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ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA CALL THE ORDER. THE WILEY ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. REGULAR MEETING
[Zoning Board of Adjustment on February 19, 2024.]
FEBRUARY 19TH 2024 6 P.M. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS? OK WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON, UM TO THE CONSENT. A JENNA AGENDA, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO REMOVE OR TALK ABOUT WHERE THEY CONSENT AGENDA FOR LAST WEEK OR LAST MEETING OF DECEMBER 18TH 2023. OK, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN. A MOVE TO APPROVE HIS WRITTEN NO SECOND. SECOND ALL RIGHT. LET'S VOTE. YEAH. IS THE VOTE COMING UP? OK? CAN GET ME. ALWAYS OK, THAT'S. YEAH, WE DON'T EITHER. UM LET'S DO A SHOW OF HANDS ALL IN FAVOR. ALL OPPOSED, ALL RIGHT? UNANIMOUS.AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. ALL THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REQUEST BY GEORGE BUTLER FOR THE VARIANCE TO SECTION 5.5 D OF SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS ORDINANCE 2020 2003. DASH 03 TO ALLOW FOR A RETAINING WALL WITHIN THE UTILITY EASEMENT PROPERLY LOCATED AT 1332 LAKE TRAIL COURT AND ITS ZB 20 24-1. KEVIN YES. GOOD EVENING. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR A RETAINING WALL WITHIN A UTILITY EASEMENT. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1332 LAKE TRAIL COURT, AND THIS IS A VARIANCE TO THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. UM THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A LETTER AND PICTURE SHOWING, UM, HIS HARDSHIPS ON THE PROPERTY. THE PURPOSE FOR THE RETAINING WALL IS PRIMARILY FOR EROSION CONTROL. AND HE HAS PROVIDED PICTURES. THE RETAINING WALL ITSELF IS GONNA BE AROUND 2 FT.
2 FT IN HEIGHT. UM A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL HAVE A 6 FT FENCE THAT IT'S GONNA MATCH THE HEIGHT OF THE ADJACENT FENCE THAT'S TOWARDS THE BACK RIGHT THERE.
THIS ONE. WE DID MAIL A 25 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE. NOTIFICATION AREA, AND THEN WE DID RECEIVE SEVEN IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST. HERE'S THE MAP, WHICH SHOWS THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE IN FAVOR. WITH THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IN THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE. QUESTIONS. AND THE APPLICANT HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO SAY OR ADDRESS.
ANYTHING. ONLY UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YEAH, I'M GEORGE BUTLER. I LIVE AT 1332 LAKE TRAIL COURT. WILEY, TEXAS 75098. BOZEMAN FARMS, UH, COMMUNITY AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME EVEN BE HERE TO ASK THIS.
UM I APPRECIATE CABINET'S PRESENTATION, AND, UH UH, JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM OUR DESIRE IS TO NOT ONLY ADDRESS THE PROPERTY SLIPPING AWAY FROM OUR HOME, BUT ALSO, UH, WE WANT TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT ES WILEY. BEAUTIFUL KEEPS BOZEMAN BEAUTIFUL AND PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT. UH, IN OUR HOME. UH, WE HAVE INVESTED SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, OVER THE LAST 3.5 YEARS AND FOUNDATION PEERS. OTHERS FRIENDS STRAINS TRYING TO DEAL WITH WATER AND THAT KIND OF STUFF ALL THAT WENT THROUGH THE CITY. UM SO THIS IS PRIMARILY SOMETHING, UH, FOR EROSION CONTROL AND THEN JUST FOR OUR FAMILY. IT WILL ALSO INCREASE PLAY SPACE FOR OUR DAUGHTERS. SO I. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, UH, THE TIME THAT YOU GUYS INVEST IN TAKING CARE OF OUR CITY AND, UH, JUST APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU HAVE ANY UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO KIND OF WANNA ASK, BUT MORE LIKE A COMMENT. I KNOW THERE ISN'T A UTILITY EASEMENT. I SEE ALL THE FLAGS AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING IN THE AREA ABOUT HAND DIGGING. NO MACHINERY DIGGING THAT KIND OF STUFF. UM BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, IF SOMETHING WERE TO COME UP, OR WE NEEDED THAT EASEMENT, THEY WOULD JUST TAKE THEY KNOW THAT THAT
