Board of Zoning Appeals Agendas and Minutes

AT A REGULAR MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING 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, MARCH 18, 2013. Present: Chairman Thomas Savage, Vice-Chairman Burnett 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. Chairman Savage called the meeting to order and asked that the minutes be considered. A motion was made by Board Member Pope and seconded by Board Member Ellis that the minutes of the March 4, 2013, meeting be approved as written. A roll call vote on the motion resulted as follows: AYES: Ellis, Gentry, Pope, Peters NAYS: None ABSTAIN: Savage ABSENT: None Variance Request No. 12-00050: Hampton University, 160 Marshall Avenue, LRSN 12001034: a variance to increase the height of a freestanding sign from 8’ to 10’10” to increase the square footage of a freestanding sign from 48 square feet to 120 square feet and to increase the height of a fence or wall from 6’ to 15’ to allow a campus entry wall and sign on university property at the southwest corner of Settlers Landing Road and East Tyler Street. Variance Request No. 12-00051: Hampton University, 1006 Settlers Landing Road, LRSN 12001035: a variance to increase the height of a freestanding sign from 8’ to 10’10”, to increase the square footage of a freestanding sign from 48 square feet to 120 square feet and to increase the total number of allowable freestanding signs from 2 to 3 to allow a campus entry wall and sign on university property at the northwest corner of Settlers Landing Road and East Tyler Street. Zoning Administrator, Steven Shapiro, advised he had received a written request from the applicant’s attorney, Arthur J. Kamp, stating that they would like to continue the cases until the June 17, 2013, meeting. A motion was made by Board Member Pope and seconded by Vice-Chairman Peters that the request for continuance to June 17, 2013, should be approved. 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 Consideration of revision to the By-Laws was completed. After discussion, a motion was made by Board Member Pope and seconded by Board Member Ellis that the revised By-Laws should be approved as written. A roll call vote on the motion resulted as follows: AYES: Ellis, Gentry, Pope, Peters, Savage NAYES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 5:10 p.m. ____________________________ Thomas Savage, Chairman Page 2 of 2