPLICANT. IS THIS, UH, IS IT ORTIZ? YES. ALL RIGHT. UH, BENJAMIN ORTIZ, IF YOU COULD COME DOWN TO THE MICROPHONE JUST FOR YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO SAY A WHOLE LOT, BUT COME ON DOWN. TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW. CAN I GO WITH HIM? ABSOLUTELY. LET'S BRING A FRIEND NIGHT HERE AT THE GRAND PRAIRIE ZBA. JUST WE'LL START WITH NAME AND ADDRESS AND WE CAN KEEP IT SHORT AND SIMPLE. IT'S OKAY. OKAY. MY NAME IS, UH, BENJAMIN ORTIZ. MY ADDRESS IS 9 0 2 BIR STREET. , ANYTHING IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS OR YOU JUST WOULD LIKE A CARPORT? YOUR NEIGHBOR HAS A CARPORT. IT SEEMS IMPORTANT. YEAH, THAT, THAT'S IT. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. YEAH. THAT'S ALL WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW. DOES ANYONE UP HERE HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. ORTIZ? TO MY RIGHT, TO MY LEFT. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN SIR. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THERE IS. VERY EASY. UH, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT IS ZBA UH, 2 5 0 5 0 0 3 9. SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ZBA 2 5 0 5 0 0 3 9? IF NOT, I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN, UH, MOTION. MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE AND APPROVE ZBA 2 5 0 5 0 0 3 9. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. BAKER, A SECOND FROM MR. EPO. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ASK YOU, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AND SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION IS APPROVED BY ACCOUNT OF NINE TO ZERO, WHICH TAKES US TO OUR SECOND COUNT. ITEM THREE. [3. ZBA-25-06-0040 (Council District 1) – Special exception for a garage conversion permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 1610 British Blvd., legally described as Lot 16, Block 4, Camelot Acres Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-One District] ITEM THREE. WELL, THEY'VE ADDED AN EXTRA LINE WHERE I GET TO WRITE DOWN THE YESES AND NOS, SO THREW ME OFF. THIS IS ITEM NUMBER THREE ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT. THIS IS ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 0. A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR A GARAGE CONVERSION AT 1610 BRITISH BOULEVARD. THAT PROPERTY IS ON SINGLE FAMILY ONE. AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS FOR A GARAGE CONVERSION AND WITH GARAGE CONVERSIONS, WE DO REQUIRE THAT THERE'S AT LEAST TWO OFF STREET PARKING SPACES. THE PROPOSED GARAGE CONVERSION IS FOR A GARAGE LOCATED IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S ACCESSIBLE THROUGH AN ALLEY. AS YOU CAN SEE ON SCREEN THERE, THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA IS WHERE THE EXISTING GARAGE IS. THEY DO MEET THAT TWO OFF STREET PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND IT IS ABOUT A 400 SQUARE FOOT GARAGE AT THE MOMENT. THERE IS NONE WITH OTHER LEGALLY CONVERTED GARAGES WITHIN 800 FEET. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON SCREEN WITH THE PROPOSED AND EXISTING FLOOR PLAN, THEY'RE LOOKING JUST TO ADD STORAGE SPACE TO THE, UH, CURRENT HOME. THIS IS AN ELEVATION DRAWING THAT SHOWS AN EXISTING AND PROPOSED, UH, WITH THE EXISTING SHOWING THAT GARAGE DOOR AND IN THE PROPOSED SHOWING IT TO BE REMOVED WITH A REGULAR DOOR TO BE INSTALLED. AND AGAIN, THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS ACCESS THROUGH THE REAR THROUGH THAT ALLEY. SO IN REGARDS TO THIS CASE, 41 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ONE WAS RETURNED OPPOSED, AND ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR. AND THERE IS NOT AN HOA STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE REQUEST AS IS AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YES. YOU WERE GONNA READ THE OBJECTION? YES. IF WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT AFTER WE DO ALL IN FAVOR AND THE APPLICANT, THEN WE'LL DO THE OPPOSED AND READ INTO THE RECORD THE OBJECTION. FAIR ENOUGH. SO HOW ABOUT QUESTIONS OF STAFF AT THIS POINT? ANY MORE TO MY LEFT QUESTION? MY RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW CALL THE APPLICANT DOWN. UM, AND ANDREAS BARRAGAN, IS THAT RIGHT? NO. NO. AM I READING THE WRONG THING? BONITO HOLMES? YES. COME ON DOWN TO THE MICROPHONE. WE'LL GET IT ALL SORTED OUT. YOU WROTE A COMPANY NAME. SO TELL ME YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS IF YOU WOULD PLEASE. UH, MY NAME IS KAREN MENDOZA. I AM THE OWNER OF JUAN BONITA HOMES. OKAY. AND I, I DO LIVE ON THE PROPERTY. SO YOU LIVE AT THE, AT THE ADDRESS ON, ON BRITISH? YES. