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SO I WILL CALL THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TO ORDER.FIRST THING, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF ABILENE AND THEIR STAFF FOR ALL THE TRIALS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH. AND IS THAT STILL ONGOING? TIM, ARE WE STILL IN A IN A LARGE BATTLE? SO BUT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL'S JOB IS HARD ENOUGH AS IT IS AND WITHOUT THE WORST OF HUMANITY COMING IN AND DISRUPTING IT, EVEN EVEN MORE SO.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND TRYING TO MAKE EVERYTHING AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE. SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL AND YOUR ENTIRE STAFF.
OKAY, SO MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.
WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
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SO I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON OUR MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING, AND I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
OKAY. THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS HAS FIVE MEMBERS, FOUR OF WHICH MUST BE PRESENT AT EACH MEETING.
FOR FAVORABLE VOTES ARE REQUIRED TO APPROVE ANY REQUEST UNDER CONSIDERATION.
IF A SPECIAL EXCEPTION OR VARIANCE IS GRANTED BY THIS BOARD, THE APPLICANT HAS 180 DAYS FROM THIS DATE TO OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT.
IF ONE IS REQUIRED, A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THIS BOARD IF REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT AT THIS HEARING.
A BUILDING PERMIT MAY BE APPLIED FOR THE DAY 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 THIS DATE.
APPEALS FROM THE DECISION OF THIS BOARD MAY BE MADE TO A COURT OF RECORD WITHIN TEN DAYS FROM THIS DATE. WILL THERE BE ANYONE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF EITHER PARTIES FOR EITHER ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE, IF YOU WILL.
PLEASE STAND. UP. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU.
[2. BA-2025-04: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a request for special exception located at 701 S. Pioneer Drive to expand a nonconforming structure and a variance for a 5-foot setback along S 7th Street, where 30 feet is required.]
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS BA 2020 504.MY NAME IS CLARISSA IVY. I'M A PLANNER FOR THIS.
WAIT, DID YOU CALL ME SOMETHING ELSE? MARISSA? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY. SO IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE SHEET.
YEAH. IT'S OKAY. I GET ALL KINDS OF NAMES.
WERE YOU HAPPY FOR YOU? KS. BA. 2020 504. IT'S A REQUEST FROM PIONEER DRIVE BAPTIST CHURCH.
THE REQUEST IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXPAND A NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE AND ALSO A VARIANCE FOR A FIVE FOOT SETBACK ALONG SOUTH SEVENTH STREET, WHERE 30FT IS REQUIRED AND THE LOCATION IS 701 SOUTH PIONEER DRIVE.
IT'S IN THE INTERSECTION OF PIONEER AND SOUTH SEVEN AND ALSO RUNS ALONG BUCCANEER DRIVE. AND THE PROPERTY IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH ISN'T ALLOWED USE BY A CHURCH.
THESE ARE SOME SUBJECT PROPERTY VIEWS.
IN SOME USE OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
WE SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS, AND WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY IN FAVOR OR IN A POSITION. AND THIS IS AN IMAGE SHOWING HOW THEY PROPOSE TO DO THE EXPANSION TOWARDS SOUTH SEVENTH AND ALSO ALONG BUCCANEER DRIVE.
EXCUSE ME. SO THIS IS THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
THE PROPOSED USE HAS EXISTED IN HARMONY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND MOST OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE ARE OWNED BY THE CHURCH.
AND THEY SERVED AS A PARKING LOT FOR THE CHURCH.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS TO THE EAST, AND THEY ALSO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CHURCH TO BE USED AS A ADDITIONAL PARKING.
THE GRANTING OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION WILL NOT BURN AND WILL NOT PLACE A BURDEN ON PUBLIC FACILITIES. AND THE INTENTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS TO LOCATE NON
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RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ALONG ARTERIAL ROADS IN MAJOR INTERSECTIONS SPANNING THIS NONCONFORMITY WILL NOT BE OUT OF PLACE, WOULD NOT SEEM OUT OF PLACE.AND THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND INTENT FOR THIS INTERSECTION.
