Board of Adjustment - Regular Meeting

He said he's in About that time around me. Good evening everyone. This evening is our monthly meeting of the board of adjustment. We are committed to a transparent process and encouragement of public comment during our meetings. We will be accepting testimony from all parties. If you wish to testify on any particular petition before us this evening using the Zoom platform, please use the raise hand feature, you can raise your hand at any time and we will recognize you at the appropriate time for the presentation of evidence for each case. If in person this evening, please hand staff your speakers card and Robin Keefe planner will be moderating the hybrid meeting and will be asked to provide names of those individuals that wish to speak. I would like to call the meeting of the city of Wildwoods board of adjustment to order. The board members present today are Bob Morris, board member, Kevin Lux, board member, Arie Sprunger, board member, Dave Berdalino, alternate member, and myself, Jared Frank, chair. The Department of Planning staff present is Joe Vunich, director of planning, and Robin Keefe, planner. City attorney Sarah Rutherford, and court reporter Courtney Tolman are also present on Zoom. First, I offer to the record of the aid of publication pertaining to today's meeting, August 14th, 2025, and take official notice of the zoning ordinance of the city of Wildwood, including chapter 400, article 2, authorizing and establishing the board of adjustments powers and duties. Now, let me explain the hearing procedure. Please be aware the information I am about to describe is also provided on the board of adjustments public hearing procedure handout, which was available online prior and up to tonight's meeting. This

hearing is informal in its nature. However, the meetings proceedings will be recorded by a reporter for future transcription if needed. The petitions are called in the order listed on the agenda. As the petition is called, I will ask a Department of Planning staff to read each request into the record. Thereafter, the Department of Planning will have opening remarks in a brief slide presentation. Then the petitioner or his or her representative will be asked to state their name and address, be sworn in by the court reporter, make a brief presentation to the board explaining the nature of the requested variance, and present such evidence and witness testimony that may evidence the practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship that warrant the variance. The board will only consider the unique character of the property determine whether they warrant the granting of a variance. The petitioner's presentation shall be limited to 15 minutes total inclusive of any questions posed by the board unless such time is extended by the chair. Board members may ask questions to clarify the facts of the petitioner's presentation. When the board is satisfied with material presented by the petitioner, the chair will then ask if there is anyone present or online who would like to speak in favor or opposition to the requested variance. Each speaker will be asked to provide their name and address, be sworn in, and then provide their evidence and oral testimony. Witness testimony shall be limited to 5 minutes inclusive of any questions posed by the board unless such time is extended by the chair. Procedurally, the petitioner may request a continuence at any time during the hearing prior to a call for the vote in order to bring in additional evidence or testimony. The board may also continue the proceedings after the submission of testimony and evidence from all interested parties. The board will ask a staff person to provide the department of planning's report on this matter if required by any member of the board, the petitioner, or any individual that is in person or online. Once all witnesses have been heard, the chair will call for a motion to grant or deny with or without conditions. Then the board will vote. At that time, the presentation of evidence relating to the petition is concluded and no further evidence will be

permitted. The board may make a decision today. Four members of the board must vote in favor of the variance for it to be approved. If a variance is approved, the petitioner has six months to obtain the necessary permits or establish the use or it will expire. If the board's decision is unfavorable, the petitioner has the right to appeal to the St. Louis County Circuit Court. This appeal must be done within 30 days of the decision. Miss Keith, are there any questions at this time?

Mr. Chair I see no raised hands online.

Seeing no questions hearing no questions at this time the meeting will proceed. Will the department please read the first request in the record which will be followed by a brief slide presentation.