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RETAINING WALL COULD BE AT JEOPARDY IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? YEAH. TECHNICALLY SPEAKING. AND LIKE, IF SOMETHING EVER NEEDED TO GET IN THERE, THE WALL COULD BE DAMAGED OR REMOVED. THAT BEING SAID. MOST OF THE TIME. THERE'S A WORK YOU KNOW TO BE AS RESPECTFUL OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY AS POSSIBLE. AND YOU KNOW IF UM, YOU KNOW, MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE HELP REPAIR THE DAMAGE THAT SORT OF THING, BUT THE CITY OR THE UTILITY IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ACTUALLY DO THAT IN THE APPLICANT UNDERSTANDS THAT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. YES, MA'AM. AND I. I FAILED TO MENTION I WANTED TO MENTION THAT IT'S ODD. TO US THAT IF YOU GO UP OUR STREET, THERE'S A RETAINING WALL. THERE'S EIGHT RETAINING WALLS BETWEEN EVERY HOUSE AND EVEN BEHIND US. YOU GO UP. THERE'S SIX UP THAT STREET AND IT'S LIKE OURS WAS THE ONLY ONE. THEY DIDN'T PUT ONE ON FOR SOME REASON, SO IT'S EVEN EVEN DIRECTLY DOWN FROM US IN THE SAME EASEMENT. THERE'S ONE SO UM AND OUR GOAL IS TO MATCH MAKE THEM LOOK THE SAME. MAKE FENCES LOOK THE SAME. MAKE EVERYTHING LOOK NICE AND BUT I DO UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A NEED, THEN WE'LL WE'LL NEED TO DEAL WITH THAT. OK, OK, UM QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS.HOME ON MY. I JUST GOT A QUICK QUESTION. THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IS ON BOARD WITH YOU. CORRECT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD NEED FROM US DOCUMENTING THAT? WELL, I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR DECISION IN WRITING TONIGHT. BUT, YES, SIR. THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IS ON BOARD. THEY'VE BEEN PRESENTED ALL THIS, UH, THE PERSON 11 OF THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THAT CAME OUT AND WALKED. THE SITE WITH ME AND WENT BACK AND TALKED WITH HIS TEAM, AND THEN THEY EMAILED ME AND SAID. YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD. THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN WAS AS LONG AS THE CITY OF WILEY SAYS, IT'S OK. SO. IN THE APPLICANT WILL GET A DECISION. WHATEVER THE BOARD'S DECISION IS, THEY WILL GET THAT DECISION IN WRITING. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS FEEDBACKS.
WAS ANSWERED. OK, UM I WILL CONSIDER A MOTION. NO, YOU WILL NOT. NO, I WILL NOT. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. I FORGOT I HAVE TO OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING. YOU WANNA WANTS TO COME UP? OK, CONSIDERING THAT THERE'S NO RUSH FOR PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL CLOSE IT. ALL RIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. ROOKIE MOVE. ALL RIGHT, RICKY MOVED. OK UM I WILL ENTERTAIN EMOTION OR MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IT'S WRITTEN DO I HAVE A SECOND I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. IT'S ABOUT. MY HANDS ON THE. SO YES, WE WILL HAVE.
GOT IT. OK? YEAH, SHE HAS IT. ALL RIGHT. OK? AND THE RESULTS. ZERO. AND THE SHE HAS TO POST IT. THERE YOU GO, OK? AND IT'S PAST 5 TO 0. CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. UM ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS WORK SESSION ITEMS? NO WORK SESSION ITEMS AND WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE A MEETING. BUT WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF INTERESTING THINGS, BUT NOBODY'S ACTUALLY FORMALLY SUBMITTED YET, BUT I WOULD PLAN ON A MEETING NEXT MONTH. ALL RIGHT. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MAKE A MOTION WE ADJOURN. OUR SECOND GREAT. LET'S VOTE. MAYBE. UM DOES EVERYBODY WANT TO GET HOME? RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, AND THE RESULT UH, WE'RE STILL HAVING A. OK AND MEETINGS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.