AND THIS IS THE CRITERIA OF APPROVAL FOR A VARIANCE.
THERE ARE NO APPARENT CONDITIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY THAT CREATE UNDUE HARDSHIP.
GRANTING THE REQUEST WOULD NOT BE CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC.
BECAUSE THE EXISTING BUILDING IS ALREADY PAST THE FIVE FOOT CLEARANCE.
AND ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED EXPANSION ALSO WILL NEED TO MEET VISIBILITY CLEARANCE.
THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO APPARENT HARDSHIPS.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MIGHT MAY HAVE. IF THEY BUILD THAT CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE IN THE CORNER.
IS THERE GOING TO. WHAT IS THE ROOF LIKE THAT LOCATION FOR LIKE BLOCKING.
LIKE TURNING VIEWS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE ON ONE ROAD AND YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE.
SO THERE HAS TO BE 20 FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH THE BOTH PROPERTIES INTERSTATE, YOU HAVE TO COUNT 25FT BACK AND THEN CUT ACROSS.
SO THAT'S YOUR VISIBILITY TRIANGLE THAT THEY MUST OBSERVED.
IF WE GRANT THIS, WILL THAT BE BLOCKED? NO. OKAY. SO Y'ALL DON'T SEE ANY VISIBLE OR VISIBILITY ISSUES WITH IT? NOT AT THIS TIME.
IF WHAT? THAT WHAT? THE MEASUREMENT THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
OKAY, THERE ALREADY IS SOME NON-CONFORMING THAT'S CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY LINE THAN.
YES. YES. SO THE SETBACK ALONG SOUTH SEVEN IS 30FT.
PAST THE 30FT. THAT'S THE NEED FOR THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION TO MAKE THIS LARGE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CLARISSA? OKAY. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
OKAY. WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION ON THIS.
SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND AND ADDRESS. GOOD MORNING, BJ PRITCHARD EIGHT ENGINEERING.
WE'RE AT 401 CEDAR FOR TWO CEDAR.
EXCUSE ME. JUST. CLARISSA DID A NICE JOB KIND OF FILLING IN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
PIONEER DRIVE IS REALLY LOOKING TO JUST BASICALLY TAKE DOWN THE ORIGINAL CHAPEL THAT WAS BUILT BACK IN THE 50S AND REPLACE IT WITH A NEW AUDITORIUM AND WORSHIP CENTER RIGHT THERE IN THE CORNER. WE'RE ACTUALLY THE EXISTING STRUCTURE DOES CREEP OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THEN THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS GOING TO BE.
SO WE'RE KIND OF PULLING BACK A LITTLE BIT OFF OF SOUTH FROM WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
THIS IS REALLY KIND OF THE ONLY CORNER THAT THEY CAN DO THIS. EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS BLOCK IS PRETTY WELL DEVELOPED AND BUILT OUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO ANYWAY, I'M MAINLY HERE JUST TO ANSWER OTHER QUESTIONS.
THE VISIBILITY SIDE TRIANGLES THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, THAT THAT WILL BE OBSERVED. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE KEEP PLENTY OF SIGHT DISTANCE COMING AROUND THE CORNER TO NOT OBSTRUCT VIEWS COMING OFF OF THE COMING OFF BUCCANEER RIGHT THERE.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS.
COULD WE GET THE LIST UP ON THE SCREEN? OH, SORRY. NOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, SIR.
SPECIAL EXCEPTION. THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION, THEN.
ARE THESE WORKING? WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SHOWING ON HERE.
IF SO, I PULLED IT UP ON MY PHONE SO I CAN READ IT.
THAT'S WHAT I DID. NO, I THOUGHT YOU WERE ON YOUR PHONE. COPY OF THE STAFF REPORT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NONE.
OH, OKAY. OKAY. SEEING ONE? SURE. HE'S GOT IT. OH, I NEED TO SWEAR YOU IN FIRST.
OKAY. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH? NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO, THANK YOU. SIR. I'M JEFF SCOTT.
701 SOUTH PINE RIDGE DRIVE IS THE ADDRESS OF OUR CHURCH, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE PASTOR THERE.
