HomeMy WebLinkAboutZBOA Minutes 1973-07-24 Regular MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
July 24, 1973
The following Board Members were present at a meeting of the Friendswood
Board of Adjustment on Tuesday, July 24, 1973 at the City Hall .
Mrs. Ivy Fossler, Chairman
Mr. George Rummel , Secretary
Mr. Bruce Foster
Mr. William E. Dykes
Mr. William Taylor, Alternate
Absent: Mrs. Bernice Box
The meeting was brought to order by Mrs. Fossler.
The first matter of business was to pass on a request to remodel a beauty
shop at 203 East Heritage. Mrs. Katherine Harper, the applicant for the
permit presented her case.
This bearty shop is located in an R-2 District, multiple family residential .
However, the business was in existence before the zoning ordinance was
passed so it is a lawful use. Mrs. Harper wants to repair the building,
inside and out, and also enclose an existing porch to make it part of the
shop. The question was , can she legally enclose the shop.
Ordinance Number 174, page 14, paragraph 3a says that "no such non-conforming
use shall be enlarged or increased, nor extended to occupy a greater area of
land than was occupied at the effective date of this ordinance. " A motion
was made by Dykes , seconded by Foster, that enclosing the porch did not
occupy a greater area of land. All members voted to grant the permit.
The second order of business was a reguest from Brown and Root to erect
temporary buildings on the Bales Nursery property while they did the necessary
work under their contract to lay pipe and pave 518 (Friendswood Drive) in the
City limits. All members present voted to grant this permission.
The Chairman, Mrs. Fossler, then opened a discussion on what is meant by a
Temporary Certificate of Zoning Compliance and where the Board of Adjustment
has jurisdiction on such applications. After considerable discussion it
was agreed that the Board of Adjustment rulings should not be based on the
type of buildings to be erected but rather on the uses to which the land was
to be put as spelled out on pages 19, 20 and 21 of Ordinance Number 174.
The Administrative Official who issues building permits shall make all
decisions regarding structures to be erected on a Temporary Certificate as
to compliance with the Building Code. All members present agreed that this
was the guideline which would be used on future applications for Temporary
Certificates.
Mrs . Fossler requested that an Alternate Chairman be elected on our
Board , who would conduct meetings at which she could not be present.
Mr. Bruce Foster was elected Alternate Chairman.
Meeting was adjourned about 8:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
George W. Rummel , Secretary
Friendswood Board of Adjustment