Board Of Adjustment - Regular Meeting

Oh, you're leaving it with him today?

It's going to be scary, sir. Six minutes 5 minutes and 54 seconds. There's no excuse, sir. They all must go through me to speak. And since they canceled the RIT this morning, I'm still fresh.

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Probably best to leave them off. Okay, it's 2 o'clock and it gets darn I don't have a just the time is uh now 2 o'clock. I'd like to call this I don't know what's wrong with

Thursday, February 26 meeting to uh order. It's a Boer City Bojer Parish Board of Adjustments meeting to order. the invocation uh can be done. Please let's let's stand. Thank you so much for this great day. Thank you for this this city and parish that we can come and be part of. Please help us and give us some guidance as we go through this day. It's in your name we pray. Amen. Amen.

Let's raise the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Welcome to the board of adjustments meeting which falls under the metropolitan planning commission for Boer City and Bojer Parish. The board is appointed by the Bojer city council and the Bojer Parish please jury. serves voluntarily and without compensation. Can we get roll call, please? Charles Davis here. Megan Davis here. Susette Haden here. Carrie Landry here. Tim Willahan

here. Michael Virture here. We have a quorum. In accordance with Louisiana opens meetings laws, the Boer City Parish BOA asked for order and decorum at our meetings. Please silence your cell phones. For anyone who wishes to address the board on any item on the agenda, we ask that you come forward, identify yourself for the audio record, and sign in. Speakers must address the BOA board at all times. For those that would like to make comments on an item, please limit your comments to 3 minutes on the particular item that is up for discussion. All other audience members are asked to observe the meeting quietly. If there is a need for audience members to hold a conversation or take a phone call, you are asked to please step out of the meeting.

Thank you. Uh next is to approve the agenda. I request motion to approve the agenda as submitted. Motion to approve the agenda for today. Sorry. Second.

I'll approve. It's approved. Thank you. Um, the first item will be PB 0007 2026 the application of Eddie Duramus on behalf of John and Ron Deowers requesting a variance of a 4ft size yard set back to a proposed 25x 23 detached garage attractive land being 4857 acres more or less located 126 autumn excuse me autumn Paris Louisiana police jury district 6 um someone can stand come forward and and present this.

Just make sure you state your Oops, that's all right. Make sure you state your name and and write down the Yes, sir. Thank you so much. I'm Eddie Duramus with Duramus Construction Services. And I'm here today to ask for a variance um to put a a single garage with a workshop on Mr. Bowers's property right at the end of his driveway. We've also got a letter from the um neighbor stating that he is okay with us doing that. Um has this is my first time so I've never you can't make a mistake, you'll be fine. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Understood.

Um any questions from the the board regarding this? You said it's going to be a completely enclosed garage. It's going to be a Yes, ma'am. It's going to be a garage door with a door to the right left side. We've changed it since the first time, but uh that's allows them to enter the workshop area and have a a garage on the other side to park um Mr. Bowers's truck inside. So, it's just going to be like a twocar garage, but one one car and the other side's going to be a workshop. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. The the foundation is already there, Mr. Durham.

No, sir. Foundation. Okay. No, no, no, sir. It has to be constructed. So, was currently is it just u is it just ground or is it concrete there? There is a there's a little apron of concrete there where you would back out of the garage and that has to be saw cut away for the foundation to go in. It's not a lot of it that has to be taken away about 3 and 1/2 ft but that would make way for the new garage foundation.

Now I have a question. If you're going to use that, have to cut away and then actually pour the the concrete uh for the garage, why can't it sit within the parameters in which you're supposed to? Why does it need to be Why would we need to have a variance? I guess I can't just slide it over where it needs to be.

It's it would be it would enter it wouldn't fit where the house the edge of the home is. And Mr. Bowers has a a little u storage building in his backyard. So, um, we'd need it right there so he can drive straight into the garage instead of having to turn into it or anything. So, he said it would be m much easier just to pull forward and to pull back than it would to be to turn in. But there are other structures close by, so you couldn't shift it anyways. Correct. No, ma'am. And there's a fence there as well. Mr. Bowers has a fence on his property.

And homeowners association. Does it fit within the he Mr. Jim Deville is here and um if you if you would like him to speak he he is here to represent himself. Okay. Any any further questions from Oh, if we could could we get a copy of the neighbors letter that you received? Any other questions?

Please come straight to the come to the mic and and just and sign your name. Thank you, sir.