PIONEER DRIVE HAS BEEN LOOKING AT BUILDING A NEW SANCTUARY.
PRETTY MUCH SINCE THE COMPLETION OF THE ONE THAT CURRENTLY IN. THEY WERE SERIOUS ABOUT IT IN THE 80S AND DECIDED TO SEND 300 MEMBERS SOUTH OF TOWN AND START A BELTWAY AT THE
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TIME, BELTWAY PARK BAPTIST CHURCH.AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN A BENEFIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE FULLY ANTICIPATE THIS NEW SANCTUARY DOING THE SAME THING.
AND WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD INVESTMENT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE THINK IT'LL MATCH THE INVESTMENT THAT ABILENE ISD HAS MADE IN CONSTRUCTING BOND ELEMENTARY. AND WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE AND WHAT GOD'S GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO DO IN THE CITY OF ABILENE IN THE BIG COUNTRY. SO THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OPPOSITION? OKAY.
SEEING NONE. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DISCUSSION. REGARDING VARIANCE.
ANOTHER VARIANCE. READING THROUGH THE SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS, THERE WEREN'T REALLY ANYTHING THERE THAT WOULD KEEP US FROM APPROVING THE EXPANSION, SINCE IT'S ALREADY WITHIN THE EASEMENT.
YES, SIR. WHAT ELSE DO Y'ALL NEED TO KNOW? I MEAN, I. NOT, I THINK I THINK THE STAFF AND CLARISSA DID A GOOD JOB OF PRESENTING THIS CASE. I THINK THAT THAT.
THE EXPANSION, THE THE, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION IS IS NECESSARY. IT'S IT'S I MEAN, JUST JUST LOOKING AT THE REPORT, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY THIS SHOULD NOT.
BE SOMETHING THAT WE. MOVE FORWARD WITH.
UNLESS I'M READING IT WRONG, THE STAFF FINDINGS, EVERYTHING IS ANSWERED.
EXCEPT FOR THE. EXCEPT FOR THE HART.
THE THE STAFF RECOMMENDED FINDINGS HAVE NOT FOUND A HARDSHIP.
AND SO JUST FOR THE VARIANCE, YOU WOULD YOU WOULD IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE IT, YOU WOULD NEED TO FIND A HARDSHIP.
OH IT'S THE AND VARIANCE OKAY.
BECAUSE THE SO THERE'S A SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND THE VARIANCE.
AND KELLY MAY DISAGREE BUT THE FACT THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE TO CONSTRUCT THIS OR LANDLOCKED. YEAH THERE'S NO OTHER AREAS TO DO IT.
AND THEY'VE GOT THE WHOLE BLOCK USED UP ANYWAY AS TO WHERE THEY'RE AT.
SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO EXPAND TO ALLOW MORE PATRONS, THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN DO IT IS MAKE THAT BUILDING LARGER.
CORRECT. AND THAT'S THAT'S JUST AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE CHURCH. I'M FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THAT.
AND SO AS YOU EXPAND, I MEAN, THE LAST THING THAT YOU'D WANT TO DO IS TAKE UP ANY SORT OF PARKING BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
YOU DEFINITELY NEED YOUR YOUR PARKING.
SO. TO ME, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THAT JUST THE LACK OF SPACE IN THAT AREA.
THAT'S THE ONLY SPOT FOR FOR THAT TO OCCUR.
AND THERE AND THEY HAVE PARKING ACROSS THE STREET ON BOTH, YOU KNOW, BOTH ADJACENT LOTS. RIGHT.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE ANSWERS THAT ONE. BUT WHAT ABOUT THAT ONE. WELL.
I THINK THAT FALLS INTO THAT ONE IN MY OPINION.
OF COURSE Y'ALL ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTIONS, BUT OKAY. YEAH.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
YES. COMING UP WITH THE VERBIAGE.