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO TELL US ABOUT THIS. YOU'VE GOT PRETTY NICE HOUSE THERE IN INTERNATIONAL ESTATE. IT'S KIND OF A LOT OF PROPERTY BACK THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERHEAD, A LOT OF TREES BARELY SEE IT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOME. I BOUGHT IT IN [00:35:01] DECEMBER. OKAY. MM-HMM . AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS JUST ADD, GO AHEAD IF YOU WOULD, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, DOES THE STAFF EXPLAIN IT PRETTY WELL? YES. UH, THE WASHER AND DRYER IS THERE. MM-HMM . AND UH, IT HAS A AC AND A HEATER ALREADY THERE, SO I'M TRYING TO USE IT AS A STORAGE ROOM. UTILITY AND STORAGE KIND OF THING? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY UP HERE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS YOUNG LADY? NONE TO MY RIGHT. NONE TO MY LIFE. IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. I DO APPRECIATE YOU MA'AM. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA LEAVE US WITH OR ARE WE GOOD? MM-HMM. THANK YOU YOU FOR COMING DOWN? MM-HMM. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 0. SEEING NONE. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 IN THE ROOM STAFF? I DID HEAR YOU SAY THERE WAS ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION, SO IF YOU COULD READ THAT INTO THE RECORD AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THERE IS ONE POSITION THAT WAS REGISTERED IN OPPOSITION AND THIS IS FROM BRENDA GARZA LOCATED AT 1614 CANADIAN DRIVE, WHICH IS ONE ALLEYWAY AND ONE STREET EL GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 0. IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 0. SIMPLY PUT THE POSITION IS OPPOSITION WITH NO COMMENTS. OKAY. SO SHE DOESN'T REALLY TELL US WHY SHE GOT OBJECTION. SHE JUST LIKES TO SPELL THAT FORM. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT, WELL THAT'S FINE. EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO DO IT. UH, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS CASE, IF NOT, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE AND APPROVE ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 0. SECOND I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. BAKER AND A SECOND FROM MR. WHITE. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THOSE IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE. AYE. AND THE MOTION PASSES BY COUNT OF NINE TO ZERO AND THAT [4. ZBA-25-06-0042 (Council District 2) – Variances to reduce the minimum side yard and rear yard setbacks for an accessory structure permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 3801 Lucena Ct., legally described as Lot 14R, Block 2, Coronado Woods Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Two District] WILL TAKE US TO OUR NEXT ITEM, 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 2. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AS OUR CHAIR SAID, ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 2 VARIANCES TO THE SITE AND REAR YARD SETBACKS FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 38 0 1 LUCINA COURT. THE ZONING DISTRICT IS SINGLE FAMILY TWO. AND AGAIN, THE VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED TO ALLOW AN EXISTING POOL HOUSE TO REMAIN. ARTICLE SIX REQUIREMENTS FOR A SIDE YARD SETBACK IS SIX FEET. OUR APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE FOOT AND FOR THE REAR YARD SETBACK. ARTICLE SIX REQUIREMENTS 10 FEET FOR A REAR YARD AND OUR APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO FEET. AGAIN, THIS IS FOR AN EXISTING 322 SQUARE FOOT POOL HOUSE SHOWN IN RED. THE POOL HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021 AND WITHIN THE SIDE IN REAR YARD SETBACKS SHOWN IN YELLOW AND ENCROACHING ON A SEVEN AND A HALF FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT SHOWN WITH A BLUE LINE. A QUICK NOTE, OUR APPLICANT HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM THE UTILITY COMPANIES FOR THE EASEMENT ENCROACHMENT. AN EASEMENT, ENCROACHMENT, UM, AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED AND WILL BE EXECUTED AND FILED OF RECORD. IF THE VARIANCES ARE APPROVED. THERE IS AN ACTIVE BUILDING PERMIT FOR THIS PROJECT. THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE EXISTING POOL HOUSE. 