Thank you Mr. Chair. First item tonight is BA16-25 Jory and Christina Taylor 11080 Matthews Lane, Wildwood, Missouri 630005. Request an exception to the specific guard requirements and exceptions for the purpose of constructing a new deck, scatter case, and lower flagstone base that is to be supported by a new retaining wall. All upon the property located at 1108 Sarah Matthews Lane, locator number 21W 110061 Three Sisters Farm, Plat 1, lot 5, which would thereby allow these structures to be placed into the defined 100year flood plane area of this lot as well as encroaching into the 50-ft setback from the same flood plane boundary. Therefore, the new setback from the flood plane boundary will be 0 feet. This request is contrary to the requirements of chapter 415.070 FP floodplane district regulations and chapter 415.090 NU non- urban resident district regulations of the city of Wildwood zoning ordinance. This particular property is located in Ward 1. And before Miss Keefe begins the slight presentation of the department, the department would like to enter into the record the following items. Chapter 400, Article 2 of the City of Wildwood Municipal Code, the Board of Adjustment. Chapter 415 of the same city of Wildwood Municipal Code, the zoning ordinance, the file that has been developed and maintained by the department planning regarding this particular petition and all contents contained therein, including the department's report with recommendation. And then finally, Mr. chair any evidence that is presented as part of tonight's hearing including plats plans photographs and testimony. Thank you.

You director Keith.

Mr. Chair, members of the board. Our first case this evening uh relates to a subject property located south of Badler Park Drive and Rigger Rigger Road and west of Pond Road with frontage on Sarah Matthews Lane located in the Three Sisters Farm subdivision. The lot is 3.37 acres in size and is zoned non- urban residence district and non- urban residence district or sorry flood plane non-urban residence district. uh given the location of the flood plane upon the lot. Uh this means there is also in addition to uh the minimum yard setback requirements a 50-foot setback from the edge of the 100year flood hazard area uh which is the subject of this request. Uh this property is occupied by a dwelling that was built in 2002. Uh the site does somewhat slope from the roadway to the back of the property uh with an overall relief of 12 ft. Uh there is uh substantial lawn area around the residence and it is heavily wooded on the eastern portion. Uh as noted uh the lot is encumbered uh by quite a bit of flood plane. The site is bisected biseected by Bonum Creek at its eastern property line in a north south direction creating this this substantial flood plane area before you. When the lot was platted 1.6 acres of it was encumbered but with the adoption of new flood maps in 2015 it moved 50 ft farther west uh placing the northeast

corner of the dwelling in the special flood hazard area. Uh the state of Missouri is now finalizing a new map uh which will remove the structure uh from the flood plane um and almost uh in the entire property from it as well. An analysis was done by our city engineer a few years back when a very similar request was being heard by this board. Um and it was noted that the flood plane uh with the adoption of the new map uh will be reduced by nearly uh 250 ft. And so you can see that illustration here. Uh the yellow portion would be the new flood plane area and all this green would be removed. Um so this is the residence. Um obviously it would be uh pretty far away from the flood plane area. Uh these are the plans submitted by the petitioner. Uh this is the existing dwelling. Uh this is the existing detached garage and the pool area. Uh there is presently a sund deck in this same location, but the petitioner is planning to replace that sund deck with a lower patio that would be level with this pool deck uh with a concrete wall below it. a new deck at the main floor level and uh new stairs to the deck area. Uh this line here is the present um uh flood final resource protection line. Uh and this is the regulatory uh floodway. Uh so as you can see it does take that north uh eastern corner of the dwelling and it uh cuts through the area with these proposed improvements. So all of this is considered then to um be at a

zero zero ft set back from the flood plane or from the uh special hazard flood area. Any questions regarding this map? Uh these are some renderings uh that were submitted by the petitioner of the proposed project. Uh so this uh this gives you a sense of the wall um supporting the lower patio area. Uh that is the top of that lower patio area. Uh this is a view of the new deck with the patio and stairs. And then uh this is another perspective of it uh with the rear of the dwelling. Uh what you are looking at is Sarah Matthews Lane. We're looking southeast. Uh just to give you a a sense of the character of the area surrounding. This is looking northwest. And this is looking northeast at the front of the exist of the dwelling on the lot. Uh this is looking northeast. Uh we're standing in the driveway area looking towards the uh rear side yard. Uh this is the existing uh sund deck in that same location of the proposed project. Uh this is looking east and northeast in the rear yard area. Uh this is the rear of the dwelling

