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07-28-2003 (Zoning Board of Adjustment) Minutes MINUTES ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT City Council Chambers Wylie Municipal Complex 2000 Highway 78 North, Wylie, Texas 75098 July 28, 2003 7:00 p.m. Notice was posted in time and manner required by law, and a quorum was present. Board Members Present: Staff Members Present: Eric Alexander Mary Bradley Weldon Bullock Terry Capehart Marilyn Herrera Linda Jourdan Layne LeBaron Board Members Absent: Randle Henry Wayne Morman CALL TO ORDER Acting Chairman LeBaron called the meeting to order at 7:15 p.m. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION No one was present to speak. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Consider and act upon approval of the Minutes of the June 23, 2003, Meeting. A motion was made by Ms. Herrera, and seconded by Mr. Alexander, to approve the minutes as submitted. Motion carried 5 — 0. ZBOA Commission Meeting July 28, 2003 Page 2 of 2 PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Hold a public hearing to consider and act upon a request by Kirk Maxwell of Paul Taylor Homes for a variance to Section 3.3 of the Zoning Ordinance in order to decrease the required front yard from twenty-five (25) feet to twenty (20) feet, this property being located at 1700 Tamarack Drive and being Lot 32 of Block I of the Country Ridge Phase 1 Addition. (ZBOA Case No. 2003- 06) Capehart stated that the subject property is located on a cul-de-sac and in the Country Ridge Addition. The zoning was approved in 2001 as a Planned Development District. The PD provides that the development shall comply with the regulations of the Single-Family 8.5/17 District of the Zoning Ordinance, and with limited exceptions. The required front yard setback is twenty-five feet and all residences are to have front porches. The building plans included the front porch however, when the construction of the house began no front porch was included. In order to add the straight-front porch on this curved-front lot, construction will encroach into the front yard a distance of just over two (2) feet. The applicant is requesting a variance of five (5) feet of twenty-five (25) percent in order to make the residence legal as constructed. The residence as located will appear visually in line with neighboring houses, in part due to the cul-de-sac lot being larger than that normally required by City code. In its constructed location, the porch is twelve (12) feet on from the north side property line and twenty-six (26) feet from the other side yard, compared to the eight and one-half (8.5) feet side yards required by the Conditions of the Planned Development District. Kirk Maxwell, Paul Taylor Homes 17950 Preston Road, Dallas, Texas, represented builder for the subject subdivision, stated that the architect made the mistake by not drawing the dimensions for the porch. The realization of not having the porch was discovered upon framing of the house. Denise Crocco, 3801 Clearwater Court, Plano, Texas, represented the potential buyer of the home, stated that the house elevations is the only one located on the cul-de-sac, and is the layout the family desires to have. ZBOA Commission Meeting July 28, 2003 Page 3 of 3 Ms. Herrera questioned the builder if there was another lot on a cul-de-sac in the subdivision. Maxwell stated that there are no more cul-de-sac lots that the subject house with the same elevations would fit. There are lots within the subdivision that the elevations for the house would fit, but the request from the potential buyer was for the lot to be located on a cul-de-sac due to the large back yard. A motion was made by Mr. Alexander, and seconded by Ms. Jourdan, to GRANT the Variance. Motion carried 5 — 0. 2. Hold a public hearing to consider and act upon a request by Dr. John Ross Stooksberry, DDS for a variance to Section 5.A of the Sign Regulations in order to increase the size of attached signage on the front of the building from the allowed maximum of twenty and seventy-five hundredths (20.75) square feet to forty-one (41) square feet, this property being located at 1125 F.M. 544 and being part of Lot 1, Block A of the Greenway Addition. (ZBOA Case No. 2003-07) Capehart stated that the applicant leases an office space within the new Westgate Crossing Shopping Center at Farm Market 544 and Westgate Way. The business signs within the shopping center are attached to the glass walls and doors as well as the masonry wall above the glass. The applicant contends that a larger sign is necessary in order to be sufficiently visible from surrounding streets. Dale Jackson, Building Official, discussed with the Board Members the current Sign Regulations, which was adopted last April 2002 and is in the process of being revised and adopted by City Council. The requested sign is 97.6 percent larger than currently allowed by the Sign Regulations and 48.2 percent larger than the proposed revisions to the Sign Regulations. The subject lease space is twenty-seven feet eight inches (27'8") wide, allowing a total area of twenty and seventy-five hundredths (20.75) square feet of attached signage. The applicant proposes an attached sign which is approximately forty-one (41) square feet. John Ross Stooksberry, DDS, 1125 East FM 544, Suite 700, Wylie, Texas, stated that the purpose for the larger sign is due to the length of last name and the logo design. Angela Wells, represented the designer Fast Signs, stated that the sign will be illuminated and purpose of the larger sign is to allow neon lights. The fonts for the letters are small and the sign would require being larger due to the length of the name. ZBOA Commission Meeting July 28, 2003 Page 4 of 4 A motion was made by Ms. Herrera, and seconded by Mr. Alexander, to GRANT the Variance. Motion carried 4 — 1, with Mr. Bullock opposing. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Mr. Alexander, and seconded by Ms. Herrera, to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 p.m. Motion passed 5 — 0. Layne LeBaron, Acting airman Ma Br ley, Secretar