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FIVE MEMBERS FOUR OF WHICH MUST BE PRESENT. A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME WILL BE CONSIDERED IF REQUESTED. THE BUILDING PERMIT MAY BE APPLIED FOR THE DAY THAT THE REQUEST IS APPROVED AFTER THE MEETING HAS BEEN ADJOURNED. IF THE REQUEST IS DENIED IT MAY NOT BE RECONSIDERED BY THIS BOARD UNTIL 12 MONTHS FROM THE STATE. APPEALS FROM THIS DECISION AND THE DECISIONS OF THIS BOARD MAY BE MADE TO A COURT , IN THIS CASE, THE DISTRICT COURT, WITHIN 10 DAYS FROM THIS DATE. WE HAVE TO SWEAR IN ANYONE THAT IS PLANNING TO COME FORWARD AND PRESENT THEIR CASE TODAY. IF YOU PLAN TO SPEAK TODAY ON ANY CASE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THE MEETING HAS BEEN
[1. Minutes: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Minutes from the Regular Meeting Held on August 8, 2023.]
CALLED TO ORDER. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTESFROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING? >> I MAKE A MOTION.
>> SECOND. >> ANY COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES?
>> I WILL APPROVE. >> LOUDERMILK.
>> YES. >> COLONEL LANGHOLTZ .
>> YES. >> THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CASE BA-2023-09 AND THAT IS 1833 -- THAT IS THE LAST MEETING AGENDA. DO I HAVE A CURRENT ONE?
[2. BA-2023-09: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a request from Wes Brooks for a special exception located at 7102 Sable Circle allowing a detached accessory structure within the front setback and a variance to allow the accessory structure to extend to the property line. (Clarissa Ivey)]
>> ANYONE ELSE? >> NOW THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS CASE BA-2023-09 . RECEIVER REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING , AND TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM WES BROOKS FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION LOCATED AT 7102 SABLE CIRCLE ALLOWING A DETACHED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WITHIN THE FRONT SET BACK AND THE VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO EXTEND
TO THE PROPERTY LINE. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CLARISSA IVEY AND I AM WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. TODAY WE ARE LOOKING AT CASE BA-2023-09 REQUESTED BY THE OWNER, WES BROOKS. HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CARPORT ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY LINE. THIS IS THE LOCATION. IT IS ON THE CORNER OF SABLE AND RIO MESA DRIVE.
THE AREA IS ZONED RS 8 SO THEY ARE A SLIGHTLY BIGGER LOT.
RIO MESA IS ALSO A COLLECTOR. AS YOU CAN SEE, HERE ARE SOME
PICTURES OF THE >>> THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL . I ALSO INCLUDED THIS SHOWING A NON-SCALED -- OF WHAT THE CARPORT MY LOOK LIKE AND THIS IS THE AREA THAT HE IS PROPOSING THE CARPORT. THIS IS A SLAB AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE
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BOTTOM, THE LEFT-HAND DRAWING, IT WILL BE WITHIN HIS LANDSCAPING HOWEVER, THAT IS ALSO IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.THAT IS WHY I PUT THAT LINE REPRESENTING WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE MIGHT BE. IF IT WERE TO GET APPROVED FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION HE WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE LAND OFFICE TO OBTAIN AN EXTENDED STREET USE PERMIT. I DID TALK TO THE APPLICANT ABOUT THAT. THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN. HE IS PROPOSING A 24 BY 24 CARPORT. THE CARPORT WOULD BE ABOUT 6 FEET FROM THE CURB. WE SENT OUT NOTICES AND RECEIVED ONE OPPOSED AND ONE IN FAVOR. WE REVIEWED THIS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE AND THIS WOULD BE AN APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION. IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE USES AND PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA. IT IS A USE THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE CARPORT WOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD. THE OTHER PROPERTIES DO NOT HAVE ONE CURRENTLY THAT IS VISIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. THIS WILL NOT PLACE A BURDEN ON THE PUBLIC FACILITIES . THE INTENT OF THE /THE APPROVAL OF THE -- THE LAND DEVELOPMENT TEST OF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURES WHEN THEY ARE EXTENDED TOWARDS THE STREET. GRANTING -- FRONT YARD SETBACK IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE INPUT THAT YOU HAD THROUGH
PUBLIC COMMENT? >> ONE IN FAVOR AND THEY SAY THAT THEY WOULD BE HAPPY FOR MR. BROOKS TO HAVE A CARPORT AND THE OPPOSED , THEY ARE OPPOSED BECAUSE THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IT WOULD BE -- THEY BELIEVE IT WOULD BE UNSIGHTLY AND IT WOULD AFFECT THE VALUE OF THE HOMES IN PROXIMITY TO HIS RESIDENCE.