again with that existing sund deck um and pool area. This is looking west uh towards that detached garage. And this is looking east and south uh towards the um nearest most affected neighbor. Uh there is a variance history for the subject property all of which involve the current proposed project. In 2004 a variance was approved for the construction of the current Sundex structure and the stairs leading to it. uh this would be replaced by the proposed project. In 2021, a variance was approved by this board for the construction of a project in that same footprint inclusive of a threeseason room. Uh but that project never proceeded to construction and now uh this project is proposed and will have um is obviously of a lesser nature. And that concludes my presentation at this time. If the board should have any questions of staff, uh, Director Vunich and I are available to answer them. Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Keefe. At this time, the petitioner, please come forward, state his or her name, address, relation to the property, and then be sworn in by the court reporter. Yes. Good evening. Jory Taylor, uh, 1108 Sarah Matthews Lane, Wildwood, Missouri 63005. uh owner of the property and petitioner. You just sworn in here, Mr. Taylor. Oh, up there. Sorry. Please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you're about to hear though? All right. Can you hear me? Just a moment here. Courtney

court reporter uh Tolman, can you please repeat yourself? We had a speaker malfunction. Yeah. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you're about to give in this cause will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. Thank you. Please proceed. Mr. doing.

Uh well, the staff did a fantastic job of the presentation and being able to give really the context of um the history of of the variances that we've requested. Um really the the nature of why we didn't complete the work previously was we decided not to do a four-season room um and extend more to the house and instead just to do an uncovered deck uh that's there and then go to that flagstone base. Um so held off on doing that but uh because we exceeded past that 6-month window or that period of time for permitting just here to do it again that process and resubmit for that. Um thought presentation was great really can't really add much to that other than the extent that uh you know just replacing on essentially that same uh footprint that's there and that we're very excited about the new flood maps when they do get approved by the state in the near future hopefully. We've been waiting for them for a while. So,

it is a slow process. Clearly a slow process. Y um anything else, Mr. Taylor? No, I think uh I think was really well summarized and documented. Thank you. Wonderful. Uh any uh questions from the board? All right. Thank you. Thank you. any speakers in the audience that may want to speak in favor or opposition to this request. As a reminder, each speaker has five minutes to present inclusive of the board's questions unless the chair allows additional time.

Mr. Chair, I have no speaker cards and there are no raised hands. Okay, we will move right along. Anyone would like to hear a oral presentation of the department's report? None. Seeing none, any final comments the department would like to make.

Mr. Chair, members of the board, uh the department of planning is supporting this variance request. Uh we see it as a lesser request uh than the last request that was approved uh by this board. Uh so less impact to the area. Uh, additionally, um, as noted with the the new map update, uh, which, uh, we've been waiting for for some time, uh, will eliminate the need for variance in this case. Uh the department of public uh works has reviewed uh these plans as well and uh believe that the project is in compliance with the city's flood plane uh standards um and is supportive of this variance. Uh we do condition our approval uh that uh on having all requirements uh from the department of public works met uh by this project uh throughout its construction. Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Keefe. Any other final comments from the board? At this time, we will close the proceeding for a vote. Can I have a a motion to approve? A motion to deny or a motion to approve with conditions. I'll go ahead and make a motion to approve the petitioner's request with the condition that the requirements uh are met uh by the Department of Public Works during the construction of the project. Do we have a second for that motion as stated? Second. [Music] Mr. Morris, how do you vote?

