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[CALL TO ORDER ]
TIME IS 5:38 PM ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2025.I HEREBY CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO ORDER.
I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY VIDEO.
I WILL GET IT SORTED VERY SOON.
I AM GONNA, UM, HAVE TO MARK YOU AS OFF D UNTIL WE CAN SEE YOUR FACE, BUT WE KNOW YOU'RE TRYING, SO THANK YOU.
IS EVERYBODY ON THE DI SIGN? THE SIGN IN SHEET? OKAY.
UH, JUST SOME QUICK HOUSEKEEPING FOR THE, FOR Y'ALL.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR DISCUSSION OUTSIDE THE LOBBY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR KEYS, UH, CALL THE BOARD LIAISON ELAINE TOMORROW.
UH, DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED TO TAKE A BREAK TONIGHT.
SO FOR YOUR PARKING VALIDATION, YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE PRINTED TICKET WITH A QR CODE WHEN YOU CAME IN.
THERE'S SOME EXTRA QR CODES PRINTED UP HERE.
UH, GRAB ONE OF THOSE BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
THAT'S THE ONE YOU HAVE TO SCAN THAT MAKES YOUR PARKING FREE.
THAT'S YOUR PARKING VALIDATION.
OKAY? SO FOR EVERYONE WHO IS GOING TO BE GIVING TESTIMONY TO THE BOARD TONIGHT, IF I COULD GET YOU TO PLEASE STAND AND I'M GOING TO ADMINISTER YOUR OATH.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL GIVE TONIGHT WILL BE TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE? ALL RIGHTY.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING ON JANUARY 13TH, 2025.I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MADE BY VICE CHAIR HAWTHORNE.
SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER BOWEN.
I AM NOT GONNA PARTICIPATE ON ITEM TWO.
I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE THAT YOUNG J KIM IS ON THE S HI BOARD MEMBER.
KIM, GOOD TO SEE YOUR VIDEOS WORKING.
OH, AND BOARD MEMBER, UH,
UH, JUST SO EVERYONE IS AWARE FOR TONIGHT, UH, LEGAL IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS INFORMED US THAT FORMER BOARD MEMBER, UH, MARCEL GARZA'S SEAT IS NOW OFFICIALLY VACANT.
SO OUR SUPER MAJORITY IS GOING TO BE EIGHT INSTEAD OF NINE.
UH, SIMPLE MAJORITY IS STILL GOING TO BE SIX.
AND I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE OUR FIRST CASE IS GOING TO BE A SIGNED VARIANCE CASE.
AND JUST A REMINDER FOR SIGNED VARIANCE CASES, WE ONLY NEED SIX TO PASS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE C 16 20 25 0 0 0 1.
CAN I PAUSE? UM, WE NEED TO DO THE POSTPONEMENTS AND WITHDRAWALS.
DO, DO WE HAVE ANY WITHDRAWALS OR POSTPONEMENTS? WE DO.
I KNOW THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
ITEM FIVE C 15 DASH 2024 DASH 0, 31, 26 15 AND A HALF HILLVIEW ROAD.
THEY'RE REQUESTING A POSTPONEMENT TILL MARCH 10TH.
AND THEN WE HAVE ITEM SIX C 15 DASH
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2024 DASH 0 4 0 600 CUMBERLAND ROAD 26 10, AND 26 12 SOUTH FIRST STREET.THE CASE HERE SAYS SIX IS WITHDRAWN.
WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON THAT ONE, BUT FIVE, WE DO NEED TO VOTE ON THAT ONE.
AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS ONE BECAUSE WE POSTPONED THIS ONE FIVE TIMES IN THE PAST.
SO IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY DISCUSSION, I WANNA HAVE IT.
[5. C15-2024-0031 Victoria Haase for Austin Area School for Dyslexics, Inc. 2615 ½ Hillview Road ]
15 20 24 0 3 1.VICTORIA HASI FOR AUSTIN AREA SCHOOL FOR DYSLEXICS, 26 15 AND HALF HILLVIEW ROAD.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THROWER HERE TONIGHT? OKAY.
UM, I GUESS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION.
THIS IS, THEY'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER ONE MONTH POSTPONEMENT.
THIS ONE HAS BEEN POSTPONED SEVERAL TIMES, UH, MADAM CHAIR.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY FAIR TO OTHER PEOPLE TRYING TO GET ON THE AGENDA.
UM, AND WE HAVE NO REPRESENTATION LAST TIME OR THIS TIME TO INFORM US AS TO WHY THEY'RE REQUESTING A POSTPONEMENT.
SO, UH, I'M ALL IN FOR JUST MAKING A MOTION TO DENY.
I HATE TO DO IT, BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN, PEOPLE NEED TO EITHER SHOW UP OR AT LEAST BE RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO INFORM THE BODY WHY THEY'RE NOT, WHY THEY NEED A POSTPONEMENT, AND WHAT THE REASONS ARE FOR WHEN THEY GHOST US SEVERAL TIMES.
AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET ON THE AGENDA.
ELAINE JUST LEFT, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF SHE KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT WHY THEY WERE POSTPONING THE, WHO JUST LEFT, UH, ELAINE.
OH, UH, WHERE DID SHE GO? SHE WENT.
ANY OTHER, ELAINE, DO YOU KNOW WHY THEY'RE POSTPONING AGAIN? DO YOU KNOW WHY THEY'RE POSTPONING AGAIN? UM, SHE JUST SAID THEY NEEDED MORE TIME.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I FEEL THEY'VE HAD PLENTY OF TIME.
HISTORICALLY, THAT'S HOW WE'VE HANDLED.
AND I'M THE ONLY REASON I'M, I'M KIND OF HESITANT IF THIS WAS FOR ANYWHERE ELSE BESIDES THE SCHOOL FOR DYSLEXICS.
WHAT? WELL, I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A, THIS IS A PRIVATE SCHOOL.
AND I, I KNOW ABOUT THE WHOLE SCHOOL FOR DYSLEXIC.
I'M, I'M A SHRINER AND I I YOU SUPPORT THE SCHOOL FOR DYSLEXIC AND THE, THE HOSPITAL FOR THOSE THAT HAVE, UH, ISSUES THAT, UH, THEY, BUT THE DENIAL CARRIES THAT ONE YEAR NO REAPPLICATION PENALTY WITH IT.
WELL, THEN I'M OKAY IF, IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE BODY, WE LET GO ONE.
