BOAMin01-23-86BOARD OF ADJOSRIENT
January 23, 1906
The Hoard Of Atl ius m~ent held a Sneci al Mee ti nn at 1:30 P. M. on January 23, 1986
in the City Lononission Conference Rnem.
Present: Frederick Pearl Sue Barber and Nr. Lambeth
Rod Cable
Onnie ShPma to
Christian Naq te, City Planner
feri Zambri, Dep. Ci tv Clerk
Ahsen t: David Lewis
Joyce Suber
1, the meetinn was called to Order by Dr. Pearl, Vice Chairman, in ^1r. Lewis'
ahsence.
2. Approval of Minutes of Janva ry 13, 1986. Avproval of Mf nu tes of January 13. 1986
to he deferred to nex- egvlar meetinn.
3. Continuation of Public Neari nn -Variance fteques t. A lica n t: Sue Aarher.
Owner: Edwin Seward and Sue Aarber. Location: N side of Bisi cn apnrox. 225'
east of Oxford Street. Zuni n9 R-lA. Request to construct a s nale family residence
with 1400 sq, ft, of livi n9 area ,n lieu of the required 1800 sq. ft. of livi nn are
Dr. Pearl r ened Lhe Pu bl is hea ri nn and displayed Proof of oubl ica ti0n. Dr. Pearl
a skeA if an., sent would like to sneak for or agar nst the variance request.
r. Lambeth stated he believed bn fh sides of the is e had pretty well established
thensel ves in favor or osi ti0n and stated he would like to sumo xe the facts.
Stated he nelieved the decision should be ha sed on facts. He furtheras is ted this
tvpe of request wai not the first request and would not be the first approved for
14nn sq. ft. in this ar r. Lambeth stated the LPA had re mnended apPrpval pf
the 1400 sn, ft, reques taa nd that the City Planner also su or is the request. Ne
stated the-an nl icant M1ad none door to door in the neiuhborhood to ex Pl a in what
she eia uesti nn and hatl s natures of 8 of the 14 residents in the ar a sta ti no
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they had rno qbi ec tion to a 1400 sq, ft. (l ivi nn area) home in the ar eMr Lambetn
reed Pff the list of names and asked that they be entered into the record. (Attd ched)
Mr. Alan Lane sno ke an nst the va rf ance sta ti nn ha was Forcetl to build a home
with 1800 sq. ft. of livi nn ar antl there was n0 n to change for anyone else.
Mr. Y.irk 11i 11 lams, 850 Lyns Oreds to tetl his hone waseover 1]00 sq. ft. and stated
he bei ieved the mope rty values would no down if smaller homes were nenni tted.
Mrs. Slocum, ]62 Bi stli ne stated her builder w made to build a hone of 1800 sq. ft.
Dr. Pearl asked if a va es led. Hs. Slocum stated her builder did.
0r. Pearl stated the huf itleredf ds notncome before the Board fora variance but Perhaps
renuesaea a rezgm nn ana was aen; ed.
rmann by ors. snomate, secgoaee ny nr, cabs e, to close me Pum;c hear; nq.
Motion carried by a unanimous voice vote. ,
Dr. Pearl asked that the City Planner's letter dated January 23, 1985 be made a part
of the record.
1lotion by Mrs. Shumate, seconded by Mr. La ble to deny the vart ance request to
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ons Yruct a res idea tia1 dwelling wi Ch 14gp sq. fY. oP li vino anea sn an R-lA ZOni ng
district, Moti nn carried by a una n+mous roll call vote.
Mr. Lambeth stated the applicant accepts the decision of the Board to deny the
request Por 140o sq. ft. of li vi n9 area but re oec tful ly requests Che approval 04
the minimum acceptable square footage that thes6pard wo aid re nnend andreques is
that this apProvai be ora n tad at this heart nn. H.rs. Shona to stated she believed
the request should be readvertised if the appiica nt was requesting that the
w be anted for less than the o nal request. Mrs. Shona to w
advisedethat it w ithin the right of the Board to o ant what they believed s
wo utd be aPPropria Yewand that the an pl scant either accepted the va r+a nce ,ranked
or re9ectee ;t.
Dr. Pearl passed the gavel to Mrs. Shona to and made a nn to ~~ra nt a va
mot+ r c
on P1rs. Aa rben to cons tract a rani dpntia1 dwell inn with 1690 sq, ft, of livi n9
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subiect to the fol tPwi ng: ermi tong construction o4 a 15D0 sq. ft.
p m of the
(living area) house. Prohi bi Yl ng Che fu tore parceling (or 5-l till n9
existing parcel into anv additional lots by the present owners of record, and
that the applicant comply with Arbor Ordinance provisions, with the m isti n9
trees on the lot Co re s this will provide Further buffers nP. Motion ca ri ed
by a two tq one vote wmthnMr. Cable and Dr. Pearl voti no dye. and Mrs. Shanate
4. Additional Discussion Itans. there were no additional discussion items
5. Meeting adSourned.
Geri Zamb ri, Deputy Li ty clerk
Li ty of Longwood, F1 on da