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BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT / 1
REGULAR MEETING r
NOVEMBER 26, 1985
MINUTES OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD THAT WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 26, 1985 AT CITY HALL AT
7 :00 P.M. WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT:
CHAIRMAN ED DYKES
REGULAR MEMBER TOM SULLIVAN
ALTERNATE MEMBER MARY ELLEN BELLARD
ALTERNATE MEMBER HOWARD YEAGER
ALTERNATE MEMBER STEVE JOHNSON
BUILDING INSPECTOR NICK CAPUANO
SECRETARY JANE TOLLETT
CHAIRMAN DYKES CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND APPOINTED MARY
ELLEN BELLARD, HOWARD YEAGER AND STEVE JOHNSON AS REGULAR
MEMBERS FOR THIS MEETING.
CHAIRMAN DYKES CALLED TO ORDER A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE
OF RECEIVING TESTIMONY FROM INTERESTED PERSONS REGARDING THE
REQUEST FROM A.P. NICKERSON, 905 BRIARMEADOW, REGENCY ESTATES
SUBDIVISION, TO HAVE A SIDE SETBACK OF 3 FEET FOR A CARPORT.
MR. NICKERSON HAD BEEN BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AT THE
OCTOBER 22ND MEETING AND WAS ASKED BY THAT BOARD TO GET A LETTER
FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE STATING THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF HIM
BUILDING THE CARPORT, THEN TO COME BACK BEFORE THE BOARD TO ASK
FOR A VARIANCE WITHOUT A FEE BEING CHARGED. IT WAS TABLED UNTIL
HE DECIDED TO COME TO THE NOVEMBER MEETING. HE PRESENTED HIS
LETTER FROM THE COMMITTEE AND STATED HIS INTENTIONS WERE ONLY IN
THE BEST INTEREST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN BUILDING OF THE CARPORT
FOR HIS MOTORHOME. MRS. JOSEPH BRAUN, OF 910 ESSEX, STATED THAT
SHE WAS VERY OPPOSED TO MR. NICKERSON BUILDING THE CARPORT AND
THAT IT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE SUBDIVISIONS DEED RESTRICTIONS.
SHE ALSO STATED SHE WOULD TAKE THIS ACTION TOO SOMEONE HIGHER IF
NECESSARY.
CHAIRMAN DYKES ASKED FOR PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING THE REGUEST FROM
TOM SULLIVAN, OF PILGRIMS POINT SUBDIVISION, FOR A VARIANCE TO
HAVE A SIGN PUT ON EACH SIDE OF THE SUBDIVISION ENTRY WALL
LOCATED AT THE CORNERS OF WINDING WAY AND CHARLESTON STREETS.
TOM SULLIVAN, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, FELT AT
THIS TIME HE WOULD LIKE TO TABLE HIS APPLICATION UNTIL THERE WERE
MORE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PRESENT. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED.
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CHAIRMAN DYKES ASKED FOR PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING REQUEST FROM
WILLIAM J. LAMBERT, . 5126 WHITTIER OAKS, WEDGEWOOD VILLAGE
SUBDIVISION, TO REQUEST A VARIANCE OF LOT SIZE. THE APPLICATION
OF RICHARD LAMBERT, OF 5122 WHITTIER OAKS, WEDGEWOOD VILLAGE
SUBDIVISION, TO REQUEST A VARIANCE OF LOT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED.
THERE WAS MUCH DISCUSSION ON' THE ABOVE TOPICS. THE .TWO BUILDERS
HAD MET THE 25 ' FRONTAGE AND THE 10 ' SIDE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
THE LOTS WERE 75 ' WIDE. ' THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE NOW REQUIRES
90 ' WIDE LOTS. THE BOARD COULD SEE NO ' REASON WHY THIS
APPLICATION HAD COME BEFORE THE BOARD FOR A VARIANCE. - THE TWO
BUILDERS SAID THEY HAD TALKED TO RUTH HENRY WHO TOLD THEM THAT
BECAUSE THEIR LOTS WERE UNDER 90 ' IN WIDTH, YOU HAD -TO GO BEFORE
THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR A VARIANCE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A
BUILDING PERMIT. THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT SECRETARY, JANE
TOLLETT, STATED THAT WHEN THE GENTLEMEN CAME TO HER OFFICE FOR AN
APPLICATION, SHE CALLED RUTH HENRY ON THE TELEPHONE AND WAS TOLD
THEY DID INDEED NEED A VARIANCE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A PERMIT TO
BUILD. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED.