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SO YOU GOT IT. YOU GOOD? I THINK. LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO THIS.I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION BASED ON THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
AND I ALSO MAKE A MOTION TO PASS A VARIANCE BASED ON THE FIRST CRITERIA NEEDING TO HAVE AN APPARENT HARDSHIP. WE FIND THAT THERE IS AN APPARENT HARDSHIP WITH THE THEIR BEING LANDLOCKED. THEY HAVE STREETS ALL AROUND THEM AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MOVE THIS ANY OTHER LOCATION. ITEM NUMBER TWO AND THREE THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO FIND. THE STAFF REPORT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ON THAT.
AND THEN THE FOURTH ITEM IS HARDSHIP OR INEQUITY SUFFERED BY THE PETITIONER IS NOT CAUSED BY THE PETITIONER AND THEY DID NOT CHOOSE THIS LOCATION.
THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH.
MAKE SENSE TO ME? I HAVE A MOTION.
GOT THE MOTION. WE NEED A SECOND.
HAVARD. YES. AND MR. LOUDERMILK.
YES, MA'AM. AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES.
PERFECT. THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN.
NEXT ITEM UP FOR REVIEW IS BA 2020 505.
[3. BA-2025-05: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on request for special exception located at 222 Bois D Arc Street to expand a nonconforming structure and a variance for a 0-foot setback along the alley, where 25-feet is required.]
CLARISSA. GOOD MORNING AGAIN.BEFORE YOU HAVE KS BA 2020 505.
THE REQUEST CAME BY THE OWNER MORTAL OMAR AND RUBELLA ORTIZ.
AND THE REPRESENTATIVE IS MAYHEM SOLUTIONS.
THE REQUEST IS, AGAIN, A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXPANDING NON-CONFORMING INSTRUCTION AND A VARIANCE FOR A ZERO FOOT SETBACK ALONG THE ALLEY WHERE 25 IS REQUIRED. THE LOCATION OF THIS PROJECT IS TWO.
STREET AND YEAH. THIS THIS IS KIND OF LIKE AT THE DEAD END.
IN THAT AREA, IT DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS OFF OF EAST HIGHWAY 80.
AND THE PROPERTY IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AS MORE MOST OF THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING THE AREA. THESE ARE SOME PROPERTY VIEWS.
AND THIS WOULD BE THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, AS YOU CAN SEE ON NORTH SECOND, IT IS A BLOCKED STREET.
AND THERE IS A RESIDENCE ON LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SO THAT'S THE RESIDENCE TO THE NORTH.
WE SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS AND RECEIVE TWO IN FAVOR.
THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE PROPOSED EXPANSION.
SO THEY'RE WANTING TO CONNECT THE EXISTING MAIN BUILDING WITH THE STRUCTURE THAT'S IN THE REAR AND EXPANDING THAT ALL THE WAY TOWARDS THAT RESIDENCE, BUT STILL LEAVING 32FT FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE.
THIS IS THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.
FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION THE PROPOSED USE IS ALLOWED AND ALLOWED AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE PERMITTED USES OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
SORRY. THE GRANTING OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION WILL NOT PLACE A BURDEN ON PUBLIC FACILITIES.
AND THE INTENTION OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT IS TO PROVIDE AREAS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF MANUFACTURING. WHOLESALE AND MEDIUM DENSITY ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ALL NON NUISANCE TYPE. THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL FOR VARIANCE.
THERE ARE NO APPARENT CONDITIONS WITHIN THE PROPERTY THAT CREATE UNDUE HARDSHIP.
GRANTING THE REQUEST WILL NOT BE CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND WILL MAINTAIN FIRE SEPARATION MINIMUMS FROM STRUCTURES ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
AND THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND THERE ARE NO APPARENT HARDSHIPS THAT WERE CAUSED BY THE PETITIONER.
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I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLARISSA.
CLARISSA? THE PHOTOS SHOW A BLOCKAGE OF THAT ALLEYWAY ANYWAY.
IS THAT JUST TEMPORARY, OR IS THAT ALLEYWAY BEEN BLOCKED? THERE'S NOT REALLY ACCESS, IS FOR FOR THAT ALLEY.
SO THE ALLEY IS THERE, BUT IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE.
YES. SO THAT'S THAT'S BLOCKED.
