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CITY OF GEORGETOWN
ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING
MINUTES
February 19, 2004
Board members present: William Sattler, Audrey McDonald, Harry Gibbs and Ken Fuller.
Board members absent: Tom Nichols, Dan Mabray, Cornelius Daly
Staff members present Bobby Ray, Chief Development Planner and Tammye Sharpe, Planning Specialist/
Recording Secretary.
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 th e
25’ setback in the front. J. R. Hancock, owner, told the Board that the offices would be law office s 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 economi c
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.