HomeMy WebLinkAboutZBOA Minutes 1987-05-19 Regular II
REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
MAY 19 , 1987
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD WHICH WAS HELD AT CITY HALL ON MAY 19 ,
1987 WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS CONSTITUTING A QUORUM:
VICE-CHAIRMAN HAL TAYLOR
REGULAR MEMBER MAURICE ESTLINBAUM
REGULAR MEMBER ELVIA SALYER
ALTERNATE MEMBER STEVE JOHNSON
ALTERNATE MEMBER HOWARD YEAGER
ALTERNATE MEMBER KENNETH KONCABA
SECRETARY JANE TOLLETT
VICE-CHAIRMAN TAYLOR CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER . STEVE JOHNSON
AND HOWARD YEAGER WERE APPOINTED REGULAR MEMBERS FOR THIS MEETING .
VICE-CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING REQUEST FROM
DENNIS GAUTNEY OF INTERNATIONAL SIGNS TO INSTALL AN OFFICE
DIRECTORY SIGN OUTSIDE OF BUILDING AT 820 SOUTH FRIENDSWOOD
II DRIVE , CEDARWOOD OFFICE COMPLEX.
DENNIS GAUTNEY EXPRESSED TO THE BOARD THAT THERE IS A FUTURE
BUILDING PLANNED THAT WILL BE BEHIND THE EXISTING ONE AND BE
CALLED CEDARWOOD II AND THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY WILL EVENTUALLY
BE USED FOR RETAIL SPACE . THE DISTANCE THAT THE BUILDING IS FROM
FM518 IS 300 FEET . HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A NEW SIGN FOR
THE OFFICE COMPLEX THAT WILL BE A CLEAN SIGN AND NOT CLUTTERED
WITH ALL OF THE NAMES OF THE OCCUPANTS IN THE COMPLEX BUILDING ON
IT . HE REQUESTED AN OFFICE DIRECTORY SIGN THAT IS 16 SQUARE FEET
AND WILL BE 200 ' FROM FM518 AND WILL BE USED TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO
THE BUILDING . DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AT LENGTH .
VICE-CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING REQUEST FROM
STEVE LAWHEAD OF SCHULER & WOHLT SIGN COMPANY TO INSTALL A 2ND
SET OF LETTERS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STORE LOCATED AT 104 A
FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE AT CAPTAIN ' S CORNER SHOPPING CENTER FOR
NORTHBOUND INDENTIFICATION .
STEVE LAWHEAD TOLD THE BOARD ANOTHER SIGN WAS NEEDED ON THE END
OF THE BUILDING FOR SUBWAY SANDWICHES BECAUSE THE EXISTING SIGN
IS FACING FM518 DIRECTLY . HE DISPLAYED SEVERAL PICTURES AND THE
BOARD DISCUSSED THE ITEM WITH HIM .
II VICE-CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING THE FOLLOWING
FOUR REQUESTS FROM ELMO L . ROBINSON , JR . OF AMERICAN CRAFTSMAN
HOMES TO ESTABLISH FRONT BUILDING LINE AT 25 FEET AND SIDE
BUILDING LINE AT 20 FEET AT 1908 SAN JOAQUIN PARKWAY , CARMEL
VILLAGE SUBDIVISION OF AN EXISTING HOME; REGARDING REQUEST FROM
ELMO L . ROBINSON , JR . OF AMERICAN CRAFTSMAN HOMES TO ESTABLISH
FRONT BUILDING AT 25 FEET AND SIDE BUILDING LINE AT 20 FEET AT
1908 SAN JOAQUIN PARKWAY , CARMEL VILLAGE SUBDIVISION OF AN
EXISTING HOME ; REGARDING REQUEST FROM ELMO L . ROBINSON , JR . OF
AMERICAN HOMES TO ESTABLISH FRONT BUILDING LINE AT 30 FEET AT
1904 SAN JOAQUIN PARKWAY , CARMEL VILLAGE SUBDIVISION OF A
PROPOSED HOME AND REGARDING REQUEST FROM ELMO L . ROBINSON , JR . OF
AMERICAN CRAFTSMAN HOMES TO ESTABLISH FRONT BUILDING LINE AT 27 . 5
FEET AT 1906 SAN JOAQUIN PARKWAY , CARMEL VILLAGE SUBDIVISION OF A
PROPOSED HOME :
MR . ROBINSON GAVE THE BOARD SOME HISTORY OF CARMEL VILLAGE
SUBDIVISION . IN THE BEGINNING THE SUBDIVISION WAS DEVELOPED FOR
60 FOOT LOTS . THE ORIGINAL PLAT SHOWED MISSION ESTATES
SUBDIVISION WITH A 25 ' FRONT BUILDING LINE AND 20 ' SIDE BUILDING
LINE ; CARMEL VILLAGE SUBDIVISION WITH 35 'FRONT BUILDING LINE AND
25 ' SIDE BUILDING LINE . AFTER DEVELOPMENT THERE WERE NO 60
FOOT LOTS . THEY WERE CHANGED TO A MINIMUM OF 70 ' BY ORDINANCE
NO . E85-2 . THE REAPPORTIONMENT PLAT OF MISSION ESTATES SUBDIVISION
WAS USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOMES IN MISSION ESTATES AND
CARMEL VILLAGE SUBDIVISIONS WITH A 25 ' FRONT BUILDING LINE AND
20 ' SIDE BUILDING LINE . SOMEHOW THE FOUR LOTS IN QUESTION WERE
LEFT OFF OF THE PLAT . THE REQUEST FOR THE FOUR LOTS IS TO RETAIN
A SIDE BUILDING OF 20 ' AND FRONT BUILDING LINE OF 25 ' , WITH THE
BUILDING LINE BEING STAGGERED BECAUSE THE STREET IS SLIGHTLY
CURVED AND HE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE CONFORMITY ON THE STREET .