I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS BLOCKED BY THE, BY THE CITY OR IF IT WAS BLOCKED BY THE OWNER OR WHAT? I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND A RECORD FOR THAT ALLEY.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE.
YES. SO IT ON THE MAPS, IT STILL SHOWS US BEING PART OF OF NORTH SECOND. AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY DOCUMENTATION SHOWING IT BEING ABANDONED, SHOWING IT BEING A AN ALLEY IS IS JUST THAT PORTION IS NOT A UNUSABLE.
IT'S NOT USABLE BEHIND THE BUILDINGS LIKE, BETWEEN THIS STRUCTURE AND THE THE RESTAURANT, I THINK IT'S THAT ALLEY IS ACCESSIBLE.
IT'S JUST THAT NORTH SECOND AREA THAT YOU SEE BLOCKED OFF.
DOESN'T DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN I WENT BY THERE, BUT I WAS I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS A CITY BARRIER OR IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT UP BY THE CUSTOMER.
I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE OF THAT EITHER.
I WASN'T I DIDN'T FIND A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT THE CITY BLOCKED IT OR ABANDONED IT.
OKAY. SO THAT WERE PART OF THE STRUCTURE WILL BE BUILT, THOUGH. NO, IT'S GOING TOWARDS THE HOME.
OKAY. AND THEY'RE LEAVING AT 32 FOOT FROM THAT PROPERTY.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PLAN THAT THEY HAD.
WORKING? YEAH. I WAS ABOUT TO HAVE TO GET GLASSES.
I BROUGHT MINE. IT'S STILL GOOD TO SEE.
I WAS LOOKING AT IT ON MY PHONE.
SO YOU HAVE TWO ALLEYWAYS THAT ARE INTERSECTED ON THIS PROPERTY.
YOU HAVE. BASICALLY EXISTING STRUCTURES THAT.
ON THE TOP LEFT. AND THEN PROPOSED ADDITIONS WITH 24.
OKAY. SO, SO BASICALLY, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE JUST FILLING IN THE BLANKS, RIGHT? WE'RE JUST FILLING IN WHERE THERE'S NOT ALREADY BUILDINGS.
SQUARE IT OFF. THERE'S ALREADY STRUCTURES ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE STRUCTURE. YES.
THOSE THOSE STRUCTURES WERE BUILT IN 1939.
SO THAT WAS PRIOR TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO THEY'RE CONSIDERED NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES LEGAL, NON-CONFORMING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GRANDFATHERED IN.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CLARISSA? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION OF OF 2020 505 LORD.
SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DISCUSSION. SO MUCH FOR ASKING THEM QUESTIONS.
THAT'S ALL YOU KNOW. THAT WAS MY MAIN QUESTION.
ON IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE USED TO PARK HIS TRAILER AND EQUIPMENT IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I CAN'T TELL FROM THE DRAWINGS.
OKAY. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS AT THE END.
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OKAY. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.SO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND I WILL SWEAR YOU IN.
IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH? THE WHOLE TRUTH? YEAH. THANK YOU. SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
I'M WITH THE MAYHEM SOLUTIONS HERE IN ABILENE.
OKAY. YEAH, IT'S BASICALLY THE ON YOUR EXISTING STRUCTURES THAT THE FRONT LARGE BUILDING. THAT'S THE MAIN OFFICES AND WAREHOUSE RIGHT NOW.
THE BACK BUILDINGS TO EXISTING STRUCTURES IN THE REAR.
IT'S JUST FOR STORAGE RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE ARE OPEN STORAGE, AND SO WE'RE WANTING TO BUILD A WAREHOUSE IN THE MIDDLE, BASICALLY TO CONNECT THOSE FRONT AND REAR BUILDINGS AND THEN ALSO EXPAND AROUND AND CONTINUE ON WITH THAT EXISTING STRUCTURE IN ORDER TO KIND OF COME UP THAT THAT BACK ALLEYWAYS, THE ALLEYWAY THAT THAT GOES BEHIND FAIRLY DOES THIS FRONT ONE THAT SAYS ALLEYWAY THAT'S NORTH SECOND THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
IT JUST BASICALLY ENDS. IT LOOKS LIKE IT USED TO GO THROUGH THERE. BUT WHENEVER THEY REDID THE HIGHWAY THEY CUT NORTH SECOND OFF.
