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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Board Of Adjustment - 06/26/2019MINUTES BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI City Hall Council Chambers 1201 Leopard Street June 26, 2019 1:30 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS: STAFF: Shawn Karaca, Chair Andrew Dimas, ZBA Administrator David Walker, Vice -Chair Buck Brice, Assistant City Attorney Burris McRee Kristy Glick, Recording Secretary Tim Voorkamp Michael York Bryan Johnson (Alternate) Vacant (Alternate) if you would like to speak to the Board and your English is limited, there will be an English/Spanish interpreter to assist you. Si usted quiere dirigirse al consejo de ajustamiento y su ingles es limitado, habra un interprete en la junta para ayudarle. CALL TO ORDER: 1:30PM Present: Shawn Karaca, David Walker (1:38), Burris McRee, Tim Voorkamp, Michael York, Bryan Johnson Absent: none APPROVAL OF MINUTES: April 24, 2019 Motion to approve this item was made by Burris McRee and seconded by Tim Voorkamp. Motion passed unanimously., APPEALS — DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING: 1. Appeals a. Appeal No. ZBA 0519-01, Mostaghasi Investment Trust: Variance to reduce the zoning district buffer yard requirement between the "CG -2" General Commercial District and the "RS -6" Single -Family 6 District and a variance to eliminate the requirement of a 7 -foot wall within the required zoning district buffer yard on a tract of land addressed as 5802 Yorktown Boulevard and described as Lot 21, Block 2, King's Point Unit 6, located in the northwest corner of the intersection of Yorktown Boulevard and Gingerberry Drive, east of South Staples Street, and west of Cimarron Boulevard Chairperson Shawn Karaca recused himself from this item due to business conflicts. Andrew Dimas, Project Manager, made the staff presentation. Raymond Stone, the project engineer, pointed out that original plans indicated AEP would install an aerial transformer, and did not anticipate needing extra space to accommodate a ground transformer, which was installed by AEP behind the building. He stated the UDC does not indicate who has the responsibility of building a screening wall. Motion made by David Walker with conditions: approval of the encroachment into the buffer yard but denial of the request to remove the requirement to build the wall. Michael York seconded. Motion passed unanimously. b. Appeal No. ZBA 0619-01, Bruce Henry: Special Use Exception to allow for an accessory building to exceed 50% of the total square footage of the main principal structure allowance set by the Unified Development Code (UDC) on a tract of land addressed as 1506 Amber Drive and described as Lot 23, Block 1, Perry's Estates, located in the southwest corner of the intersection of Amber Drive and Graham Road east of Dove Lane, and west of Waldron Road. Andrew Dimas, Project Manager, made the staff presentation. Motion to approve this item was made by Shawn Karaca; seconded by David Walker. Motion passed unanimously. IV. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Andrew Dimas updated the Board on items passed in the recent session of the Texas State Legislature and updates to the UDC that relate to the business of the board. V. DIRECTOR'S REPORT Nina Nixon -Mendez, Director of Development Services, informed the Board that Assistant Director Bill Green retired, and the department is working fill the vacancy. VI. PUBLIC COMMENT: None. VII. ADJOURNMENT:2:49pm `S wry-Kar-aea-e airp son