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ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING
City Hall, 1201 Leopard,Corpus Christi,Texas
I"floor,City Hall Council Chamber
Wednesday,December 16,2009
1:30 P.M.
BOARD MEMBERS: STAFF:
Taylor Mauck,Chairman Andrew K. Dimas,City Planner
Dan Winship,Vice Chairman Deborah Brown,Legal Counsel
William Tinney,Absent Debbie Goldston,Recording Secretary
Ben Molina
R. Bryan Johnson
Thomas E. McDonald(Alternate)
Morgan Spear(Alternate),Absent
I. CALL TO ORDER
A quorum was declared and the meeting was called to order by Chairman Mauck at 1:30 p.m.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion to approve the minutes from the November 16, 2009 hearing was made by Chairman Mauck and
seconded by Alternate Member McDonald. Motion passed unanimously with Board Members'Finney and
Spear being absent.
III. APPEALS
1. New Appeal
a. Appeal No.ZBA 1209-01
Appeal No. ZBA 1209-01, YS&LS&LS Partnership, LTD.,Request for a
Special Use Exception to reduce the off-street parking requirement.
The subject property is located at 4613 South Padre Island Drive, Marks
Tract, Block 2,Lot 5B, located approximately 250 feet southeast of the
intersection of Embassy Drive and South Padre Island Drive.
Andrew Dimas presented the above appeal via PowerPoint. The applicant requested a Special Use
Exception to reduce the off-street parking requirement. The Subject Property: 4613 South Padre Island
Drive, Marks Tract, Block 2, Lot 5B, located approximately 250 feet southeast of the intersection of
Embassy Drive and South Padre Island Drive.
Staff Analysis: The Special Use Exception is to reduce the parking spaces from 50 to 32 or a 36%
reduction. Formerly Tapetown Electronics, 2 Stories of 5,000 sq.ft. on each floor or total of 10,000 sq.ft.
Retail operation on the lower 5,000 sq. ft. and storage of inventory on the upper 5,000 sq.ft. Twenty-five
parking spaces existed and the building was in compliance at a I to 200 sq.ft ratio. ZBA 0908-01 reduced
the parking requirement by 50% from 50 to 25 spaces. The agreement was that only 2,500 sq. ft. of the
upper story could be used to expand while the remaining 2,500 sq. ft. would remain as a storage use. Ms.
Shih is requesting to convert the remaining 2,500 sq.ft.to office use. Ms. Shih has purchased an additional
45 x 118 foot property, originally a portion of a former car dealership. The new area would give her an
additional 12 spaces to a total to 32 parking spaces. Out of the three notices sent out, zero was returned in
favor or in opposition.
Zoning Board of Adjustment Minutes
December 16 2009, Page 2 of 2
Chairman Mauck opened the public hearing.
Yalee Shih,6017 St. Denis St.,Corpus Christi,Texas,came forward in favor of the appeal. Ms. Shite stated
that at the present time,the first level of the building is in use. She is planning on opening the upper floor
for office use. Ms. Shih stated that there are only about 5-7 spaces in use at any given time. She said that
she recently acquired space for ten more parking spaces in the rear of the building.
No one came forth in opposition.
Chairman Mauck closed the public hearing.
Motion was made by Alternate Member McDonald, in accordance with Section 29-4 of the Zoning
Ordinance, that Appeal No. ZBA 1209-01, a request for a Special Use Exception to reduce the off-street
parking requirement, located at 4613 South Padre Island Drive,Marks Tract,Block 2, Lot 5B,be approved,
based on the finding and that in the Board's opinion and as a matter of fact,such special use exception will
not substantially affect adversely the uses of adjacent and neighboring property permitted by the Zoning
Ordinance. The motion was seconded by Board member Johnson and motion carried.
III. ADJOURNMENT
Before the meeting adjourned, Chairman Mauck stated that the idea of having a training workshop for
Staff/Board Members had been brought up a few months ago. The plans for this meeting are still in the
works and Mr. Dimas will follow through on setting the date/time for the workshop and will report details
at the next meeting which is scheduled for January 20,2009.
Motion for adjournment was made by Vice Chairman Winship. Motion seconded by Board Member
Johnson. Motion passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 2:05 p.m.
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Andrew K.Dimas Debbie Goldston
City Planner Recording Secretary