City Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, we're going to open the meeting. This is the July 2nd, 2026 Board of Adjustment meeting. The first item on our agenda today is the roll call, please.

Chairman Beaver?

Present.

Board Member Buberal?

Here.

Board Member Clark? He's absent. Board Member Rowe?

Here.

Board Member Sorrell?

Here.

Alternate Board Member Jones?

Present.

Thank you.

Okay, so that gives us five members for quorum. The next item would be approval of the minutes of our meeting that was held on June 4th, 2026. Has everybody had a chance to review those minutes? If so, I'd entertain a motion.

I so move to approve the minutes of the meeting held June 4th, 2026 as written and submitted.

Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. All in favor indicate by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed? None. The minutes have been approved. The swearing in of witnesses, we will wait until the applicant gets here so you can just do that one time. And then we will take up the one item on our agenda. And it's 302. Do you know where he was coming from? Okay. The location is over off of Delaware.

I recommend just a 10-minute recess. We can recess after 10 minutes.

We can recess after 10 minutes?

You can just say you'll recess until 3.13.

That'll be great. We will recess now until 3.13. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm learning. He blessed. They wouldn't have gave him nothing in Dallas. They would have moved on to the next lane.

Oh, really?

the place or work there.

Oh really?

Yeah, I-10 was 16th Street. Of course, I-10 comes through. That was 16th Street before I-10 was built.

Wow. 7th, 12th, 13th. Yeah.

Yeah, that's right, because that's where it was when it was still there whenever I came.

Okay, it's 3.13. We're going to reconvene the July 2nd, 2026 Board of Adjustment meeting. The first item on our agenda today, we've already had the roll call and the approval of the minutes from June 4th. Now, the next item would be to swear in our witnesses today. Anybody who's going to speak for, against, or just provide information on an agenda item would need to be sworn in. Yes.

Please, do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Yes.

All right, thank you. So our first item, actually our only item on today's agenda is... PZ 2026-172, to consider a request for a variance to the minimum rear yard setback requirements. The applicant is Curtis Roy White, and the location is 335 Summerwood Drive. If we could, we'll start with having the staff provide information on this, please.

Curtis Roy White, on behalf of Nick Lampson, is requesting a variance to the minimum rear yard setback for the property located at 335 Summerwood Drive. The property is zoned RS, which requires a minimum rear yard setback of 25 feet. The applicant is seeking to reduce the rear setback requirement from 25 feet to 12 feet to allow for the installation of a pergola. We sent out 28 property owner notices. We received two in favor and zero in opposition. On your screens, you can see the location map, the subject property, the site plan, and a Google area view.

Go back to the site plan, please. Okay, I'm just getting myself oriented with that Google view. Board members, does anybody have any questions concerning the application for staff?

In the write-up, you do have that majority of what's being requested is what's considered city, I'm sorry, city variance or city utility easement. city setback so what's actually at the at the rear of the property that's existing because it did mention something existing as well I'm sorry can you repeat that so it says that there's an existing storage shed in the northwest corner that encroaches 2 foot already is that 2 foot already in this in the setback that's being requested.

So the storage shed is existing we I don't think the request is in for the storage shed.

Right, right, right. What I'm asking is, is the structure that's being requested for the setback or the variance, rather, is that equal to the storage shed that's existing? Or, I mean, are they butting up to that line is what I'm asking?

Let me see if I can get the question. Rear that lot. Go back to the area. So the rear of that lot in the house, they're not parallel. And there's an existing 10-foot utility easement on the plat. So they're not in the utility easement. But the 25-foot setback line by the city ordinance goes far enough toward the house. The original plat required a 20-foot building setback line. The original plat of record. But, you know, the city, their restrictions are different than what the developer put on the lot. So the developer actually allowed it to go to 20 feet, where the city's requirement is 25. But that storage building, if his dimension is right, that 13 feet, does not encroach into the utilities. But by looking at the proposed site plan, it doesn't look like, Looks like he's kind of squaring it up a little bit different. So like the shed would be one place and then the covered area may be kind of going around. He'll have to tell us that in a minute when he gets up to speed. But I think it's kind of almost angling maybe a little bit. But I kind of perceive in the rough sketch.