Approve. Mr. Lux, approve. Mr. Frunger approve. Mr. Berdolino approve and I approve as well. Congratulations. Your variance is approved with the stated conditions. To the next petition, please.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The second item on tonight's agenda is BA17-25 Jennifer Mosley 3321 Wilderness Trail, Wildwood, Missouri 63069. Request an exception to the minimum yard requirements general for the purpose of replacing and expanding an existing covered porch upon the property being located at 3321 Wilderness Trail, locator number 25X 330183, which would thereby authorize a front yard setback distance of 44 ft of 50 ft that is required from the private roadway easement. This request is contrary to the requirements of chapter 415.090. 090 NU non- urban resident district regulations of the city of Wildwood zoning ordinance. This particular property is located in ward one and the department would like to introduce into the record the following items before Miss Keefe provides the department's slide presentation. Chapter 400 article two of the city of Wildwood Municipal Code, the board of adjustment. Chapter 415 of the same city of Wildwood Municipal Code, the zoning ordinance, the file that has been developed and maintained by the Department of Planning regarding this particular petition and all contents contained therein, including the department's report with recommendation. And then finally, Mr. Chair, any evidence that is provided as part of tonight's hearing, including plats, plans, photographs, and testimony. Thank you.

Thank you, DJ. Miss Keefe,

Mr. Chair, members of the board, our next request involves a subject lot in the southwestern portion of Wildwood off Wilderness Trail, uh, which is a 30 foot wide gravel private road that connects to Melrose Road. Uh the surrounding land uses in this area all large residential lots and uh with Rockwood's reservation just to the east of the subject parcel as well. So that is a large tract of land owned by the state for conservation purposes. Uh the lot is 3.21 21 acres in size and occupied by a single family dwelling that was built in 1978 uh before the city was incorporated with 1,779 square ft of total living area. It is zoned non- urban residence district which does require a 50-foot front yard setback distance from the edge of the roadway easement whether it's public or private. and that is the subject of the request this evening. Uh the topography of the property is varied uh with the highest elevation at the roadway and then descending uh to steeply descending to the rear northeastern corner uh where there is a creek and ascending to the southwestern corner overall or I should say they're both western northwestern southwestern. Overall, the relief is 96 ft and the property is heavily wooded. The current request pertains to the proposed replacement and expansion of the existing covered porch of the residence which does require a 40ft uh setback distance from the roadway easement in lie of the 50 ft that is

required. So here you can see the existing dwelling. Uh this red line represents the building line. Uh so this is 50 ft and this is 30 ft as you get into the sideyard. Uh this is the proposed uh porch the pink and that is 44.2 ft from this red dotted line which represents the edge of the roadway easement. Um, and as you can see, the driving surface of Wilderness Trail is back here. Um, so the porch is still 50 ft away or more uh from Wilderness Trail. Uh, the gravel itself. Uh, this is the porch plan as submitted by the petitioner. Uh, the porch is 6 feet 8 in by 29 ft uh 6 in. Uh these are the elevations of the porch. It will require uh four posts and a pitched roof in that location. Uh so it will change the the look of the home somewhat. Uh this is the front of the existing dwelling uh looking west. Uh this is a closer view of it. Uh so you can see the present uh front porch area. This is looking northwest along Wilderness Trail. And this is looking southeast on Wilderness Trail. Uh this is looking at the dwelling uh standing back. um on the roadway. Uh so

you can get a sense of uh of it from that perspective. This is looking west and this is looking southwest. Um and again this is a much closer view of the existing front porch area. Uh this is looking northwest as uh we go around the corner of the dwelling. This is looking west. Uh this is looking northwest west into the the woods. Um and it is uh the garage area is in the back of the home. Um so here uh that is looking south. This is looking south into the rear yard. And this is looking east from the porch area to Wilderness Trail. Um, so you can see across the street. This is looking southeast at Wilderness Trail from the front area. And this is looking northeast uh from the front. And finally, this is looking north. Uh, one of the neighbors, a trustee of the neighborhood has written uh, in support of the request. And that concludes my presentation at this time. If you have any questions of the department, uh, Director Bunich and I are available to answer them. Thank you.

All right. Thank you, Miss Keef. This time, will the petitioner please come forward, state his or her name, address, relation to the property, and then we'll get you sworn in by the court reporter. Hello. Um, my name is Jennifer Mosley. I live at 3321 Wilderness Trail, Wildwood, Missouri, 63069.