>> DID YOU SAY THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER CARPORTS IN THE
GENERAL VICINITY? >> CORRECT. I TOOK A DRIVE AND DID NOT SEE ANY. I ALSO LOOKED AT SATELLITE IMAGING AND DID
NOT SEE ANY IN THE FRONT YARD. >> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS?
>> DO WE KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY UTILITIES WITHIN THAT SPECIFIC AREA WHERE THE CARPORT IS OVERHANGING?
>> NO. >> I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHY THE CARPORT NEEDS TO OVERHANG. WHY CAN IT NOT BE CLOSER TO THE RESIDENT STRUCTURE? SUSPECT HE IS REPOSING TO PUTTER OVER AN EXISTING SLAB THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY BUILT. THAT IS JUST WHERE THE SLAB HAPPENED TO BE AND THAT WAS DONE AT THE TIME THE HOUSE WAS BUILT OR AFTER WITHOUT ANY SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AS IT WAS GOING TO HAVE A STRUCTURE AND NOW HE HAS DECIDED TO PUT A PROPOSED CARPORT ON TOP OF IT.
>> DID HE PRESENT YOU WITH AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE?
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MATERIALS? >> THERE IS NOT A VISUAL.
>> SO WHAT WE HAVE IS A TYPICAL CARPORT ?
>> THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND CAN ANSWER A BIT MORE ON THE DESIGN.
>> FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT , I NOTICED THE LACK OF SIDEWALKS.
WAS THIS DEVELOPED PRIOR TO OUR INITIATIVE ON SIDEWALKS IN
RESIDENTIAL AREAS? >> THERE ARE SOME SITES WITHIN ABILENE THAT DON'T REQUIRE SIDEWALKS IN SOME CASES IT WOULD BE LIKE WHEN IT IS PLOTTED TO NOT REQUIRE SIDEWALKS OR A PRIVATE STREET LIKE THIS OR A STREET THAT IS PRIVATELY OWNED.
THEN, IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE SIDEWALKS.
>> MOST OF THAT AREA OUT THERE ALONG RIO MESA AND TWIN OAKS I
BELIEVE DO NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION. >> THANK YOU. WILL THE APPLICANT COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU
ARE REQUESTING THIS? >> WE BUILT THAT HOUSE IN 2004.
IT USED TO BE YOU COULD NOT COME IN THE OTHER WAY. SHE SAID WE WERE GOING TO BUILD A HOUSE RIGHT THERE AND I SAID THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO PUT IT. IT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2004 AND THERE ARE NINE HOMES ON THE CUL-DE-SAC. I CONSIDER THAT THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND NOT THE FRONT YARD BECAUSE OUR FRONT YARD IS DESIGNED AND THAT IS THE SIDE WITH THE DRIVEWAY. HE POURED EXTRA COURT OVER THERE SO KIDS COULD HAVE A BASKETBALL COURT AND KEEP THEM OUT OF THE STREET. THEY ARE ALL GROWN NOW.