BUT AT 90 DAYS, AND IF THAT DOESN'T GIVE 'EM ENOUGH TIME, THEN I'M NOT SURE, BECAUSE THAT'S FINE.
THE ASK THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS NOT AN I KNOW SIX ONE MONTH POSTPONEMENTS, IT GENERATES WORK FOR LANE.
I, I, I KNOW, BUT I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT EVEN THEIR CASE, YOU KNOW, AND WE CANNOT DISCUSS IT.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, EVEN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY NEED MORE TIME FOR UNLESS THEY'RE, THEY'RE TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GO TO TWO AND DIDN'T REALIZE THE POSTPONE.
SO THEY'RE TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY NEED MORE TIME TO FINISH THAT CONVERSATION.
I JUST WISH THAT WE HAD POSTPONED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR 90 DAYS OR FOR 60 DAYS OR WHATEVER.
SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO POSTPONE IT NOT TO THE NEXT MEETING, BUT TO THE MEETING AFTER WITH I'M OKAY.
YOU KNOW, THE WILL OF THE BODY'S OKAY WITH ME.
IT'S JUST THAT IF WE DON'T SEND A HARSH MESSAGE, WE'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN WHERE WE HAD ONE CHURCH WHO WENT ON FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
I I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION AT THAT POINT.
THEY CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SECONDED.
WHICH IS WHY I HAVE TO DO A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO POSTPONE FOR 90 DAYS IF IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT.
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90 DAYS IS NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH.YOU NEED TO POSTPONE IT TO THE MEETING DATE.
AND, AND I KNOW THIS MAY 12TH, I'M GONNA, I KNOW THIS DOESN'T MAKE IT THAT MUCH BETTER, BUT I BELIEVE THE DECEMBER 9TH POSTPONEMENT WAS ACTUALLY OUR FAULT.
'CAUSE UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS TO VOTE.
SO THEN I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO POSTPONE TO THE MAY 12TH MEETING.
SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR HAWTHORNE DISCUSSION.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE VOTE THEN.
THIS WILL BE AGAIN, A POSTPONEMENT TO MAY 12TH, 2 25.
THAT IS POSTPONED TO MAY 12TH.
AND AGAIN, FOR WHEN Y'ALL ARE WATCHING THIS TOMORROW, I WILL NOT SUPPORT ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT.
AND THEN THAT TAKES US BACK TO
[2. C16-2025-0001 Colton Gohlke for Ascension Seton -Maria Vinhais 1201 West 38th Street ]
ITEM TWO, THE NEW SIGN VARIANCE CASE.REMEMBER, THIS IS SIX VOTES ONLY NEEDED.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE C 16 20 25 0 0 0 1.
COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM HERE.
UH, YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
UH, LET US PULL YOUR PRESENTATION UP REAL QUICK AND WHEN YOU WANT TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE OF YOUR PRESENTATION, JUST SAY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
I'M WITH LOUIS SIGN REPRESENTING ASCENSION SETON.
UH, THE ADDRESS IS 1201 WEST 38TH STREET.
SO WE ARE, UH, REQUESTING A SIGN VARIANCE FROM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 25 DASH 10 DASH ONE 30 COMMERCIAL SIGN DISTRICT REGULATIONS B TO ALLOW ONE FREESTANDING SIGN MAXIMUM ALLOWED TO ADDING AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN FREESTANDING SIGNS TOTAL OF EIGHT IN ORDER TO ERECT FREESTANDING SIGNS FOR ASCENSION, SEATON MEDICAL CENTER AND A PUD COMMERCIAL SIGN DISTRICT.
THIS IS A, UM, SITE PLAN ON THE RIGHT SIDE HERE, SHOWING THE LOCATIONS OF THE SIGNS.
SO THIS IS THE DESIGN OF OUR SIGNS.
THERE ARE EIGHT FREESTANDING SIGNS IN TOTAL THERE'RE THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED.
THERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT DESIGNS DEPENDING ON WHERE ON THE PROPERTY THEY'RE LOCATED.
THESE D THESE DESIGNS WILL ENHANCE THE OVERALL VISUAL AESTHETIC OF THE AREA.
THEY WILL ALSO INCREASE EXPOSURE AND HELP WITH NAVIGATION INTO AND THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
WITH THESE SIGNS, PATIENTS WILL BE ABLE TO LOCATE AND GET TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM MORE EFFICIENTLY.
THESE ARE OUR HARDSHIPS THAT WE BELIEVE, UM, ONE TO TWO FREESTANDING SIGNS IS NOT ENOUGH TO SUFFICIENTLY, UH, DIRECT PATIENTS AROUND THE PROPERTY OR DIRECT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
UM, FROM THE NORTH, SOUTH, OR WEST ENTRANCES, IN CASE OF EMERGENCY IS IMPORTANT FOR A PATIENT TO FIND THE NEEDED.
MULTIPLE FREESTANDING SIGNS WILL INCREASE EXPOSURE AND HELP NAVIGATION THROUGH THE 20 ACRE PROPERTY.
MULTIPLE FREESTANDING SIGNS WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC, CLO TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING STREETS.
UM, OTHER HOSPITALS WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAVE MORE THAN TWO FREESTANDING SIGNS, UH, WHICH WE BELIEVE SETS A PRECEDENT.
DAVID'S MEDICAL CENTER, DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER, AND THEN ST.
DAVID'S SOUTH AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER.
THESE ARE A, UH, FEW MAPS THAT SHOW THE PATH OF TRAVEL THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
UM, YOU CAN SKIP THROUGH THE NEXT FEW SLIDES JUST TO SEE THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THE AREA, SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO WITH APPROVAL OF THIS VARIANCE, WE'LL WAIT FOR APPROVAL ON THE PERMITS, THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, INTO FABRICATION.
UM, WE ARE PLANNING ON A MIDSUMMER INSTALLATION AND COMPLETE AND COMPLETION ON ALL ASSOCIATED SIGNS AFTERWARDS.
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NEXT SLIDE.IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? HEARING NONE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBER V NOLAN.
UH, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, I NOTICED THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY WASN'T ADDRESSED HERE IS YOUR HEIGHT, YOUR HEIGHTS.
I ACCEPT ON BECAUSE I SEE YOU, YOU ON, UH, THE PAGE THAT YOU HAD.
ITEM 2, 2 3 OF YOUR PRESENTATION.
