Special Zoning Board of Adjustments

AGENDA Zoning Board of Adjustments 5:30 PM - Thursday, May 30, 2024 City Council Chambers, 201 E. Nash Street, Terrell, TX Board Members Matthew Hancock, Chairman Deana Boyd, Vice Chairman Erik Brown, Member Michelle Cheney, Member Claudia Frausto, Member Dr. Kameka Hoskins, Member Hadden Shaw, Member Chris Snapp, Director of Municipal Development NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Zoning Board of Adjustments will conduct a meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at Terrell City Hall located at 201 East Nash Street. The meeting is open to the public with limited seating in the Council Chambers. If you choose not to attend in person and you wish to submit public comments, email support@cityofterrell.org and title the email ”Public Comment”. All public comments submitted by 12:00 pm on Thursday, May 30, 2024 will be provided to the Zoning Board of Adjustments Board Members and recorded into the minutes for the Thursday, May 30, 2024 City Council Meeting. Page 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. INVOCATION 3. HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS. 4. ADOPTION OF MINUTES Page 1 of 5 4.1. Discuss approval of minutes from date the Zoning Board of Adjustments 3 - 5 Meeting on April 22, 2024. Zoning Board of Adjustments - Apr 22 2024 - Minutes - Pdf 5. OPEN MEETING/TRAIINING 6. ADJOURN. I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the above NOTICE OF MEETING of the Zoning Board of Adjustments is a true and correct copy of said NOTICE, which has been posted on the front OUTDOOR BULLETIN BOARD CABINET FOR AGENDAS of the Terrell City Hall, Terrell, Texas, a place convenient and readily accessible to the General Public and on the website at cityofterrell.org, and which has been continuously posted for a period of seventy-two (72) hours prior to the date and time said meeting was convened. Posted Friday, June 24, 2024 –5:00 p.m. _______________________________________ Dawn Steil, City Secretary This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for accommodations or interpretive services must be made 48 hours prior to this meeting. Please contact the City Secretary’s office at 972-551-6600 for further information. Braille is not available. The Zoning Board of Adjustments Reserves the Right to Adjourn into Executive Session to Seek Legal Counsel on a Matter Which the Canon of Legal Ethics Demands to Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege Pursuant to Section 551.071(2) of the Texas Government Code. Page 2 of 5 ITEM 4.1. Draft MINUTES Zoning Board of Adjustments Meeting 5:30 PM - Monday, April 22, 2024 City Council Chambers, 201 E. Nash Street, Terrell, TX The City of Terrell Zoning Board of Adjustments conducted a Zoning Board of Adjustments Meeting on Monday, April 22, 2024 at 5:30 PM in the City Council Chambers, 201 E. Nash Street, Terrell, TX. MEMBERS Erik Brown PRESENT: Claudia Frausto Matthew Hancock Dr. Kameka Hoskins Deana Boyd Michelle Cheney MEMBERS Hadden Shaw ABSENT: STAFF PRESENT: J Potts City Engineer Chris Snapp 1 CALL TO ORDER Chairman Matthew Hancock called the meeting to order. 2 INVOCATION Municipal Development Director Chris Snapp gave the invocation. 3 HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS. This time is set aside on the agenda to invite any person to address the Board on issues not subject to a public hearing. Routine administrative matters are best discussed with the appropriate City Staff before bringing them to the Board. Prior to the meeting, please complete a "Citizen Participation Form" and present it to the Administrative Assistant. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.042, the Board cannot discuss, consider, or take action on matters not listed on the agenda. Speakers should limit their comments to 3 minutes and are asked to speak into the microphone provided, identifying themselves for the record. The total amount of time set aside for this place on the agenda is 15 minutes. Comments of a personal nature directed at the Board or Staff are inappropriate. No remarks from visitors attending the meeting. 