HEARING NO FURTHER INPUT, CHAIRMAN DYKES CLOSED THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
CHAIRMAN DYKES ASKED FOR ANY INPUT ON THE APPLICATION OF MR. A.P.
NICKERSON, 905 BRIARMEADOW. MR. NICKERSON STATED THAT HE FELT
THAT THERE WAS REALLY NOT A THING THAT' MRS. BRAUN COULD DO. THE
CARPORT WILL BE IN THE BACKYARD AND IT WILL BE FINISHED TO LOOK
LIKE HIS HOME. HOWARD YEAGER STATED HE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE
DISTANCE OF 3 ' FROM THE PROPERTY LINE AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A
3 'SIDE SETBACK IN FRIENDSWOOD. CHAIRMAN ASKED MR. NICKERSON IF HE
COULD HANDLE A 5 ' SETBACK AND COULD YOU ADD MORE CONCRETE? HE
SAID HE COULD IF HE HAD TOO, BUT IT WOULD COST A CONSIDERABLE
AMOUNT MORE MONEY. STEVE JOHNSON READ FROM THE OCTOBER MINUTES,
WHICH STATED THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE SAID IT. WAS ALRIGHT
TO . BUILD, BUT THE BYLAWS HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED AS YET IN THE
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF
MR. NICKERSON BUILDING A GARAGE INSTEAD OF A CARPORT-PERHAPS THAT
WOULD MAKE THE HOMEOWNERS HAPPIER. MR. NICKERSON. SAID HE WOULD
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE MUCH GREATER COST INVOLVED.
STEVE JOHNSON MADE THE MOTION TO DENY THE 3 ' SIDE SETBACK. HOWARD
YEAGER SECONDED. MOTION DENIED UNANIMOUSLY.
CHAIRMAN DYKES ASKED FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REQUEST A 5 '
VARIANCE. NO ONE WOULD MAKE THE MOTION.
HOWARD YEAGER MADE THE MOTION TO DENY THE 5 ' VARIANCE UNTIL THE
BOARD HEARD FURTHER INPUT FROM THE PEOPLE IN REGENCY ESTATES
SUBDIVISION. MARY ELLEN BELLARD SECONDED. MOTION PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY.
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STEVE JOHNSON MADE THE MOTION THAT MR. NICKERSON COULD COME
BEFORE THE BOARD AT ANY TIME WITH NO FEE INVOLVED IN THE FUTURE.
HOWARD YEAGER SECONDED. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
TOM SULLIVAN TABLED HIS APPLICATION UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
THE TWO BUILDERS, WILLIAM J. AND RICHARD LAMBERT, CASES WERE
HEARD TOGETHER.
TOM SULLIVAN MADE THE MOTION THAT THE LAMBERT'S DO NOT NEED A
VARIANCE AND THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE A REFUND OF APPLICATION FEE 'S.
SECONDED BY STEVE JOHNSON. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
CHAIRMAN DYKES READ A MEMO REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT AND
REAPPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR 1986.
THE REGULAR MEMBERS WERE REAPPOINTED. THE ALTERNATE MEMBERS WERE
REAPPOINTED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WALLY HUTCHINSON.
CHAIRMAN DYKES READ A LETTER FROM DELORIS MCKENZIE, CITY
SECRETARY,REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER FROM THE BOARD OF
ADJUSTMENT FOR THE RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE. IT WAS DECIDED THE
CHAIRMAN DYKES SHOULD BE THAT APPOINTEE.
THE MINUTES WERE PRESENTED AND APPROVED FROM OCTOBER 22, 1985.
MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN AT 7:50 P.M.
ED DYKES, CHAIRMAN
JANE TOLLETT
SECRETARY
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