YOU HAVE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT DO YOU HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THE HEIGHTS OR YOUR SETBACKS ON ON THOSE? COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? SO I GOT THE ARTWORK HERE.
SO I THINK THE MAXIMUM, THE SIGN WITH THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WAS SEVEN AND A HALF.
I'M TRYING TO CONFIRM FOR YOU REAL QUICK.
UM, I, OVERALL HEIGHT IS EIGHT FEET.
UM, AND THAT'LL BE THE TALLEST OF THE SIGNS.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS AS THE SETBACK GOES, WE WORK WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, QUITE OFTEN.
UM, AND TRY OUR BEST TO FOLLOW WITHIN THE 12 FOOT SETBACK.
AND ALL OF THESE SIGNS WILL BE 12 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN YOUR PRESENTATION WITH THE HEIGHT? UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THE ARTWORK THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
UM, IT'S ALSO WITHIN THE PERMITS THAT WE SUBMITTED.
UM, UH, LIKE I SAID, I ALSO HAVE IT HERE, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT IN THE SCREEN.
OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBER BOWEN.
UH, FIRST OFF, LEMME JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST IDENTIFYING THAT YOU WANTED THIS NUMBER OF SIGNS.
UM, I'M ALONG WITH MY, MY, MY BOARD MEMBER OVER HERE.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY EIGHT FEET, IS THAT FOR ALL OF THEM? CERTAIN ONES? BECAUSE EVEN IN YOUR PICTURES, YOU'RE SHOWING A COUPLE OF THESE TO WHERE THEY'RE LIKE, ALMOST LIKE MONUMENT SIGNS HEIGHTS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S EIGHT FEET.
SO I MEAN, WE, WE REALLY NEED, CAN WE PULL IT UP? I, I'M GONNA HAVE, AND I SAID THIS LAST TIME FOR A SIGN VARIANCE, I'M GONNA HAVE A HARD TIME GOING YES.
WITH GIVING YOU CARTE BLANCHE FOR SURE.
OVER EIGHT LOCATIONS WITH REALLY NO SIGN MEASUREMENTS HEIGHTS.
UM, I, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU DEFINED THEM AND, UH, LOOK, I, I'M A CONSTRUCTION GUY.
FIRST THING WE LOOK AT, ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS, ESPECIALLY ON HOSPITALS, WE NEED TO HAVE PROPER SIGNAGE.
I, I GOT A PROBLEM WITH THE CODE AND THE FACT THAT HOSPITALS ARE NOT EXCLUDED AND THEY'RE ONLY LIMITED TO TWO.
BUT I REALLY NEED, I REALLY NEED THOSE, THOSE MEASUREMENTS.
UM, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE FIVE SIGNS PLEASE? SO THE THREE ON THE RIGHT SIDE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, HORIZONTAL.
BASICALLY HOW THEY'RE SHOWN ON THERE, UM, IS HOW THEY'LL BE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS ON THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, THAT'S GONNA BE A SMALLER VERTICAL STANDING SIGN.
UM, THAT'S GONNA COME OUT TO, IT'S LIKE FOUR FEET, I'M PRETTY SURE.
AND THEN THE ONE ON THE TOP LEFT WILL BE THE O EIGHT FEET OVERALL WITH A SIX INCH TALL BASE AT THE BOTTOM.
AND SO, UM, BECAUSE YOU COULD, YOU COULD BE SIX INCHES OFF THE GROUND, YOU COULD BE FOUR FOOT OFF THE GROUND, OFF THE, FOR THE BOTTOM.
I'M JUST A HUNDRED FEET UP IN THE AIR.
I REALLY NEED, UH, I HATE TO BE A STICKLER, BUT IF I, I JUST CAN'T GIVE YOU CARTE BLANCHE AND JUST SO, HEY, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO MEET CERTAIN, CERTAIN HEIGHT CRITERIA WHEN I'M SEEING, UH, THREE DIFFERENT SIGNS OF DIFFERENT SIZES.
I AM TRYING TO BE UP, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YEAH.
SO IS THERE A WAY TO FIX THIS? YEAH, THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING.
I MEAN, I CAN ABSOLUTELY, IF, IF WE WANT TO PUSH IT INTO THE NEXT ONE, I CAN CREATE ANOTHER SLIDE THAT SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT SIGNS WITH THE MEASUREMENTS THAT ARE ON THESE PIECES OF PAPER.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO GO INTO THE PERMITS THAT ARE PENDING WITHIN THE AB PLUS E PORTAL, UM, TO CHECK THAT, THAT'S WHERE ALL THE ARTWORK AND ENGINEERING IS GONNA BE FOR EACH SIGN.
SO YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED AND I'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
WELL, LET ME, LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
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INTO A B, C FOR PERMITTING AND THEY HAVEN'T COME BACK FOR ANY OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, LIKE WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL SIZES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THEY, NOBODY'S COME BACK WITH YOU AT THAT? NO.I, I'VE, I'VE HEARD FROM THE CITY.
UM, AND THEY, THEY STATED THAT WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED ONE.
UM, YOU ONLY ALLOWED 1 1 1 SIGN.
SO THEY JUST WENT AHEAD AND KIND OF PUSHED ALL OF THEM, UM, STATING NEEDED A VARIANCE WAS REQUIRED.
SO, UM, THERE WAS NO APPROVAL ON THAT END.
WE DID GET OUR WALL SIGNS APPROVED THAT WE WERE GOING FOR, WHICH ARE ALREADY, UH, INSTALLED.
SO NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE FREESTANDING SIGNS, GETTING THE VARIANCE TAKEN CARE OF, AND THEN WE'LL GET THE PERMITS TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL.
I I, I THINK MAYBE WE CAN SAVE A LITTLE TIME BY READING THIS INTO THE RECORD.
DO YOU HAVE THAT THE SIGNED SPECIFICATIONS WITH YOU? LIKE THEIR, THEIR MEASUREMENTS? MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING.
IF WE, IF YOU GO TO PAGE, UH, TWO OF THREE, UH, ON THE PRESENTATION, HE'S GOT THE SIGNS, BASICALLY WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND, HE HAS THE SIGNS SITTING THERE.
IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THERE'S THREE DOWN HERE.
FOLLOW WITH ME JUST ON IT AND MAKE SURE I'M DOING THIS CORRECTLY.
THEN, UH, ON THE OTHER ONES YOU GOT EO ONE E, O2 A, BO ONE, AND THEN AN E THREE FIVE.