Okay. Please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you're about to give in this cause will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. Thank you. Thank you. If you could please in um explain the nature of the request and the hardship or practical difficulty necessitating the variance. Uh as a reminder, you have 15 minutes to present inclusive of the board's questions.

Um thank you so much, Rome. That was beautiful. Um we are just requesting to have we would like to change the pitch of the roof and put a gabled um front porch on there and then extend it out so we have a little more patio space down front. Um right now it's just very limited to even put seating or anything out there and so we have to replace it all anyways because as you see those lovely bricks and everything were not even holding our roof up at the time. So, um, so we were just requesting a couple more feet out just to put that patio out there and to hold that roof up. Anyone have any questions for Ms. Mosley? Thank you. Thank you.

Is at this time we'll open up the um floor to any speakers in the audience who may want to speak in favor or opposition to this request. Each speaker has five minutes to present inclusive of the board's questions unless the chair allows additional time. Mr. Chair, I have no speakers cards for this request and I don't see any hands raised online. Thank you. Would anybody like to hear an oral presentation of the department's report? Miss Keith, I think we're ready to hear uh any final comments from the department.

Uh Mr. chair, members of the board, uh the department is supporting this request as well. Uh while expanding the existing porch patio area is not necessary to the primary use of the property, it will have minimal impacts to the neighborhood and perhaps add to the vitality of it as well. Um as an urban planner we generally see porches as a very positive feature uh providing more eyes on the street. So safety and also social interaction among neighbors. Uh so we do see it as positive when it fits the site characteristics which in this case we believe it does. Um, as you could see from the photos, uh, with the dwelling being at, uh, a lower slope than the grade of the roadway and with some of the trees blocking the view of the front of the residence, um, it does it it still gives you that feeling of being removed um from from that driving area. Uh, so so we do believe that uh, the characteristics support it in this case. Uh however uh we are supporting this request providing that the materials for the porch match to the existing dwelling to keep it aesthetically pleasing for the neighborhood. Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Keefe. Any other final questions or comments for the department? Okay, this time we will close the proceeding for a vote. Can I have a motion to approve? A motion to deny or a motion to approve with conditions? I'll go ahead and make a motion to approve with the contingency that the materials on the porch match the existing dwelling. So, we have a second for that motion. I'll second. Okay, Mr. Morris, how do you vote? Approve. Mr. Lux, approve. Mr. Sprunger, approve. Mr. Bolino, approve.

And I approve as well. Congratulations, your variance is approved with the conditions as stated. That puts us into our third petition, please. Director Ununich.

Thank you again, Mr. Chair. Our third and final item tonight on the agenda is BA18-25 Jared and Emily Gotthfrey 2524 Peppermill Ridge Drive, Wildwood, Missouri 63005. requests an exception to the minimum yard requirements general miscellaneous regulations and the requirements set forth in the approved planned environment unit PEU ordinance number 8912 for the purpose of expanding an existing driveway with such being located upon the property at 2524 Peppermill Ridge Drive located number 21U 240034 Brentmore Place Plat 1 lot 100 thereby authorizing a sideyard setback distance of 5t in lie of 10 ft. The request is contrary to the requirements of chapter 415.120 R1A 22,000 ft resident district regulations of the city of Wildwood zoning ordinance, chapter 415.380 miscellaneous regulations of the city of Wildwood zoning ordinance and St. Louis County's plan environment unit parenthetical peu ordinance number 8912. This particular property is located in Ward two. And Mr. Chair, before Miss Keefe begins her presentation of slides the department has prepared, the following items would like to be introduced into the record. Chapter 400, article 2 of the city of Wildwood Municipal Code, the board of adjustment. Chapter 415 of the same city of Wildwood municipal code, the zoning ordinance file that has been developed and maintained by the department regarding this particular petition and all contents contained therein, including the department's report with recommendation. And then finally, Mr. Chair, any evidence offered as part of tonight's hearing relative to this petition, including any plats, photos,

photographs, plans, or any other testimony. Thank you. Thank you, Director Petich. Miss Keith,