4 WELCOME AND SWEARING IN OF NEWLY APPOINTED ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT BOARD MEMBER. a) City of Terrell Attorney Greg Shumpert will swear in newly appointed ZBA member Erik Zoning Board of Adjustments Meeting April 22, 2024 Page 1 3 of 3 5 ITEM 4.1. Brown. Draft City Attorney Greg Shumpert swore in new appointed ZBA member Erik Brown. 5 ADOPTION OF MINUTES a) Discuss approval of minutes from August 28, 2023. . Deana Boyd moved to accept minutes as presented, with Claudia Frausto seconding the motion. Carried by the following votes: Ayes: Erik Brown, Claudia Frausto, Matthew Hancock, Deana Boyd, and Michelle Cheney 6 PUBLIC HEARING a) VR 24-01 Conduct a public hearing to discuss and consider a request for a variance to Section 19.4 pertaining to, Area Regulations: A. Size of lots: 2. Minimum Lot Width- Sixty-five feet (65’), B. Size of Yards: 2. Minimum Side Yard- Six feet (6’) for interior side yard and D. Minimum Floor Area per Dwelling Unit- Two thousand (2,000) square feet of air-conditioned floor area. The property is located at 1219 S. Rockwall Terrell, Texas, described as, Phagan, Block 4, Lot 10 & 11 City of Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. The applicant is requesting a variance for a lot width of 50 feet, a side yard width of 5 feet and minimum floor area of 1,700 square feet. Property is currently zoned Single-Family Residential- 6 (SF-6). Code Compliance Manager J. Potts gave staff notes on the requested variance in VR 24-01. Chairman Matthew Hancock opened the public hearing. Property owner Terrey Beer spoke in favor of the of the requested variance. Mr. Beer stated that the approval of the variances would allow him to build a house on the property. No one spoke in opposition of the requested variance. Chairman Matthew Hancock closed the public hearing. Michelle Cheney moved to accept the variance request for the fifty foot lot with and the request for five foot side yard, but denied the request to reduce minimum square footage to 1700 square foot, with Deana Boyd seconding the motion. Carried by the following votes: Ayes: Erik Brown, Claudia Frausto, Matthew Hancock, Deana Boyd, and Michelle Cheney b) VR 24-02 Conduct a public hearing to discuss and consider a request for a variance to Section 19.4 pertaining to, Area Regulations: A. Size of lots: 2. Minimum Lot Width- Sixty-five feet (65’), B. Size of Yards: 2. Minimum Side Yard- Six feet (6’) for interior side yard and D. Minimum Floor Area per Dwelling Unit- Two thousand (2,000) square feet of air-conditioned floor area. The property is located at 1221 S. Rockwall Terrell, Texas, described as, Phagan, Block 4, Lot 8 & 9 City of Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. The applicant is requesting a variance for a lot width of 50 feet, a side yard width of 5 feet and minimum floor area of 1,700 square feet. Property is currently zoned Single-Family Residential- 6 (SF-6). Zoning Board of Adjustments Meeting April 22, 2024 Page 2 4 of 3 5 ITEM 4.1. Draft Code Compliance Manager J. Potts gave staff notes on the requested variance in VR 24-02. Chairman Matthew Hancock opened the public hearing. Property owner Terrey Beer spoke in favor of the of the requested variance. Mr. Beer stated that the approval of the variances would allow him to build a house on the property. No one spoke in opposition of the requested variance. Chairman Matthew Hancock closed the public hearing. Claudia Frausto moved to accept the variance request for the fifty foot lot width and requested five foot side yard, but denied the request to reduce the minimum square footage to 1700square foot,, with Deana Boyd seconding the motion. Carried by the following votes: Ayes: Erik Brown, Claudia Frausto, Matthew Hancock, Deana Boyd, and Michelle Cheney 7 ADJOURN. Chairman Matthew Hancock called the meeting adjourned. Chairman, Matthew Hancock Attest: J Lee Potts Zoning Board of Adjustments Meeting April 22, 2024 Page 3 5 of 3 5