HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_ZBA_02.19.2004Minutes of the Meeting of the
Zoning Board of Adjustment
City of Georgetown, Texas
Tuesday, February 19, 2004
The Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met on Tuesday , February 19, 2004.
Members Present:
William Sattler, Audrey McDonald, Ken Fuller and Harry Gibbs
Members Absent:
Tom Nichols, Cornelius Daly and Don Mabray
Staff Present:
Bobby Ray, Chief Development Planner and Tammye Sharpe, Planning Specialist/Recording Secretary
Minutes
Regular Meeting
William Sattler called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m.
1.Action from Executive Session – None.
Agenda:
2.Consideration and possible action on the Minutes of the regular Board of Adjustment meeting of
December 17, 2003, meeting.
Fuller made the motion to accept the minutes as written. McDonald seconded the motion, which passed
with a vote of 4-0.
3.Consideration and possible action on a variance from the following Section(s) of the Unified Development
Code: Table 6.03.020 (Side Setback) and Table 9.03.020 (B) (Drive Aisle Width) to allow the
development of a 1,611 square foot office for Lot 5, Block M of the South San Gabriel Urban Renewal
District, located at 704 Martin Luther King Junior Street.
Ray gave the staff presentation. Ray made the Board aware that there would need to be an unanimous vote
for passing this variance, as there were 4 members present. Gordon Kohutek, representing the owner,
Hancock, gave his presentation. Kohutek explained that they were not going to be using berm landscaping to
the north because of drainage issues, but were planning for a 6’ privacy fence and trees around 3 sides of the
property – on side zoned residential, they have maintained a 10’ setback. Kohutek explained the 5 parking
spaces (instead of 6) was to maintain the 25’ setback in the front. J. R. Hancock, owner, told the Board that
the offices would be law offices for himself and 2 other attorneys, so traffic would be slow; and the look of the
offices would be residential. Fuller brought out to the applicant that if he would make this office 2-story, it
would bring the project into greater compliance. Kohutek said that there was discussion about that, but then
they would have to have an elevator, and that is costly, so they threw out that idea. Fuller confirmed that
economic hardship was not sufficient grounds for the variance. Adrian Zuniga, AHS Construction Builder,
representing J. R. Hancock, did not comment, but was available for questions. Fuller read the insufficient
findings - ones that do not constitute sufficient grounds for granting a variance – for Board to deliberate on.
Gibbs made the motion to authorize the variance from the following Sections(s) of the UDC: Table 6.03.020
(Side Setback) and Table 9.03.020 (B) (Drive Aisle Width) to allow the development of a 1,611 square foot
office for Lot 5, block M of the South San Gabriel Urban Renewal District located at 704 Martin Luther King Jr.
Street. Motion was seconded by Sattler, and did not pass as the vote was 2-2, with McDonald and Fuller
voting against the authorization. Variances were denied.
Gibbs made the motion to adjourn. Seconded by Fuller. Meeting was adjourned at 6:39 p.m.