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Home My WebLink About11/02/2010 - Regular Minutes - Zoning Board of Adjustments)N Home of Texas A&M University' MINUTES ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT November 2, 2010 CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 2 " d Floor Conference Room # 1 1101 Texas Avenue 6:00 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Rodney Hill, Josh Berm, Dick Dabney, Melissa Cunningham and Hunter Goodwin. STAFF PRESENT: Staff Assistant Deborah Grace - Rosier, Staff Planner Lauren Hovde, Assistant Director Lance Simms, Assistant City Attorney Adam Falco. AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Call to order — Explanation of functions of the Board. •Chairman Hill called the meeting to order at 6:02 PM. AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Consideration, discussion and possible action of Absence Requests from meetings. There were no requests to consider. AGENDA ITEM. NO. 3: Discussion of requested Administrative Adjustments. • 3406 Treeline Drive - 4.8% reduction (4.4 inches) to the 7.5 -foot side setback. Approved Case # 10- 00500215 (JP) • 3514 Pikes Peak Court - 4.3% reduction (7.8 inches) to the 15 -foot front setback (rear parking provided). Approved Case # 10- 00500216 (JP) • 3526 Colorado Court - 1.8% reduction (3.24 inches) to the 15 -foot side street setback. Approved Case # 10- 00500217 (JP) • 3522 Colorado Court - 2.6% reduction (5.4 inches) to the 15 -foot front setback (rear parking provided). Approved Case # 10- 0050021 The Board had no questions for city staff. AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Consideration, discussion and possible action to approve meeting minutes. • September 28, 2010, meeting minutes. e Mr. Dabney motioned to approve the meeting minutes. Ms. Cunningham seconded the motion, which passed (5 -0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion on variance requests to the Unified Development Ordinance, Section 7.4 "Signs ", of the Unified Development Ordinance for the property located at 800 Aberdeen Place, Lot 4, Block 21, of the College Park Subdivision. Case # 10- 00500228. Staff Planner Lauren Hovde presented the staff report and stated that the applicant is requesting signage to direct visitors and members to the St. Thomas parking area located at the dead -end of Aberdeen Place. The location of the proposed sign is not within the bounds of the church site nor is it contiguous to the church development. The proposed sign location is on a lot currently being used as a residence that is zoned R -1 Single - Family Residential, which does not allow for the use of directional traffic control signs. Therefore, the applicant is requesting variances to the following regulations: • To allow Traffic Directional Control signage in the R -1 zoning district; and, • To allow off - premise signage Staff recommended denial based on the lack of a hardship and special condition. Board Member Cunningham stated that she would abstain from voting since this is the Church she &,tends, but she would stay and be a part of the discussion. Chairman Hill opened the public hearing. David Woodcock, 1511 Wolf Run, College Station, Texas, spoke in favor of the variance requests. Mr. Woodcock stated that the hardships stem from the historic location of St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Other hardships listed were: parents of students and other individuals visiting for the first time and those needing to find the facility during a state of stress. Rev. Dr. Rhoda Montgomery, 816 Pine Valley, College Station, Texas, spoke in favor of the request. Rev. Dr. Montgomery stated that residents that occupy the existing single - family properties at 800 and 802 Aberdeen Place do not have any objections to the variance requests. She also explained how hard it was for her to find the location when she joined the organization. Those speaking before the Board were sworn in by Chairman Hill. Chairman Hill closed the public hearing. Mr. Benn motioned to approve the variances due to the special conditions of. the layout of Dexter Drive, the size and construction of Aberdeen Place; and the hardship of inability to identify the property. Mr. Goodwin seconded the motion. The Board continued discussion concerning the requests and the possibility of setting precedent for other single - family lots. Mr. Benn amended his motion to add the limitation of. approving the variance requests as submitted by the applicant. Mr. Goodwin seconded the amendment, which passed unopposed (4- 0). Chairman Hill called for the vote for the original motion to approve. The vote was (3 -1 -1). The motion failed. Ms. Cunnigham abstaining from voting and Mr. Dabney voting for denial. AGENDA ITEM NO. 6: Consideration and possible action on future agenda items — A Zoning Member may inquire about a subject for which notice has not been given. A statement of specific factual information or the recitation of existing policy may be given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on an agenda for a subsequent meeting. There were no items addressed. AGENDA ITEM NO. 7 : Adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 PM. TEST: Deborah Graco4osler, Staff Assistant u 0 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. T I I a - ZONING BOARD OFADJUSTMENT GUEST REGISTER MEETING DA TE November 2, 2010 ADDRESS l er �� 4 � CITY OF COLLEGE STATION Planning c ' Development Services ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FORMAT FOR POSITIVE MOTION VARIANCE TO SIGN REGULATIONS: — FROM SECTION 7.4 OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE and because a strict enforcement of the provisions of the Ordinance would result in substantial hardshi to this applicant being: �`� i.n�'1. ( 1 �•� y-� riA ;�/1 �l'�_ LJ� /iJ/,' Il._ and such that the spirit and intent of this Ordinance shall be preserved and the general interests of the pudic and ap a nt served subject to the follow *g limit ions: 0 0Z I>I, I move to approve a variance to the sign regulations from the terms of the ordinance, as it will not be contrary to the public interest, due to unique special conditions not generally Votin su is s 1 14CCAI JS ) AB5