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THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER. WE WILL BEGIN BY HAVING THE ROLL CALL. MR. BRANDT HERE.
CHRISTOPHER. HERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS. WE WILL STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. SO. I'LL JUST SAY AMEN FOR THAT.
AND WE WILL NOW SAY THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WE HAVE ARE THE NOMINATIONS. AND I'M GOING
[C. ELECTION OF OFFICERS ]
TO CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. JOHN BRANDT FOR CHAIR, AND I'LL SECOND THE NOMINATION. MR. BRANDT. YES. MR. ANDREWS. YES. OKAY, THEN.SECOND IS THE NOMINATION FOR THE VICE CHAIR, AND I WILL BEGIN BY CALLING FOR THAT, AND I WILL NOMINATE MR. CJ ANDREWS FOR THE VICE CHAIR, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO SECOND IT. I'LL SECOND
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MR. BRANDT. YES, MR. ANDREWS. YES. OKAY. SO WE'VE ELECTED THE SLATE, AND THEN WE WILL GO ON AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE APPROVAL. THE MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY 26TH MEETING. I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 26TH MEETING AS SUBMITTED TO US. I'LL SECOND MR. BRANDT. YES, MR. ANDREWS. YES. OKAY. THEN WE WILL HAVE THE SWEARING IN OF ANYONE WHO[E. NEW ITEMS ]
WISHES TO TESTIFY TONIGHT. YEAH. YOU CAN GO OVER TO THE. MR. BLUMENTHAL. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS TRUE AND CORRECT, AND THAT YOU'RE TESTIFYING OF YOUR OWN FREE WILL? I DO, THANK YOU. OKAY. WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US AND AND THEN OFFER ANY TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF THE TWO ITEMS? I WILL READ THE TWO ITEMS BEFORE YOU START. THE FIRST REQUESTED VARIANCE IS TO TABLE 1135 .12. TO REDUCE THE REAR. THE REAR BUILDING SETBACK ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTY FROM 60FT TO 50FT. AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS FOR SECTION 1131 .03. TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF A STANDARD PARKING SPACE FROM 180FT■!S, THAT'S TEN FEET BY 18FT TO 162FT■!S, WHICH IS NINE FEET BY 18FT. THOSE ARE THE TWO ITEMS. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, BEFORE THAT YOU BEGIN THIS WAS ACTUALLY REVIEWED BY THE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION. I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED. OR IS IT CALLED DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY. AND THEY SUBMITTED A STAFF REPORT TO COUNCIL AND COUNCIL, THEN WENT AHEAD AND APPROVED MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WERE ASKED FOR, EXCEPT THAT THEY SAID THAT YOU HAD TO COME AND GET VARIANCES TO THE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE TAKEN TESTIMONY ON. SO YOU MAY BEGIN. MY NAME IS BRADLEY BLOOM AND I AM THE DESIGN ARCHITECT FOR THE PROJECT. IT'S A HEALTHY PETS ANIMAL HOSPITAL. WE'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD IT ON THE VACANT LOT ADJACENT TO THE MCDONALD'S ON BROADWAY. THE TWO VARIANCES ARE NECESSARY JUST BECAUSE OF THE SITE LAYOUT, THE NARROWNESS OF IT, AND TRYING TO GET ADEQUATE PARKING. WE MEET ALL THE PARKING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, BUT TO GET EVERYTHING TO FIT ON THE SITE, WE HAD TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE SPACE. SO THE SPACE IS ACTUALLY BASED OFF OF THE TYPICAL SIZE FOR MOST MUNICIPALITIES OF NINE BY 18, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE SEEKING THAT.AND THEN THE REAR YARD SETBACK, WE'VE ASKED TO REDUCE IT DOWN TO 50FT. WE DON'T NEED THE FULL TEN FEET, BUT WITH CONSTRUCTION TOLERANCES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIT WITHIN THE
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PARAMETERS. OKAY. IS THAT YOUR TESTIMONY THEN? UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT? MR. ANDREW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SECOND THE MOTION THAT MOTION. BUT THE THE POINT THAT BRADLEY MADE ABOUT PARKING STALLS, STANDARD SIZE. MOST MUNICIPALITIES ARE NINE BY 18, NOT TEN BY 18. OKAY. SO YEAH, DO YOU WANT TO OFFER THAT THE MOTION, WHICH IS QUITE OKAY TO APPROVE THOSE TWO VARIANCES AND I WILL SECOND IT. YES, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCES. OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO READ EACH OF THOSE MOTIONS. OH OKAY. THE MOTION THAT'S BEEN MADE IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCES FOR TABLE 1130 5.12 TO REDUCE THE REAR BUILDING SETBACK ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTY FROM 60FT TO 50FT, AND TO APPROVE THE SECOND VARIANCE, WHICH IS 1131 .03, TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF A STANDARD PARKING SPACE FROM 180FT■!S, WHICH IS TN FEET TIMES 18FT TO 162FT■!S, WHICH IS NINE TIMES 18FT■!S. AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. NOW JUST DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OF IT? OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THAT AND THAT IS THAT THIS WAS TAKEN BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCIL BASICALLY NOTICED THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH PARKING SPACES WITHOUT THE CHANGE FROM TEN FEET TIMES 18FT TO 9FT TIMES 18FT, WHICH PROBABLY MAKES FOR A PRETTY DIFFICULT SPACE. HOWEVER, IT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT IT CAN BE APPROVED BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE LOT SIZE IS. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE OTHER THING GOES, THE 60FT TO 50FT. THAT'S BECAUSE OF WHERE THE REAR PROPERTY LINE IS.AND APPARENTLY MOST OF THE PROPERTIES ALONG THAT AREA, THE MCDONALD'S, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTH, THEY ARE BUILT ON THE SAME TYPE OF LOT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, BECAUSE THAT MCDONALD'S HAS BEEN THERE FOR PROBABLY 30, 40 YEARS. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT INTO THE RECORD. SO THEN WE CAN TAKE THE VOTE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
OKAY, OKAY. WE'VE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND. SO, MR. ANDREWS. YES. MR. BRANDT? YES. THANK YOU.
OKAY. THE MOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED. NOW, WE NORMALLY ADVISE THE APPELLANT THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE 21 DAYS BEFORE THEY CAN START CONSTRUCTION. HOWEVER, I THINK IN THIS INSTANCE THAT BECAUSE AN APPEAL CAN BE MADE TO COUNCIL, I MAY BE WRONG IN THIS AND COUNSEL CAN CORRECT ME IF I AM. I THINK THAT BECAUSE IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER RATHER THAN HAVE AN APPEAL. NOW, COUNCIL CAN SPEAK TO WHETHER I'M CORRECT OR NOT ON THAT. THAT IS JUST OFF. IT'S VERY CLOSE BUT INCORRECT. OKAY.
SINCE COUNCIL PASSED THESE TWO VARIANCE REQUESTS TO BZA FOR BSAS APPROVAL. OKAY. COUNCIL HASN'T SPOKEN ON THESE TWO CONDITIONS. THAT MEANS THAT ANYBODY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE APPEALS PROCESS TO COUNCIL COULD STILL PETITION WITHIN THE 21 DAY PERIOD. I BELIEVE THAT MR. CHAIR IS INDICATING THAT THAT'S UNLIKELY, BUT THE PROVISION WOULD STILL APPLY.
OKAY. IN THAT CASE, THEN YOU COULD NOT START CONSTRUCTION FOR 21 DAYS. AFTER THAT YOU CAN.
AND THE OTHER THING IS YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO START CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 12 MONTHS BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN SOMETHING OF SOMETHING ELSE PUT ON THAT, A MEDICAL FACILITY OR SOMETHING, AND IT WAS NOT DONE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT START WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE APPROVAL. THAT'S WHAT THE THE. THE STAFF REPORT SAYS. I'M ONLY CITING WHAT THE STAFF REPORT SAYS. OKAY, SO YOU'RE APPROVED, YOU'RE WELCOME TO LEAVE AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR 21 DAYS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THEN WE HAVE.
IS THERE ANY. SHE'S. IS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? NO, SIR. I DO NOT HAVE ANY. OKAY. DO WE
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HAVE ANY APPLICANTS THAT ARE APPLICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION NEXT MONTH? SO FAR NOT YET.OKAY. AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY UNTIL WHEN? THE 31ST OR THE. YES, TILL NEXT TUESDAY. SO YES.
OKAY. THEN. NORMALLY THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE ADJOURNMENT IS THAT THE CHAIR JUST DECLARES IT ADJOURNED THE BOARD THAT I RAN FOR THE STATE. WE ALWAYS HAD A MOTION TO DO IT, BUT.
WELL, WHAT DOES COUNCIL THINK WE SHOULD DO? EITHER PRACTICES ACCEPTABLE. IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO HAVE A VOICE VOTE RATHER THAN A ROLL CALL MOTION, THAT'S JUST FINE. OKAY. WHICH DO YOU THINK THAT WAS BETTER? WHEN IN DOUBT, MOTIONS ARE BETTER. OKAY, THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE MEETING TO BE ADJOURNED. SECOND, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE. THEN YOU HAVE TO CALL THE ROLL, MR. ANDREWS. YES, MR. BRANDT? YES.
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