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MINUTES OF A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING
A meeting of the Fayetteville Board of Adjustment was held on Monday, May 22,
1978, at 3:00 P. M., in the Board of Directors Room, City Administration
Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Chairman Carl Yates, Richard Osborne, Mrs. Don Mills, Chester
House, Larry Smith.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
MEMBERS ABSENT:
OTHERS PRESENT:
Dr. James White, David Newbern.
Bobbie Jones, Angie Medlock, Cleo Smith, Jay Berryman.
Chairman Carl Yates called the meeting to order.
The only item was the public hearing on APPEAL NO. 78-9
Appeal No. 78-9, David White Electronics, David White Electronics
101 W. Rock Street, on an application to 101 W. Rock St.
vary setbacks, or more specifically, they
are asking for a front yard setback of 46'6" and the required setback is 50
feet plus 18 feet for the Master Street Plan.
Cleo Smith and Jay Berryman were present to represent the request.
Mr. Smith explained that this will be a wholesale -retail small electronics store.
He said it will be a nice building and will be nicely landscaped. He stated that
it will not generate very much additional traffic. He said there would be three
employee cars which would be out by about 8:00 in the morning.
Chairman Yates asked Mr. Smith if he would have any objections to decreasing the
setback on the south side of the lot rather than the north side.
Mr. Yates asked Bobbie Jones if she had received any objections to this variance.
Bobbie Jones said she had received a phone call Monday morning from a lady who
was concerned that the survey stake was on her property. Bobbie Jones said she
had referred her to Mr. Smith's surveyor.
Mr. Yates questioned how far the front of Penney's building is from the street
right of way. Bobbie Jones said it should be at least fifty feet. She noted
that at one point Rock Street was simply designated as a minor street and she
had given the applicant the information that the variance needed would be three
feet. She said when she received the Planning Report for the rezoning, she
noticed that he had shown it as a minor arterial. She stated that on the most
recent map it is shown as a minor arterial.
Mrs. Mills asked how long the electronics store has been in business in its
present location. Mr. Smith said it has been there for about 16 years. He said
they plan to either sell or tear down that house.
Larry Smith asked how much space there is between the building and the west property
line. Cleo Smith said the building is 100 x 144 and has 50 feet frontage.
No one was present in opposition.
The public hearing was concluded.
Mrs. Mills said she feels it would be difficult to build anything on that
property with the setback requirements. She stated that this seems to be a
very stable business. She noted that the variance is rather large but under
consideration of the type of building and size of the lot, she said she feels
the variance would be a good idea. She stated that she agrees with the idea of
moving the building back to line up with the front of the existing Penney's
building.
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Richard Osborne made a motion to grant a variance sufficient to allow the
building, as proposed, to line up approximately with the front of the Penney's
building, and the necessary variance on the south side of the property. Mrs.
Don Mills seconded the motion.
Bobbie Jones asked how much in front of the Penney's building they would allow.
Larry Smith asked the owner if he could change the building so they could move
it to the west. Mr. Berryman explained that it would require a lot os excavation
and there are a lot of large trees on the property line. He noted that the
Penney's building is built on about 12 feet of fill.
Richard Osborne amended his motion to allow a three foot variation as needed.
Mrs. Mills seconded the amended motion.
Larry Smith said he would like the additional footage to be used in the
lot because the parking lot as drawn will be difficult to back out of.
as shown, they would have to back out on to the street.
The vote on the motion to approve was 4-0.-1, with Osborne, Mills, Smith,
voting "Aye" and House abstaining.
The minutes of the May 1, 1978 Board of Adjustment
meeting were approved as mailed.
The meeting adjourned at 3:35 P. M.
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