ME BEING IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS, WE COULD NOT GET THINGS IN -- BUT THERE WAS DAMAGE DONE TO THE VEHICLES AND WE WERE JUST TALKING AND THOUGHT, WHY DON'T WE PUT A CARPORT OVER THE SLAB. I TALKED WITH MONTE CONRAD , THE CONTRACTOR AND THEN WE HAVE A SUBCONTRACTOR AND IT WOULD BE RECTANGULAR TUBING AND WE TALKED ABOUT LIFT AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF TO MAKE SURE WE GO 3 FEET DOWN IN THE GROUND WITH THE POLLS AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A METAL -- THREE FOOT HIGH ON ONE SIDE, THE SIDE WHERE THE STREET IS AND THEN THREE FOOT HIGH ON THE BACKSIDE. WHERE THOSE SHRUBS ARE. THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR US TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DEAL ON THE BACKSIDE TO BRING IT UP TO THE ROOF. JUST A SMALL ENOUGH AREA TO HANG A TV. WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD AND OFTEN TIMES WE SIT OUTSIDE AND FELLOWSHIP AND WATCH A GAME OR SOMETHING BUT WHEN THE KIDS ARE HOME IT WOULD BE A PLACE THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR VEHICLES UNDERCOVER. AS ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS TOLD ME THEY SAID I AM ALREADY OUT SOME MONEY BUT HE SAID HE WILL LET ME PARK UNDER THEIR. ANYHOW, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND DISCUSSING AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT. WE DIDN'T PUT SOMETHING UP AND THEN BE TOLD WE NEEDED TO TAKE IT DOWN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FOLLOW THE APPROPRIATE GUIDELINES. ANYHOW, I CAN ASSURE YOU WE KEEP EVERYTHING LOOKING NICE AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT LOOKS NICE AND IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. WE JUST NEED A PLACE WHEN THE KIDS COME IN . IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A PLACE TO PUT VEHICLES UNDERCOVER AND GIVE THEM BETTER PROTECTION SINCE WE HAD SO MUCH HAIL LAST YEAR. THAT WAS OUR DESIRE. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT. AND I
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AM HAPPY TO GET TO THE OTHER MEETING AND MEET WITH THEM AS WELL. WE HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE 2004 AND WE LIKE IT REALLY WELL.IT HAS WORKED OUT WELL FOR US. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THIS MAY BE A THING FOR CLARISSA. ON THE STAFF REPORT IN SAYS REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES. ABOUT REDUCING THE CARPORT IN SIZE AND ATTACHING IT TO THE HOME.
>> IT CAN'T ATTACH TO THE HOME. THAT SLAB IS TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE HOME. THAT CARPORT , ONE SIDE OF OUR BACKYARD FENCE WOUD ACTUALLY BE THE THIRD SIDE OF THE CARPORT. THE FENCE IS RIGHT THERE SO, I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT HAIL FROM THE
NORTH. >> WHAT IS THE WHITE BUILDING? LAWNMOWERS. THAT IS IN THE BACKYARD.
>> OH, THERE IS A FENCE LINE THERE.
>> YES MA'AM . >> OKAY. I DID NOT SEE THAT.
>> SO ARE YOU BUILDING RIGHT UP TO THE FENCE?
>> THERE IS ABOUT THREE FOOT OF ROCK AND WE WILL JUST LEAVE THAT THERE. IT SHOWS HERE LIKE IT IS ON THE CONCRETE BUT IT WOULD BE JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CONCRETE SO WE CAN GET THREE FOOT DOWN IN THE GROUND. AND PUT THEM IN WITH CONCRETE AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO USE SQUARE TUBING ON THE TOP INSTEAD OF CURLING BECAUSE BIRDS TEND TO BUILD NESTS UP THERE AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ANY BIRDS OF THEIR. THE BASKETBALL DAYS ARE OVER AND NOW THEY ARE ALL DRIVING. SO, THAT WAS OUR DEAL. WHEN THAT HAPPENED WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TRY TO GET PERMISSION TO GET A
CARPORT THERE. >> IT WILL JUST BE EXPOSED METAL
POST? >> WE WILL GET THE STEAL FROM MUELLER AND IT WILL GO ABOUT THREE FOOT HIGH AROUND THE SIDE AND THEN THE SITE IS STILL OPEN SO WE ARE NOT BLOCKING ANYONE'S VIEW. MONTE PLANNED ON BEING HERE WITH ME BUT HE HAD WORKED.
IT IS NOT VERY MANY FEET THAT WE ARE INTO THAT. THE REASON WE DID 24 BY 24 IS THAT IS THE SIZE OF THE SLAB.
>> DOES ANYBODY ALSO QUESTIONS? DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT? THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE THAT IS OPPOSED WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF I MIGHT POINT OUT FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE NEW BE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE CANNOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF THE THING. IN THIS CASE, THE LOCATION HAS BEEN PREDICATED FOR FINANCIAL REASONS WITH NO OTHER CARPORTS
IN THE AREA . >> I THINK THAT IS WHERE I AM AT. I LOVE THE IDEA OF PROTECTING VEHICLES. CREATING SPACES FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND BRINGING NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE TOGETHER. THAT RESONATES WITH ME SO, I ENJOY THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT , THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE GOT IS -- AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, GETTING INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AS LONG AS IT'S NOT PROTRUDE TOO
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FAR. FROM THE IMAGERY IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT WILL TAKE AWAY FROM LINE OF SIGHT AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT WILL PROTRUDE. AT THERE IS ALREADY A BUSH THERE AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PREVENT ANYBODY FROM WALKING PAST THERE OR GETTING OFF THE ROAD. I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. THE ISSUE THAT I AM STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW IS JUST CREATING THE PRECEDENCE OF INSTRUCTING CARPORTS AWAY FROM THE HOME. AND THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER ONES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO GET ME. I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A PRECEDENCE WHERE DOWN THE ROAD WE WILL GET MORE APPLICANTS THAT ARE GOING TO SAY, I WANT TO PUT A CARPORT HERE I JUST WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO --. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT?
