2010-03-11 CITY O F
SOUTH LAKE
TEXAS
1 REGULAR ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING March 11, 2010
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3 Location: Southlake Council Chambers
4 1400 Main Street, Southlake, Texas
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7 Members Present: Chairman D. Todd Parrish and Board Members: Kate Smith; Michael
8 Waldman; Lisa Amend, Alternate # 2; Michael Mills, Alternate # 3.
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10 Members Absent: Michael Forman; Vice - Chairman Laird Fairchild; Lewis Miltenberger,
11 Alternate # 1; Thomas Joyner, Alternate # 4.
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13 Staff Present: Richard Schell, Planner II; Dianna Brawner, ZBA Secretary.
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15 Agenda Item No. 1 — CaII to Order: Chairman D. Todd Parrish called the March 11, 2010
16 meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
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18 Agenda Item No. 2 — Approval of the Minutes: Chairman Parrish opened discussion of the
19 minutes of the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting held on February 25, 2010.
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21 Motion was made to approve the minutes of the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting held on
22 February 25, 2010 as presented.
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24 Motion: Waldman
25 Second: Smith
26 Ayes: Amend, Mills, Smith, Waldman, Parrish
27 Nays: None
28 Abstain: None
29 Vote: 5-0-0
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31 Motion carried.
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33 Agenda Item No. 3 — Administrative Comments: Richard Schell, Planner II, announced ZBA
34 Case # 590 has requested to be tabled until our next scheduled meeting on March 25, 2010.
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36 Agenda Item No. 4 - ZBA -588, Variance to rear yard setback for sport courts. Variance to
37 Ordinance No. 480 -503, which requires a rear yard of not less than forty feet (40') for sport
38 courts. The property is zoned Residential Planned Unit Development (RPUD) which requires a
39 forty foot (40') rear yard setback for sport courts along the southern boundary of the lots. Zoning
40 Ordinance No. 480, Section 30.5 allows the Zoning Board of Adjustments to grant variances of
41 up to ten percent (10 %) of any required setback in the RPUD regulations. The applicant is
42 requesting a 10% variance to the required forty foot (40') rear yard setback for sport courts to
43 allow a setback of thirty -six (36') feet.
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45 The property is located at 1161 La Mirada, being described as Lot 1, Block 1, La Mirada, an
46 addition to the City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas. The current zoning is "RPUD"
47 Residential Planned Unit Development. Owner: Chris Santore and the applicant: Aqua Luxe.
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49 Richard Schell, Planner II reported twenty (20) notices went out within two hundred (200) feet
50 and no new responses were received from the original four (4) received: Rajeev and Ruchita
51 Mehta, 1418 Laurel Lane, Southlake, Texas, opposed; David Rusher, 1065 Brittany Court,
52 Southlake, Texas, in favor; Michael J Costello, 1862 N. Peytonville Avenue, Southlake, Texas,
53 opposed; Sam and Lori Silver, 1420 Laurel Lane, Southlake, Texas, opposed.
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55 The applicant's representative for Aqua Luxe, Matty Le, 601 N. Great Southwest Parkway,
56 Arlington, Texas, once sworn in presented items and answered questions for the Board.
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58 Chairman Parrish opened the public hearing for ZBA Case # 588.
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60 Jeffrey Horn, 1145 Britney Court, Southlake, Texas, once sworn in spoke in favor stating Mr.
61 Santore has made great efforts to work around the drainage.
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63 Chris Santore, 1892 Kendall Court, Keller, Texas, once sworn in spoke regarding the drainage
64 issue and the challenges he has overcome.
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66 Chris Chaffins, 1504 Brentwood, Keller, Texas once sworn in spoke in favor and answered
67 questions brought up by the Board regarding the drainage and the RPUD zoning.
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69 Chairman Parrish closed the public hearing for ZBA Case # 588 at 7:30 p.m. and opened
70 discussion for the Board.
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72 Motion was made to approve ZBA Case # 588 as presented.
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74 Motion: Smith
75 Second: Waldman
76 Ayes: Amend, Mills, Smith, Waldman
77 Nays: Parrish
78 Abstain: None
79 Vote: 4 -1 -0
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81 Motion carried.
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83 Agenda Item No. 5 - ZBA -590, Special Exception Use Permit for an accessory building of
84 a size greater than permitted. Special Exception Use Permit per Ordinance No. 480, Section
85 44.12 (3), permitting the construction of accessory buildings or structures of a size or aggregate
86 size greater than permitted on approximately 0.57 acres. Zoning Ordinance No. 480, Section
87 11.50(j)1(i) requires that the sum total of all accessory buildings shall not exceed six hundred
88 (600) square feet. The applicant is requesting to construct an accessory building of
89 approximately 1,311 square feet, consisting of a three car garage, an exercise room and a
90 storage room.
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92 The property is located at 2803 Watts Court, being described as Lot 13, Block 1 , Ridgewood I I
93 Addition, an addition to the City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas. The current zoning is "SF-
94 20A" Single Family Residential District and being approximately 0.57 acres. Owner: Bruce and
95 Vicki Fields.
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97 Motion was made to approve the applicant's request to table ZBA Case # 590 until March 25,
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100 Motion: Smith
101 Second: Mills
102 Ayes: Amend, Mills, Smith, Waldman, Parrish
103 Nays: None
104 Abstain: None
105 Vote: 5-0
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107 Motion carried.
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109 Agenda Item No. 6 — Meeting Adjournment: Chairman Parrish adjourned the meeting at
110 7:49:02 p.m. on March 11, 2010.
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117 . Todd Parrish
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123 Dianna Brawner
124 Board Secretary
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