I developed Alum Creek in '05. And at that time, Butch Ford came to me and asked me, they were building the walking trail for North Boer. And he asked, would I put some land aside that would kind of be like a break station? And so behind the property where they're building, this is two acres of land that will probably never be used. Okay. Uh it was when they started doing the station uh or the walking period back there, they put it on the other side of Beno Bayou behind the subdivision, the colony which adjoins us through Benoy Bay by you on the north side. And so it never didn't happen. Since then, the police jury passed a rule that to change anything with AR with a subdivision HOA, you have to have 100% of the people vote for it. So, with that in mind, this 10-ft easement that I put in 21 years ago, I don't see it ever being used. So, that's what they're adjoining or or getting within a foot or two feet of. It's not like they're getting close to someone's house. The other house has 10 feet from the easement. The reality of it is you're going to be 21 feet from the next house and there is no one behind you except this 10 21 acres that I can never use. I can't even put it into a playground because the people that back up to it would vote no. One vote no means you can't use it. So that money that I paid 22,000 for 21 years ago was wasted. And at this time that makes me as proof of thanks for the sfish. There was no no problem to approve it. It's going back up to Bono Bayou which is probably another 200 feet away 300 feet. Uh, so I can't see where it's affecting anyone except Mr. Chrisman who that's who he's got the letter letter from. Okay.

Thank you, sir. Did you sign Did you sign? Oh, I'm sorry. Thank you. Any questions? Anybody from the audience have anything to say? Got a couple overhead photos.

I think we we have those. I think we have those in our in our in our stuff. So, we've seen those. Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions or comments? I move to accept the application as read. Second.

All in favor passes. Thank you. Good. Thank you so much. So, um, next item is PBOA, uh, 0000218 2025, the application of Cynthia Gelenic, uh, requesting a special exemption used to retain the use of an existing 24x60 manufactured home on attractive land being approximately, uh, 8.79 acres, more or less. uh located at 30 314 Rolling Meadow Lane, Boer Parish, Louisiana. Um located at the dead end of Rolling Meadow Lane, Police Jury District 12. Can the applicant come forward and and you could briefly tell us what's what you're trying to do? That'd be great.

Yes, sir. I can. It's good to see y'all again. Um I'm Cynthia Galinik. Um I'm the applicant and the property owner and we're here today trying to get our um existing mobile home application for it to stay. Uh so we originally had the mobile home put on the property as like under a caregiver permit and we did that the original permit was accepted on September 2021. Then we renewed it in September of 2023. Um, our next renewal date would have been September 2025. The ladies, the the last lady that we were taking care of passed away in January of 2024. When she passed away, I reached out to the MPC um and asked them, "What do I need to do since she's passed away?" Um, I was told that as long as, you know, that that permit had been approved, we didn't have to do anything until the next renewal date, which was this past September. So, this is kind of where we're at. I started the process originally with Coil Engineering to subdivide the property. Um, and Coyle is doing his own application for that. And now I'm here doing my application to I'm here doing my application in order to try to keep our home on the existing um where it is right now.

Okay. Any questions? Tim, I'm going to have to recuse myself. Okay. Any other? Uh, yes. So, you said you're going you going back. You said you were putting in or you had submitted to have your piece of property subdivided.

Yes, ma'am. Because right now there are currently three homes on that property and there can't be three homes on, you know, one address. So, even if we got rid of the double wide, we were going to have to subdivide because we do have two foundation built homes on the property. And all of these houses do have somebody living in them. Okay. You currently still have the minis on your property?

Yes, ma'am. Any other questions or comments? Okay, thank you. So, um, again, we're going to open it up to the public to see if anybody has any questions or comments. Come forward. Make sure you sign state your name and sign it. And there is a limit of three minutes. Okay. Thank you.

