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BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT . . .
REGULAR MEETING
OCTOBER 28, 1986
MINUTES OF TEE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD THAT ,WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 28, 1986 AT
CITY HALL AT 7: 00 P.M. WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT:
CHAIRMAN ED DYKES
REGULAR MEMBER HAL TAYLOR
REGULAR MEMBER DR. TOM SULLIVAN
ALTERNATE MEMBER HOWARD YEAGER
ALTERNATE MEMBER MARY ELLEN BELLARD
ALTERNATE MEMBER KENNETH KONCABA
BUILDING INSPECTOR NICK CAPUANO
SIGN. CODE. COORDINATOR • CAROLYN MAUTNER
SECRETARY JANE TOLLETT
CHAIRMAN DYKES CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND HOWARD YEAGER AND
MARY ELLEN BELLARD WERE APPOINTED 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 NAN SCOTT, A-1 GROOMING, 4006 FM528, TO REQUEST A
VARIANCE TO INSTALL A FREE STANDING SIGN AT THE ABOVE LOCATION.
NAN SCOTT STATED THAT HER BUSINESS NOW HAS A TEMPORARY SIGN AND
NEEDS A PERMANENT ONE. SHE RENTED A PORTABLE SIGN AND ACQUIRED
ALOT OF BUSINESS BUT WHEN SHE TOOK IT DOWN, HER BUSINESS FELL
BACK . DRAMATICALLY AND SHE IS NOT IN THE PHONEBOOK. THERE ARE
OTHER TENANTS IN THE SMALL SHOPPING CENTER BUT THEY DO NOT WANT
TO . BE ON A MULTIPLE SIGN. THE SIZE OF THE SIGN SHE HAS NOW IS
FOUR FEET BY FIVE FEET. THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD EXPRESSED
SEVERAL QUESTIONS TO MS. SCOTT.
CHAIRMAN DYKES CALLLED FOR PUBLIC INPUT TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY
FROM INTERESTED PERSONS REGARDING THE REQUEST FROM RUTH
GARRIETTE, ALL GLOBAL TRAVEL SERVICE, 3526 FM528, SUITE 203, TO
REQUEST A VARIANCE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL SIGN TO THE EXISTING SIGN
AT THE ABOVE LOCATION.
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RUTH GARRIETTE ADDRESSED THE BOARD BY STATING THAT THERE IS AN
EXISTING MARQUIS BUT ALL OF THE SIGNAGE IS USED• UP. HER SIGN
WILL BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EXISTING ONE, TWO FEET BY TEN FEET
AND MADE BY CASKLE SIGN COMPANY AND THIS IS THE ONLY PERMANENT
SIGN THAT SHE HAS FOR HER COMPANY. SHE INFORMED THE MEMBERS THAT
SHE WAS AWARE OF THE SIGN ORDINANCE BUT WAS TOLD THAT SHE COULD
REQUEST A VARIANCE FOR SIGNAGE. HOWARD YEAGER COMMENTED THAT HER
CASE WOULD BE CONSIDERED A HARDSHIP CASE. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED
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BETWEEN RUTH GARRIETTE AND THE BOARD MEMBERS.
CHAIRMAN DYKES CALLED FOR PUBLIC INPUT TO RECEIVE_ TESTIMONY
REGARDING THE REQUEST FROM BILL PRATT, 248 EAST CASTLE HARBOUR,
TO REQUEST A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE REAR SETBACK ONE FOOT FOR AN
ADDITION TO HIS HOME FROM A PREVIOUS VARIANCE GRANTED •2-3-81.
CHAIRMAN DYKES REVEALED TO THE BOARD THAT EARLIER HE HAD SPOKEN
TO MR. PRATT AND HE TOLD HIM HE SAW NO REASON WHY THE BOARD OF
ADJUSTMENT: WOULD NOT GRANT .THE, VARIANCE AND HE WOULD TAKE IT ON
HIMSELF FOR HAVING DONE IT. HE APOLIGIZED, TO THE BOARD AND STATED
THAT HE WOULD NEVER DO IT AGAIN. THE HOUSE BACKS UP TO A GOLF
COURSE SO THERE IS NO ONE IN THE BACK OF HIS PROPERTY. MR. PRATT •
STATED THAT IN 1981 A VARIANCE WAS GRANTED OF 14 FEET FROM THE
REAR SETBACK LINE BUT HE NEVER BUILT THE HOME. HE IS ASKING FOR
THE ONE FOOT VARIANCE . HAL TAYLOR BROUGHT FORTH THAT IN THE 1981
DECISION A LETTER WAS TO BE FORWARDED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT
FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE CHIGGAR CREEK COUNTRY CLUB AND WAS
NEVER DONE AND THAT TO SATISFY THE DECISION OF 1981. BOARD OF
ADJUSTMENT A LETTER MUST BE RECEIVED FROM FRIENDSWOOD COUNTRY
CLUB -. STATING -THAT . THEY HAVE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE ONE FOOT
VARIANCE FROM THE ZONING ORDINANCE. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED BETWEEN
BOARD MEMBERS.