For the site plan? Yes, sir. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.

Yeah, I mean, just looking at that, it looks like he's trying to portray he's going to be square to the house over here.

So the variance that is being requested to reduce the rear setback requirement from 25 feet to 12 feet, that would be all the way across. So that would satisfy... We're not... Even though the storage shed is not the subject of this, that would... Because it would be the entire back width of the yard, not just where they want to build. That's correct.

That's what I thought.

If I'm saying that correctly.

I'm sorry, my question was complicated.

It's okay. Why don't we ask the applicant to provide information, and then if we have more questions for staff, we can always...

Absolutely. Yes, sir.

If you would, if you'd come to the podium, state your name, your address, and then your relationship with this property that the variance is for.

Okay. My name is Curtis White. I'm the owner of CRW Contractors. I am applying for Nick Lampson, and I'm just his contractor. My address is 4930 Fennette Road. And in regards to yours, we are kind of asking for both because Nick felt like we should get proper authorization, even though the storage shed is existing. We would like to remove it and do it right because it's not built properly. So that's why we were asking for a setback of the whole properties, even though my new structure encroaches only in one corner. But the storage shed encroaches as well, just nobody knew about it until we started our application process. And I did get a variance change through Fitz Shipman to get rid of the original plot, no build of 20. And they moved it to 15, I think. Or it's gone completely, I think. I just don't know how that works. I'm sorry. I'm not a plot amendment type.

That would have nothing, no bearing on what we're doing.

Correct. It was just the city would not even allow me to apply for a permit until I changed the original plot amendment to meet their guidelines. And now I have to come before y'all to encroach on your easements.

If you would, go to the next slide, please, that showed the little sketch. Yes. So what are we seeing here?

The little dotted line that I'm showing is the angle of the property fence line, which I'm needing 12 foot. In other words, I'm showing my encroachment of... You're burning it backwards, I guess.

Your column closest to the back property line is going to be 12 feet.

Correct, correct.

So, Jeff, if she goes back to that aerial image. So, if we look, and we can't blow that up, I'm sure, but it looks like there's kind of already a patio area that looks kind of parallel to the house.

Is that concrete back there already?

Can I come up? Yes, sir. Are you covering this right here? Okay, that's the old structure from this picture. There was one there? He had that removed prior to me. storage building is still there. And again, we would like it to be matched. My is going to match the house nicer. So invisible appearance from the neighbors, it's proper. They tied that little shade in with a single

Mr. White, I need you to step back to the mic so it can be recorded.

The one corner of my pergola encroaches maybe three foot wide by two foot into the area that we're requesting.

So the actual structure you're going to build and the details and specifications and things for that would fall under... you know, another department of the city building code.

Correct. Correct.

Our responsibility here today is to decide whether to grant the variance to allow you to reduce the setback to just 12 feet.

Understood.

Does anybody have any specific questions?

I just have one with this picture. So that deck that was originally there, how far was it from that back fence line? I mean, is your structure going to be far smaller than what that was? No, it's roughly exactly the same.

Yes.

That was all I wanted to know.

Roger Chris anything so I have no question okay thank you very much thank you is anybody have any other questions or information to request of the staff I don't believe so If there are no other questions, then I would entertain a motion to either approve or deny the variance to reduce the rear setback from 25 to 12 feet at 335 Summerwood Drive.

I'll make a motion to approve the variance as presented.

Motion to approve. Is there a second? Is that a second, Chris? Yes, sir, aye. Okay, thank you, Chris. We have a motion and a second. If you would call the roll for a vote, please.

Chairman Beaver?

I'm for the motion.

Board Member Buberal?

For.

Board Member Rowe?

For.

Board Member Sorrell?

For it.

Alternate Board Member Jones?

For it.

Thank you.

Okay, the motion passes. That is the only item on our agenda. I want to wish everybody a happy 4th of July. Be safe. Have fun. And we are adjourned.

Absolutely. Have fun. Be safe.

Thank you.