>> THERE IS ONE CARPORT AT THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC. IT IS JUST NOT IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. SO, HE IS ACTUALLY AT THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC AND HAS A DETACHED CARPORT THERE. IT IS ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU BUY AND BOLT TO THE CONCRETE. THERE IS A CARPORT IN THE CUL-DE-SAC BUT IT HAS NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM.
THAT WAS JUST THE -- YOU KNOW -- WE ARE PRETTY CAUTIOUS OF WANTING EVERYBODY TO BE HAPPY AND EVERYTHING. IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WHERE THOSE SHRUBS ARE ON THE BACKSIDE THERE, OUR PROPERTY ACTUALLY COMES PAST THAT TO THE END OF THE FENCE. WE DID NOT PUT THE SHRUBS ALL THE WAY THERE WHENEVER WE LANDSCAPED IT. I DIDN'T WANT TO LANDSCAPE IT BECAUSE IT WOULD GET INTO THE VIEW OF THEM. IF WE STAY OFF OF THAT THAT GIVES THEM A BIGGER LOOKING FRONT YARD FOR THEIR PROPERTY. AND OF COURSE, THAT IS WHAT WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT DOING. I APPRECIATE IT AND LIKE I SAID, WE WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE WERE JUST THINKING HE WOULD BE AN IDEAL SPOT TO HAVE COVER FOR VEHICLES WHEN WE ARE HOME AND WE TEND TO COOK OUT AND DO THINGS TOGETHER SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO SIT OUT THERE AND FELLOWSHIP.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COLONEL.
>> I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS. I WAS THINKING IF IT LOOKED MORE THAN JUST A METAL CARPORT AND IT BLENDED INTO THE SURROUNDING HOUSING, WOULD IT BE THAT BIG OF A DEAL? SO, TRYING TO BLEND IT IN WITH YOUR HOUSE WITH -- THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS
CURIOUS ABOUT >> THE PUBLIC MEETING HAS BEEN CLOSED BUT IF WE WANT TO OPEN IT AGAIN, WE CAN. THIS REALLY IS NOT THE TIME FOR THE BACK-AND-FORTH. WE CAN DO THAT
IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> I WOULD SAY, LET'S DISCUSS AND IF WE NEED HIM TO COME BACK UP WE CAN DO THAT.
>> THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE. >> DOES ANYONE HAVE FURTHER
DISCUSSION POINTS? >> IT IS JUST THE ENCROACHMENT THAT BOTHERS ME. BUT, HE DOES HAVE SOME GOOD POINTS.
MOTION? >> ANY MORE DISCUSSION THAT WE
WANT TO TALK ABOUT? >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
CARPORT AT THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS PERMITTED? OR WAS IT SOMETHING --
>> I DIDN'T SEE IT. >> YOU KNOW, BEING A BUILDER,
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CUL-DE-SACS ARE TOUGH . YOU HAVE LIMITED AMOUNT OF SPACE.IF YOU SET THE HOUSE THIS WAY YOU ARE WRONG AND IF YOU SIT THE SIT AT THE RIGHT WAY IT IS STILL WRONG.
>> HIS BACKYARD IS ALSO THE FRONT YARD.
>> I UNDERSTAND THOSE CHALLENGES IT IS A TOUGH ONE BECAUSE --
>> BUT I AM LEANING WITH YOU WHERE IF THAT WERE A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE. MAYBE WOOD AND DID NOT LOOK SO MUCH LIKE A CARPORT AND HAD THE -- A FIGURE CAN POTENTIALLY GET BEHIND THAT A
BIT MORE. >> THE ONLY REASON IT IS WHERE IT IS NOW IS BECAUSE THE CONCRETE IS THERE . THERE WOULD BE LOTS OF OPTIONS IF THEY START FROM SCRATCH.
