Board of Zoning Appeals Agendas and Minutes

AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS OF THE CITY OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA, HELD IN THE HARDY CASH CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL, 22 LINCOLN STREET, AT 5:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012. Present: Chairman Thomas Savage, Vice Chair Peters, Board Members Linda Ellis, John Pope, and Rodney Gentry. Also present were Zoning Administrator Steve Shapiro, Senior Deputy City Attorney Lesa Yeatts, and Recording Secretary Victoria Byrd. The Chairman called the meeting to order and asked that the minutes be considered. A motion was made by Board Member Gentry and seconded by Vice Chair Peters that the minutes of the October 1, 2012 meeting be approved as written. A roll call vote on the motion resulted as follows: AYES: Ellis, Gentry, Pope, Peters, Savage NAYS: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None Variance Request No. 12-00045: Old Point National Bank, 101 E. Queen Street, LRSN: 2002943, to increase the total number of allowable ground-mounted monument signs from 1 to 2 to allow an additional sign at a proposed bank/office building. The owner’s representative, Jeff Sandford, presented the variance request to the Board. After discussion, a motion was made by Board Member Pope and seconded by Vice Chair Peters that the strict application of the ordinance would produce undue hardship on the property. The location of the building on the lot makes it difficult to put up the proper signage and therefore the variance should be granted because: 1. The strict application of the ordinance would produce undue hardship; 2. The hardship is not shared generally by other properties in the same zoning district and the same vicinity; 3. The authorization of the variance will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property and the character of the district will not be changed by the granting of the variance; and 4. The granting of the variance is in harmony with the intended spirit and purpose of the ordinance. Page 1 of 2 A roll call vote on the motion resulted as follows: AYES: Ellis, Gentry, Pope, Peters, Savage NAYS: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 5:15 pm. __________________________ Thomas Savage, Chairman Page 2 of 2