CAN WE PULL FORWARD THE PRESENTATION ONE MORE SLIDE FORWARD WITH THE SIGNS WE WERE, YEAH, THAT ONE.
SO ON THE BOTTOM OF EACH OF THESE, THE E 17 OR DO THOSE DENOTE THE, LIKE THE SIGNS LIKE, LIKE WE COULD REFER TO THOSE? YES.
THOSE CORRELATE TO THE SITE PLAN CORRECTLY.
AND THEN CAN WE TIE, IF YOU COULD GIVE US US THE, TO THOSE, IF YOU COULD GIVE, WHAT IS THE HEIGHT FOR E SEVEN? LET'S JUST WALK THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE HEIGHT FOR E 17? THE OVERALL HEIGHT FOR E 17 IS EIGHT FEET.
THE SIGN AREA IS SEVEN FOOT SIX BY FOUR FOOT 11, NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT FEET.
WF OH 1 0 2 AND E OH FIVE W UH, THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS FOUR FOOT EIGHT INCHES.
WITH THE SIGN AREA BEING FOUR FOOT TWO AND THE WIDTH BEING THREE FOOT, ONE AND A HALF INCHES, I'M JUST GONNA CALL IT NOT TO EXCEED FOUR FOOT EIGHT INCHES.
UP THERE TO, UH, THE TOP RIGHT, I'M LOOKING AT IT DIFFERENT FROM YOU.
TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, UH, THE EO ONE EO TWO EO ONE IS GONNA BE AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF SIX FOOT AND THREE 16 INCHES.
WITH THE SIGN AREA BEING FOUR FOOT AND THREE 16 INCHES WITH A WIDTH OF 12 FEET CALL.
WHY DON'T DO THAT WHEN I CALL SIX SIX.
SIX FOOT ONE, MADAM CHAIR IS FINE.
NO, THAT WAS, UH, E LOOKING FOR ONE.
THE HEIGHT OF THAT ONE WOULD BE
IT'S GONNA BE THE ONE THAT GETS ME.
BOARD MEMBER BOWEN, I WILL TAKE THAT IDEA.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR THE SIGNED HOSPITAL EXTENSION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IF MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT IN THERE FOR YOU.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT UNDER DUE AGENDA ITEMS E 35.
SO IF I HAD TO GUESS, UM, OFF OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THAT SIGN AREA IS GONNA BE ABOUT THREE FEET TALL BY FOUR FEET WIDE.
SO JUST CALL IT THREE AND A HALF.
PRETTY MUCH SIX INCHES OF WIGGLE ROOM.
BECAUSE I KNOW HOW CONSTRUCTION IS AND IF THE GUYS ARE POURING THAT
AND IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE ONE BELOW.
E 35, SLIGHTLY BIGGER ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
THE REASON, UH, THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE AND, AND I'M LIKE COMMISSIONER BOEING, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF SIGNAGE FOR, FOR, UH, HEALTH AND SAFETY EMERGENCY ROOMS AND, AND, UH, 24 HOUR EMERGENCIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THE ONLY THING THAT I, I DID, I KNOW C ASEN ASCENSION IS PROUD OF THEMSELVES VERY, BUT THEY COULD HAVE MADE THE BOXES ON, ON BO ONE AND E THREE FIVE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER AND INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE EMERGENCY WOULD'VE BEEN MY PREFERENCE.
JUST, I JUST HAD TO SAY IT, MAN.
I KNOW THEY'RE PROUD OF THEMSELVES AND EVERYTHING, BUT COME ON MAN, LU, I SECOND THAT.
WITH THOSE, THOSE THINGS RESOLVED.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IN, IN HERE.
IN TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS TALK ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE THE LAST ONE WE HAD, THEY TALKED ABOUT EVERYBODY BEING UNDER DRAFT.
TRUST ME, I HAVE TO TAKE SOME ELDERLY LADIES
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TO THE HOSPITAL AND TRYING TO GET OVER THERE AND DEAL WITH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'VE GOT IT.UM, IF YOU WERE WITHIN THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND THOSE SIGN SIZES AND YOU HAD TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE A HARD TIME READING, THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE, BUT PARKING SIGNS NEED TO BE PRETTY DAMN CLEAR WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOSPITAL.
AND I SEE A MAN OVER THERE SHAKING HIS HEAD AND I KNOW, I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR MOST OF YOU HERE GOING, YEAH.
ALSO, VIRTUAL BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
I'LL SECOND THE MOTION TO APPROVE IF IT HASN'T BEEN.
SO THAT'LL BE A MOTION TO APPROVE MADE BY BOARD MEMBER VAN OWENS, SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER.
STAN, CAN YOU READ THE FINDINGS PLEASE? YES.
IN, UH, IN MY, UH, MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE WITH ITEM WITH THE ITEMS ON PAGE 2 0 3.
UH, ITEM 0 2 3 PRESENTATION ON IN OUR PRESENTATION TO INCLUDE E 17 AT EIGHT FOOT SIGNAGE FOR WO ONE TWO E OH FIVE AT FOUR FOOT EIGHT INCHES.
AND I'LL BRING THAT TO YOU, STEPH.
UM, SIGNAGE FOR E OH ONE E OH TWO AT SIX, NOT TO EXCEED SIX FOOT ONE INCHES.
SIGNAGE FOR B OH ONE AT THREE FOOT SIX E 35 AT FOUR FEET, UM, AS REPRESENTED ON ITEM TWO OF THREE OF THE PRESENTATION.
THE BOARD MUST, MUST DETERMINE THE EXISTENCE OF, OF SUFFICIENCY, OF AND WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE FINDINGS DESCRIBED BELOW.
IN ORDER TO GRANT YOUR REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCE, THE BOARD MUST FIRST MAKE ONE OR MORE OF THE FINDINGS DESCRIBED UNDER ONE, TWO, AND THREE BELOW.
AND THE BOARD MUST THEN MAKE THE FINDING DESCRIBED IN ITEM FOUR BELOW.
ITEM ONE IS THE VARIANCE IS NECESSARY BECAUSE STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF THE ARTICLE PROHIBITS ANY REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SIGNS ON THE SITE CONSIDERING THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE SITE, SUCH AS DIMENSIONS, LANDSCAPING, OR TOPOGRAPHY.
