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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Board Of Adjustment - 07/24/2013 MINUTES BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI City Hall Council Chambers 1201 Leopard Street July 24,2013 1:30 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS: STAFF: R. Bryan Johnson—Chairman Miguel S. Saldana,AICP,ZBA Administrator Morgan Spear—Vice Chairman Marcie Downing,Assistant City Attorney Carl Hellums Catherine Garza,Recording Secretary John Douglas McMullen *absent Kris Carpenter,Planning Technician Heriberto(Tony)Piiieda Julian Grant,City Attorney Cliff Atnip(Alternate) Taylor Mauck(Alternate) I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 1:30 p.m. by Chairman Johnson and a quorum was declared. Chairman Johnson designated Mr. Mauck as alternate since Mr. McMullan was not present. Mr. Mauck does has not have any conflict with current,new appeal Item"a"No. ZBA 0713-01 (13-1150004). II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. May 22,2013 Motion to approve minutes as written was made by Mr. Hellums and seconded by Mr. Pineda. All were in favor and motion passed with Mr. McMullan absent. III. APPEAL—DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING Mr. Carpenter read New Appeal Item "a" into record as shown below. Several aerial views of the subject property were shown. Mr. Carpenter reported that there were zero notices returned neither in favor or opposed; City staff recommends approving the variance request. 1. New Appeal a. Appeal No.ZBA 0713-01 (13-11500004) Yorktown Oso Joint Venture requests a Variance to reduce the corner street yard setback from 20 feet to 10 feet The subject property is being described as a 0.204-acre tract of land out of Lot 30, Section 25, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts, located at the northeast corner of Rancho Vista Boulevard East and Stampede Drive. After City staff's presentation, Chairman Johnson opened the floor for public comment. Mr. Murray Hudson with Urban Engineering at 2725 Swanter, introduced himself, he did not have any comments, but rather stated he is available for any questions the Board may have. Public comment was then closed by Chairman Johnson as there were no other individuals that came forward. There being no comments from the Board,Chairman Johnson called for a motion. Mr.Hellums made the first motion to approve the variance request. Mr.Hellums recited the following motion below: i Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting July 24,2013 Page 2 In accordance with Article 3.25 of the UDC, I move that Appeal No. ZBA0713-01, a variance to reduce the corner street yard from 20 feet to 10 feet on property described as being a 0.204-acre tract of land out of Lot 30, Section 25, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts, be approved, based on the determination that there are special conditions affecting the land, granting the variance will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare, the conditions that create a need for a variance are specific to this property and are not a result of the applicants own actions, and granting the variance is not in conflict with the Comprehensive Plan. Mr.Pineda made the second motion; all were in favor. Motion passed with Mr.McMullan absent. IV. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn was made by Mr.Hellums and seconded by Mr. Spear. Meeting adjourned at 1:41 p.m. 7-1� - ///"� Migu . Saldana,AICP, Senior Planner Board of Adjustment Administrator j;6 Catherine Garza Recording Secretary R.Bryan J hnso Chairman