HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-11-07 - Minutes - FinalCITY OF
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Board of Adjustment
November 7, 2016
3:45 PM
City Administration Building in Fayetteville, AR, Room 111
MINUTES
Members: Kristen Knight (chair), Porter Winston, Steve Clowney, Casey Hoffman, and
Bill Finer.
City Attorney: Blake Pennington — Assistant City Attorney
Call to Order: 3:45 PM, Kristin Knight
In Attendance: Kristen Knight (chair), Porter Winston, Steve Clowney, Casey Hoffman,
and Bill Finer.
Absent: none.
Board Member Porter Winston arrived after approval of minutes.
Staff: Andrew Garner, City Planning Director; and Jonathan Curth, Senior Planner.
1. Approval of the minutes from the August 1, 2016 meeting.
Motion:
Board Member Clowney made a motion to approve the August 1, 2016 minutes.
Board Member Hoffman seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed with
a vote of 3-0-1. Finer abstained. Winston arrived after approval of minutes
2. Old Business:
No items
3. New Business
BOA 16-5636: Board of Adjustments Item (2241 N. WOODLARK
LN./MENDENHALL; 324): Submitted by DEBBIE MENDENHALL for property located at
2241 N. WOODLARK LN. The property is zoned RSF-4, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE
FAMILY, 4 UNITS PER ACRE and contains approximately 0.37 acres. The request is for
a variance of the building setback requirements.
Jonathan Curth, Senior Planner: Gave the staff report.
Kristen Knight, Board Member: Inquires from staff whether metal structures like the
carport proposed meets City design standards.
Mailing Address:
113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gav
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Andrew Garner, Planning Director: Responds that there are no single-family design
guidelines in this part of the City, unless lots are 50 feet wide or less, which the subject
property is not.
Debbie Mendenhall, Applicant: Notes that this request was never a matter of parking,
but rather to put a structure over her driveway for covered parking. Feels that the City
has made this a hardship on her by not allowing her to cover and protect her vehicle.
Knight: Clarifies for the applicant that the Board must find a hardship that is not financial
in nature. This cannot include that it costs too much to convert the closed -off garage
back in to a garage.
Stephen Clowney, Board Member: Questions why a 16 -foot structure will not suffice.
Mendenhall: Responds that this was not considered, but if her request is denied she will
look in to options of this size.
Porter Winston, Board Member: Measured his own vehicles for comparisons sake,
and both were longer than eighteen feet.
Mendenhall: Directs the Board to the images attached in the staff report of her vehicle
in the subject property's driveway.
Knight: Notes that one of the most compelling things about this neighborhood is it's
entirely intact street front. By adding this structure it will change the streetscape.
Mendenhall: Comments that there is at least one carport in the subdivision, but not on
her street.
Winston: Shares with the Board that the length of a Chevrolet Camaro is 16 feet and
one inch long.
Chad Pennington, Assistant City Attorney: Requests Garner to clarify the building
requirements over a utility easement.
Andrew Garner, Planning Director: Clarifies that a driveway is allowed over an
easement, but a building permit cannot be granted for a carport over an easement.
Clarifies that a carport is an allowed use, and notes that it may be possible to build a
driveway and carport on the south side of the home if an easement is not present.
Motion:
Board Member Clowney made a motion to approve BOA 16-5636. Board Member
Winston seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion failed with a vote of 0-5-0.
4. Reports: No reports
5. Announcements:
6. Adjournment Time: 4:15pm
7. Submitted by: City Planning Division