45 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RETURNED IN FAVOR, ONE RETURNED OPPOSED. AND THERE IS NOT A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION CHAIR. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE OPPOSITION OR DO YOU WANNA WAIT LIKE WE DID IN LAST, LAST? YOU GO AHEAD AND READ IT NOW FOR ME. OKAY. SO WE RECEIVED THIS ON JULY 14TH FROM SUSAN VALMONT LLOYD. THE ADDRESS LISTED IS 37 35 HILLDALE COURT, UH, CASE NUMBER ZBA 25 0 6 0 0 4 2. AND HER POSITION IS OPPOSED AND THERE ARE NO COMMENTS. HER ADDRESS IS SHOWN IN RED AND OUR SUBJECT PROPERTY IS SHOWN IN YELLOW. STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THIS REQUEST. QUESTIONS OF STAFF TO MY RIGHT. HOW ABOUT QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? OH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MS. ROGERS, GO AHEAD. UH, HAS THIS BEEN PLUMBED? I'M SORRY. HAS IS, IS THERE PLUMBING IN THIS STRUCTURE? THERE IS NOT CURRENTLY PLUMBING, HOWEVER, THE PERMIT THAT THEY HAVE ACTIVE IN OUR SYSTEM IS TO ADD PLUMBING. SO IT WILL CONSIST OF A BATHROOM, A SHOWER, AND I BELIEVE A LITTLE KIND OF SINK, KITCHEN SINK LOOKING THING THAT IS NOT, UH, [00:40:01] BUT THERE'S NOT A SPACE FOR A SLEEPING QUARTERS. SO STAFF DOES NOT ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL BE USED AS DWELLING UNIT. OKAY, BUT MORE OF A PLACE YOU CAN GO POTTY IF YOU'RE IN THE POOL? CORRECT. HE SAYS POTTY IN THE POOL. IN THE POOL, HUH? IN GRAND PER WONDERS. NEVER CEASED. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD MISS. IS IT BEING BROUGHT BEFORE US BECAUSE SOMEONE ARE WE? NO, IT'S BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU BECAUSE THEY DID MAKE THE APPLICATION FOR, UM, THE BUILDING PERMIT TO ADD THE PLUMBING AND AT THAT TIME OUR BUILDING INSPECTION STAFF CAUGHT IT. THANK YOU. MRPA. GO AHEAD SIR. FROM YOUR OPINION, THE SEAT OBSTRUCT THE, ANY SAFETY MEASURES? NO SIR. IT DOESN'T. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF UP HERE? IF NOT, THANK YOU AARON. APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE A SPEAKER CARD HERE FOR LUIS MORENO. IF YOU COULD COME ON DOWN. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT SIR, YOUR PENMANSHIP, YOUR, YOUR AUTOGRAPH IS OUTSTANDING. I'M SO JEALOUS. THANK YOU. I TRY. IF I TRIED ANOTHER 50 YEARS, IT WASN'T GONNA TURN OUT THIS WELL. MY NAME'S LUIS MORENO. I'M THE OWNER OF 38 0 1 CENTER COURT. AND UM, YEAH, I'M HERE TO SEE IF HE GETS GRANTED . I THINK, I THINK THE INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S THE FOUNDATION? UH, SLAB. IT IS A SLAB. IT'S NOT THE OTHER POST. NO, NO. YEAH. AND IT IS USED SO THAT PEOPLE WON'T PA MY POOL, YOU KNOW, AND MY WIFE IS TIRED. IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING. YEAH. CHEMICALS ARE EXPENSIVE. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT. I LOVE THAT WE'RE RECORDING THE MEETING AND YOU ARE ABLE TO WORK IN THAT PHRASE. THANK YOU. UM, ANYONE HAVE OTHER, SOMETHING ELSE TO DO ON THE CITY WEBSITE AS PEOPLE ARE FILLING OUT OBJECTIONS? THAT'S GREAT, . UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO KNOW? IT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD WHAT YOU WANT. YEAH. PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UM, THAT'S, HOW ABOUT QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT HERE? NOBODY ON MY RIGHT, ANYBODY ON MY LEFT? THE PROPERTY'S AT THE BACK OF A CUL-DE-SAC, IS THAT YES SIR. IT'S, IT'S A CUL-DE-SAC. UM, YEP. SOUNDS PRETTY EASY. MS. MARINO, I THINK WE'VE GOT WHAT WE NEED. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. APPRECIATE OH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. YOU BET. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF I'M JUST GONNA READ THIS CARD 'CAUSE HIS PENMANSHIP REALLY IS THAT GOOD FOLKS? ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 2. IT'S EASIER TO READ THAN THE TYPE SCRIPT, TRUST ME. UM, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 2? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION TO BE CLOSED AND APPROVE ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 2. I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. BAKER, A SECOND FROM MR. LANGSTON. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ASK ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY AYE. AYE. AND THE MOTION PASSES BY ACCOUNT OF NINE TO ZERO, WHICH [5. ZBA-25-06-0045 (Council District 5) – Special exception for a garage conversion and for a front yard carport permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 717 Bonham St., legally described as Lot 5, Block 202, Dalworth Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Four District] TAKES US TO OUR NEXT CASE, 2 5 6 0 0 4 5. ITEM NUMBER FIVE ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 5 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS FOR A FRONT YARD CARPORT AND FOR A GARAGE CONVERSION. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED LOCATED AT 7 1 7 BONUM STREET. THE ZONING DISTRICT IS SINGLE FAMILY FOUR AND THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO CONVERT A GARAGE TO LIVING AREA AND TO ALLOW FOR AN EXISTING FRONT YARD CARPORT. THE EXISTING FRONT YARD CARPORT IS SHOWN, HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, AND THE LOCATION OF THE CONVERTED GARAGE IS SHOWN IN BLUE. ALL OTHER ARTICLE SIX DENSITY, DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET REGARDING THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A FRONT YARD CARPORT. STAFF NOTES THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE 800 FOOT BUFFER AND SEVERAL LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORTS ARE LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMATE PROXIMITY TO THE REQUEST AREA WHICH IS SHOWN IN YELLOW. THOSE SURROUNDING, UH, LEGALLY PERMITTED CARPORTS ARE ALSO SHOWN IN RED. THEN REGARDING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE GARAGE CONVERSION, THE PROPERTY IS NOT WITHIN THE 300 FOOT BUFFER AND THERE ARE NO OTHER LEGALLY PERMITTED GARAGE CONVERSIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE IS AN ACTIVE BUILDING PERMIT AND JUST A NOTE THAT THE FRONT YARD CARPORT WAS CONSTRUCTED SOMETIME BEFORE 2001. HERE'S A PICTURE IT CAN SHOW. YOU CAN SEE THE CARPORT THERE AND THE PROPOSED GARAGE CONVERSION SITS DIRECTLY BEHIND THAT AND IS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE. 42 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURNED OPPOSED. AND THERE IS NOT A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THIS REQUEST. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT. YES MA'AM. MS. ROGERS, GO AHEAD. JUST TO MAKE SURE, UM, YOU, I UNDERSTOOD WHAT [00:45:01] YOU SAID. THERE ARE NO OTHER GARAGE CONVERSIONS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. YES MA'AM. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. HOW ABOUT TO MY LEFT? NO QUESTIONS. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY. I HAVE AN APPLICANT CARD HERE FOR, LET'S SEE, ON THIS IT SAYS JARRET TOLBERT, BUT I SEE ONE CARD FOR A WALTER MCKELVY WHO FILLED OUT. TELL COME DOWN AND TELL ME WHO YOU ARE AND I'LL FIGURE THIS OUT TOGETHER. YES, SIR. WALTER MCKELVY? UH, 74 30 DILLON CIRCLE. MIDLOTHIAN. OKAY. I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. 7 1 7 BONHAM. OKAY, SO YOU OWN IT, YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THIS IMPROVEMENT TO IT? YES SIR. YOU HAVE A TENANT IN THERE? I BET WE NOT YET. IT'S IT'S GOT A LOT OF NOVATION TO BE DONE TO IT. I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. UH, WHAT ELSE DOES THE BOARD REALLY NEED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS? IT SOUNDS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME. I WANNA SURE. PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWER I BELIEVE, SIR. YES. YEAH. UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT SIR? UH, AT THIS POINT, NONE TO MY RIGHT. NONE TO MY LEFT. I THINK IT'S GREAT. I GOT IT SIR. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING DOWN. UH, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 5? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? NO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION ON THIS ONE? UH, IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE AND APPROVE ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 5. I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. BAKER AND A SECOND FROM MR. IPO. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND IN SUPPORT. IF YOU VOTE YES, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND OPPOSED. SO BY ACCOUNT OF EIGHT TO ONE, THE MOTION DOES PASS. AND MR. MCKELVY, I YOUR PENMANSHIP'S NICE TOO. I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LEFT OUT AFTER THE LAST GUY. VERY LEGIBLE. IT TAKES US [6. ZBA-25-06-0047 (Council District 5) – Variance to reduce the minimum front yard setback for a primary structure permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 1514 Westridge Dr., legally described as Lot 7, Block M, Continental Estates Addition No.2, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Two District] TO OUR NEXT CASE, SALVADOR, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE AGENDA DOES SAY 25 DASH OH FIVE DASH 0 4 7, HOWEVER THE CORRECT NUMBERING IS 25 DASH OH SIX DASH 0 0 4 7. SO THIS IS ITEM NUMBER SIX ON YOUR AGENDA. AND THIS IS A VARIANCE FOR A FRONT YARD SETBACK AT 1514 WEST RIDGE DRIVE. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED SINGLE FAMILY TWO AND THE REQUEST IS TO REDUCE THE FRONT YARD, FRONT YARD SETBACK FROM THE REQUIRED 25 FEET TO 10 FEET FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING A PROPOSED ADDITION TO THE MAIN HOME. THAT PROPOSED ADDITION WOULD MEASURE 400 SQUARE FEET, 406 SQUARE FEET AND AGAIN IT WOULD, IT WOULD UH, BE LOCATED IN THE FRONT YARD WHERE IT WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO MEET 10 FEET OF A MINIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK AND IT WOULD BE ENCAPSULATED BY AN EXISTING SIX FOOT WOODEN FENCE. ON SCREEN YOU'LL SEE A FLOOR PLAN THAT SHOWS EXISTING AND PROPOSED. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE ADDING UH, A BEDROOM AND A WALK-IN CLOSET TO THE MAIN HOME AND SOME ELEVATION DRAWINGS SHOWING THAT THE PROPOSED ADDITION AS WELL. UM, AND THIS IMAGE SHOWS A FRONT VIEW OF THAT EXISTING HOME. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT FENCE WOULD PRETTY MUCH COVER UP THE PROPOSED ADDITION. SO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM THE STREET BECAUSE IT IS ON A CORNER LOT. BUT YOU WOULD MOSTLY JUST SEE THE FENCE, FENCE AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ROOF LINE THERE. THAT'S RIGHT. BASICALLY. OKAY. 47 NOTICES WERE SINCE HOW ONE WAS RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURN OPPOSED AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT. 2 2 5 CBA 2 5 0 6 DASH 0 0 4 7 AS REQUESTED. AND IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN READ THE UH, LETTER OF SUPPORT OR I CAN WAIT UP TO YOU. GOT IT. SO THE LETTER OF SUPPORT COMES FROM ANNETTE PERKINS AT 1526 PARIS DRIVE, WHICH IS WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 0. AGAIN, JUST REGISTERING THE POSITION OF SUPPORT, NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. SO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THE WEBSITE'S VERY EASY TO USE, BUT THERE'S NO SPACE TO FILL OUT ANY, SAY, ANYTHING. YOU JUST GET TO CLICK A BOX IS WHAT WE'VE TAKEN AWAY. BUT IN FAIRNESS, YEAH, WE DEFINITELY WANT THE ONES IN SUPPORT JUST LIKE WE READ IN THE RECORDS, THE ONES IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THEIR PRESENTATION? TO MY RIGHT, TO MY LEFT. NOW DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT IN THE ROOM? THE NAME I HAVE IS CARLOS GONZALEZ, BUT I DON'T SEE A CARLOS GONZALEZ. THAT'S OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TECHNICALLY BE HERE. WE'VE GOT A YOUNG LADY'S LETTER OF SUPPORT. SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOMEBODY IN SUPPORT OF THIS CASE. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE IN SUPPORT OF THIS CASE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK UP REGARDING ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 8? [00:50:02] ANYONE WISHES SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 8 IF NOT, NO, IT'S FOUR SEVEN. OH, IS THIS FOUR 7:00 AM I I PICKED UP THE CARD, WHICH IS THE NEXT CASE. I APOLOGIZE. IT'S OKAY. BARRY, WE GOT YOU. I'M ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR. IT'S OKAY. , UM, ONE FOOT OUT FOLKS. MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT. WE CLOSE AND APPROVE ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 7 4 7. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. BAKER KEEPING ME ON TASK AND A SECOND FROM MS. HICK. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SUPPORTING THIS RAISE RIGHT HAND, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AND BE MOTION PASSES. NINE TO ZERO. THANK YOU MR. BAKER. KEEPING US ON TRACK [7. ZBA-25-06-0048 (Council District 5) – Special exception for a front yard carport and a variance to the maximum area of a front yard carport, located at 1117 Ruea St., legally described as a portion of Lots 4 and 5, Block 1, Pecan Acres Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Four District] TAKES US TO SALOR CLAY. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. CHAIR. THIS IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 8. THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND VARIANCE REQUEST FOR REFERRING YARD CARPORT AT 1 1 1 7 R STREET ZONE, SINGLE FAMILY FOUR. AND THE PURPOSE IS TO BUILD A FRONT, A NEW FRONT YARD CARPORT, WHICH WOULD EXCEED OUR MAXIMUM ALLOWED, UH, AREA FOR A CARPORT, WHICH IS 500 SQUARE FEET AND THEY'RE REQUESTING 748 SQUARE FEET. SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN. THE PROPOSED CARPORT IS GONNA BE 22 FEET WIDE, 34 FEET DEEP, AND 10 FEET TALL. AND IT DOES MEET OUR ARTICLE SIX, UH, DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR AREA. AS YOU CAN SEE ON SCREEN, THOSE PROPERTIES HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE, THOSE SQUARES HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE OR SURROUNDED BY BLUE, UM, ARE WHERE THERE'S EXISTING LEGALLY ALLOWED CARPORTS. HOWEVER, AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MEETING THE MAXIMUM AREA ALLOWED FOR A CARPORT, THEY'RE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT AND THIS IS A STREET IMAGE OF WHERE THAT CARPORT WOULD GO. IN REGARDS TO THIS CASE. 46 NOTICES WERE SENT UNTIL ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED. AND THERE'S NOT AN HOA AND STAB DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE ITEM AS THIS. DO QUESTIONS OF STAFF TO MY RIGHT. HOW ABOUT TO MY LEFT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SALVADOR. HOW CAN I USE THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE AN APPLICANT, UH, FLORENCE BARRIENTOS. IS THAT RIGHT? FLORENTINO. FLORENTINE. I APOLOGIZE, FLORENTINO. I DID NOT READ THE WHOLE THING. WE ARE, I AM JUST WORN DOWN MY FRIEND. START WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. FLORENTINO, SORRY, IT'S THE BON CAKE. IT GOT TO ME. FLORENTINO BARTOS. UH, 1 1 1 7 RUE STREET, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0. FIVE ZERO. SO WHAT IS THE IMPORTANT THINGS WE, YOU NEED US TO KNOW ABOUT THIS FOR MY FAMILY, THE WEATHER IN TEXAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY HOT AND IT'S GONNA HELP OUT A LOT WITH THE VEHICLES. OKAY. FOR MY FAMILY. WAS PRETTY MUCH HAD YOU HAD ME AT FOR MY FAMILY, MY FRIEND. UH, IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS QUESTIONS FOR THIS APPLICANT? MR. BAKER? YES SIR. SO THE EXTENDED LEAD LENGTH OUT TO 34, IS THAT 'CAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET 200 OR, OR WHAT? NO SIR. UH, THAT WAS IT. WE HAVE 22 BY 28, WHICH IS ONLY, UH, 616 SQUARE FOOT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE 7 56 CAME FROM, SO, OKAY, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT SIZE NOW? 22 BY 28. 22 BY 28. YES SIR. IF YOU WANTS TO AMEND, I MEAN, SO YOU'RE OKAY AMENDING IT TO SIX 16. THAT'S THE PLAN YOU GOT TO BUILD, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THAT WAS WHAT WE INITIALLY, YEAH. YEAH. WE WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE THAT AND, AND JUST MAKE THAT AMEND. SO SIX 16, DOES THAT SATISFY YOUR QUESTION? SIX 16? YES SIR. OKAY. THAT SATISFIES MY QUESTION. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE UP HERE TO MY LEFT? HOW ABOUT TO MY RIGHT? ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. ANTOS? NO. DID I SAY THAT ONE? YEAH. CLOSE. CLOSE ENOUGH AFTER I BUTCHERED THE FIRST NAME. UH, ALL RIGHT, WELL THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO HEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ZBA 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 8? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE AND APPROVE 2 5 0 6 0 0 4 8 2. THE AMOUNT OF 616 SQUARE FOOT. SECOND OH MR. DUPO, HE BEAT YOU DOWN HERE. I'VE GOT MR. BAKER AND I'VE GOT MR. WHITE, BUT I THINK I'VE WRITTEN DOWN EVERYBODY'S NAME TONIGHT, SO THAT'S GOOD. UM, ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF THIS CASE, I'LL ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND ONE MORE TIME, SAY AYE. AND THEN THIS MOTION PASSES NINE TO ZERO. WE GOT YOU FARENTINO. DID I DO IT RIGHT THIS TIME? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT, GOOD. OKAY, CHAIR. [8. ZBA-25-06-0049 (Council District 2) – Variance to increase the maximum height allowed for a fence permitted under the Unified Development Code, located at 702 Chippewa Ln., legally described as Lot 21, Block 35, Westchester Addition IV Installment 1, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Planned Development-172] YES MA'AM. OUR LAST ITEM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ZBA 25 0 7 0 0 4 9. A VARIANCE TO INCREASE DEFENSE HEIGHT. OUR APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD TABLE THIS REQUEST TO NEXT [00:55:01] MONTH'S HEARING SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEIR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. FAIR