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Unofficial Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes – April 15, 2021
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ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING: April 15, 2021 2
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LOCATION: 1400 Main Street, Southlake, Texas 4
Regular Session-Council Chambers in Town Hall 5
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Members Present: Board members: Chair-Jeff Medici, Vice Chair-David Treichler, Trey 7
Verbick- Place 3, Heather King- Place 4, Britton Wells-Alternate 1, Clinton Snead- Alternate 3, 8
and Alex Sexton- Alternate 4 9
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Members Absent: Board Member Quinones-Place 1 and Board Member Kemins-Alternate-2 11
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Staff Present: Dennis Killough, Deputy Director of Planning and Development Services 13
Richard Schell, Principal Planner, and Andrea Parrott, Board Secretary 14
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REGULAR SESSION: 16
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1. Call to Order: Chairman Medici called the Regular Session to order at 7:50 P.M. 18
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2. Executive Session: No executive session was held. 20
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3. Approval of the Minutes: Chairman Medici opened the discussion of the minutes of the 22
Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting held on March 25, 2021. 23
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Chairman Medici arrived at 6:32 P.M. 25
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A motion was made to approve the minutes of the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting held on 27
March 25, 2021. 28
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Motion: Treichler 30
Second: King 31
Ayes: Medici, Treichler, Verbick, King, Wells, Snead and Sexton. 32
Nays: None 33
Abstain: None 34
Vote: 7-0-0 35
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Motion: Approved 37
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4. Administrative Comments: Richard Schell, Principal Planner, announced, that three Board 40
Member appointments are coming up in June. Board Members expiring in June are Michael 41
Quinones, Trey Verbick and Chairman Medici. The next ZBA meeting is scheduled for April 29, 42
2021 and the only item on the agenda is a request to withdraw a case that was tabled at the 43
meeting on March 11, 2021. 44
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5. Consider: ZBA21-0011, Variance to Zoning Ordinance No. 480, as amended, Section 46
33.14 requiring a minimum usable area of at least one acre for an on-site sewage facility 47
(OSSF) to be employed on property described as Tract 2L, John Childress Heirs Survey, 48
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Abstract No. 254, Tarrant County, Texas, more fully and completely described in the deed 49
recorded as Instrument No. D221013517, Deed Records, Tarrant County, Texas, and located at 50
3525 Burney Ln., Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: “AG” Agricultural District. 51
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Planner Schell presented details of the case with a slide show presentation to the Board. On 53
behalf of the applicant, Richard G. Grandy, Jody Alumbaugh is requesting approval of a 54
Variance to Zoning Ordinance No. 480, as amended, Section 33.14 requiring a minimum usable 55
area of at least one acre for an on-site sewage facility (OSSF) to be employed to allow an OSSF 56
on an existing approximately 1.773 acre tract of land. Usable area per Zoning Ordinance No. 57
480, as amended, Section 33.14 excludes the areas of the property listed below that are 58
identified on the survey of the property and that reduce the usable area to less than one acre. It 59
appears that the area of the lot that is outside the flowage easement is approximately 0.5 acre. 60
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Chairman Medici opened the public hearing and called upon the applicant or the applicant’s 62
representative to make such comments and present evidence as the applicant should desire. 63
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Jody Alumbaugh, 680 N. Carroll Ave., Southlake, TX 76092, the applicant, on be behalf of 65
owner Richard Grandy, once sworn in, presented testimony, and answered questions from the 66
Board. 67
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Chairman Medici asked if there were those in the audience who wished to speak in support of 69
the request. 70
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There being none, Chairman Medici asked if there were those in the audience who wished to 72
speak against the request. 73
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There being none, Chairman Medici called upon the applicant or the applicant’s representative 75
for a brief rebuttal. 76
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There being none, Chairman Medici closed the public hearing and opened the item for 78
discussion from the Board. 79
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Chair Medici Closed the public hearing and opened the item for discussion from the Board. 81
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A motion was made to approve case ZBA21-0011. 83
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Motion: Wells 85
Second: Verbick 86
Ayes: Medici, Treichler, Wells, Verbick, and King 87
Nays: None 88
Abstain: None 89
Vote: 5-0-0 90
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Motion: Approved 92
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6. Consider: ZBA21-0012, Variance to Zoning Ordinance No. 480, as amended, Section 94
9.5.e requiring the maximum lot coverage to not exceed 10% of the lot area on property 95
described as Lot 2A1, R.P. Estes Subdivision, being a portion of Lot 2, R.P. Estes Subdivision, 96
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Tarrant County, Texas, and located at 982 W. Dove Rd., Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas. 97
Current Zoning: “AG” Agricultural District. 98
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Planner Schell presented details of the case with a slide show presentation to the Board. The 100
applicant, Chandra Ponnapureddy, is requesting approval of a Variance to Zoning Ordinance 101
No. 480, as amended, Section 9.5.e requiring the maximum lot coverage to not exceed 10% of 102
the lot area to allow a maximum lot coverage of approximately 12.2% for a new residence. The 103
lot is approximately 40,920 square feet and 10% of the area is approximately 4,092 square feet. 104
The applicant is proposing a lot coverage of approximately 5,000 square feet. 105
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Chairman Medici opened the public hearing and called upon the applicant or the applicant’s 107
representative to make such comments and present evidence as the applicant should desire. 108
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Chandra Ponnapureddy, 416 Paluxy Dr, Irving, TX 75039 and Brandt Barham, 105 Dickens Dr, 110
Coppell, TX 75019, the applicant and applicant’s representative, once sworn in, presented 111
testimony, and answered questions from the Board. 112
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Chairman Medici asked if there were those in the audience who wished to speak in support of 114
the request. 115
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There being none, Chairman Medici asked if there were those in the audience who wished to 117
speak against the request. 118
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There being none, Chairman Medici called upon the applicant or the applicant’s representative 120
for a brief rebuttal. 121
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There being none, Chairman Medici closed the public hearing and opened the item for 123
discussion from the Board. 124
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Chair Medici closed the public hearing and opened the item for discussion from the board. 126
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A motion was made to approve case ZBA21-0012. 128
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Motion: Sexton 130
Second: King 131
Ayes: Medici, Wells, Verbick and King. 132
Nays: None 133
Abstain: Treichler 134
Vote: 4-0-1 135
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Motion: Approved 137
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7. Meeting Adjournment: Chairman Jeff Medici adjourned the meeting at 8:34 P.M. 139
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*A recording of this meeting will be permanently retained in the City Secretary’s Office. 141
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Jeff Medici, Chairman 147
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ATTEST: 150
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Andrea Parrott, Board Secretary 154