HomeMy WebLinkAboutZBOA Minutes 1988-01-26 Regular REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
JANUARY 26 , 1988
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD WHICH WAS HELD AT CITY HALL ON
JANUARY 26 , 1988 WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS CONSTITUTING A
QUORUM:
CHAIRMAN HAL TAYLOR
REGULAR MEMBER MAURICE ESTLINBAUM
REGULAR MEMBER DR . TOM SULLIVAN
ALTERNATE MEMBER MARY ELLEN BELLARD
ALTERNATE MEMBER HOWARD YEAGER
ALTERNATE MEMBER DAVID O ' BRIEN , III
NICK CAPUANO BUILDING INSPECTOR
RUTH HENRY BUILDING DEPARTMENT
JANE TOLLETT ASSISTANT TO CITY SECRETARY
CHAIRMAN HAL TAYLOR CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER . MARY ELLEN
BELLARD , DAVID O ' BRIEN III AND HOWARD YEAGER WERE APPOINTED
REGULAR MEMBERS FOR THIS MEETING .
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR CALLED FOR PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING REQUEST FROM
RICHARD , 15819 WANDERING TRAIL , WEDGEWOOD VILLAGE SUBDIVISION ,
SEEKING VARIANCE TO CONSTRUCT A CARPORT IN SIDE YARD WITH 3 FOOT
SIDE SETBACK FROM THE REQUIRED 10 FOOT SIDE SETBACK .
RICHARD BEARD STATED HIS HOME IS SMALL AND ON A SMALL LOT . HE
HAS A CONCRETE DRIVEWAY ON ONE ENTIRE SIDE OF THE HOME WHICH
CURVES INTO THE BACKYARD AND THE CARPORT WILL BE ON THE SIDE OF
THE HOME AND THREE FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE . THE ROOF IS TO
BE OVER THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE TO MATCH
THE HOME AND BE TOTALLY OPEN ON SIDES . THE UNUSUAL HEIGHT OF THE
CARPORT IS TO ACCOMMODATE HIS SAILBOAT WITH A HIGH MAST AND
TRAILER WHEN HE PULLS IT OUT OF THE BACKYARD . MR . BEARD
DISPLAYED PICTURES HE HAD TAKEN FROM ALL ANGLES TO SHOW THE POSTS
ALREADY IN PLACE AND THE CLOSE SETBACK OF 3 FEET OF HIS NEIGHBORS
HOME TO HIS . DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AT LENGTH .
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR CALLED FOR PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING REQUEST FROM
WILLIAM E . MALLARY , 402 INDEPENDENCE , HERITAGE ESTATES
SUBDIVISION TO SEEK VARIANCE FOR AN ADDITION TO GARAGE 15 FOOT
FROM THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT REAR PROPERTY LINE .
WILLIAM MALLARY GAVE THE BOARD HANDOUTS WITH INFORMATION HE WAS
TO DISCUSS . HE STATED HIS ADDITION OF HIS GARAGE WAS REJECTED ON
A BUILDING PERMIT BECAUSE HIS ADDITION WOULD RESULT IN SETBACK
FROM REAR PROPERTY LINE OF LESS THAT 25 FEET . HE FELT THAT THE
PROPOSED ADDITION TO EXISTING GARAGE WHICH SATISFIES THE
DEFINITION OF AN ASSESSORY BUILDING ( SECTION , 7 , PARAGRAPH 0 . 3 ,
AREA & HEIGHT EXCEPTIONS ) TO A GREATER DEGREE THAN THAT OF A
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING AND THE GARAGE MEETS ASSESSORY USE
DEFINITION ( SECTION 7 , PARAGRAPH 4 . ) . THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE
GARAGE AND RESIDENCE ( 10 FEET) ALSO EXCEEDS THE FOOT SEPARATION
REQUIREMENT FOR ASSESSORY BUILDINGS ( SECTION 8 , PARAGRAPH C . )
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AT LENGTH . A GENTLEMEN FROM THE
ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE FROM HERITAGE ESTATES CIVIC CLUB STATED
THAT HE COULD SEE NO PROBLEM WITH HIS ADDITION AND FELT THE
COMMITTEE WOULD CONCUR , BUT HE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT BEFORE THEM .
A LETTER WAS PRESENTED FROM CAROL HARDY KOPERNA WHO STATED SHE IS
IN FAVOR OF THE VARIANCE BEING GRANTED .
