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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
April 3, 1957 3:30 P.M.
Mayor's Office
Present:
Mr. L. M. McGoodwin, Chairman
Mr. Heydon Lewis, Member
Mr. J. R. Crocker, Sr., Member
Mr. Clarence Young, Member
Mr. Harold E. Lieberenz, City Building Inspector
Mrs. Shirley Santifer, Secretary
Mr. Ivan M. Mayes, Applicant
Absent:
Mr. Witt Carter, Member
The Chainman, Mr. L. M. McGoodwin called the meeting to order and asked the
Secretary to read the minutes of the previous meeting held February 28, 19579
which were read and approved.
The Board then
asked
Mr. Lieberenz to
report what he had found out about adding
members to the
Board
of Adjustment.
him prior
to the last meeting
Mr. Lieberenz reported that he had checked with the Chairman of the Planning
Commission, and the City Attorney and they had advisdd him that more members
could be added to the Board, but9iat the present ordinance would have to be
changed.
The City Building Inspector, Mr. Lieberenz, was then asked to present the
applications for variance and explain each.
The first application was that
of Mr. Ivan M. Mayes. Mr.
Mayes appeared
before the Board at this time
due to the
fact that it had been impossible for the
Secretary to get in touch with
him prior
to the last meeting
held Feb. 28, 1957.
Mr. Mayes felt that the Board should reconsider his application due to the fact
that he had been unable to be present, and he did not feel that the Board understood
all the circumstances about his application.
The Board was undecided
as to whether or not they could re -open an application once
it had been voted on or not. The Board
agreed to re -inspect
Mr. Mayes' property
and see whether or not it
would be legal
for them to re -open
his application.
The Next application was that of Mr. H. L. Mathias of 221 South Block Avenue,
which was held over from the previous meeting held Feb. 28, 1957, thereby giving
the members of the Board ample time to inspect the property.
After establishing the fact that the property had been inspected a vote was indicated
and roll was called:
McGoodwin
No
Crocker
No
Lewis
No
Young
No
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The application was denied.
The next application was that of Mrs. J. L. Stone at 528 North Lindell.
The variation requested by Mrs. Stone to the Zoning Ordinance was for the use
of the property located in the rear of 528 N. Lindell. This property is located
in a "D" Residential Zone and is known as lot 4 and part of lot 5, Block 3 of
Oakland Place Addition to the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The applicant had three residential buildings on the property. During the war,
she converted part of her garage into one of these dwellings. A year ago she
had some plumbing put into the other part of this garage building, with the idea
of making another apartment until she found out about the zoning ordinance and
she dropped her plans.
Now she requests permission to enlarge her present apartment by using the
balance of the garage building.
• This building does not conform to the zoning ordinance because she has three
dwellings on this lot now and does not have the r equired 7, 000 sq. foot per
dwelling.
Mr. Crocker asked Mr. Lieberenz if Mrs. Stone would alter the structure of her
building on the outside.
Mr. Lieberenz replied that she would not, but that she would be altering the
inside structure.
Mr.
Young
asked Mr.
Lieberenz to read the
definition of the term structurally
alter
from
the zoning
ordinance.
substantial
" STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS: Any
change
in the
supporting members of
a building,
such as bearing walls, columns,
beams
or girders, or any
substantial
change in the partitions or
in the
roof."
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Mr. McGoodwin asked Mr. Lieberenz if Mrs. Stones' enlarging the garage in this
manner would eliminate an off-street parking area.
• Mr. Lieberenz stated that Mrs. Stone did not use the garage for this purpose.
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is Mr. Crocker asked if Mrs. Stone planned to make this one apartment or two.
Mr
Lieberenz stated that it was
his understanding that she
was to convert in into
one
larger apartment, however,
Mrs. Stone had installed
two sets of plumbing.
Mr. Crocker made a motion that the Board hold over this application until
Mrs. Stone had submitted a completed plan of her proposed building which would
definitely show that she would have only one larger apartment. This set of plans
was to be attached to her building permit.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Lewis, and passed unanimously by the Board.
M cGoodwin Yes
Carter Yes
Lewis Yes
Young Y e s
This application held over until next meeting.
• There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.
APPROVED:
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