HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-03-02 MinutesMINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
• March 2, 1956 „ Council Chambers
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Present:
Mr. L. M. McGoodwin, Chairman
Mr. Clarence Young
Mr. J. R. Crocker, Sr.
Mr. Heydon Lewis
Mr, Witt Carter
Mr. W. E. Gibson, Applicant for Variance
Mr. Davis P. Richardson, Applicant for Variance
Mr. E. J. Guise, Applicant for Variance
Mr. Harold E. Lieberenz, City Building Inspector
Mrs. Shirley Santifer, Secretary
For Presbyterian
Student Center
The Chairman, Mr. L. M. McGoodwin, called the meeting to order and asked
the Secretary to read the minutes of the previous meeting held January 3, 1956
which we e Tead and stood approved with one correction. ��fi mai
Mr. Harold Liebe renz,
City Building
Inspector,was
asked
to present the
application's for variance
and explain
what each
wished to
do.
The first
application
was that of Mr.
W. E. Gibson of the Presbyterian Student
Center at
902 West
Maple Street.
Street and Storer
The variation requested
by Mr. Gibson was
for the use of
the property located
on the Northwest Corner
of the intersection
of West Maple
Street and Storer
Avenue known as lot 10,
block 4 of Oakland
Place Addition
to the City of
Fayetteville, Arkansas.
This property is located in a "d"
Residential Zone in
the City of Fayetteville,
Arkansas.
Mr. Gibson made an4 application for permission to remove the two existing
buildings on the lot and build one large two-story building. The proposed
building would be closer to Storer Street than the Zoning Ordinance permits
and 12, 5 feet closer to the rear alley line than the 17. 5 feet required by the
Zoning Ordinance.
Mr, McGoodwin asked Mr. Gibson what their plans were for the new building.
Mr. Gibson said that their plans were to build a 40 x 95 foot building and at the
present time they did not know whether it would be a two story building or a
two story building with a basement. He said that they had been asked by the
Building Inspector why they could not narrow the building to a 35 foot one sothat
there would be at least 20 feet from Storer Street property line. They felt
that this would narrow the building to such an extent that their Assembly Rooms
would not be large enough.
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Plans for their present building being extended have been studied but the
construction problems are greater when they try to get the amount of Assembly
space that they feel would be adequate. For this reason they have turned to
possibilities of tearing down their existing two structures and building one
larger building.
Mr. Crocker asked Mr. Lieberenz what his opinion was concerning this
variation.
Mr. Lieberenz stated
that he would
favor granting them the
application be-
cause of the following
reasons:
of buildings
on the lot.
(1) Their new building will set back 12 feet farther than the existing building
from Storer Street property line.
(2) That
they would tear down a small apartment
dwelling to
the North of the
present
building which woiuld lessen the number
of buildings
on the lot.
(3) There is a 15' alley between their property line and the residential pioperty
to the North and under the zoning ordinance any future enlargements of the
residence to the North would assure at least 25' feet between the buildings.
The following discussion brought out that the Presbyterian Student Center might
be able to purchase additional property to the West and it was decided that no
further action would be taken on this applicationpend�ing their inquirement
about this matter,
The next application was that of Mr. E. J. Guise of 219 Louise.
The variation requested by Mr. .Giise to the zoning ordinance was for the use
of the property located on the East sileof Summitt Avenue just South of the
intersection of Summitt Avenue and Dickson Street and known as lots 1, 21 3, 41 & 5
of Block 1 of Skillern's Sub -Div part of Block 11 of Masonic Addition to the city
of Fayetteville, Arkansas. This property is located just South of Mr. Herbert
Lewis, Jr's property on Summitt Avenue.
Mr. Guise wishes to build a 50 x 100 foot residential building on tFais property
but the slope of the lot would force him toward the rear alley line so that he
would only be 15 feet from the alley instead of the 20 ft. required by the zoning
ordinance.
The following discussion brought out that there wasn't any question as to whether
or not he had enough area on which to build, but due to the slope of the lot he
would be forced to build closer to the alley line than was required.
Also
due
to the
fact that this was
an alley line he would still be
a good 70 ft.
from
any
other
buildings.
March 2, 1956
• There being no further discussion a vote was indicated and roll was called:
Mr.
McGoodwin
Aye
Mr.
Lewis
Aye
Mr.
Young
Aye
Mr.
Carter
Aye
Mr.
Crocker
Aye
The next application
was that of
Mr. Harry Smith.
The variation requested by
Mr. Smith is for the
use of the
property located on
the North side of East
Meadow just East of
the County
Court House. This
lot is 20 ft. by 120 ft.
Mr. Smith wishes to move a residential
building on a
lot that
is smaller than
the 7, 000 square feet as
required by the
Fayetteville
Zoning
Ordinance but this
lot has been recorded in
the Court House records since July
22, 1949.
Mr. Smith wishes to move a 16 foot house on this 20 foot lot. This would only
leave a two foot side yard on each side of the residence instead of the 5 feet
required by the zoning ordinance.
It was brought out in the following discussion that Mr. Smith might be able to
• obtain additional footage from property on the West side of the lot, and because
of this the board decided to delay action on this application until the next regular
meeting.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
APPROVED:
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