AND SO IT JUST DEAD ENDS BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO FAIRLY CLOSE.
SO THOSE TWO ALLEYWAYS DON'T ACTUALLY EVEN TOUCH. OKAY.
SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AND BASICALLY HE NEEDS MORE WAREHOUSE SPACE TO STORE ALL OF HIS STUFF BECAUSE HE'S EXPANDING HIS BUSINESS. HE'S GETTING A LOT BIGGER AND STUFF, SO WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE THAT CENTER SECTION TALLER SO WE CAN DO A LOT MORE STORAGE AND RACKING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THIS OTHER SECTION, SINCE IT IS A NONCONFORMING AREA, WE'RE KEEPING IT DOWN AT THE HEIGHT THAT THE EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY NON-CONFORMING, THAT RUNS ALONG THAT BACK ALLEY.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT AT THE SAME HEIGHT AS THAT ONE.
THAT WAY, WE'RE NOT BLOCKING ANYTHING MORE THAN WHAT'S ALREADY BEING BLOCKED.
AND THEN THE CENTER ONE WILL JUST BE TIRED JUST SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE, MORE HEIGHT. AND AS FAR AS STORAGE GOES.
GOTCHA. SO THE CENTER BUILDING THAT Y'ALL ARE ADDING IS TO ADD MORE HEIGHT THAN TO GIVE YOU MORE ROOM. RIGHT. BUT YOU'RE NOT CHANGING ALL THE WAREHOUSE SPACE.
THE EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT'S IN THE BACK CURRENTLY WILL BE SOME OFFICES AND STUFF, BUT ALL THE NEW STRUCTURE WILL ALL BE WAREHOUSE AREA.
YOU NEED THE VARIANCE AND THEN YES, THE ON THE SIDE IT'LL BE TO WHERE HE CAN TAKE AND HE CAN BACK UP TO THE TRUCKS, UP TO IT AND BE ABLE TO.
IT'LL BE A DOCK THAT HE CAN TAKE A LOAD IN AND OUT RIGHT NOW.
CURRENTLY HE TAKES AN PULLS BACK IN WHERE THE CURRENT WHERE THE LARGE STRUCTURE IS RIGHT NOW. HE BACKS UP INTO THERE AND LOADS OUT OF THE THE CURRENT STRUCTURE, BUT HE'S JUST OUTGROWN IT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HIM? NOT FOR ME.
OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND, CLARISSA, JUST TO BE CLEAR, NONE OF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MIDDLE SECTION. I MEAN, IT'S ALL WE'RE.
ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THIS BACK SECTION ALONG THE ALLEYWAY.
CORRECT? YES. THAT MIDDLE SECTION.
I MEAN, SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXPAND THE NON-CONFORMING, BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE THAT'S THE SAME MAIN STRUCTURE DOESN'T MEAN THE FRONT SETBACK BECAUSE IT'S ONLY SIX FEET FROM THE PROPERTY.
SO YOU'RE STILL REQUIRED EVEN EVEN IF FOR SOME, LIKE IF YOU WANTED TO KIND OF COME BACK FROM THE FORT STAND OF THE REQUEST, YOU WOULD STILL NEED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO DO THAT PROPOSED ADDITION WITH THE 24 FOOT HEIGHT IN THE IN THE MIDDLE, BECAUSE THAT FIRST THAT MAIN BUILDING, THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE IS WITHIN THAT SETBACK.
OKAY. BUT YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT'S WITHIN THAT SETBACK.
NONCONFORMING? YES. AND NONCONFORMING.
OH, WELL, IT WASN'T GOOD FOR ME TO 1939.
BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE RULES BACK THEN? NO. YEAH. WHAT WERE THOSE GUYS THINKING? OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M. I THINK I'M GOOD.
OKAY. FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR A MOTION.
AGAIN, THE STAFF REPORT FILLS IN OR.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.RIGHT. VARIANCE. SO YEAH, I THINK AGAIN YOU KNOW, GRANTING THE VARIANCE, I THINK THE.
