Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Welcome to the uh regular uh monthly meeting Tuesday, December 23rd of the Bedford Board Board of Zoning Appeals. Um the first item on the agenda today is the uh uh to entertain a motion to approve the minutes. motion to approve from the previous meeting. I have a motion. He has a second. I have a second. All in favor? I. Any opposed?

Uh the motion uh to approve the uh minutes as written are is approved. We have one item of new business today which is request from Jack Woods for variance from developmental standards for less than required setback of 8 ft on the western property line of 1311 10th Street. It's parcel number 47-06-14-244-018.0000-10 to a 5-ft setback. Wood Woods wants to build a duplex unit on that section of the parcel. And uh at this time, anybody speaking for or against the pro, as long as everybody signed in, please come to the podium and the floor is yours.

Okay. before Jack gets started. Just so you know, I think I failed clear on there, but if you're following along here, I think it is zone R2. R2. Okay. Good afternoon.

For those of you that don't know me, my name is Jack Woods. And uh like like he stated, I'm asking for a three-foot variance, which would make me 5 foot off the West property line. And the reason I'm asking for that, if you look at these prints here, I built some or building one right now that's 30 by 40. And I had the print, but I had them altered so they better fit. So I took it over to this Orleans and had him draw these up for me and we we changed the print to where this unit's 25 by 50 to make it, you know, better fit the property. And then uh right here, the porches are on the front and they face the drive. And that drive, if I get the variance, I'll have 21t of drive. And I'm concerned about people stepping off here. I mean, it's a driveway. It shouldn't be going up and down, but we all know I'm I'm going to have, of course, there's a rental house here that I own and then I'm building two duplexes behind that. So, there's going to be some traffic through there. Therefore, that's why I'm asking for the variance. And I'd be glad to try to answer any questions you have or concerns.

So, just for clarification, the duplex is going to be approximately right there, right? Yeah, it's uh Yeah. Let me let me get this paper here and I'll show you. Okay. Like this is the rental house and this is the garage. Okay. And this is the rental house and the garage is sitting back here. Okay. And this this is the drive that goes through there. And this is So it'll be H. So is that the current garage there? Yep. So it's going to be basically like that. Yep. 21 ft on each side of it. Right there. Yeah. Yeah. It's going to be Yeah. It'll be 50 by 25 and that'll leave 21 foot for that driveway. And I hope

it's this drive that you're concerned about. Yes, sir. Okay. Yeah. But but the setback is on over here on the propert. And I don't know if it's relevant or not, but the the gentleman that lives next door, he text me. I have a good relationship with guy. I don't know him real well. His name is Scott Z. And he texted me and asked me yesterday if I had time to talk to him. I said, "Of course." So I went up there and met with him and his concern is where I'm going to run the utilities what he was concerned about. Right. And is he 1311 there? He No, I own 1311. He's over here. He's the one at the setback. I'm sorry. 1317.

Yeah, he's he's right there. And I'm going to have sewer line the city back in the alley here. They put me a new tap in and it's just a pretty much a shot back to it. And his concern was I'd be over there by his sewer, which I won't be. And once once he understood that, he he told me he didn't have a problem with it. We'll see. You know, I mean, he'd be here if he did. I'm sure. Yeah. So, going off the sketch you have or that you just showed me there. Yeah, I think you have the house five foot set back right now. Yeah. Yeah. Right here. Oh, yeah. The house

This is the house I own. It's 5 foot from the neighbor on the east side and I'll be putting this duplex on the west side and like the lot's 82 and 268 ft deep. So, uh you know back when we owned originally owned this and I bought the house and I bought all this property from them, Judy Weaver and and then once they b they built, you know, somebody built this house, I don't know who who built it, they owned it. And then once we Which one on this map is that house? The one that's currently there. Okay. 1315. That's That's the garage. The house. The house. No, there's the house.

Oh, I got you. I see what you're saying. And this is the neighbor. And this is the side I need to I'm requesting the very good. So instead of 8 foot off the property line, I'm asking Kevin, you see any issues? No. Just to clarify, at some point in time, that's been two bots. At some point in time, it's been combined. Okay. I have no idea when that was. I assume it's when the Weavers are before. I'm not sure. Right. Which which two? His property is is this whole understand. Okay. At some point, all lots out there. This is two lots. One is this was a lot. I got you.

At some point, it's been two lots. It's been combined. Total of 82. So when this house was built, it was only required to be five feet off the line. Once they combined them and you had that 82 feet across to here, it makes it 8 foot on this side instead of the five foot if it was just separate. So to give you for the current for a separate lot is or for a lot of that size, one lot in the pre the previous size, it would have only been five foot separate,

right? So now because he's combin [laughter] because the two lights are combined. He's 82 feet across. He has to be 10% of that width. So be eight feet. If he was still separated, it' only be five feet on both sides. I understand. 10%. But so just so you know, if you look at your chart in his R2, the distance between the two principal structures is would need to be at least 15 feet. he would be at 18 feet without the variance. With the variance, he can be at 21 feet, which gives him a little larger space, right?

Um otherwise, if he's 8t, if he has to be 8 ft off that one property on the west property line instead of the five that he's requesting, he would be 18t between the buildings. So, he's just asking for a little bit more to make that driveway a little wider. So, Kevin, did you hear anything from Mrs. Kulo? I did not [clears throat] believe that's where he gentlemen. Okay. And I have not heard anything. Well, judging all this, I don't have any problem making a motion to approve this varian. I have a motion to approve the variances applied for. Second. I have a second. All in favor? I I. Any opposed?

The variance has approve as applied for has been approved. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it. Merry Christmas. My presence board with no other items on the agenda. I would entertain a motion to adjourn. So move. I have a second. Second. All in favor. This meeting is a journ.