[Zoning Board of Adjustment on September 18, 2023.]
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MY CALL TO ORDER THE WILY. ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 18TH.
2023 IT IS 6 30 ON THE DOT OKAY . DOES ANYONE LIKE TO COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY I WILL TAKE THAT AS A NO. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE UH, LET'S SEE CONSENT AGENDA. SO IS THERE ANYTHING FROM LAST WEEK'S BECAUSE CONSENT AGENDA THAT SHOULD BE DELETED REMOVED ADDED ANYTHING. OKAY I WILL TAKE THAT AS A NO. AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. I'M SORRY. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. UM, ON WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS IS . THE APPROVALS FOR THE AGENDA FROM LAST WEEK TO APPROVE IT, AS IS I'M SORRY. WHAT? LAST MONTH LAST MONTH. GOSH I WAS HERE LAST WEEK WHEN I THINK I WAS LAST MONTH'S AGENDA. I MOVED TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND THAT VOTE. OKAY, LET'S VOTE, PLEASE. OKAY, HERE'S EVERYONE CASTING THEIR VOTE. WE'RE MISSING SOMEBODY. SOMEBODY HAS TO POST YES, YES, THAT'D BE YOU. ALRIGHT AND IT PASSES. UM FOR A TOTAL OF 5 TO 2 OR TO NOT VOTED, SO WE PAY PACKS , BUT THERE IT IS. DETAILS OKAY, WE'LL GET IN THERE. WE'RE WARMING UP TODAY. ALRIGHT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. OKAY UM, LET'S SEE. IS THAT THE ONE WE'RE AT HERE, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REQUEST BY CLAYTON MIKE LEWIS. FOR THE VARIANTS OF SECTION 2.5 POINT C OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR A 0 FT. SET BACK IN LIEU OF THE REQUESTED SETBACK OF 5. FT.
PROPER LOCATED AT 31 22 GRAND VIEW DRIVE, ZIEBA 23 23-0. WE'RE HERE TO, UM GO AHEAD, KEVIN AND TELL US ALL ABOUT IT. YES THE APPLICANT WHO'S THE PROPERTY OWNER OF 31 22 GRAND VIEW DRIVE IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THE SITES THAT BACKS THAT ARE TYPICALLY 5 FT. FOR 0 FT.
OUTSIDE SETBACKS UNTIL NOW FOR A PATIO COVER THAT'S ALREADY BEEN STARTED TO BE PERMITTED THROUGH THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT. UM IF THERE'S VARIANCES APPROVED, THEY ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THE PATIO COVER JUST TO ENSURE IT'S STRUCTURALLY SOUND. BUT FOR THIS VARIANCE, WE'RE ONLY DISCUSSING THE 0 FT SIDE SET. WE DID MAIL OUT 23 NOTICES AND DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION OF THE REQUEST. THE APPLICANT BELIEVES THE VARIANCE REQUEST HAS MERIT BECAUSE IT'S FULLY ENCLOSED WITHIN THE PROPERTY. UM, IT'S AT A HEIGHT. THAT'S LESS OF WHAT THE CURRENT FENCE HEIGHT IS. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL.
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DID YOU SAY THIS WAS ALREADY EXISTING? SORRY THE PATIO COVER THE IMAGES THAT YOU'RE SEEING. NOW THAT'S WHAT IT CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE. UM THE APPLICANT HAD TO STOP THE WORK BECAUSE HE WAS DOING IT WITHOUT A PERMIT. BUT NOW TO GET IT PERMITTED. HE NEEDS THIS VARIANCE FOR THE 0 FT SETBACKS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OTHERWISE, APPLICANT WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK? AND WHEN YOU APPROACH TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE MCLUCAS. I LIVE AT 31 22 GRAND VIEW DROP I'M A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. AN EAGLE SCALPED ARE UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN AND A BUSINESS OWNER. I'VE BUILT THIS FOR ONE PURPOSE, AND ONE PURPOSE ONLY IS