Good afternoon. My name is Daryl Jans, and I appreciate the opportunity to meet with this board today. Again, my name is Daryl Jans. I've been familiar with this property for almost 50 years. In fact, I financed the subdivision when it was developed 40 some odd years ago. and um very familiar with the actually financed many of the homes there including the house on the property that we're talking about here the 8.79 acres on 314 uh roll rolling metal lane uh this that development at the time allowed for moderately homepriced homes to be built in South Boer. It was a subdivision that was welldeveloped. It did not allow for mobile homes. it the folks who did bill there uh as a result of the covenants would knew that there would not be mobile homes that be moved in near them or on their properties that would deteriorate their property and uh we would have never as a lender financed the property or the development or the homes that we financed in there including the one here on this property had it had it allowed for mobile homes to be adjoining or near that property. So, um I I do I do feel like the the um the thoughtful and appropriate um exception that was made to allow the mobile home to be there while these ladies who were very sick were well taken care of by uh folks there on the property using some temporary housing. But I I'd also believe that, you know, the same courtesy should be considered to all the joining neighbors uh who have homes there who uh built there knowing

that there would not be mobile homes joining them and to protect their values and uh so that same courtesy given to them I think would be appropriate. So, I just respectfully request that the that the request a request of this board that the request of the applicant to subdivide and allow mobile home to continue be denied. And I appreciate your consideration. I'd like to leave this letter here uh to the board from myself as uh something for the for the records and I'd be happy to answer any questions if anybody had any any questions. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Anybody else? Please state your name and and sign in for me. Thank you. Rivers Breedlove. Let me sign in here. Can you say that again?

Rivers Breedlove. R I V RS Breedlove. So I reside at 216 Oh, and thank you for your time today as well. I reside at 216 Rolling Meadow adjacent to the property in question today. Um, as was stated earlier, we were absolutely warm and welcoming and allowing the trailer in in 2021 for the situation. And I think everybody was great neighbors. Um, I think at times expired um and it's my opinion that the um if we leave the trailer in place, it's going to allow um especially if I was not afforded the opportunity when I flooded in 2016 on the property to put a trailer on my on my property to rebuild my house. Um, so if we allow one trailer to be placed here, it's going to open Pandora's box. Um, so that's my that's my concerns that it's it's not necessarily the trailer that's there now. It's it's the 10 that are coming after this.

Okay. Thank you so much. Okay. Any questions for any questions? Thank you. All right. Thank you.

Good afternoon, Stephen Ham. uh with uh representing the property owners of 140 Lucky Lane and the surrounding property to the the lot to the left of it which is directly behind the uh the mobile home. Um so I've been in real estate business for about 23 years. um selling residential properties, selling commercial properties, uh most recently with Coldwell Banker and now with Pinnacle Realy Advisors. And so it has been my experience in the business that uh mobile homes being adjacent to sight built homes, 100-year homes, um tend to create a stigma, a uh a perception of the neighborhood when we're showing properties out there. You know, the last place you usually walk to is the backyard of the property and you u you get a good view of the lay of the land around you and everything. Well, when you walk out of the back of this house and you do a panoramic view of everything, you see this uh this mobile home sitting in that place there on the piece of property to the left of it as well. That's about a uh 3 acre tract of land that has value as well. Uh we'll back up for just for a second. And that house that I was just talking about, 140 Lucky Lane, is probably in an appraiser's eyes worth about $350,000 to $400,000. Um, and so the property to the left of it is land and it also has considerable value per acre of the land. Again, it looks directly over and into and and at the the mobile home that is there. Um, I also speak for I think the other people on the on the other sides of it in Rolling Meadows in actual lucky estates on that side of it that you know time on the market is what um creates less of a price that you'll get for the house. So

the longer that a house sits on the market from the more people in the buyer pool that come to look at it that turn away from it because of stigmas like this in the backyard brings a lesser value brings a lesser sale price on the house that you'll get for it. And so that's our that's our concern with the mobile home. I am I am sympathetic to, you know, the fact that they needed to have a caretaker in this mobile home. Um and and it served its purpose and I'm and I'm glad that it did. I've been a caretaker for a family member myself uh with a chronic illness. And so I understand the need for this when there is a time. But um now that that need is no longer there, I request that y'all don't approve that the mobile home stay.

Any questions? Thank you so much. Thanks. Anybody else? Okay. Any additional comments from you guys?

Please. I guess it is also important to state that we are requesting for our mobile home to stay until we can build ourselves up financially and be at a place where we can build a traditional home. We have no intentions of leaving that mobile home there permanently. That's not our forever home. We do plan on, you know, once we're at a place and we're we're starting that process now on trying to, you know, basically get our ducks in a row to build our home, that mobile home would have to leave because it wouldn't be able to stay. So, that is not we don't intend for it to be permanent. And our property is behind the subdivision. And I have documentation on when Lucky Estates was developed showing that the the subdivision was developed first and then the property that I now have was then sold to those ladies. So if that helps, I can email that to anybody.