Mr. Chair, members of the board, our final case this evening involves a subject lot located in northeastern Wildwood in the Brentmore Place subdivision, which was platted by St. Louis County in 1979. It consists of 110 lots um which are a combination of which are zoned a combination of R1 1 acre residence district and R1A 22,000 square ft² residence district uh with a planned environment unit approved by St. Louis County um associated with it as well. Uh so this allows for a more uh dense cluster of lots surrounding large tracks of common ground area. Uh the property is located off of Pepper Mill Ridge Drive. Uh the lot in question is 19,288 square ft in size. Um, and this particular lot is zoned R1A, uh, with that associated PEU. Um, it requires a front yard setback of 25 ft, sideyard setback of 10 ft, and a rear yard setback of 30 ft. Uh, it is occupied by a single family dwelling that was built in 1979 with 2,620 ft in total living area. Uh the front of the lot is relatively level uh where the majority of the improvements are. Um however, the overall property does have 20 ft of relief uh from the rear elevation to the of the garage uh to the back of the property. Uh there is lawn area with uh extensive landscaping surrounding the dwelling. Um the rear yard is wooded.

In this case, uh the petitioner is requesting to expand uh the existing driveway to create a third area of parking. Uh so you can see that um in the site plan here in the red um is the proposed expansion and this is the current driveway. Uh this expansion would uh result in a sideyard setback distance of 5t in lie of the 10 ft that is required. The submitted plans indicate a tapered driveway approach from the edge of the public street um and then widening to 12 ft to accommodate parking a vehicle in that sideyard area. Uh the petitioner the petitioner notes that the increase uh there will be an increase of vehicles parked at the dwelling which is the reason for the request and with the location being on a connector street uh where there's quite a bit of traffic coming in and out um there are some traffic concerns as well associated with with the request. Uh this is the front of the subject dwelling looking southeast. This is looking southwest on Pepper Mill Ridge Drive. And this is looking northeast. This is looking across the street from the petitioner's dwelling looking northwest. And uh this is uh the front of the dwelling again. Uh though this time we have a perspective of where that driveway expansion uh would take place. Uh so again it would um be tapered from the street and then widen um back to I I think this fence area.

Uh this is looking uh souththeast again. And then this is on the other side of the dwelling to give you a sense um of the spacing between neighbors. Uh when the department went out to conduct the site visit, uh we also uh looked around um at dwellings in that same along that same street and noted that there were a number of instances of widen driveways. Uh so uh the petitioner's request is not um out of character with uh what is surrounding based on uh the pictures that we were able to take. Uh there have been two written comments submitted to the department for the request including that of the most affected neighbor um but also another neighbor in close proximity as well uh expressed support. And that concludes the department's presentation at this time. If you have any questions, uh, Director Bunich and I are available to answer them. Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Keefe. Any questions for the department before we get started? At this time, will the petitioner please come forward, state his or her name, address, relation to the property, and then be sworn in by the court reporter? Mr. chair. Just give me one moment to promote the petitioner.

Hello. Hello, Mrs. Godfrey. If you could please state your name, address relation to this property and uh we'll get you sworn in. Sure. Emily Godfrey, 2524 Peppermill Ridge Drive, Wildwood, Missouri 630005, and um homeowner here at this property. And just thank you. I appreciate you letting me attend virtually tonight. Get you sworn in. Okay. Please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you're about to give in this cause will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do.

Thank you. Miss Godfrey, if you could please explain the nature of the request and the hardship or practical difficulty necessitating the variance. Uh you have 15 minutes to present inclusive of the board's questions.

Thank you. Um Miss Miss Ke um stated it all very well and um our main goal here is to widen our driveway to have more space um for potentially parking an extra vehicle um as well as just more space for our children to play out in our um driveway. as she mentioned, there's cars that pass on our road sometimes rather quickly. Um so we're just trying to provide adequate space for everything um all the vehicles and um the kids to play out in front. We have spoken with our neighbor, we spoke with the HOA um nobody has raised concerns about it. Um and it would still we would still have about 5t or more from the property line. um just encroach encroaching into that setback by five feet or less with the concrete pavement.

