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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS
A special meeting of the Board of Adjustments was held on October 20, 1999 at 3:45 p.m. in
Room 219 of the City Administration Building, 113 W. Mountain, Fayetteville, Arkansas
ITEM CONSIDERED
BA99-24: Marshalltown Tools, pp642
MEMBERS PRESENT
Michael Andrews
Thad Hanna
Bob Nickle
Larry Perkins
STAFF PRESENT
• Tim Conklin
Janet Johns
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ACTION TAKEN
Approved
MEMBERS ABSENT
Gerald Boyd
Marion Orton
Michael Green
STAFF ABSENT
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Board of Adjustment Minutes
October 20, 1999
Page 2
BA99-24: VARIANCE
MARSHALLTOWN TOOLS, PP642
This item was submitted by Robert O'Connell of Marshalltown Tools for property located at
2200 Industrial Drive. The property is zoned I-2, General Industrial and contains approximately
15.34 acres. The requirement is for a 25 foot building setback. The request is for a 10 foot
setback which is a 15 foot variance.
Paul Pinneo was present on behalf of the request.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommended approval subject to the following condition:
1. The cooling unit must be constructed within one year or the variance will become void.
Board Discussion
Perkins: The special session of the Board of Adjustment is now in session. For October
20, the item to be considered today is appeal #BA99-24 and this is submitted by Marshalltown
Tools for a setback variance. Does staff have input on this?
Conklin: I would like to thank the members of the Board of Adjustment for allowing us to
have this special meeting today. Marshalltown Tools did approach the City requesting to install
a cooler on the south side of their building. When we looked at their plans, we realized there was
a 25 foot setback. The property is zoned I-2, Heavy Industrial. If you refer to page 1.6 in your
agenda, we have a site plan showing the south building wall. We also discovered the existing
building encroaches approximately 5 feet into the 25 foot setback. I have not been able to
determine how that building was built 5 feet into the setback. At this time, staff recommends
approving the variance. This adjoins the abandoned railroad right of way to the south. The
applicant has requested to install a cooling unit in order to have a certain type of machinery in the
building that requires it to be kept cool. The machinery is going to be located in the southeast
corner of the building. I talked to the applicant and we looked at the possibility of locating the
equipment on the east side of the building. However, Marshalltown Tools has future plans to
expand to the east. They need to have this cooler in a permanent location on the south side of the
building. As staff, we recommended that they request a variance. It is proposed to be located
approximately 3 feet from the building. It is 7 feet wide and is on a stand. The applicant did
bring with him the elevations of what the equipment will look like. It will be approximately 16
feet tall. Staff does recommend approval on both the existing building and the encroachment of
the cooling tower.
Board of Adjustment Minutes
October 20, 1999
Page 3
Nickle: Will this interfere with the potential for redevelopment of the railroad right of
way?
Conklin: We still have a 100 foot railroad right of way to the south. They will be 10 feet
from the actual right of way so this should not interfere at all.
Perkins: There is talk about reopening that spur?
Conklin: That is correct. The City has requested that the railroad provide service to the
south industrial park.
Perkins: We're considering both the cooler appeal and adjustment of the south wall of the
building
Conklin: That is correct. The current building encroaches 5 feet into the setback. Staff
feels like we should grant the variance for the existing building and at the same time grant the
variance for the construction of the cooling tower.
Nickle: Do we need 2 separate motion on that?
Conklin: 1 motion is fine as long as you describe it to cover both items. That would be
acceptable.
Perkins: Mr. Pinneo, do you have any input in addition to the staff background9
Pinneo: I have the drawing for you to review.
Andrews: How far does that building come out?
Pinneo: About 8 feet.
MOTION
Andrews: I'll move that we grant the variance for the existing building and construction of
the cooler.
Hanna: Second.
Roll Call
Upon roll call, the motion passed with a unanimous vote of 4-0-0.
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