ENOUGH. CAN I GET A MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE Z AND AND TABLE THIS TO ZBA 2 5 0 7 4 9 2 NEXT ZBA MEETING. I HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM MR. BAKER IN THE QUIETEST MICUS SECOND FROM MR. EPO. BUT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TAPING THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. HAND, SAY, AYE. WHICH BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF THIS. WE NOW HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS, BUT SINCE THERE'S LITERALLY NOBODY ELSE IN THE SEATS IN THE ROOM, I DON'T THINK WE [Additional Item] HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS, BUT SINCE WE DO HAVE SOME DEPARTING MEMBERS, MS. ACHE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS? YES. UH, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST 10 YEARS. IT'S BEEN, UM, IT'S MEANT A WHOLE LOT TO ME AND I'VE NEVER SHARED THIS, BUT THERE WAS, UH, YEARS AGO I WAS ON THE OTHER END AT DALLAS COUNTY AND UH, I HAD A BUSINESS GOING AGAINST A BUSINESS IN DALLAS. SO I WENT ON FOR EIGHT YEARS CALLING THE CITY AND COMPLAINING. AND THEY, THEY HAD EVERYTHING WRONG NEXT DOOR TO ME, CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR MY BUSINESS. ANYWAY, SO THIS, UH, LL ATKINS WORKED WITH ME. UH, HE WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME AND, UM, THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE CITY OF DA DALLAS WORKED WITH ME. AND, UH, SO THEY CAME UP WITH AND SAID, DEBBIE, IT'S BETTER FOR YOU TO GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS 'CAUSE IT'LL BE FASTER IF THEY APPROVE THIS THAN FOR YOU. I WOULD BE ON THE CITY'S SIDE GOING THROUGH ALL KIND OF STUFF. SO I SAID, OKAY, SO JUST FOR EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BOARD IS WHY I'M SAYING THIS. IT COST ME A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO, UH, GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS IN DALLAS. I THINK I ONLY HAD FIVE OR SIX MINUTES TO DO MY PRESENTATION. I DIDN'T HAVE 30. AND SO ANYWAY, SHE WAS THERE. ALSO THE PERSON. SO IT WAS TWO BUSINESSES. I WAS TRYING TO CLOSE HER DOWN. AND SO, AND THAT'S VERY, DOESN'T USUALLY HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT ANYWAY, I WAS AT, IN THAT POSITION. AND SO WHEN I TOOK THIS POSITION, IT MEANT A WHOLE LOT TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE HISTORY WITH WHAT THEY DID FOR ME. AND SO ANYWAY, I WAS JUST A NORMAL PERSON. I STILL AM A NORMAL PERSON, BUT I WAS SCARED. SO I, I DID A WHOLE, GOT A BIG OLD BOOK MADE. I DID, YOU CAN'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING I DID 'CAUSE I WAS SO AFRAID AND DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. 'CAUSE THEY SAID IT'S LIKELY OF ME CLOSING HER WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. SO I DID MY PRESENTATION. SHE DID HER PRESENTATION. AND WHEN WE LEFT THAT DAY, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY APPROVED IT OR NOT. I I THE PART THAT Y'ALL SAY THE CITY PROPOSES IT OR WHATEVER. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THAT DAY WHAT HAPPENED. 'CAUSE MY MIND WAS CRAZY. BUT ANYWAY, UH, I SHARE THIS BECAUSE WE SITTING HERE, IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY TO SOMEONE, OH, WELL GO GET AN ATTORNEY OR WHATEVER, IT COSTS ME A A LOT OF MONEY, A LOT OF TIME. AND IT WAS EIGHT YEARS BEFORE I GOT HER CLOSED. BUT WHEN I LEFT THE MEETING THAT DAY, THEY COULDN'T EVEN COME UP WITH A DECISION. THEY TABLED IT, THE BOARD TABLED. I GUESS I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD DO THAT, BUT THEY DID. SO IT TOOK ME, I HAD TO WAIT FOR THEIR ANSWER. AND SO OF COURSE I WAS NERVOUS AND I WAS JUST CRAZY. AND SO ANYWAY, IT, I FINALLY GOT THE RESULTS BACK AND THEY CLOSED HER DOWN BY WHAT I DID AND HOW I PRESENTED IT AND WHAT I DID. AND THE CITY OF DALLAS ATTORNEY WAS ALSO PUSHING ME TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO THE OTHER ROUTE. AND, BUT ANYWAY, I'M JUST, I'M HERE TO SAY THIS HAS MEANT A WHOLE LOT TO ME. IT'S BEEN VERY PERSONAL FOR ME. I'VE TRIED TO LISTEN TO ALL THE CASES, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE CITY APPROVES IT OR DOESN'T APPROVE IT. