HomeMy WebLinkAbout8-3-00 BA MinutesBOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
August 3, 2000
City Council Chambers
A meeting of the Board of Adjustment was held on August 3, 2000 at 3:00 p.m. with the following
members present:
Board Member Bob Harris
Board Member Dohn LaBiche
Board Member Lynn DeMary
Alternate Member Lamar Roach
Alternate Member Ed Orr
Board Members absent: Board Member Mary Jowers
Board Member Alvin Cook
Alternate Member Joe Ashy
Alternate Member Georgine Guillory
Also present: Stephen Richardson, Planning Manager; Murray Duren, Senior
Planner; Tyrone Cooper, First Assistant City Attorney; Adina
Abshire, Planning Technician and Jill Cole, Recording Secretary
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Alternate Board Member Roach made a motion to approve the minutes of the June 1, 2000
Meeting. Board Member LaBiche seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 5:0.
SWEARING IN OF WITNESSES
PUBLIC HEARING
1) File 441-BA: A request for a variance to the sign regulations of Section 30-28 C. 3 for an
owner identification sign in a GC -MD (General Commercial -Multiple Family Dwelling)
District.
Location: 750 N. 11th Street
1 Applicant: J. Milton Prewitt
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
August 3, 2000
Mr. Richardson stated that the request for a variance is from the sign setback requirement of
10 feet to the requested 3 feet.
Milt Prewitt, owner of J. M. Prewitt Company, has acquired the former Steak and Egg
Restaurant building at 750 N. 11 th Street. After extensive remodeling, he has moved into
the building to use as his office. He would like to put up a monument sign and he would like
to put it three feet from the property line. That would put it about 13 feet from the curb of
the street.
The applicant has the burden of proof to demonstrate that all three conditions necessary for
a variance have been met.
Fourteen notices were mailed to property owners within 200 feet. Three responses in favor
and none in opposition were returned.
Slides of the subject area were shown.
In response to Board Member Harris, Mr. Richardson said that the size of the proposed sign
is correct.
Discussion of the location of underground drainage, water and sewer followed.
Board Member Harris opened the public hearing and asked for the applicant's comments.
Milt Prewitt, the applicant, addressed the Board. In response to questions from Board
members, Mr. Prewitt said that the sign will be located where the old concrete area was
between the two barriers. He also said that he feels if he were to put the sign on the gable
of the building, it would be harder to read for people driving down 11th Street, thus creating
traffic hazards.
Board Member Harris asked for comments in favor or in opposition.
George Bean addressed the Board in favor of the request. Mr. Bean is leasing part of Mr.
Prewitt's office for his law practice.
In response to Board Member DeMary, Mr. Prewitt said that the parking spaces in front of
the sign will remain, but most customers use the parking on the sides of the building.
In response to Board Member Harris, Mr. Prewitt said that the distance from the back of the
sidewalk to the front of the building is approximately 18 feet.
The public hearing was closed.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
August 3, 2000
Discussion between Board members followed.
Board Member DeMary made a motion to approve a three foot setback for an owner
identification sign for the property at 750 N. 11th Street as requested in File 441-BA.
Alternate Member Roach seconded the motion. The vote on the motion to approve File 441-
BA follows:
Board Member Harris - For
Board Member LaBiche - For
Board Member DeMary - For
Alternate Member Roach - For
Alternate Member Orr - For
The motion to approve File 441-BA carried 5:0.
OTHER BUSINESS
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 3:20 P.M.
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