AND BECAUSE THE FREE STANDING SIGN IS NOT ENOUGH TO EFFICIENTLY LOCATE THE ENTRANCE OR BUILDING THAT A CI CITIZEN MAY NEED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, MULTIPLE FREE FREESTANDING SIGNS LOCATED AROUND THE PROPERTY WITH HELP WILL ELIMINATE THIS ISSUE.
THE GROUNDING OF THIS VARIANCE WILL NOT HAVE A SUBSTANTIALLY ADVERSE IMPACT UPON NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES BECAUSE WITH THIS VARIANCE, THE ADDITIONAL FREESTANDING SIGNS WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC FLOW.
SINCE THE BUILDING WILL BE EASIER TO LOCATE, IT WILL ALSO BE HELPFUL IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, THE IN INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ABLE TO FIND THE APPROPRIATE BUILDING QUICKER.
AND FOUR, THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE WILL NOT PROVIDE THE APPLICANT WITH A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE NOT ENJOYED BY OTHER SIMILARLY SITUATED OR POTENTIALLY SIMILARLY SITUATED BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY OTHER HOSPITALS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT HAVE MULTIPLE FREESTANDING SIGNS.
WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS VARIANCE, THE APPLICANT WILL BE EQUIVALENT TO THE OTHER HOSPITALS IN THE AREA.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE TIED TO PRESENTATION TWO SLASH THREE WITH E 17 AT EIGHT FEET WF ZERO ONE, WF ZERO TWO AND E ZERO FIVE AT FOUR EIGHT INCHES.
E ZERO ONE E ZERO TWO AT SIX ONE INCH B ZERO ONE AT THREE FEET, SIX INCHES, AND E 35 AT FOUR FEET MADE BY BOARD MEMBER VON OWEN.
AND MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE THE HEIGHTS SPECIFICALLY, THESE ARE NOT TO EXCEED NUMBERS.
SO YOU CAN GO SHORT OR WHATEVER WE'RE NOT TELLING HIM IT'S GOTTA BE, BUT IT'S NOT TO EXCEED.
I DON'T WANNA GET LEGAL IN TROUBLE.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE CENTIMETER OVER, WE'RE GOING GET CHECKED OUT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE.
TOMMY, STILL NOT HEARING ANYTHING? YES.
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YES.[3. C15-2024-0048 Maximiliano Martinez, PE for Shaun Vembutty 4013 Clawson Road ]
ON.MAXIM MILANO, MARTINEZ, PE FOR SEAN VAN OR BOOTY, MAYBE 4 0 1 3 CLAWSON ROAD.
HI, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
S OH, SORRY, SORRY, EXCUSE ME.
UM, HE WAS NOT HERE FOR THE SWEARING IN.
I NEED YOU TO TAKE, UH, GIVE YOUR OATH TO GIVE TESTIMONY REAL QUICK.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL GIVE TONIGHT WILL BE TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE? YES, I DO.
STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
UH, WE ARE WORKING ON A PROJECT ON CLAWSON 40 13 CLAWSON.
PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROJECT.
IT'S A 19,807 SQUARE FOOT SF THREE LOT, UM, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SUBDIVIDE TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING.
THE PROBLEM IS WE ONLY HAVE 50 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH, LOT WIDTH, UM, WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH.
SO WE'RE, IF WE WERE LOOKING TO DO ONE SF THREE LOT AND ONE FLAG LOT, WE WOULD REQUIRE 65 FEET OF FRONTAGE.
SO 50 FOR THE ONE SF, THREE, AND, UH, 15 FOR THE FLAG.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING HERE FOR TODAY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DRAWING, THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER SIMILARLY, UH, SUBDIVIDED LOTS.
UM, AND THE LOT SIZES THAT WE'D END UP WITH, UM, CLOSE TO 6,800 OR 7,000 ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE AREA.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE I CAME ON THIS PROJECT.
IT WAS HERE IN 2022 AND 2020 AND 2017 ALL APPROVED.
UM, I THINK THAT ALL THESE WERE BEFORE THE HOME INITIATIVE AND MAYBE THE NUMBERS DIDN'T WORK OUT.
I CAN'T TALK TO WHY THEY DIDN'T PROCEED WITH THE SUBDIVISION OR, OR GET IT APPROVED.
UM, BUT THE PLAN TODAY IS TO GET THIS, UH, VARIANCE TO PROPOSE TWO LOTS AND, UM, AND TWO HOME ONE PROJECTS ON THIS SLIDE.
UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBER BOWEN.
UM, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT AND OPEN IT UP FOR TWO HOME? TWO PROJECTS? HOME ONE, SORRY.
SO YOU'RE, YOU GOT TWO HOME, ONE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO PUT ON.
NOW, THESE TWO LOTS, IS THAT, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
WELL, WITH THE CURRENT ZONING, YOU COULD PROVIDE THREE HOUSES ON THIS 19,000 SQUARE FOOT DOT WITH, WITH TWO S OF THREE LOTS, YOU CAN POTENTIALLY PROVIDE SIX.
SO YOU'RE GONNA TEAR THE OTHER HOUSE DOWN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE INTENTIONS OF THE EXISTING HOUSE TO BE HONEST.
I'M ON THIS FOR THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS.
THESE WERE APPROVED, THIS LOT YOU SAID WAS APPROVED TWICE BEFORE.
AND WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH IT IN HOW MANY YEARS? IT WAS FIRST APPROVED IN 2017.
IT WAS A DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP, DIFFERENT ENGINEER AT THE TIME.
SO IS IT, SO IT'S THE OWNERSHIP THAT DECIDES THEY WANT TO RECREATE THE WHEEL OR, I MEAN, IT'S THEIR MONEY, NOT MINE.
I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY THINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT.
I, I SAW THAT SOME ACTUALLY DID SUB SUBMIT THE SUBDIVISION AND THEY WERE EXPIRED.
UM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF THINGS.
MAYBE THE NUMBERS DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR, FOR FOUR HOMES.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR RIGHT NOW.
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LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT WHEN THEY WERE APPROVED BACK IN, UH, 20, 20, 22, 20 17, THEY WERE APPROVED FOR ONE HOUSE ON EACH EACH LOT.NOT THREE, FOUR HOUSES OR FIVE HOUSES OR SIX HOUSES, WHATEVER THEY, SO WHAT, HOW MANY HOUSES ARE THEY ANTICIPATING PUTTING ON THESE TWO LOTS? AGAIN, I, I COULD SPEAK ON SIMILAR PROJECTS OF THIS SIZE.
