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FAYETTEVILLE
W4ff ARKANSAS
Board of Adjustment Meeting
April 3, 2023
3:45 PM
113 W. Mountain, Room 219
MEETING MINUTES
NOTE: The January 9, 2023 Board of Adjustment Meeting was held both in person and
virtually.
Members: Bill Finer (Chair), Lindsey Steiger -Muck, Erin Adkins-Oury, Josh Carson and Jason
Young
Assistant City Attorney: Blake Pennington
Call to Order: 3:45 PM, Finer (Chair)
Roll Call:
In Attendance: Bill Finer, Lindsey Steiger -Muck, Erin Adkins-Oury, and Jason Young
Absent: Josh Carson
Staff: Ryan Umberger, Senior Planner
1. Approval of the minutes from the January 9t", 2023 meeting.
- Bill Finer, Chair: Asked that the minutes of the January 9, 2023 meeting be corrected
to show that Erin Adkins-Oury chaired the meeting in Finer's absence.
Motion:
Board Member Adkins-Oury made a motion to approve the January 9, 2023 minutes as
corrected, with Young seconding. Upon roll call the motion passed with a vote of 4-0-0.
Unfinished Business:
None.
New Business:
2. BOA-2023-0002: Board of Adjustment (691 S. CHERRY LN/HARENZA, 526): Submitted by
RIFT CUSTOMS for property located at 691 S. CHERRY LN. The property is zoned RSF-4,
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, FOUR UNITS PER ACRE and contains approximately 1.12
acres. The request is for a variance from lot width requirements.
Ryan Umberger, Senior Planner: Gave the staff report.
Mailing Address:
113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gav
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Jenny Harenza, Applicant: Stated availability for questioning and spoke of their hardship
concerning the street frontage requirements.
Adkins-Oury: Asked staff if there is any future development planned for Cherry Lane.
Umberger: Stated there is not an extension of Cherry in the future plans.
Young: Asked if anyone uses this property to access another property to the north or east.
Umberger: Differed to the applicant.
Harenza, Applicant: Expressed that nothing they are doing is cutting people off from accessing
their property.
Motion:
Board Member Adkins-Oury made a motion to approve BOA-2023-0002 with conditions as
outline by staff. Board Member Young seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion was
approved by a vote of 4-0-0.
3. BOA-2023-0003: Board of Adjustment (2600 S. SCHOOL AVE/TFI, LLC, 639): Submitted
by BLEW AND ASSOCIATES for property located at 2600 S. SCHOOL AVE. The property is
zoned C-2, THOROUGHFARE COMMERCIAL and contains approximately 0.45 acres. The
request is for a variance to the setback requirements.
Ryan Umberger, Senior Planner: Gave the staff report.
Bill Finer, Chair: Ask for clarification upon adding space, since their letter said they are adding
720 sgft to their structure.
Ryan Umberger, Senior Planner: Differed to the applicant.
Jorge Ducan, Applicant: Clarified that the 720 sgft is for a separate structure that is not
connected to the building.
Adkin-Oury: Asked to confirm that a separate building would not matter in this situation.
Umberger: Stated that the separate building will fall under a different permit process and that he
believes no variance will be needed for that.
Jorge Ducan, Applicant: Clarified that they do not wish to demolish any part of the building,
renovations only.
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Adkins-Oury: Stated that this is a reasonable request.
Motion:
Board Member Adkins-Oury made a motion to approve BOA-2023-0003 with conditions as
outline by staff. Board Member Young seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion was
denied by a vote of 4-0-0.
Announcements:
Adjournment Time: 4:09 PM
Submitted by: City Planning Division