BUT WHAT WHAT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE HERE IS YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IN THAT AREA, THERE IS AND IT'S IT'S ALMOST KIND OF LIKE 2504 WHERE. YOU NEED TO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME EXPANSION, SOME COVERAGE IN THERE.
AND THERE'S THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE TO DO IT.
YOU'RE JUST BASICALLY CONNECTING THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE, RIGHT? BUILDING A STRUCTURE IN THE MIDDLE. YOU'VE GOT THE EXISTING PROPERTIES AND OR THE EXISTING STRUCTURES ON THAT PROPERTY THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY NON-CONFORMING.
THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY BUILT A LONG TIME AGO.
AND THAT IS NOT THE PROPONENTS.
THAT'S NOT HIS FAULT. THOSE ARE THEY'RE PLACED WHERE THEY'RE WHERE THEY WERE PLACED.
AND THEN ALL HE'S LOOKING TO DO IS IS PROVIDE MORE COVERAGE FOR OMAR.
YOUR EQUIPMENT IS KIND OF EXPENSIVE, ISN'T IT? CORRECT. YES. KIND OF.
JUST MAKING SURE. TRYING TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR SOME VERY EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT.
AND SECURITY FOR THAT EQUIPMENT.
CORRECT. WOULD WOULD BE MY ASSUMPTION IN THAT DEAL.
SO YEAH. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ABLE TO ANSWER THAT, THAT HARDSHIP QUESTION.
I MEAN, DO YOU GUYS SEE ANY ANY OTHER HARDSHIPS OTHER THAN THERE'S JUST NO OTHER PLACE TO TO EXPAND THAT FOR HIS SECURITY AND FOR HIS PROTECTION OF OF THAT EQUIPMENT. HE WOULD HAVE TO RELOCATE HIS PROPERTY BECAUSE, I MEAN, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY COULD DO THAT, RIGHT? SO IT'S IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT.
IT'S NOT CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
I THINK IT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE AREA.
I THINK IT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THOSE FACILITIES.
AND AND IF HE EVER CONTINUES TO GROW AND AND AND THAT PROPERTY IS PASSED ON TO SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT'S A MUCH MORE FUNCTIONAL PROPERTY THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY THERE AS WELL.
CORRECT. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY OPPOSE IT.
WE HAD THE TWO. TYPE OF FAVOR.
YEAH. I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
WE JUST NEED SOME GOOD VERBIAGE OUT OF YOU.
YEAH I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORD IT.
OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT SINCE THERE ARE NO APPARENT CONDITIONS TO CREATE UNDUE HARDSHIP AND IT IS NOT CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST OF THE CITY TO MAKE THIS CHANGE, SINCE IT IS ALL NON-CONFORMING.
ANYWAY THE ONLY HARDSHIP WOULD BE IF HE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOR HIS SERVICES AND HAD TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GET MORE SPACE.
SO YOU APPROVE TO PASS THE VARIANCE BASED ON THAT? PASS THE VARIANCE ON THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL EXEMPTION.
AND THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION WOULD NOT PLACE A BURDEN ON PUBLIC FACILITIES.
THERE'S WHAT? AS WE DISCUSSED ON THE ALLEYWAYS, THERE IS ROOM FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL TO GET BEHIND IT.
AROUND IT. SINCE A LOT OF THOSE STRUCTURES IN THAT AREA ARE OLDER, WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY CAN GET IN AND OUT.
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SO OTHER THAN THE OTHER THAN THE HARDSHIP THAT YOU MENTIONED, ARE THE IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND THE VARIANCE BASED ON THE THE OTHER FINDINGS IN THE STAFF REPORT, THE OTHER FINDINGS AND THE STAFF REPORT. YES.THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A MOTION.
MR.. YES. MISS. ROXIE? YES. MR.. HAVARD. YES.
AND MR. LOUDERMILK. YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT BEING THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA SHOW 907. AND WE WILL ADJOURN BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING. APPRECIATE IT.
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