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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
• JUNE 9, 1961s 3:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
Present: Mr. John I. Smith, Chairman; Mr. George Bowen; Mr. J. F. Robinson; Mr. Tom
Schiewetz; Mr. James A. Pennington; Mr. Harold E. Lieberenz, City Building
Inspector; Mayor Guy E. Brown; Mr. Arnold Christie; and applicants
Mrs. Josephine Haight; Mr. C. B. Wiggans; Mr. James Walker, representing
the St. Paul's Episcopal Church; Mr. Frank A. Curtis; and Mr. T. E. Shelton
and Mr. Bert Whitely representing Mr. Earl Hall. Others present were:
Mr. A. L. Shamblin accompanied Mrs. Haight; Reverend Lindloff of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church; Mr. Earl Hall; Mr. Jack Hayes and his mother appeared
relative to Earl Hall's application; Mr. Lothar Krueger; and Mr. Bergstreser
accompanied Mr. Wiggans.
The meeting was called to order by Mr. John I. Smith, Chairman. The minutes of the
last meeting were corrected to read: The motion made by Mr. Schiewetz could have had
a second; however the members of the Board continued the discussion and decided to
delay the question until the next meeting.
The first application was that of Frank A. Curtis. Mr. Curtis requested permission to
enlarge the I.G.A. Supermarket building. Mr. Lieberenz gave an explanation of the
application for the benefit of those who were not present at the last meeting.
Mr. Bert Whitely made a correction as to the length of the overhang of the building.
The corrected length is eight (8) feet; therefore there would be a violation of the
ordinance of only two (2) feet on the main building wall of the proposed structure.
• There were no further questions, so the applicant was dismissed.
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The second application was that of Mr. Earl Hall. Mr. Hall was represented by
Mr. Shelton and Mr. Whitely. Mr. Hall requested permission to erect a new office
building which would be closer to the rear (east) property line than allowed by the
Zoning Ordinance. Also, the applicant requests the Board to waiver part of the
required "off -the -street" parking required by the Zoning Ordinance.
Mr. Hall
requested permission to
park
cars
in front
of the
proposed
building which
will be
closer to College Avenue
than
the
forty (40)
feet
required.
Mr. Jack Hayes appeared on his mother's behalf. Mrs. Hayes owns a lot adjacent to the
lot on which the new building will be built. Her lot adjoins Mr. Hall's lot at the
NE corner and faces Maple Street. Mrs. Hayes was concerned with water drainage from
Mr. Hall"s proposed building. Mr. Hayes stated that his mother's property is the
lowest point in the area and as a result her property gets all the water from
neighboring areas. Mr. Shelton and Mr. Whitely assured Mrs. Hayes that a great part of
the area that drains water on Mrs. Hayes from the existing vacant lot will be taken
care of from roof drains which will be connected to existing storm drains. The
balance of the surface water will drain the same way that it does at the present time.
Mr. Shelton pointed out to the Board the problem Mr. Hall had trying to get a build-
ing permit to erect an office building on the rear (east) property line. However,
• the City Zoning Ordinance requires the building to be ten (10) feet from the rear
property line. If the building were set back ten (10) feet from the rear property
line, the area would be a trash catcher.
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Fir. Whitely mentioned that 24 spaces for ^off -the -street" parking were needed, but
the proposed building plot plan has room for only 21 parking spaces. This would 40include the°bff-the-street" parking in front of the proposed building next to College
Avenue. There was no further discussion, the applicant was dismissed.
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The third applicant was Mr. James L. Walker who appeared on behalf of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church. The property is located in a C-3 Central Commercial Zone. According to the
Zoning Ordinance, the Board of Adjustment must approve building permits for church
remodeling in this district.
The applicant wishes to build an addition on to the rear. (east) end of their exist-
ing church sancturary building. This addition will be approximately 30 feet by 43
feet. The addition will not take up any of their existing parking area.
The proposed building will be closer to the south property line. Inorder to get a
new organ into the church, it was necessary to build the proposed addition closer
to the south property line. There was no further discussion, and the applicant was
dismissed.
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The next application was that of Mrs. Josephine Haight. Mrs. Haight plans to reduce
her proposed building in such a way as to be six (6) feet or more from her east property
line (Mr. Krueger's lot). Her house would be from one (1) to three (3) feet from the
west property line instead of the required five (5) feet required by the Zoning •
Ordinance.
Mr.
Krueger was present to
speak in oposition
of Mrs. Haight's application.
Mr.
Lieberenz
explained to
Mr. Krueger that Mrs. Haight planned to pull away from
Mr.
Krueger's
property line
with her proposed
building.
Mr. Shamblin, who represented Mrs. Haight, stated that the city has no easement to
the water line whatsoever. No date has been established as to when this water main
was build; nor were the property owners informed of the water main when they bought
the lots.
Mr. Krueger commented on the possibility of making the area a slum area. He felt that
more should be done to keep the city beautiful and that if Mrs. Haight and others were
allowed to erect such buildings, it would only result in blight areas within the City
of Fayetteville.
Mr.
Shamblin
brought up the fact that
Mr.
Krueger
was aware of these small lots when
he
bought his
property adjacent to the
lot
of Mrs.
Haight's.
Mr. Krueger stated that he had no objection of her building five (5) feet away from
his property line if that was what she wanted to do. He wondered, however, if she
could buy one of the adjacent lots to give her more building room. There was no more
comments and the applicant was dismissed.
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The last application was that of Mr. C. B. Wiggans. The variation requested by
Mr. 4liggans is for the use of the property known as the Blue Mill Cafe. The property
is located in a C-3 Central Commercial Zone.
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• The applicant wishes to remodel the existing business building by building a 21 feet
by 29 feet addition on the west (rear) end of the existing building. The Zoning
Ordinance requires that they have one parking space for each 300 square feet of total
floor space excluding basement or storage areas. The City Zoning Ordinance permits
this °off -the -street" parking to be provided within 400 feet of the business property,
if approved by the Board of Adjustment. The applicant requests the Board of Adjustment
to consider the city parking lots on the corner of Center Street and Church Avenue
and on the corner of Meadow and East Avenue for their "off -the -street" parking.
The proposed basement of the building is for storage area and not for public use.
There was no further discussion, and the applicant was dismissed.
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Mr. Schiewetz made a motion to approve Mr. C. B. Wiggans' application and Mr. Bowen
seconded the motion. The Board voted unanimously to grant the variance.
Mr. Robinson made a motion to grant the variance that Mr. Curtis wanted.
Mr. Pennington seconded the motion. The Board voted unanimously to approve the
application.
Mr. Robinson made a motion and Mr. Bowen seconded the motion to approve Mrs. Haight's
application. The vote was unanimous to grant the application.
• Mr. Bowen made a motion to grant Mr. James Walker's application. Mr. Schiewetz
seconded the motion. The Board voted unanimously to approve the application.
After a short
discussion Mr.
Schiewetz made
a motion to grant the application of
Mr. Hall. Mr.
Bowen seconded
the motion and
the Board voted unanimously.
Mr. Robinsnn made a motion for adjournment. The meeting was adjourned.
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