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BECAUSE OF THESE TWO THAT ARE SITTING HERE. THIS IS MY WIFE AND OUR GRANDDAUGHTER. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING HER. THE REASON I BUILT THIS IS BECAUSE I AM A LAWN CARE BUSINESS OWNER, NOT ONLY AN OWNER BUT AN OPERATOR. WE HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE STORED. OUT OF THE WEATHER. AND INSTEAD OF PAYING A STORAGE UNIT, THEIR MONTHLY FEE OF CLOSE TO $300 A MONTH, WHICH TAKES AWAY FROM MY WIFE AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER. I DECIDED TO BUILD THIS. IT IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND. IT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE. IT IS ATTACHED TO THE FENCE. THE FENCE WAS BUILT BY WIDELY FENCING DECKING SO THAT FENCE WILL REMAIN THERE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 30 YEARS. UH, YEAH, I'M NOT SURE. YES I DO. NEED A VARIANCE. I HAD NO CLUE. I'M 50 YEARS OLD. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, WHEN YOU COULD BUILD WHATEVER YOU WANTED TO WHENEVER YOU WANTED TO. I GREW UP ON AN ACRE OF LAND. WE BUILT FORTS. WE BUILT HOUSES. WE BUILT ANYTHING . WE WANTED TO LIVE THERE UNTIL I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL MOVED TO LUBBOCK, TEXAS, AFTER EXPERIENCING THE UNITED STATES ARMY THERE AGAIN, WE COULD BUILD WHATEVER WE WANTED TO WHENEVER WE WANTED TO. HOW DOES SHED IN OUR BACKYARD RIGHT UP AGAINST THE FENCE? NOBODY SAID ANYTHING.I HAD NO CLUE THAT I HAD TO GET A PERMIT TO BUILD ON MY PROPERTY. NOW THAT I KNOW IN THE FUTURE IF I DECIDED TO BUILD SOMETHING ELSE I'D BUILD UP. MAKE SURE TO GO TO THE CITY TO GET THAT PERMIT. I'M ASKING FOR A VARIANCE TO KEEP THIS TO KEEP A MINIMUM OF ABOUT $80,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE RAIN, THE SUN IN THE WEATHER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S OPEN, YOU KNOW THE PITCH FROM THE HOUSE TO THE FENCE IS A SIX INCH PITCH. AH! YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THEY HAD MENTIONED ABOUT RAINFALL. THAT WALL RIGHT? THERE HAS A FULL GUTTER FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE HOUSE TO THE END, WHERE THE DOWNSPOUTS ARE ALREADY RUNNING TO THE PROPERTY LAW. IN FACT, THAT DOWNSPOUT THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THAT PICTURE OF ACTUALLY GOT A I DUG MY OWN TRENCH. TO GET THAT WATER AWAY FROM MY HOUSE. AND IT GOES FURTHER OUT INTO MY YARD. WHAT THIS SOIL TOP AROUND HERE. YOU DON'T WANT YOUR YOUR GUTTERS DUMPING RIGHT AT YOUR HOUSE LINE. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THIS WAS DONE. UM, APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE FOR A VARIANCE TO LET US CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PLANS TO BUILD ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THIS IT IS BUILT BY TWO BY SIXES THAT ARE 6 FT APART. DOUBLEHEADER ON EACH END. UH, TREATED LUMBER. EXCEPT FOR THE TWO BY FOURS THAT ARE ON TOP THAT ARE HOLDING THE FIBERGLASS CORRUGATED. ROOFING ON. SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. UM YOU ANSWERED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY DIDN'T GET A PERMIT IN THE FIRST PLACE SITE, SO I UNDERSTOOD THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR FORTHCOMING AND HONESTY WITH THAT SECOND, I'M LOOKING AT LIKE A GOOGLE MAP OR AN IMAGE OF THE ROOFTOP AND THERE'S TWO BLUE BLUE AREAS, SO THERE ARE TWO THINGS BEING BUILT HERE. TWO SEPARATE ONES. OKAY THAT IS A MIDDLE PART IS OPEN BECAUSE THAT'S MY DINING ROOM WINDOW. SO I ACTUALLY HAVE A FLOWERBED RIGHT THERE THAT I'M BUILDING THAT HAVE BUILT TO ALLOW FLOWERS OR WHATEVER I CHOOSE TO PLANT THERE. SO WHEN MY WINDOW BLONDES ARE OPEN AND YOU LOOK OUT, IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S LANDSCAPING ON THAT WHOLE SIDE OF THE YARD.