So you're saying the property you own now is not part of the subdivision at all? No, ma'am. Has it ever been part of the subdivision at all? No, ma'am. Thank you. Any questions? Okay. Any additional comments? If not, call for a motion.

Okay. I think

I understand your case and but the the ordinance allows for a caretaker cottage or mobile home. It's only for a short period of time while it's for two years and you have to reertify each time and it's for a reason because you have to protect the other property owners in that subdivision. uh think of their value too. It's it's a big investment to purchase your home and knowing there's not going to be any manufactured home in that subdivision. So, uh I think everybody in in that when they applied for it years ago and agreed that whenever the case caretaker seized, it had to be removed. So, that is my only concern that we we have to protect everybody else situated. I guess I'm going to make my own comment as well and be on record. I too agree about the current status of the the mobile home being uh in a caregiver position asking for that exception. However, I do think that there are other options for this particular piece of property that is not part of this development or this neighborhood that um I think could be considered as well. So, you know, with that being said, um I think as it is right now, it would be difficult to leave it in a caregiver position.

Can we get a motion from that? I'll motion to go ahead and move forward on making a decision for this PBOA 000218 2025. I think we need to add a a time as to allow as to when it needs to be moved by. Okay. So, I let's do this. Let's vote one way or another right now and then we can come back and make a motion to to to for that if need be. So motion's on the table for us to I'll second to

Okay. So it it's to approve this and so now we can if you can put the vote up there for us and we can I'm sorry if you could we couldn't hear. So there was a motion on the table to approve. Is it to approve? To approve. No to no no to to deny. So the motion is to deny. Okay. So the motion is to deny. I'm going to just for house Affirmative vote would be a verbal vote on this if Madison could take a roll call on the votes. Okay. And then you have a question. Would an affirmative vote would be to remove it or so now that it's she's saying to deny it. So the affirmative would be to go ahead with it and to deny it. Is that correct?

To deny you can't make it another another correct. Yeah. Correct. I guess vote is to deny. Correct. Ma'am, there's a motion on the We have to go forward. Yes, I'll send for votes and then I'll do a verbal vote. So, just to confirm, the motion was to deny. So, a yes vote would be to agree to the denial. Correct. Madison, if you could roll call vote. Charles Davis, yes. Megan Davis, yes. Susette Haden, yes. Carrie Landry, recused. Tim Willahan, yes. Michael Virture, yes.

Motion carries. Okay. So, now that we've done that, that that that's been done, we have to determine the amount of time it would take to to we give to to allow them to do that to to move it. I move to to uh give uh 120 days for the removal of the mobile home. Okay. I second that. Okay, we'll do a verbal vote for that. Okay. Okay. Charles Davis, uh, yes. Megan Davis, yes. Susette Haden, yes. Carrie Landry, recused. Tim Willahan,

yes. Michael Virture, yes. Okay, motion carries. Motion carries. Thank you. So, the the motion was that you're going to have to move that and and you can get with Colada and them to see, but it is to 12 if you can have four months to to be able to move that. I'm a little confused because please come to the microphone. Yeah. Step up to the mic. The application that we put in was not a a caregiver permit. We put in a special exception use permit. That's correct. Right. That's what we heard today. Okay. So, I just wanted to make sure that that was Yes. Okay.

Thank you. Next is for the approval of the January 29th, 2026 meeting. Do I say that? Minutes. Minutes. Thank you. I move that we accept the minutes from the January meeting as written. Second. All in favor?

Okay. Motion carries. And then the next one is the approval for the uh January 29th, 2026 workshop minutes. Can we get a I move that we accept the minutes as written for the January 2026 workshop. Second. Second. All in favor? Thank you. Okay, Carl, or any any old business or new business to

Yes, I just want to state that we are working on our contract for our comprehensive plan update in our unified development code update. So, once we have executed that contract, we may be reaching out to you to serve on ancillary committees, a technical committee or an advisory committee um as we move forward. This project is uh anticipated to take 18 to 24 months. Um uh it'll be all worth the time as we try to guide development for Bojer City Boer Parish. So just wanted to let you know where we are on that. It'll be fun. Thank you. I nominate Tim Will. I'm hoping I'm alive for the next two years. That's my prayer.

Any if there's nothing else, you want to get a motion to Oh, no. Motion adjourn the meeting. Thank you. Thank you. God bless you guys.