HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_ZBA_04.15.2003Minutes of the Meeting of the
Zoning Board of Adjustment
City of Georgetown, Texas
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
The Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met on Tuesday , April 15, 2003.
Members Present:
Tom Nichols, Ken Fuller, Audrey McDonald, John Kirby and Don Mabray
Members Absent:
None
Staff Present:
Melissa McCollum, Development Planner and Tammye Sharpe, Team Specialist/Recording Secretary
Minutes
Regular Meeting
Tom Nichols called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. Other Board members present Ken Fuller, Audrey
McDonald, John Kirby, and Don Mabray.
Staff members present Melissa Murphy, Development Planner and Tammye Sharpe, Team Specialist/
Recording Secretary.
1. Action from Executive Session. None.
2. Consideration and possible action on the Minutes of the January 21, 2003, regular meeting.
Audrey McDonald made the motion to accept the minutes as written. Ken Fuller seconded the motion,
which passed with a vote of 4-0, with Don Mabray abstaining, as he was not at this meeting.
3.Consideration and possible action on a variance to the Zoning Ordinance for Lot 8, Block G, of the
South San Gabriel Urban Renewal Addition, located at 903 West 10th Street.
McCollum gave the staff presentation. Nichols got clarification that the garage structure existed and was
only going to be enclosed, not built from scratch – applicant want to improve the garage and construct a
carport. Fuller verified that the conversion of the garage to a living area was not allowed per the Zoning
Ordinance, and that was why applicant needed the variance. McCollum explained that applicant
needed the variance to allow the parking in the setback area,
and also to allow a structure to be built into the setback area.
McDonald made the motion to approve the request for the variance from Section 2.0203 of the Zoning
Ordinance to expand kitchen/living area for family growth by enclosing an existing garage being
approximately 7.5’ setback from the property line and to allow the required parking to be within the
required front yard. Fuller seconded the motion, which passed with a vote of 5-0. Variance request
was approved as:
- the public convenience and welfare will be substantially served; and
- the appropriate use of the surrounding property will not be substantially or permanently impaired or
diminished; and
- the applicant has not created the hardship from which relief is sought; and
- the variance will not confer upon the applicant a special right or privilege not commonly shared or
available to the owners of similar and surrounding property; and
- the hardship from which relief is sought is not solely of an economic nature
Nichols made the motion to deny the requested variance from Section 5.206 of the Zoning Ordinance to
have a carport structure addition located within the front yard. Fuller seconded the motion, which denial
was passed with a vote of 4-1, with Kirby voting against. Variance request was denied as:
- it will be contrary to the public interest due to the lack of any special conditions; and
- because a strict enforcement of the provisions of the ordinance would not result in unnecessary
hardship to this applicant; and
- such that the spirit of this ordinance shall be observed and substantial justice done.
Fuller seconded the motion, which passed with a vote of 4-1, with Kirby against the denial of the variance
from
Section 5.206.
McDonald made the motion to adjourn. Fuller seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Meeting
was adjourned at 6:23 p.m.
/tas