HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_ZBA_11.18.2003Minutes of the Meeting of the
Zoning Board of Adjustment
City of Georgetown, Texas
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
The Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met on Tuesday , November 18, 2003
.
Members Present:
Tom Nichols, Ken Fuller, Audrey McDonald, William Sattler, and Don Mabray, and alternates, Cornelius
Daly and Harry Gibbs.
Members Absent:
None
Staff Present:
Bobby Ray, Chief Development Planner, David Munk, City Engineer, and Tammye Sharpe, Planning
Specialist/ Recording Secretary.
Minutes
Regular Meeting
Tom Nichols called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
1.Action from Executive Session. None.
2.Consideration and possible action on a variance to the Unified Development Code (UDC) for a portion of
Block D of the
Morrow Addition, located at 1258 South Church Street.
Bobby Ray gave the staff presentation, informing the Board that staff had received one letter in support.
Rachel Osgood, applicant, was present to answer any questions. Ray confirmed that the city-owned alley
does not serve any purpose, per Mark Miller’s letter. Nichols asked Osgood if she had plans to petition the
City to buy the right-of-way. Osgood said she researched that idea, but it is beyond her financial means to
request the City to abandon the property and allow her to purchase it. Sattler asked about the reasoning to
set the garage so far back. Osgood said that there was a sewer line located where she could locate the
garage without asking for the variance. Osgood said that placing the garage further up (over the sewer line)
would be troublesome to the Water Services Department should they have any problems with the lines.
Sattler asked if Osgood was going to have a concrete drive to the garage – Osgood said she would prefer a
concrete apron, because of all the mud and dirt now. Ray said, that under the UDC Parking Chapter, Osgood
would be required to provide a drive surface, from the street to the garage. Mabray asked about the
opposing letter – Ray said that it was from the neighbor on 111 E. 16th Street. Osgood confirmed that the
structure in the back of the neighbor opposing is a studio. It was verified that Osgood would have to move
the proposed garage substantially forward if she was denied this variance.
Ray explained that each variance needs to be dealt with case by case and to be addressed in terms of
physical hardship – and most of the cases that the Board sees are in the more established, older homes,
where there are some mature trees or some other physical limitation that makes it difficult to comply.
Nichols made the motion to approve a variance to the Unified Development Code (UDC) for a portion of
Block D of the Morrow Addition, located at 1258,
-as it will not be contrary to the public interest, due to the following special conditions: 1) because of
position of the water
line that prohibits moving it forward, and 2) because of the existing stand of mature trees in the back;
-because a strict enforcement of the provisions of the ordinance would 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. McDonald asked that the driveway be paved, and wanted to put it as a
condition. Ray assured McDonald that Osgood would have to comply with that requirements it is in the UDC.
Discuss about the proposed driveway and utility pole location. Ray said that Osgood could get an application
for encroachment to utilize the alley. Motion passed with a vote of 5-0. Variance was approved.
4.Consideration and possible action on a Variance from the Unified Development Code (UDC) for Lot
12, Block H, Quail Valley, Section One, located at 1704 Quail Valley Drive.
Bobby Ray gave the staff presentation. Nichols had several questions that he would like to ask the applicant.
Since the applicant was not available at the meeting, Board was inclined to postpone.
Motion was made by Nichols to postpone this application until December meeting. Mabray seconded the
motion, which passed with a vote of 5-0.
It was settled on Wednesday, December 17, 2003, 6:00 p.m., would be the next ZBOA meeting.
Sattler made the motion to adjourn the meeting. Fuller seconded, which passed unanimously. Meeting was
adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
/tas