Board of Adjustment

CITY OF MANCHESTER BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MINUTES September 12, 2019 ATTENDANCE Chairman Kent Goddard – Present Member Dan Miller – Present Member J.D. Pohlman – Present Member Anne Altepeter - Present Member Alan Nissenbaum – Present CITY OFFICIALS COURT REPORTER Joseph E. Bond, City Attorney Lauren Goodman Melanie Rippetoe, Planning and Zoning Director ATTENDEES Bill Behrens CALL TO ORDER Chairman Goddard called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and asked Director Rippetoe to call the roll. The record of attendance is shown above. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion to approve the minutes from the meeting held on June 13, 2019, as submitted, was made by Member Nissenbaum and seconded by Member Altepeter. The minutes were approved 5-0. OLD BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS CASE #19-V-010 Director Rippetoe gave the details of the variance case: Warren Sign, on behalf of Kohl’s, applicant/owner of the sign, is seeking approval of a Sign Permit in order to replace an existing ground sign with a permanent pole sign for Kohl’s on a property located at 14417 Manchester Road, in the C-1 Commercial Zoning District. The property fronts on Manchester Road to the south and abuts properties zoned C-1 Commercial to the north, east and west. Page 1 of 2 The proposed sign is shown to be approximately 25 feet in height and approximately 96.7 square feet overall. The sign is shown to replace an existing ground sign located on the property at 14417 Manchester Road in a sign easement granted in 1990 originally for the Venture sign location. The sign is shown to be 42’ 9” from the property line along Manchester Road and 12’ 2” from the property line along Louis Street. Director Rippetoe explained that the sign would need a 17’ 10” variance from the 30-foot front yard requirement in Section 405.320 of the Zoning Regulations. Testimony #1 – Bill Behrens presented on behalf of Warren Sign Co., applicant. He summarized the project and explained that the new sign will be in the same location as the previous sign. After questions presented by the Board, Mr. Behrens noted that this location is in a sign easement and is the only place for their sign to have Manchester frontage without placing it on someone else’s property. With all the questions satisfactorily answered the Board voted on the variance. Member Pohlman made a motion and was seconded by Member Nissenbaum to approve the variance regarding the setback from the property line. The resulting vote was 5-0 in favor of the variance. ADJOURNMENT Chairman Goddard adjourned the meeting at 6:43 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by: Melanie Rippetoe, Director of Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Page 2 of 2