I, I KNOW HOME DOES ALLOW FOR THREE, BUT LOTS THAT ARE CLOSE TO 7,000 SQUARE FEET REALISTICALLY ARE LOOKING AT TWO PER LOT IS WHAT I WOULD GUESS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, AND HAS THE, I KNOW, UH, THEY PROBABLY DID ON THE PREVIOUS APPROVALS, HAS THE OWNER TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE NEIGHBORS? 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE OBJECTING THIS PARTICULAR, AND I'M PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE FEAR THAT THERE'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, THREE HOUSES PUT ON EACH LOT.
I'M NOT AWARE THAT THEY SPOKE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT, ABOUT THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL DENSITY OF ABOVE ZONING.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT DIVIDING A IRREGULARLY LARGE LOT INTO TWO.
AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND, AND I, AND I FEEL YOU THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR RESPONSIBILITY UP HERE ISN'T JUST ABOUT FOR THE ZONING, IT'S ALSO FOR THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO HOW IT IMPACTS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.
UH, OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE LIKE HOUSTON WHERE YOU COULD PUT A HIGH RISE NEXT TO A SF THREE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AUSTIN'S UNIQUE IN THAT WAY AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHEN WE NORMALLY ASK SOMEBODY TO TAKE, HAVE SOME COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS IS BECAUSE NOBODY LIVES IN A VACUUM HERE.
EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO IS GONNA IMPACT OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THEM.
AND IT IS JUST COMMON COURTESY, ESPECIALLY HERE IN AUSTIN TOO.
YOU KNOW, I GUESS I, I DIDN'T HAVE THAT THOUGHT WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING THE SITE.
THE NEXT, I THINK THE TWO LOTS NEXT TO US RECENTLY GOT UP.
SO TO SF SIX, THERE'S BEEN IN, IN THAT IMAGE ON THE, ON THE SECOND SHEET OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU COULD SEE THAT THERE'S I THINK TWO OR THREE OTHER, UM, SUBDIVISIONS WHERE THEY DID THE EXACT SAME THING.
UM, I, WE LOOKED AT GOING TO SF SIX AND, AND IT WAS A SIMILAR MAXIMUM DENSITY, ALTHOUGH THE END PRODUCT IS MORE, UH, LIKE A SITE PLAN WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE CONCRETE, A LOT MORE KIND OF CONDO AND NOT SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, SO YEAH, I DIDN'T, I I DIDN'T THINK THAT THIS WOULD CHANGE THE CHARACTERISTIC OF, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM WHAT COULD BE PROPOSED.
IN LATE BACKUP, YOU HAVE TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION ON MORGAN AND THEY'RE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE REAR LOT THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING.
AND THE OTHER VARIANCES, I'M NOT ABLE TO SEE THEM ON THE AUSTIN BUILD CONNECT.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY'VE UPDATED IT AND IT'S AWESOME.
SO I THOUGHT IT THROUGH THE PROPERTY PROFILE, IF THE EXPERIENCES WERE APPROVED BEFORE, YOU MIGHT WANNA PROVIDE COPIES TO STAFF BECAUSE MM-HMM
UM, I THINK YOU, I HAVE THE CASE NUMBERS.
IF YOU ALL WANNA NEED 'EM, UH, YOU REALLY SHOULD HAVE PUT THEM IN THE BACKUP.
AND I JUST LOOKED, UM, THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ACROSS THE STREET ACTUALLY HAD THE LOT WIDTH AND YOU CAN SEE THE, LIKE THE ONE THAT HAD THREE FLAGS MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, THEY ACTUALLY HAD A GREAT DEAL OF LOT WIDTH.
AND SO WITH YOUR, UM, LATE BACKUP OF NON-SUPPORT, I DON'T THINK WITHOUT FURTHER INFORMATION OR PERHAPS YOU SPEAKING TO THEM OR THEM UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS THAT IS GONNA BE BUILT THAT I COULD SUPPORT IT.
Y'ALL CAN DO WHATEVER Y'ALL WANNA DO.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION.
UM, SO, UM, ESSENTIALLY I JUST WANNA SAY I'M GENERALLY IN SUPPORT OF MORE DENSITY, UM, IN THIS WAY.
SO I'M INCLINED TO APPROVE, BUT I DO AGREE WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, BRING THIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PARTICULARLY ENGAGING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GIVEN THAT YOU'VE HAD THIS OPPOSITION, UM, I THINK I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BEFORE I, BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD WITH AN APPROVAL.
IF THAT'S APPEAL, DO YOU UNDER, YOU UNDERSTAND WE'RE, AND WE'RE NOT BEATING UP ON YOU 'CAUSE YOU'RE JUST HERE REPRESENTING, YOU CAN ONLY COME WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE, BUT DO YOU UNDERSTAND SORT OF WHAT THE RETICENCE IS AS FAR AS GETTING IT APPROVED? THE, IT
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WOULD BE GOOD IF THE, THE NEIGHBORS WOULD ENGAGE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND LET THEM KNOW BECAUSE THE OPPOSITION MAY JUST BE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A FULL, THEY, YOU KNOW, THE SKY'S FALLING.SO IF THE OWNER COULD MEET WITH THEM AND, AND ALSO BRING BACK TO US WHAT IT IS IT SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY, BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FLAG LOT, IF THEY PUT THREE HOUSES IN THE BACK, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC RUNNING UP AND DOWN THAT 'CAUSE IT'S, IT BUTTS UP AGAINST THE NEXT PROPERTY.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, POSTPONE SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THAT WAY IT DOESN'T, UH, IT DOESN'T PUT YOU IN A JAM AS FAR AS HAVING TO PAY ANOTHER FEE AND EVERYTHING TO COME BACK.
BUT IT'S NOT UNCOMMON THAT THIS HAPPENS THAT WE WILL MAKE A POSTPONEMENT SO THAT YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR OWNER, GET YOUR OWNER TO GET WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THOSE THAT ARE CONCERNED, IT'S IN THE PACKAGE, IT'S PUBLIC RECORD, THEY HAVE THAT ADDRESSED.
AND THEN ALSO IF THEY CAN COME BACK TO US WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, HOW MANY HOUSES ARE THEY REALLY INTENDING TO PUT ON HERE MM-HMM
OR WHATEVER THEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR PLAN IS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST QUITE SO AMBIGUOUS.
IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
UH, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR SITE SURVEY WITH THE PROPOSED LOT SIZES AND I WAS SEEING THE FLAG LOT.
WOULD, OR AT LEAST THE WAY THIS IS DRAWN, GO OVER THE CURRENT RESIDENCE AND DECK AND YOU SAID YOU DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO DEMOLISH THAT OR NOT OR MOVE IT.
C CAN I SEE THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? COULD YOU PULL UP, UH, THE BACKUP ITEM THREE 10 PLEASE? I'M ALSO SEEING A LOT OF BIG TREES AND HERITAGE TREES THAT WOULD END UP YEAH.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BUILD ANYTHING IF IT WAS SUBDIVIDED.
I'M NOT SEEING THE PRESENTATION.
WE COULD BE HERE TILL 10:00 PM AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO VOTE, VOTE ON IT.
JESSICA, WHAT PAGE DID YOU WANT? THREE 10 ITEM THREE 10 IN THE, UH, ADVANCE ADVANCED PACKET.
WELL EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT IF I CAN SPEAK TO IT, IF, IF THE HOUSE IS OVER THE, SOMETHING IN THE PRESENTATION, IF THE HOUSE IS OVER THE PROPOSED LOT LINE, THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DEMOLISHED TO BE SUCCESSFULLY SUBDIVIDED.
UH, PRESENTATION THREE, FOUR WILL WORK CLOSE ENOUGH.
NAH, IT DOESN'T REALLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW LIKE THE SURVEY DOES.
SHEET NINE SHOWS YOU TREES AND ALSO SHOWS YOU YEAH.
UH, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR SIDE SURVEY.
DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF YOUR SIDE SURVEY? YEAH.
SO LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED LOT SIZES, THERE'S A RED LINE IN THE ADVANCED PACKET, UH, THAT IS 15 FEET AND ONE QUARTER INCHES, BUT THERE'S ONLY 12 FEET, TWO INCHES BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE HOUSE AND THE, UH, THE LOT LINE.
SO YES, WITH, WITH THIS PROPOSED SUBDIVISION, THIS HOUSE WOULD, WOULD HAVE TO BE DEMOLISHED.
UM, 'CAUSE WE, WE COULDN'T CREATE A NON-CONFORMING SITUATION.
SO WE WOULD, UH, DEMOLISH THAT DURING OR BEFORE THE SUBDIVISION WOULD BE RECORDED, IT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT.
AND I, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO SITE PLAN REVIEW YET, RIGHT? YOU DON'T HAVE A SITE PLAN? NO, WE HAVE NOT SUBMITTED YET.
IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THE STRUCTURES MAY END UP, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
LIKE RELOCATION OF THE STRUCTURE.
WHERE WELL, WHERE THEY'LL END UP BEING ON BOTH LOTS.
YEAH, I CAN, I CAN SHARE WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SOME PRELIMINARY
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WORK WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND WE CAN SHOW A SITE PLAN WHERE EVEN IF IT'S JUST A GUESSTIMATE, I'D BE OKAY WITH THAT.SINCE WE'RE HAVING YOU COME BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION.
OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBER MEDINA, LEAL? YES.
UM, IF WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND SEE MORE INFORMATION WITH KIND OF PROPOSED AREAS OF WHERE THE, UM, HOUSES WOULD BE, JUST, I'D LIKE TO SEE KIND OF WHAT WORK IN ADVANCE Y'ALL HAVE DONE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH LIKE WITH A FD, IF, IF YOU'RE BUILDING KIND OF WAY BACK MM-HMM
UM, ARE WE FOLLOWING CODE, UM, WITH REGARDS TO ACCESS, EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS AND UM, IN CASE OF, YOU KNOW, NEEDING TO GET, YOU KNOW, WATER BACK THERE MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT LIKE THIS AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH MOST HOME ONE PROJECTS IS THE THIRD HOUSE OR THE, THE FURTHER HOMES THAT ARE MORE THAN 150 FEET AWAY FROM THE STREET ARE REQUIRED SPRINKLERS.
SO MOST LIKELY ALL OF THE HOUSES ON THE BACK WILL REQUIRE SPRINKLERS, A SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT BOARD MEMBER EIGHT? SO, UM, BASICALLY I JUST WANTED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ASK HIM THE NEXT TIME HE COMES IF HE COULD, YOU KNOW, PRODUCE A SLIDE OF THE, JUST A NEARBY AREA WITH, UH, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE LOTS HAD HIGHER DENSITIES JUST TO PRODUCE A SLIDE, YOU KNOW, SHOWING THOSE TO SHOW THE GREATER CONTEXT SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BETTER DETERMINE AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
SO WE DID HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MADE BY BOARD MEMBER VON OLAND.
WAS THERE A SECOND MADAM? THERE WAS, UH, A MOTION TO POSTPONE MOTION.
WAS THERE A SECOND THOUGH? I DIDN'T, I SECOND.
MADAM CHAIR, WHAT DATE ARE Y'ALL ON? THAT'S, IT'S GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTIONS.
DID YOU WANNA JUST DO NEXT MEETING, ASK HIM WHAT HE MIGHT NEED AND I, I I DO.
NEXT MEETING IS ON MARCH 10TH.
WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU? I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IS, UM, OR WHEN THEY'RE SCHEDULED IN THIS AREA.
UM, AND THAT WAS, I FEEL LIKE A REQUEST THAT YOU GUYS WANTED FROM US.
UM, SO I WOULD, I CAN DO MARCH 10TH OR WE CAN DO APRIL 14TH.
I'D FEEL BETTER IN APRIL 14TH.
THAT GIVES US A SOME TIME TO MEET.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING SOME THOUGHT INTO THAT
THAT'S HOW I FOUND THEM THROUGH PROPERTY PROFILE.
AND THERE WERE CONDITIONS ON THE FIRST VARIANCE 'CAUSE IMAGINE THAT WE WERE HERE
SO, UM, IT'S ALL COMING BACK NOW.
SO YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT BOARD MEMBER VAN OLAN? SURE.
SO THIS AGAIN IS A MOTION TO POSTPONE TO APRIL 14TH, 2025 MADE BY BOARD MEMBER VAN OWEN.
SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER KIM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT.
THIS IS POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL 14TH.
[4. C15-2025-0001 Rodney K. Bennett for Adnan Awad 525 West Howard Lane]
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM FOUR C 15 20 25 0 0 0 1.RODNEY K BENNETT FOR AWA 5 25 WEST HOWARD LANE.
