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GOOD EVENING.[CALL TO ORDER]
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TO ORDER AT 6 38.UM, WE WILL NOW HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
EVERYONE STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
[1. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for a variance to Section 21 (A) (4.1) (a) and (c) of the Supplementary District Regulations of the City of Wilmer Zoning Ordinance, to allow the construction of an 8-foot-tall, wood-style concrete fence located in the required yard setback, located at 355 W. Pleasant Run Rd, Wilmer, Texas 75172 and being further described as Site K, BLK A, LT 1, Parcel ID No. 547049400A0010000, Dallas County, Texas. (Case No. V-26-05).]
WILL NOW HAVE A, UM, PUBLIC HEARING.WE WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO SECTION 21, A 4.1 A AND C OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF WILMER ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EIGHT FOOT WALL, WOOD STYLE CONCRETE FENCE LOCATED IN THE REQUIRED YARD SETBACK.
LOCATED AT 3 5 5 WEST PLEASANT RUN ROAD, WILMER, TEXAS 7 5 1 7 2.
AND BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED AS SITE KBLK OR BLOCK A LOT.
ONE PARCEL ID NUMBER 5 4 7 0 4 9 4 8.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS A VARI, SORRY, A VARIANCE FOR OFFENSE SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.
UM, THE FENCES ARE RESTRICTED BY USE IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AND YOU CANNOT HAVE A FENCE BY RIGHT FOR WAREHOUSES.
ALL OF THE WAREHOUSES THAT WE'VE SEEN HAVE COME IN AND WANTED SECURITY AROUND IT.
UM, SO THEY'LL ALL COME IN AND ASK FOR A VARIANCE.
THIS IS THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ITEMS, SO WE DON'T MAKE A RECOMMENDATION JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
I HAD, I HAD, UH, I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION.
I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THAT ONE I WAS READING IN HERE.
NOT ONLY THEY WANT THE HEIGHT, THEY THEY WANT THE BARBED WIRE AROUND THE TOP.
THEY WANT, UM, THERE SHOULD BE AN ATTACHED IMAGE TOO OF A, IT LOOKS LIKE WOOD, BUT IT'S NOT.
IS IT ON THE SIDE NEXT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YES.
SO THAT'S GONNA, THERE WOULD BE A REAR YARD TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE YOU WOULD SEE, I GUESS IN OTHER SUBDIVISIONS WHERE YOU HAVE A SCREENING ELEMENT BETWEEN COMMERCIAL.
SO WHAT IS, WHAT'S BEING BUILT RIGHT THERE? IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE.
IS THAT COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT DOOR? UM, THAT WHOLE AREA IS DESIGNATED AS INDUSTRIAL.
UM, AND THE LAND USE ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S UP FOR CONSIDERATION RIGHT HERE.
BUT THAT WHOLE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY HAD BEEN DESIGNATED INDUSTRIAL.
IT ALSO BE CONSIDERED LIKE A BEING SOLID CONCRETE, LIKE A SOUND SOUND BARRIER TOO, ALSO.
UM, I'M SURE IT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE ACOUSTICS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE IT WOULD BE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF NOISE AT THAT SPOT.
WELL, BUSINESS HAVE A CHAINING FENCE.
WHAT BUSINESS HAVE A CHAINING FENCE? WHY WOULD THIS ONE WANT A CONCRETE STEEL WALL FENCE? UM, I THINK THAT WAS AN AESTHETIC CHOICE THAT THE APPLICANT MADE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WANTED VISIBILITY BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEIR PARKING LOT.
SO I HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON HERE.
MADAM CHAIRMAN IS THE, UH, APPLICANT HERE SEE THEM? UM, I, SORRY, I DO HAVE ONE THING TO NOTE.
WE DID GET A RESPONSE TO THE LETTER THAT WE SENT OUT IN THE MAIL AND THAT CAME FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER LOCATED IMMEDIATELY NEXT DOOR, UM, ON THE WEST SIDE, AND SHE SUBMITTED SUPPORT
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FOR THAT.SO NOT ON THE EAST SIDE WITH THE LONG RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY, BUT ON THE WEST SIDE FOR THAT LOT.
THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND HER HOUSE.
MS. BOBANK, YOU'RE NOT SE ARE YOU SEEKING AN ACTION ON THIS ITEM? YES.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A DECISION FROM THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
MADAM, MADAM CHAIRMAN, I, I'M A LITTLE, UH, CONCERNED THAT THERE'S NO ACTUAL TESTIMONY TO SUPPORT THE APPLICATION SINCE THE APPLICANT'S NOT HERE TO TELL YOU WHY THEY NEED THIS, UH, SCREENING WALL.
AND WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL IS TO CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING AND LET THE APPLICANT COME HERE AND MAKE THEIR CASE TO YOU SO THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME EVIDENCE OF WHAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT UP, WHY THEY WANT IT, AND THEN LET YOU MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION INSTEAD OF DECISION WITHOUT THERE BEING ANY ACTIVE TESTIMONY.
OKAY? UM, IS THIS JUST GONNA BE ON ONE SIDE OR IS IT AROUND THE WHOLE PROPERTY? PROPERTY? WHOLE PROPERTY.
IT'S ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PROPERTY IN THE BACK AND THE FRONT.
DO YOU KNOW WHY THEY WANT DO THE SOLID FENCE? I DON'T, NO.
BUT I GUESS WE WILL FIND OUT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THE, THE ATTORNEY SUGGESTED THAT THE ITEM BE TABLED TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT, UM, AND A SECOND AND THEN A VOTE TO TABLE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
AND, AND AS FAR AS THAT MOTION WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING AS WELL.
SO MOTION WAS, WAS MADE BY MS. CAMP TURNER AND IT WAS SECONDED BY, I'LL SECOND THAT SECOND.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GARCIA.
UM, WE CAN NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE.
MOTION HAS PASSED THIS MEETING.
IS, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER? THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 6 46.