Any questions for the petitioner? All right. Thank you. At this time, uh we'll open up I guess any no board questions. Correct. This time we'll open up to speakers in the audience who may want to speak in favor or opposition to this request. Uh, as a reminder, each speaker has five minutes to present inclusive of the board's questions unless the chair allows additional time. Mr. Chair, we do have Neil Burns wishing to speak on this matter. All right, Mr. Burns, you like to swear in?

You do. If you could, Mr. Burns, state your name, address, uh, relation to this property and then we'll get you sworn in. Neil Burns, 2500 Pepperfield Court. I'm a resident of the Brentmore Place Subdivision. [Music] Please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you're about to give in this cause will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. Thank you. Thanks. Please proceed. Mr. Burns,

my my statements may be redundant saying that they do have support of the neighbors, etc. I just came here because I wanted to make sure that I have voice from the neighborhood support as well. Um, we have very tightly packed lots. Most of them are two-car garages, which is really these days and times, especially with the number of cars that normal family. It really creates congestion, especially so for so many people parking on the street. Um, which is a hazard to the children playing in the neighborhood. also certainly causes congestion with garbage trucks, snow removal, etc. Anything to do to get more cars off the street and also because parking on the street is hiding places for kids running out the whole bit. It would just create a safer environment. Um, I'm all in support for uh the Godfrey to be doing this and as a past trustee, we had a lot of these issues come up before and I just wanted to come and voice my support for Mrs. Godfrey and the family. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Burns. Any questions for Mr. Burns or Mrs. Godfrey? Okay. Any additional members in the audience or online that would like to speak in favor opposition to this request? Uh, Mr. Chair, I have no more speakers cards and I don't see any raised. Seeing none, we'll move along to um would anybody like to hear an oral presentation of the department's report? Seeing none, uh we will close. I'm sorry, offer the board any final comments.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, and members of the board, the department of planning is supporting this request. We found that there is a unique circumstance here in that the most impacted property does have a substantial amount of separation from the expanded driveway. And that separation is key because often times when we see expanded driveways in the sideyard area that leads to idling of cars next to the bedroom windows. That's not the case here. The impact is minimal and again the department is supporting the request. If there are any questions from the board, Miss Keef and I are available to try to answer them at this time. Thank you.

Thank you, Director of Unic. Um, any questions? Final comments for the board for the department. Thank you again. Thank you, director. This time we will close the proceeding for a vote. May I have a motion to approve, a motion to deny, or a motion to approve with conditions? I'll make a motion to approve the petitioner's request with the condition the driveway expansion project uh meets the review requirements of the city of Wildwood for storm water management. So we have a second for that motion as stated. I'll second it. Okay. Mr. Morris, how do you vote? Approve. Mr. Lux, approve. Mr. Sprunger, approve.

Mr. Bolino, approve. and I as chair approve as well. Congratulations. The variance is approved with the condition as stated. Thank you. I believe the last piece or agenda item is to approve the minutes from last meeting. Is that correct? Uh we did um in review we did notice that there there was a an error on the board's decision on the sorry

the third matter um I'm told that there was no there was there was no nays page five Mr. Lee we have Mr. Lee voting I and nay. I'm told that that nay is incorrect. Page five.

Mr. Chair, with the permission of the board, you can vote to approve the minutes as amended and we'll verify off the video if that is acceptable. Thank you. We get a motion. Yeah, I'll make a motion to approve with the noted amendment. Do we have a second? Second. Okay, so we have a motion to approve with uh with the the amended as stated. Um Mr. Sprunner, how do you vote? I can't hear him.

Mr. Lee was not here. Mr. Lux, sorry. I'll approve. Mr. L. Mr. Morris approved. Mr. Berino approved. I was not here either. Do I need to abstain? You can abstain if you choose. You can vote to approve or deny. It's just a majority of those present tonight. I'll I'll vote to approve as well with that amendment. Set there. Okay. That being said, we will consider this meeting ajourned. Thank you everybody.