VICE-CHAIRMAN TAYLOR CALLED FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE
ACTION REGARDING REQUEST FROM DENNIS GAUTNEY OF INTERNATIONAL
SIGNS TO INSTALL AN OFFICE DIRECTORY SIGN OUTSIDE OF BUILDING AT
820 SOUTH FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE , CEDARWOOD OFFICE COMPLEX .
**HOWARD YEAGER MADE THE MOTION TO GRANT THE VARIANCE OF ONE
OFFICE DIRECTORY SIGN AT 820 SOUTH FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE , CEDARWOOD
OFFICE COMPLEX.
MAURICE ESTLINBAUM SECONDED THE MOTION .
MOTION FAILED 3-2 . STEVE JOHNSON AND ELVIA SALYER OPPOSED .
VICE-CHAIRMAN TAYLOR CALLED FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION
REGARDING REQUEST FROM STEVE LAWHEAD OF SCHULER & WOHLT SIGN
COMPANY TO INSTALL A 2ND SET OF LETTERS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE
STORE LOCATED AT 104 A FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE AT CAPTAIN ' S CORNER
SHOPPING CENTER FOR NORTHBOUND IDENTIFICATION .
**STEVE JOHNSON MADE THE MOTIGN TO ALLOW SUBWAY SANDWICHES TO
INSTALL A 2ND -SET OF LETTERS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STORE .
HOWARD YEAGER SECONDED THE MOTION . THE MOTION CARRIED .
VICE-CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION
REGARDING THE FOUR REQUESTS FROM ELMO L . ROBINSON , JR . AS
FOLLOWS :
II **STEVE JOHNSON MADE THE MOTION TO GRANT THE REQUEST AT 1908 SAN
JOAQUIN PARKWAY , TO ESTABLISH FRONT BUILDING LINE AT 25 ' AND SIDE
BUILDING LINE AT 20 ' .
MAURICE ESTLINBAUM SECONDED THE MOTION . THE MOTION CARRIED .
**STEVE JOHNSON MADE THE MOTION TO GRANT THE REQUEST AT 1902 SAN
JOAQUIN PARKWAY', TO ESTABLISH FRONT BUILDING LINE AT 32 . 5 ' .
MAURICE ESTLINBAUM SECONDED THE MOTION . THE MOTION CARRIED .
**STEVE JOHNSON MADE THE MOTION TO GRANT THE REQUEST AT 1904 SAN
JOAQUIN PARKWAY , TO ESTABLISH FRONT BUILDING LINE AT 30 FEET .
HAL TAYLOR SECONDED THE MOTION . THE MOTION CARRIED .
**STEVE JOHNSON MADE THE MOTION TO GRANT THE REQUEST AT 1906 SAN
JOAQUIN PARKWAY , TO ESTABLISH FRONT BUILDING LINE AT 27 . 5 ' .
HAL TAYLOR SECONDED THE MOTION . THE MOTION CARRIED .
**MOTION WAS MADE BY ELVIA SALYER TO APPOINT HAL TAYLOR AS
CHAIRMAN TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT .
MAURICE ESTLINBAUM SECONDED THE MOTION . THE MOTION CARRIED .
**MOTION WAS MADE BY STEVE JOHNSON TO APPOINT MAURICE ESTLINBAUM
AS VICE-CHAIRMAN TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT .
IIHAL TAYLOR SECONDED THE MOTION . THE MOTION CARRIED .
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR CALLED FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION
REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATION OF ALTERNATE MEMBER TO REGULAR
MEMBER AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF AN ALTERNATE MEMBER TO THE
BOARD . IT WAS STATED BY CHAIRMAN TAYLOR THAT REGULAR MEMBER DR .
TOM SULLIVAN WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING AND HE FELT THAT HE
NEEDED TO DISCUSS THIS WITH HIM AND MAURICE ESTLINBAUM BECAUSE
THREE OF THE ALTERNATES WERE APPOINTED AT THE SAME TIME AND ONE
WAS APPOINTED LAST SEPTEMBER . THE MEMBERS WERE IN AGREEMENT OF
THIS AND FELT THIS COULD WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING .
THERE WERE NO RECOMMENDATIONS OF AN ALTERNATE MEMBER TO THE BOARD
AT THIS TIME .
THE MINUTES FROM MARCH 31 , 1987 MEETING WERE APPROVED AS
PRESENTED .
THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8 : 30 P .M .
CHAIRMAN HAL TAYLOR
II ANE TOLLETT
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