>> YES. >> I UNDERSTAND THE CUL-DE-SAC. IT DOES NOT HELP WHEN YOU HAVE A RIGHT-OF-WAY RIGHT THERE ON THE PROPERTY LINE.
>> YOU MIGHT PUT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION CRITERIA BACK UP .
THAT COULD BE HELPFUL. >> THE CRITERIA?
DOWN IN THE LOOK BECAUSE IT IS NOT NECESSARILY HAVING A CARPORT THERE. WITH BOARD CANNOT GRANT INTRUSION INTO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY SO REALLY, THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION BY THIS BOARD WOULD BE ALLOWING A ZERO SETBACK. SO, EVEN IF YOU PASSED IT, IF HE WANTED TO BUILD INTO THE RIGHT AWAY, HE COULD NOT UNLESS HE GOT A STREET USE LICENSE. SO THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS TO A ALLOW IS ZERO SETBACK.
OUT POINT OUT. WHAT KELLY MENTIONED. YOU WOULD ONLY BE APPROVING TO THE PROPERTY LINE . EVEN IF YOU DID IT TODAY IT WOULD BE TO THE PROPERTY LINE AND IF NOT APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL TO OBTAIN THE EXTENDED STREET USE PERMIT, HE WOULD BE LIMITED TO THE PROPERTY LINE SO, HE STILL WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STRUCTURE AS PROPOSED IS CITY COUNCIL WERE TO DENY THE EXTENDED STREET USE PERMIT.
>> THANK YOU. THAT IS GOOD CLARIFICATION.
>> ME WE ASKED THE APPLICANT A QUESTION?
>> WE CAN OPEN THE PUBLIC MEETING AGAIN.
>> IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN AND WE WERE TO GRANT YOU AN EXCEPTION ON THIS AND YOU COULD NOT BUILD IT 24 BY 24 , WOULD YOU CONTINUE ON WITH THE PROJECT?
>> MOST LIKELY, YES. IF I CAN STILL GET CARS UNDER IT AND IT WILL HAVE A NICE APPEARANCE TO IT, YES, WE WOULD PROBABLY DO THAT. WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK OUT OF KILTER .
>> BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT GET THOSE POLES INTO THE GROUND LIKE
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE. >> RIGHT. YOU ARE A BUILDER AND THAT IS PROBABLY JUST AS STURDY BUT WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT,
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A LOT OF E INSURANCE DEAL, YOU THINK ABOUT LIFT. SO, THAT WAS THE REASON FOR WANTING TO GO OUTSIDE. WE WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS IF WE WANT TO SPEND THE EXTRA MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BID ON THAT AND EVERYTHING NOW. I WOULD BE WILLING TO GO MEET WITH THE OTHER BOARD TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY. AS FAR AS THAT DETERMINATION. I THINK THE CITY GUIDELINES IS 22 FEET. IS THAT IT? WE ASK FOR 24 BY 24. IT MAY HAVE TO BE 22 FEET. IF IT IS ATTACHED TO THE HOME.>> YES. WE CUT BACK 22 FEET AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.
>> THE PUBLIC MEETING IS CLOSED AGAIN. I MIGHT POINT OUT TWO THINGS. WHOEVER TOOK EXCEPTION TO THIS HAD A GOOD POINT.
WAY THROUGH IT. >> DUE TO THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION THAT WOULD PLACE A BURDEN ON FACILITIES , IT WOULD CREATE A PRECEDENCE FOR STRUCTURES TO BE CONSTRUCTED AWAY FROM THE HOME THE INFORMATION PRESENTED BEFORE US RECOMMENDED WE DENY THE CARPORT WHAT ELSE AM I MISSING?
>> WE HAVE TO INCLUDE THE DEPTH FOR THE VARIATION ON THE SPECIAL
EXCEPTION. >> THIS IS ONLY A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. NOT A VARIANCE. THOSE ARE THE CRITERIA.
>> BASED OFF THE CRITERIA I RECOMMEND THAT WE DENY THE CARPORT. AND THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE CARPORT.
BECAUSE OF THE PRECEDENCE THAT IT SET.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY THIS REQUEST BASED UPON THE CRITERIA INVOLVED IN A ALLOWING THIS REQUEST AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT PLACES A BURDEN ON PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IT CREATES A PRECEDENCE FOR THE ALLOWANCE OF DETACHED CARPORTS
IN THE FUTURE. MR. WHITLOCK. >> YES.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE IS DENIED.
>> OKAY. ANY OTHER BUSINESS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.
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