MR. BENNETT, HOW ARE YOU? AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
HELLO MADAM CHAIRWOMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 25 DASH TWO DASH EIGHT 14 FOR
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THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 25 WEST HOWARD LANE.THIS SECTION OF THE CODE PERTAINS TO QUEUING AND THE NUMBER OF PUMPS PERMITTED AT A GAS STATION.
THE ALLOWABLE IS EIGHT Q SPACES AND 16 PUMPS.
WE ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW 12 Q SPACES AND, I'M SORRY, 12 Q LANES AND 24 PUMPS.
PREVIOUS CASES PRESENTED BY MR. WHIT AND MYSELF HAVE SHOWN THE CURRENT QUEUING IS ANTIQUATED.
THE MODERN DESIGNS SUCH AS THE ONE PRESENTED IN YOUR BACKUP REMOVES DRIVER CONFUSION AND THE STACKING OF VEHICLES TO ACCESS THE PUMPS.
ULTIMATELY RESULTING IN A SAFER EXPERIENCES.
I FEEL THAT THE HARDSHIP IS, THE HARDSHIP IS PRESENT AT AS THE LOT IS ODDLY SHAPED AND HAS A WATER AND WASTEWATER EASEMENT ALONG THE FRONT.
THE RESULT IS A LONG NARROW AREA TO PLACE THE PUMPS.
ANY DESIGN USING THE CURRENT CODE WOULD BE UNSAFE AND CONFUSING.
THE HARDSHIP IS NOT GENERAL TO THE AREA OR ANY AREAS OF AUSTIN AS PREVIOUS CASES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
THIS REQUEST WILL NOT ALTER THE AREA'S CHARACTER AS THE ADJOINING LOTS ARE COMMERCIAL AND THE QUEUING CAN BE DONE ONSITE WITH AS THERE ARE THREE ENTRANCES.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'LL BE AVAILABLE SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
THE, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT FOR THE SHELL, THIS IS FOR ACROSS THE STREET IN AN EMPTY LOT.
IS THAT, OR IS IT THAT'S A DEVELOPED LOT.
UH, YEAH, SO SEE THE UNDEVELOPED LOT, THEY'RE GONNA DEVELOP AN OKAY.
YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA SAY, SHE'S GONNA BE A PRETTY HARD TO FINAGLE TO DO WHAT? TO DO THAT.
UH, I'LL STAND ON FOR ANYBODY ELSE.
AND JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE, UH, THIS WILL BE COMING BEFORE PC ON THE, UH, 25TH MARCH 25TH.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE TO HEAR THIS TYPE OF CASE AGAIN.
WE'RE GONNA GET THAT RESOLVED.
I'M WRITING THE, UH, THE DRAFT RIGHT NOW.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING, UH, JUST LOOKING AT YOUR SITE PLAN, UH, OUTTA CURIOSITY, WHERE'S YOUR TANKS GOING? GIMME ONE SECOND PLEASE.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN FOR SOME OF US, THE BUILT GAS STATIONS WOULD KINDA LIKE TO KNOW HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO CERTAIN THINGS LIKE, UH, EASEMENTS.
I JUST HAVE 'EM WORKING FOR ME.
IT IS NOT SHOWN ON THE SHEET THAT, THAT THEY GAVE ME.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT, IF IT IS, IT'S TOO SMALL.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT ON THE SHEET THAT YOU HAD IN THE, IN THE APPLICATION.
SO YEAH, I HAVE THE SAME SHEET.
UM,
IT'S JUST, UH, I JUST THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL INFORMATION ALSO FOR ACCESS BACK AND FORTH, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
ALRIGHT, OTHER QUESTIONS? VIRTUAL BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MADE BY BOARD MEMBER VAN ALLEN.
SECOND, SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR HAWTHORNE FINDINGS.
THE REASON, UH, REASONABLE USE THE ZONING REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO THE PROPERTY DO NOT ALLOW FOR REASONABLE USE BECAUSE IT'S PREVIOUSLY EVIDENCE, UH, WHERE THE CITY'S QUEUING DESIGN IS GOING TO BE RE IS OUTDATED AND WILL BE REDESIGNED AGAIN.
THE HARDSHIP FOR WHICH THE VARIANCE IS REQUESTED IS UNIQUE TO THE PROPERTY IN THAT THE LOT HAS AN OUT IS HAS AN ODDLY SHAPED AND WIDE WASTEWATER EASEMENT THAT RESTRICTS THE DESIGN.
THE HARDSHIP IS NOT GENERAL INTO THE, IN THE, IS NOT GENERAL TO THE AREA IN WHICH A PROPERTY IS LOCATED BECAUSE HEATHWOOD, HEATHER, WILD SITE, TECH RIDGE SITE AND HOWARD LANE SITE WERE ALSO APPROVED FOR ADDITIONAL QUEUING SPACES, SPACES, AREA, CHARACTER.
THE VARIANCE WILL NOT ALTER THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, WILL NOT IMPAIR THE USE OF THE ADJACENT CONFORMING PROPERTY AND WILL NOT IMPAIR THE PURPOSE OF THE REGULATIONS OF THE ZONING DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED.
BECAUSE THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORS ARE COMMERCIAL AND THE VEHICLES HAVE THREE DRIVEWAY AISLES,
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ONE BEING SHARED DRIVEWAY TO ENTER AND EXIT THE SITE AND THE QUEING CAN BE HANDLED ON SITE.AGAIN, THIS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE MADE BY BOARD MEMBER VAN NOLAN.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT.
GRANTED THANK YOU BOARD AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING IT TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
NICE TO SEE YOU, BABY BENNETT.
[7. Discussion of the January 13, 2025, Board of Adjustment activity report ]
ITEM SEVEN, DISCUSSION OF THE JANUARY 13TH, 2025 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT.AS USUAL, OUTSTANDING, BEAUTIFUL DOLLAR.
VERY DETAIL ORIENTED, VERY WELL DONE.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]
AGENDA ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE ANY MORE OF THOSE.
WELL, ANYTHING ELSE? IT IS FUNNY THAT THEY REDID THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL AND THEY DIDN'T ADDRESS IT.
'CAUSE I KNOW, BUT THIS IS IN CODE.
WELL THE TIME IS WOW, 6:35 PM WE'RE ADJOURNED.