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Deborah Grace -Rosier - Re: 504 Guernsey ZBA Case
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From:
<Fortli@aol.com>
To:
<DGRACE@cstx.gov>
Date:
6/2/2010 9:30 AM
Subject:
Re: 504 Guernsey ZBA Case
CC:
<Mhilgemeier@cstx.gov>
Thanks so much! Quite frankly, the city staff is wrong in saying there is a site issue... it would have been s
very professional step for them to take in coming out and looking at specifically what we were referring to.
Having come out one time last November is not acceptable based on the number of changes we made to
our plans based on what the ZBA suggested.
What's even more frustrating is that there are numerous infractions all over this neighborhood ... there's a
fence at the corner of Park Place and Welsh that you have to drive halfway into the street to see if there is
a car coming. The students park haphazardly in front of their rental homes creating even greater issues...
Unfortunately, the city chooses to ignore those. We're very frustrated and very disillusioned with the City
of College Station and this department. Truly you don't care about your permanent homeowners... your
decision was just wrong!!!
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In God We Trust
Bless
Texas TM
In a message dated 6/2/2010 9:23:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time, DGRACE@cstx.gov writes:
If you should need anything else please let me know.
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Staff Assistant
City of College Station
Planning & Development Services
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas 77840
979-764-3570 Main
979-764-3784 Desk
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Matthew Hilgemeier - ZBA Hearing Request
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From: "George B. Dresser" <g-dresser@suddenlink.net>
To: "Matt Hilgemeier" <mhilgemeier@cstx.gov>
Date: 4/22/2010 10:29 PM
Subject: ZBA Hearing Request
April 22, 2010
Mr. Matt Hilgemeier and members of the Zoning Board of Adjustment
The purpose of this letter is to support the application of Linda and Russell Harvell, 504 Guernsey Street, College
Station 77840 for a new hearing before the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
I know that the ZBA has to operate under a strict set of rules and guidelines. However, sometimes we as board
members and City staff have to just use common sense and do what makes sense, do what is fair, do what is right.
As a former volunteer with the City of College Station, (six years P&Z and four years Parks and Recreation) my
experience was that when we put our minds to it we could find a way to do what made sense within the
requirements of the ordinances, rules, and guidelines that governed our decisions.
I am very pleased to have the Harvells as neighbors. They have made a significant investment in their residence
which benefits me, the other nearby property owners, and, of course, the City, the County, and the School District.
They are asking for a variance to the set back dimension requirements to build a detached garage in a location on
their lot, which maximizes the utility of their lot, preserves the existing trees, and fosters drainage. What they are
asking for is in keeping with the character of the neighborhood and, more specifically, is not any different from the
setback dimensions previously approved by the City at the request of the Harvell's adjacent neighbors to the south.
I have come to the conclusion that it is probably impossible to write an ordinance that will accomplish everything
that the planners that wrote it and the council members that approved it had in mind. Even the most casual of
observers will see that most of the residential investment that has been made in this neighborhood during the past
five years and continuing to this day has been in multi bedroom and multi bath rental residences intended for
university students. This was not the intention of the single family residential ordinance but, for sure, it was one of
the results. So why, when someone wants to build an authentic single family homestead, do we make it so hard for
them to do so? It simply does not pass the common sense test. To me, it seems shortsighted and arbitrary. We can
and should do better.
I am sure that when the City staff and the ZBA members put their minds to it they can find a legal way within our
rules and regulations to grant a new hearing and subsequently a variance.
Thank you for giving this your best effort.
Sincerely:
George B. Dresser, 501 Fairview Avenue, College Station, TX, 77840 g-dresser@suddenlink.net
George B. Dresser
501 Fairview Avenue
College Station, TX 77840
979-696-4361
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Deborah Grace -Rosier - Notifications
From:
Barbara Moore
To:
Caldwell, Brittany
Date:
10/16/2009 12:16 PM
Subject:
Notifications
Hi Brittany,
Not many notifications for this week.
11/5 P&Z
09-166 - Windowood -
Sherry Ellison
2705 Brookway Dr.
CS, TX 77845
11/4 ZBA
09-205- Jerry Cooper- even though is a little past the 200 ft. I would notifiy Jerry anyway. His address is 602 Bell Street CS, TX
77840
Thanks,
Barbara Moore, MPA
City of College Station
Neighborhood Services Office
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