SO THERE'S TWO SECTIONS THAT YOU'RE BUILDING, RIGHT? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE ASK AND THERE AGAIN, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN 8 FT FENCE FROM THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE. YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE IT. FROM THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE NEIGHBOR, WHICH JUST AS A WEST SIDE, THAT HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT ON THE WEST SIDE OF US AS A SINGLE STORY HOUSE. YOU CAN'T SEE IT. THE ONLY REASON YOU CAN SEE THIS IS BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR THAT BUILT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUILT A 6 FT BRICK WALL. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE I'VE DRIVE A 20 2500 RAM PICKUP. I ACTUALLY HAVE A PICTURE ON MY PHONE OF I MEAN, WHAT YOU CAN SEE AS YOU DRIVE 35 MILES AN HOUR PAST IT, AND I MEAN IT'S A GLIMPSE, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT THE VISUAL ASPECT OF IT. IT'S THAT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, SOMEBODY SAID THAT YOU CAN'T PUT ANYTHING WITHIN 5 FT. OF THE PROPERTY ONE. OKAY SURE, SHE'LL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. YEAH I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION. YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO BE STORING EQUIPMENT AND STUFF OVER THERE. MY CONCERN IS FUEL. ARE YOU GOING TO BE STORING FUEL IN THAT AREA? ALSO WHETHER IT BE GASOLINE, KEROSENE , DIESEL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. A MODEL ON CARE TRAILER. I HAVE 2 15 GALLON FUEL TANKS THAT ARE MAINTAINED THE FUEL IN IT. THE ONLY FUEL THAT'S IN THERE IS WHAT'S IN THE LAWN MOWERS, MY SPARE LAWNMOWERS, MY SPIRIT CHAINSAWS, MY SPARE WEED EATERS , HEADS TRIMMERS, YOU KNOW THAT'S ONLY FUEL THAT'S IN THERE. AND THAT'S ONE REASON WHY
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I DIDN'T ENCLOSE THE WHOLE THING, EITHER. I MEAN IT. I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO CALL IT A PATIO COVERING, BUT IF YOU THINK OF A PATIO COVERING, THAT'S WHERE SOMEBODY SITS UNDER, IN MY OPINION, WELL, IT'S MORE OF JUST AN AWNING. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT'S OPEN ON BOTH ALL THE WAY THROUGH. YOU GET PROPER AIRFLOW THROUGH THERE. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, THE ROPE YOU SAID. YOU SAID YOU HAVE PLASTIC UP THERE. ARE YOU PLANNING ON CHANGING THAT ROOF? TO DO ANYTHING. IT'S A CORRUGATED FIBERGLASS ROOF. LET ME KNOW YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT HAILSTORMS ANYTHING LIKE THAT THEY'RE BREAKING, CAUSING DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY OR YOUR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY. WELL NO, IT WON'T CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO MY NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY AND THERE AGAIN IF IT CAUSES DAMAGE TO MINE AND MINE. I'LL REPLACE IT BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THE HILL AND THE RAIN GO ON ALL MY EQUIPMENT. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH PERMITTING, THOUGH, CHANGE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO CHANGE. SO THIS CASE HERE IS FOR THE SETBACK. A SETBACK ONLY. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SETBACK OR WHY HE WOULD NOT? OR WOULD OR WOULDN'T BE A GRANTED THAT, OR IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE? OKAY? I JUST WANT TO DISCLOSE THAT I'M A NEIGHBOR OF CLAYTON HERE, AND I ALSO GOT THE NOTICE THAT HE'S TUNING, MAKING MODIFICATIONS TO HIS HOUSE. AND I DON'T KNOW OBJECTIONS. I'VE SEEN IT. IT'S MORE OF A GARDEN SHED. THAT'S MORE. LIKE A CUSTOMIZED GARDEN SAID TO ME, I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO BOARD NOTICED. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I WILL GRANT EMOTION. NOPE. OH, I'M SORRY.YEAH I'M NOT ON THE RIGHT PAGE TODAY. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. AND IF ANYONE LIKE TO COME IN AND SPEAK GREAT. YOU HAVE TO COME ALL THE WAY UP. AND THEN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. AND THEN THE MIC IS YOURS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHARLES. UM EEMA FROM THAT YOU WANT TO AND ONE GRAND VIEW DRIVING. I'M A REGISTERED NOSE AND SYMPTOMS. BUSINESS OWNER AH! I MEAN, I'M HERE. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT HIM FIRST AND FOREMOST, NOBODY'S COMPLAINING. UH SECONDLY, DEFENSE OUTSIDE. THE HOUSE IS COVERING EVERYTHING. SO I DON'T THINK I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY THIS CITY WON'T APPROVE IT FOR HIM. ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY ELSE. ANYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK. THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC CLEARING. OKAY, AND I WILL ACCEPT EMOTION. THANK SEPTIC. TO ACCEPT MR CLAYTON. THE REQUEST. FOR CUSTOMIZATION TO THE PROPERTY. FOR APPROVAL. YES. SO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. AS IS DO I HAVE A SECOND? HELP. OKAY. WE HAVE A SECOND. AND EVERYONE CAN VOTE. IS EVERYONE VOTED. AND WE HAVE FIVE YES. SO YOU ARE APPROVED. GOOD LUCK. I BELIEVE WE HAD AN OPEN SESSION. IT'S JUST ABOUT THE. OKAY UM, WE DO HAVE TO DO A FORMAL WEALTH AND WORK SESSION. OKAY? OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WORK SESSION. UM AND THE WORK SESSION IS GOING TO INCLUDE DISGUSTING ADJUSTING THIS MEETING. SO THE ZB A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, MEETING FROM A START TIME OF 6 32 A START TIME OF SIX PM TO BE IN LINE WITH OTHER BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND CITY COUNCIL. LET'S GO. THANK YOU, MA'AM. I JUST WE BRING THIS UP EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS. UM FOR THOSE OF YOU HAVEN'T LIVED IN WYLIE. UM, WE USED TO START THIS MEETING AT 7 30 AT NIGHT. UM AND I BELIEVE COUNCIL STARTED AT 6 30 AT THAT TIME. UM AND, UH, ANYWAY, AS TIME HAS GONE BY ALL THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
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HAVE LINED UP, CITY COUNCIL MOVED TO SIX O'CLOCK AND THEN P AND Z MOVED TO SIX O'CLOCK AND PARKS BOARD IS AT SIX O'CLOCK. EVERY OTHER BOARD OR COMMISSION IS THAT SIX. THIS IS THE LONE OUTLIER AS FAR AS THE 6 30 START. TIME GOES, AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO, UM BASICALLY ASKING IF EVERYBODY CAN MAKE IT THEN WE YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THE STAFF WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN EARLIER START TIME. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO OUR PART AND BE HERE WHENEVER TIME WE NEED. WE NEED TO BE HERE. BUT IF THE MAJORITY CAN MAKE IT AT SIX O'CLOCK, WE WOULD ASK THAT WE, UH, OFFICIALLY ADOPT SIX O'CLOCK AS A START TIME. BUT IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, THEN IT IS WHAT IT IS.IN YOUR MIND. I CAN MAKE IT. NO PROBLEM. I HAVE NO OBJECTION, IN FACT THAT I'M ON ANOTHER BOARD AND STUFF. IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR ME NOT HAVE TO REMEMBER TO DIFFERENT START TIMES. NO ISSUE WITH ME. IT'S GREAT. I HAVE NO ISSUE EITHER. WE'VE TRIED THIS IN THE PAST. HAVE A VOTE. I DON'T THINK BUT THIS TIME I THINK WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT. IT ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A FAIR IDEA. THAT WOULD BE JUST YEAH. SO TO COVER OUR BASES HERE, WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN A VOTE. SO IF YOU SAY YES, YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF A SIX O'CLOCK START TIME IN LIEU OF THE OLD 6 30, SO ANYONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CHANGED THE START TIME FROM 6 30 TO 6. OUR SECOND THAT. OKAY, BOAT. OKAY AND IT PASSES 5 TO 0.
SO THE GOING START TIME IN THE FUTURE. UM AFTER TODAY WILL BE SIX PM AND I'LL MAKE SURE I PUT THAT IN BIG, BOLD UNDERLINE THE TALLIX LETTERS FOR THE NEXT MEETING. SO EVERYBODY REMEMBERS , INCLUDING OURSELVES, SO BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING IT THIS WAY FOR SO LONG ANY OTHER ITEMS. DID YOU WANT TO BRING UP IN THE ANNOUNCEMENTS? KEVIN DO WE HAVE ANYTHING? AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, AS RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING FOR NEXT MONTH. BUT THAT COULD CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK AND I'LL LET EVERYBODY KNOW ONCE MY GOAL IS THAT ONCE WE PASS THE TIME WHERE WE WON'T HAVE A MEETING, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SEND SOMETHING OUT AS OPPOSED TO LEAVING EVERYBODY HANGING UNTIL THE WEEKEND BEFORE. I'LL JUST SAY, HEY, WE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING IN TIME, BECAUSE, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR YOU NEWER MEMBERS. WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE THIS 15 DAYS IN ADVANCE, SO WE KNOW WHETHER ONCE WE PASS THAT MARK WE CAN'T HAVE A MEETING THAT MONTH. IT HAD THAT ITEM WILL HAVE TO GET PUSHED TO THE FOLLOWING ONE. SO I'VE GOT A LITTLE REMINDER ON MY TASK LIST. NOW THAT TELLS ME THAT ONCE WE PASSED THAT MARK, I'LL SEND AN EMAIL OUT TO YOU.
EVERYBODY SAYING WE WILL NOT HAVE A MEETING THIS MONTH. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN. HOW SECOND THAT. LET'S VOTE. GRANTED WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.