07-17-1987 (Zoning Board of Adjustment) Minutes ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS
MINUTES
FRIDAY - JULY 17, 1987
COMMUNITY ROOM 7:00 P. M.
800 THOMAS STREET
The Zoning Board of Adjustments met in regular session on
Friday, July 17, 1987 in the Community Room at 800 Thomas
Street at 7:00 p. m. A quorum was present and notice of the
meeting had been posted in the time and manner required by
law. Members present were Chairman; Art Harris, Vice
Chairman; Gary Ludwig, N. C. Jefferies, Cleo Adams and
Cecilia Woods. Those absent were Paul Gaddy and Robb
Tanella. Representing the City Staff was Code Enforcement
Officer, Roy Faires and Amanda Maples, Secretary.
ITEM NO. 1 - APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF MAY 28,_ 1987 -
Corrections needed to be made on Page 2, Paragraph 2,
stating that the alley had been abandoned by official action
of the City Council and in Paragraph 3, Mr. Drapier should
be referred to as Brother Drapier.
Cecilia Woods made a motion to table the approval of the
minutes so that corrections could be made. Vice-Chairman,
Gary Ludwig seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0.
ITEM NO. 2 - CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE FIVE
ACRE MINIMUM FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO
APPLY FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ON LOTS 1-6 AND THE
NORTH HALF OF LOTS 7-9 OF BLOCK 28 OF THE RAILROAD ADDITION
- Mr. Faires addressed the board stating that the Aliens had
originally applied for a rezoning to B2. The night of their
public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission, a
quorum was not present so they were unable to hold a formal
meeting. They were able to discuss this project with some
of the members of the P&Z and with the staff. We found that
some were opposed to having the B2 zoning in the middle of a
residential area but none were opposed to having the funeral
home there. I informed them that one way to accomplish
their goal and not have the B2 zoning was to apply for a
variance and have a Planned Unit Development. This would
insure that nothing other than a funeral home would be built
on this property and that would protect the City and the
home owners in that area.
The five acre requirement would constitute a hardship on the
Aliens because there is not five acres available. Under
these circumstances I would support this request for a
variance.
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Cleo Adams asked how much property there is available and if
they would have to meet all of the parking requirements and
so forth.
Mr. Faires said that they would have to comply with the
parking regulations and everything else as usual.
Chairman Art Harris said that the property amounted to just
over a half an acre.
Mrs. Allen said that downtown has no parking facilities and
it is just not big enough.
Mr. Faires said that moving the funeral home would relieve a
lot of the congestion in the downtown area and it would help
the Police Department. I feel like it would benefit the
whole downtown area to allow them to move the funeral home
to this proposed site.
Mr. Faires presented a floor plan of the proposed funeral
home to the board.
At the present time Mr. Allen is having his plans drawn so
that in the event that he is successful tonight, he will be
able to go before the Planning and Zoning Commission in two
weeks.
Chairman Art Harris stated, for the record, that 18 letters
were sent to property owners within 250 feet of the proposed
site. Four letters were returned in favor of the proposal
and none against.
N. C. Jefferies made a motion to approve this request for a
variance from the five acre minimum in a Planned Unit
Development. Cleo Adams seconded the motion. Motion
carried 5-0.
ITEM NO. 3 - ADJOURN - Vice-Chairman Gary Ludwig made a
motion to adjourn the July 17, 1987 meeting of the Zoning
Board of Adjustments. Chairman Art Harris seconded the
motion. Motion carried 5-0.
Chairman, Art Harris
Respectfully Submitted :
Secretary, Amanda Maples