Board of Adjustment

CITY OF MANCHESTER BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MINUTES AUGUST 13, 2015 ATTENDANCE Chairman Kent Goddard – Present Member Dan Miller – Present Vice-Chairman Fred Mayer – Absent Member Stephen Moeckel – Present Member Alan Nissenbaum – Present Alternate Member J.R. Brown – Present CITY OFFICIALS COURT REPORTER City Attorney Patrick Gunn Lauren Goodman City Administrator Andy Hixson ATTENDEES Mr. Jason Koehrer Case #15-V-005 Mr. Brian York Case #15-V-006 CALL to ORDER Chairman Goddard called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and asked City Administrator Hixson to call the roll. The record of attendance is shown above. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion to approve the June 11, 2015 minutes as submitted was made by Member Niessenbaum and seconded by Member Miller. A voice vote was taken, with no opposition. Minutes approved. NEW BUSINESS A. CASE #15-V-005 – A variance application submitted by Jason Koehrer to encroach into the rear yard setback by thirteen (13) feet and six (6) inches for the purpose of building a retaining wall at 972 Arbor Run Ct. The property is zoned R-4 Single Family Residential. City Administrator Hixson gave the details of the variance case. A permit was submitted by Jason Koehrer Mr. Jason Koehrer testified that he agreed with the statements made by City Administrator Hixson. Mr. Koehrer had nothing further to add to the case. City Administrator Hixson verified the adjacent property owners were notified about the variance request. He noted that the Department received no comments in support of or in opposition to the variance case. Testimony #1 1 With all the questions satisfactorily answered, Member Moeckel made the motion to approve the variance of the front yard setback from twenty (20) feet to zero feet. Motion was seconded by Member Miller. The resulting vote was 5-0 in favor of granting the variance. B. CASE #15-V-006 – A variance application submitted by Jacob Kaestner of Kaestner Lawn Care on behalf of Brian York to encroach into the rear yard setback by fifteen (15) feet and to encroach into the side yard setback by four (4) feet for the purpose of building a retaining wall at 781 Carman Meadows Dr. The property is zoned R-2A Single Family Residential. Neither Mr. York nor representatives for Mr. York were in attendance of the meeting to testify for the case. The case was postponed until Thursday, September 10th, 2015. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned with a motion by Member Moeckel and seconded by Member Nissembaum at 6:45 p.m. 2