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE CASE IS WHAT ALL I WANNA LEAVE HERE BECAUSE THERE'VE BEEN TIMES I'VE LEFT HERE WITH MY BLOOD BOILING IS WHAT I WOULD SAY TO, TO SAY THE LEAST. UH, UH, ANYWAY. BUT IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE. I'VE ENJOYED BEING HERE. I FEEL LIKE I'VE, UM, ADDED TO AND HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THROUGH MY DECISION AND MY COMMENTS AND MY STATEMENTS. BUT I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE SITTING IN THESE SEATS. YOU NEED TO REALLY FOCUS AND LISTEN TO THE PERSON STANDING RIGHT THERE AT THAT THING. BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS WHEN THEY WALK AWAY FROM HERE, IT DOES COST MONEY. AND IT IS TIME CONSUMING. AND I'M JUST, I FEEL VERY BLESSED THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THEY'RE PEOPLE LIKE US AND, UH, THEY WENT IN MY FAVOR. BUT I, I JUST WANT TO END WITH THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR POSITION IS VERY IMPORTANT. I'VE TAKEN IT VERY PERSONAL. I, I'VE, I THINK I'VE, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER MISSED, I THINK ONE TIME I MADE A MISTAKE AND FORGOT THE MEETING. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'VE BEEN TO EVERY MEETING ALMOST. IF YOU LOOK AT MY HISTORY, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. IT'S A BITTERSWEET FOR ME TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS SITUATION, BUT IT'S TIME FOR ME TO MOVE ON. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD, TO ALL OF YOU HERE SITTING THERE, THE ATTORNEYS, ALL OF YOU, Y'ALL DONE A [01:00:01] WONDERFUL JOB. UM, YOU'VE REALLY HELPED ME IN SOME OTHER SITUATIONS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND, UH, THINGS DO MATTER TO ME. AND I THINK THAT, UM, AS I LEAVE, I JUST, AND BARRY, YOU HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPED A LOT FOR ME. YOU, YOU'RE FUNNY, YOU'RE GOOFY, YOU SAY FUNNY THINGS, YOU KEEP IT LIVE, YOU KEEP IT GOING AND UH, YOU'VE BEEN A REAL INSPIRATION FOR ME AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND UH, I JUST, I LEAVE IN SAYING THAT, PLEASE LISTEN, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR PEOPLE THAT STAND RIGHT THERE BECAUSE I WAS THERE ONE DAY, BUT I WAS IN DALLAS, WHICH IS A LOT BIGGER COUNTY AND WHATEVER, I DON'T KNOW. I GOT ALL KIND OF WHATEVER. BUT ANYWAY, UM, SO JUST REMEMBER, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT, YOUR POSITION AND DON'T ALWAYS LISTEN TO WHETHER THE CITY APPROVES IT OR DOESN'T APPROVE IT. LISTEN TO THE PERSON STANDING THERE. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO DO. AND DON'T MAKE YOUR DECISION BEFORE YOU LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE COMING OUTTA THEIR MOUTH. ANYWAY, THANK YOU. AND I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SAY SOMETHING. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I APPRECIATE 10 YEARS IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. MR. APU, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH US? NO, NOT AFTER THAT. SHE'S GOT, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA ECHO WHAT YOU SAID. YES, IT'S, SHE SAID IT ON. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON HERE AND IT WILL CONTINUE. IT'S JUST SEASONS TO CHANGE FOLKS. YES, I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO GOOD WORK FOR THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND MS. SUB CHECK. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. YES, FOR THE MOST PART. THIS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT COME WITH SUVS AND PLAN DEVELOPMENTS AND I'M BUILDING A COMPLEX OR A SHOPPING CENTER OR WHATEVER, BUT THIS IS SOMEBODY'S HOME, THE TYPICALLY THE MOST VALUABLE ASSET THEY WILL EVER OWN. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHETHER YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE A CARPORT FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR CHILDREN OR YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO PEE IN YOUR POOL. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PUT THE, GET THESE THINGS APPROVED . SO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT COME BEFORE US, THEY COME BEFORE US AND THEY SEE THIS BIG SYMBOL AND WE'RE SITTING UP HERE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I WENT BEFORE THE CITY AND THEY LISTENED TO ME AND THAT, I WANT YOU TO CONTINUE DOING THAT. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY ELSE. WE HAD A GOOD TIME. AND JUST KNOW THAT NEXT MONTH I'LL BE WATCHING ON MY PHONE IN THE HOT TUB AND I WILL SEND YOU A TEXT IF YOU KNOW YOU SAY SOMETHING FUNNY. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TONIGHT, WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED. THAT IS WELL, THANK YOU. HE GETS A PLAQUE. HE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.