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2021-04-15 minutes Unofficial Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes – April 15, 2021 Page 1 of 4 1 ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING: April 15, 2021 2 3 LOCATION: 1400 Main Street, Southlake, Texas 4 Regular Session-Council Chambers in Town Hall 5 6 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 10 Members Absent: Board Member Quinones-Place 1 and Board Member Kemins-Alternate-2 11 12 Staff Present: Dennis Killough, Deputy Director of Planning and Development Services 13 Richard Schell, Principal Planner, and Andrea Parrott, Board Secretary 14 15 REGULAR SESSION: 16 17 1. Call to Order: Chairman Medici called the Regular Session to order at 7:50 P.M. 18 19 2. Executive Session: No executive session was held. 20 21 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 24 Chairman Medici arrived at 6:32 P.M. 25 26 A motion was made to approve the minutes of the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting held on 27 March 25, 2021. 28 29 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 36 Motion: Approved 37 38 39 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 45 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 Unofficial Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes – April 15, 2021 Page 2 of 4 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 52 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 61 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 64 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 68 Chairman Medici asked if there were those in the audience who wished to speak in support of 69 the request. 70 71 There being none, Chairman Medici asked if there were those in the audience who wished to 72 speak against the request. 73 74 There being none, Chairman Medici called upon the applicant or the applicant’s representative 75 for a brief rebuttal. 76 77 There being none, Chairman Medici closed the public hearing and opened the item for 78 discussion from the Board. 79 80 Chair Medici Closed the public hearing and opened the item for discussion from the Board. 81 82 A motion was made to approve case ZBA21-0011. 83 84 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 91 Motion: Approved 92 93 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 Unofficial Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes – April 15, 2021 Page 3 of 4 Tarrant County, Texas, and located at 982 W. Dove Rd., Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas. 97 Current Zoning: “AG” Agricultural District. 98 99 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. 105 106 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. 108 109 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. 112 113 Chairman Medici asked if there were those in the audience who wished to speak in support of 114 the request. 115 116 There being none, Chairman Medici asked if there were those in the audience who wished to 117 speak against the request. 118 119 There being none, Chairman Medici called upon the applicant or the applicant’s representative 120 for a brief rebuttal. 121 122 There being none, Chairman Medici closed the public hearing and opened the item for 123 discussion from the Board. 124 125 Chair Medici closed the public hearing and opened the item for discussion from the board. 126 127 A motion was made to approve case ZBA21-0012. 128 129 Motion: Sexton 130 Second: King 131 Ayes: Medici, Wells, Verbick and King. 132 Nays: None 133 Abstain: Treichler 134 Vote: 4-0-1 135 136 Motion: Approved 137 138 7. Meeting Adjournment: Chairman Jeff Medici adjourned the meeting at 8:34 P.M. 139 140 *A recording of this meeting will be permanently retained in the City Secretary’s Office. 141 142 143 144 145 Unofficial Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes – April 15, 2021 Page 4 of 4 _____________________________ 146 Jeff Medici, Chairman 147 148 149 ATTEST: 150 151 152 ______________________________ 153 Andrea Parrott, Board Secretary 154