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MINUTES OF A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING
The Fayetteville Board of Adjustment met at 3:45 P.M., Monday,
February 6, 1984, in Room 209 of the Continuing Education Center,
Center Street And East Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Chester House, Don Mills, "Butch" Robertson,
Robert Waldren, Dr. David Crittenden, Dennis
Becker, Larry Tompkins.
MEMBERS ABSENT: None.
O THERS PRESENT:. Guy Bingham, Carl Austin, Mr. & Mrs. Brooks,
Bobbie Jones.
Chairman Chester House called the meeting to order.
The first item considered was Appeal No. 83-24,
Scott Ebbets, 1616 North College Avenue,
on an application to vary setbacks.
SCOTT EBBETS
1616 North College Ave.
APPEAL NO 83-24
This appeal had first been heard on January 16, 1984, with
six members of the Board present. At that time the vote
on a motion to grant a partial variance failed because of a
3-3 tie vote. The matter was scheduled for the present meeting
when all seven members of the Board of Adjustment could be in
attendance.
G uy Bingham, Construction Manager for MAPCO Petroleum; Carl
Austin, District Manager for MAPCO Petroleum; and Mr. and Mrs.
Brooks, the property owners were present to represent the appeal.
Mr. Bingham passed around some photographs of other canopies
in the town. He stated theirs is not an unusual request; they
would like to be reasonably as close to the street as they
can and would like to furnish shelter for their customers.
He said the present main building will not be moved, but
will be remodeled into a convenience store. They have two pump
islands, one of which is 15 ft. from the street right-of-way.
They wish to construct a canopy which will overhang that
pump island by 10 ft., thus being only 5 ft. from the right-of-way.
The canopy will extend all the way back to the main building. Mr.
Bingham said there is about 12 ft. from the street curb to
the street right-of-way line, so the canopy would be 17 ft.
off the street curb. He said they are in a low place, and would
n ot obstruct (vision) up or down (the street).
No one else present wished to speak for the request. There
was no one present to oppose the request.
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Waldren moved that a variance be granted to permit a canopy MOTION
t o extend to the outside edge of the outside island (the
island nearest the street). This would amount to a 5 ft. variance,
or a 15 ft. setback. Crittenden seconded the motion. The motion
failed to pass on a 3-4 vote with Waldren, Crittenden and Becker
voting "Aye" and Mills, Robertson, House and Tompkins voting "Nay".
Tompkins moved that the minutes of the January 16, MINUTES
1984 Board of Adjustment Meeting be approved as submitted.
Robertson seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0-1 with
Milts abstaining.
At Tompkins' request Bobbie Jones reported on some progress
being made by the committee assigned to "update" the General
Plan. She advised that the committee is currently trying to
formulate some incentives to encourage development of "passed
o ver" parcels of property in an effort to fill in the undeveloped
areas close in where all the services are available. Members
of the Board asked that she also ask the committee to consider
something that might make it easier for people to remodel or
add to existing structures. Mrs. Mills said that buyers can
e xpect around $8-9,000 closing costs on a $35,000 house.
Mr. Tompkins related that in St. Louis they had used a tax
incentive to encourage development of industrial property ---
they would pay no taxes for up to 25 years.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:10 P.M.
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