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR CALLED FOR PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING REQUEST FROM
JOHN C . WYCOFF OF WYCOFF & ASSOCIATES , INC . , REPRESENTING DAVID
NICHOLAS , 903 LANCASTER , REGENCY ESTATES SUBDIVISION , SEEKING
VARIANCE TO REQUEST 2 FOOT , 9 INCHES FROM THE REQUIRED 10 FOOT
SIDE SETBACK FOR AN ADDITION TO HOME .
JOHN C . WYCOFF STATED ON THE ORIGINAL SURVEY THE SIDE SETBACK
WAS NOT SHOWN AS 7 FOOT 3 INCHES BUT AS 10 FEET AND IT WAS FOUND
WHEN THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WENT OUT TO MEASURE ALTHOUGH THE
ADJOINING HOME IS TEN FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE . NICK CAPUANO
TOLD THE BOARD THAT MANY HOMES IN THIS SUBDIVISION DO NOT HAVE
THE PROPER DISTANCE FROM THE PROPERTY LINE . THE HIP ROOF AND
BRICK WORK WILL CONTINUE EVENLY WITH THE NEW ADDITION TO ADD TO
THE UNIFORMITY OF THE HOME . DISCUSSION FOLLOWED .
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR CALLED FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION
REGARDING REQUEST FROM RICHARD BEARD , 15819 WANDERING TRAIL ,
WEDGEWOOD VILLAGE SUBDIVISION , SEEKING VARIANCE TO CONSTRUCT A
CARPORT IN SIDE YARD WITH 3 FOOT SIDE SETBACK FROM THE REQUIRED
10 FOOT SIDE SETBACK .
**MOTION WAS MADE BY MARY ELLEN BELLARD TO GRANT THE VARIANCE TO
CONSTRUCT THE CARPORT IN SIDE YARD WITH A 3 FOOT SIDE SETBACK
FROM THE REQUIRED 10 FOOT SIDE SETBACK .
DR . TOM SULLIVAN SECONDED THE MOTION . MOTION APPROVED
UNANIMOUSLY .
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR CALLED FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION
REGARDING REQUEST FROM WILLIAM E . MALLARY , 402 INDEPENDENCE ,
HERITAGE ESTATES SUBDIVISION , TO SEEK VARIANCE FOR AN ADDITION TO
GARAGE 15 FOOT FROM THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT REAR PROPERTY LINE .
**MOTION WAS MADE BY MAURICE ESTLINBAUM TO GRANT THE VARIANCE
FOR AN ADDITION TO THE GARAGE 15 FOOT FROM THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT
REAR PROPERTY LINE .
HOWARD YEAGER SECONDED THE MOTION . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR CALLED FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION
REGARDING REQUEST FROM JOHN C . WYCOFF OF WYCOFF & ASSOCIATES ,
INC . , REPRESENTING DAVID NICHOLAS , 903 LANCASTER , REGENCY ESTATES
SUBDIVISION , SEEKING VARIANCE TO REQUEST 2 FOOT , 9 INCHES FROM
THE REQUIRED 10 FOOT SIDE SETBACK FOR AN ADDITION TO HOME .
**MOTION WAS MADE BY MAURICE ESTLINBAUM TO GRANT THE VARIANCE FOR
2 FOOT 9 INCHES FROM THE REQUIRED 10 FOOT SIDE SETBACK FOR AN
ADDITION TO HOME .
DR . TOM SULLIVAN SECONDED THE MOTION . MOTION APPROVED
UNANIMOUSLY .
IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD TO RECOMMEND TO CITY
COUNCIL THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR MEMBER HAL TAYLOR AND THE
RE-APPOINTMENT OF ALTERNATE MEMBERS MARY ELLEN BELLARD , KENNETH
KONCABA AND HOWARD YEAGER WITH TERMS EXPIRING 1 /90 .
IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD TO RECOMMEND TO CITY
COUNCIL ALTERNATE MEMBER , MARY ELLEN BELLARD BE APPOINTED TO
REGULAR MEMBER .
THE REGULAR MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 15 , 1987 WERE
APPROVED AS PRESENTED WITH ONE CORRECTION .
THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8 : 00 P . M .
WILLIAM H . TAYLOR
CHAIRMAN
JANE TOLLETT
ASSISTANT TO CITY SECRETARY