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MINUTES
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING
November 17, 1998, 7:00 P.M.
Rex Peebles, Chair, called the November 17, 1998, Board of Adjustment meeting to order at 7:10 p.m.
Other Board Members present were Gerald Carson, Patrick Walsh and Sheila Johnson. Joe Ogden and
Charles Parker were absent. Staff members present were Hildy Kingma, Chief Development Planner,
Tom Bolt, Building Plan Reviewer and Janis Russell, Recording Secretary.
Agenda:
1. Consideration of and possible action on the minutes of the October 20, 1998, Board of
Adjustment meeting. Gerald Carson made a motion to approve the minutes as written.
Patrick Walsh seconded the motion which passed by a vote of 4-0.
2. Variance to the Zoning Ordinance for 0.278 acres in the Morrow Addition, Block O, located at
1215 S. Austin Avenue. Tom Bolt gave the staff report. At this point in the meeting, the
applicant was not present. After extensive discussion, Gerald Carson made a motion to deny
a variance to Section 2.030 of the Zoning Ordinance, to allow the existing encroachment of a
garage by seven feet into the rear setback and 6.7 feet into the (south) side setback for 0.278
acres in the Morrow Addition, Block O, known as 1215 S. Austin Avenue. Patrick Walsh
seconded the motion. The applicant, Jerome Vacek, arrived before a vote was taken, so the
Board asked him questions regarding this variance request. He explained that at this time, he
did not want to remove or replace the garage, but he was advised by his attorney to request a
variance for the garage encroachments in case of a future sale of his property, or if he wanted
to replace it in the future. He stated that he did not want to have to remove at least one of the
large trees adjacent to the garage. Patrick Walsh asked Mr. Vacek if he would be willing to
move the garage forward if he decided to replace it, in order to correct the encroachment over
the property line at the rear. Mr. Vacek said that he would try to do that. After the
discussion, Gerald Carson restated his previous motion. Patrick Walsh seconded it and the
motion passed by a vote of 4-0. Patrick Walsh encouraged Mr. Vacek to work with staff when
he was ready to replace the garage to try to find alternatives to the location of the garage on
his property.
3. Members’ comments and reports. None were made.
4. Staff comments and reports. None were made.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:51 p.m.
BOA Minutes
October 20, 1998
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