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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Board Of Adjustment - 01/22/2014 MINUTES BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI City Hall Council Chambers 1201 Leopard Street January 22,2014 1:30 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS: STAFF: Bryan Johnson- Chairman Miguel S. Saldafia,AICP,ZBA Administrator Morgan Spear—Vice Chairman *absent Julian Grant,City Attorney Carl Hellums Catherine Garza,Recording Secretary John Douglas McMullen Kris Carpenter,Planning Technician Heriberto(Tony)Pifieda *absent Cliff Atnip(Alternate) *absent 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. II. APPROVAL OF ABSENCES 1. John Douglas McMullan A motion to approve the absence was first made by Mr. Mauck and seconded by Mr. flellums. Motion passed with Mr.Pineda,Mr. Spear and Mr.Atnip absent. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. July 24,2013 A motion to approve the minutes as written was first made by Mr. Hell and seconded by Mr. McMullan. Motion passed with Mr.Pineda,Mr. Spear and Mr.At nip absent. IV. 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. The Owner plans to construct a three story apartment building with 12 units. Mr. Carpenter stated that 27 public notices were mailed to the surrounding property owners; there were three public notices returned in favor and one public notice returned in opposition. City staff recommends denial of the variance request based on the fact that it does not meet all five of the required findings. 1. New Appeal a. Appeal No.ZBA 0114-01 (13-12500004) Corpus Chris L.L.C.,requests a Variance to reduce the side yard setback from 10 feet to five feet and the rear vard setback from 30 feet to five feet. The subject property is being described as Lot 6 2, Padre Island Number 1, located on the east side of Ambrosia Street, approximately 290 feet south of Marina Drive. After City staff s presentation,Chairman Johnson opened the floor for public comment. In favor of the variance request,Joe Ortiz at 7009 Brandon,approached the podium for public comment. Owner, Chris Montalvo at 345 Bermuda, approached the Board for public comment and answered questions from the Board. In favor of the variance request, Mohammed Motaghi at 2929 Ocean Dr., approached the podium for public comment. There being no further comments from the Board, Chairman Johnson called fora motion. Mr. McMullan made a motion for denial of the variance request based on the fact that all five required findings cannot be made. Mr. Hell made the second motion. Motion passed with Board members Spear,A p and Pineda absent. Board of Adjustment Regular Meeting January 22,2014 Page 2 of 2 The Board was informed by Mr. Saldaiia that the following item, Appeal No. Z 0114-02 was withdrawn;therefore no action was taken; b. Appeal No.ZBA 0114-02(13-11500005) Refinery Terminal Fire Company, requests a Special Use Exception to allow AU_abo3M:ground fiLel taqk. T-- he subject property is being described as an 11.32-acre tract of land out of Enrique Villarreal Grant, Abstract No. 1, located on the west side of McBride Lane,no of Interstate Highway 37. V. TRAINING WORKSHOP Mr. Saldafta presented the Board with handouts from the Unified Development Code regarding review procedures for Variances, Special Use Exceptions and Appeal of Administrative Decisions; emphasized that this Board is a quasi-judicial board and any actions made can be appealed to District court. Mr. Julian Grant presented the Board with procedural items and items passed on by the Council. VI. ADJOURNMENT A motion to adjourn was first made by Mr. Hellums and seconded by Mr. McMullan. Meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m. ig'U-eJA, Salda'n-a,AlCP, Senior Planner Board of Adjustment Administrator C eGar athrine Garza Recording Secretary 1/g Chairman 9 Z U(:DEVELOPMENTSVCS\,SHARED\ZBA\2014\01-JANUARY101.22.14-MINUTESDOC