CHAIRMAN DYKES CALLED FOR PUBLIC INPUT TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY FROM
DEAN AND VICKY ARNOLD, AUTOWAX PLUS, 710 1/2 SOUTH FRIENDSWOOD
DRIVE, TO REQUEST A VARIANCE TO PLACE A FREE STANDING SIGN AT THE
ABOVE LOCATION.
VICKY ARNOLD EXPLAINED TO THE BOARD THAT AUTOWAX. PLUS IS LOCATED
DIRECTLY NEXT TO BRAKEMASTER, DIRECTLY BEHIND IT BUT NOT ATTACHED
IN ANY WAY. THE CUSTOMERS LOOK AT THE PORTABLE SIGN THAT IS IN
THE FRONT OF THE BUSINESS AND GO TO BRAKEMASTER BY MISTAKE. SHE
WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A SIGN THAT WOULD BE PLACED IN THE GRASSY
AREA NEAR THE STREET WITH A SIZE OF 6 FEET BY 3 1/2 FEET.
CAROLYN MAUTNER, SIGN COORDINATOR, EXPLAINED TO THE BOARD THAT
IT IS ANSNTREGRATED. DEVELOPMENT AND ALL ON ONE LOT. THE METAL
BUILDING, AUTOWAX PLUS , IS AN ACCESSORY BUILDING TO BRAKE MASTER
AND USED TO BE A GAS STATION THAT WAS USED FOR AN OVERFLOW
MECHANICS SHOP. ANOTHER SIGN CANNOT BE PLACED ON BRAKE MASTERS
SIGN. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED BY ALL CONCERNED.
CHAIRMAN DYKES CALLED FOR INPUT REGARDING CONSIDERATION AND
POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING REQUEST FROM NAN SCOTT, A-1 GROOMING,
4006 FM528, TO REQUEST A VARIANCE TO INSTALL A FREE STANDING SIGN
AT THE ABOVE LOCATION.
**DR. TOM SULLIVAN MADE THE MOTION TO GRANT THE VARIANCE.
MARY ELLEN' BELLARD SECONDED THE • MOTION. MOTION APPROVED
UNANIMOUSLY.
CHAIRMAN DYKES CALLED FOR INPUT REGARDING CONSIDERATION AND
POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING REQUEST FROM RUTH GARIETTE, ALL GLOBAL
TRAVEL SERVICE, 3526 FM528, SUITE 203 , TO REQUEST A VARIANCE TO
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ADD AN ADDITIONAL SIGN TO THE EXISTING SIGN AT THE AOBVE
LOCATION.
**HOWARD YEAGER MADE THE MOTION TO GRANT THE VARIANCE.
DR. TOM SULLIVAN SECONDED THE MOTION.
HAL TAYLOR ABSTAINED. MOTION CARRIED.
CHAIRMAN DYKES CALLED FOR INPUT REGARDING CONSIDERATION AND
POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING REQUEST FROM BILL PRATT, 248 CASTLE
HARBOUR, TO REQUEST A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE REAR SETBACK ONE
FOOT FOR AN ADDITION TO HIS HOME FROM A PREVIOUS VARIANCRE
GRANTED 2-3-81.
**DR. TOM SULLIVAN MADE THE MOTION TO GRANT THE VARIANCE WITH THE
CONDITION THAT HE GETS A LETTER FROM C.E. HENLEY STATING THAT HE
HAS NOT OBJECTIONS TO THE VARIANCE.
HOWARD YEAGER SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
CHAIRMAN DYKES CALLED FOR INPUT REGARDING CONSIDERATION AND
POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING REQUEST FROM DEAN AND V ICKY ARNOLD,
AUTOWAX PLUS, 710 1/2 SOUTH FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, TO REQUEST A
VARIANCE TO PLACE A FREE STANDING SIGN AT THE ABOVE LOCATION .
**HAL TAYLOR MADE THE MOTION TO GRANT THE VARIANCE.
HOWARD YEAGER SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
CHAIRMAN DYKES STATED ELVIA SALYER HAD MISSED THREE MEETINGS AND
IT WAS THE BOARD ' S POLICY IN THE PAST FUTURE TO SEND A LETTER TO
MEMBERS AND INQUIRE IF THEY WOULD STILL LIKE TO BE A MEMBER OR IF
THERE IS A PROBLEM. IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE SECRETARY WOULD
WRITE A LETTER TO HER AND CHAIRMAN DYKES WOULD COME BY TO SIGN
IT.
THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 23 , 1986 WERE
APPROVED AS PRESENTED .
THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8: 00 P.M.
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CHAIRMAN ED DYKES/
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J°NE TOLLETT
SECRETARY
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