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WELCOME TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS MEETING BEING HELD AT 5 5 5 5 PERIMETER DRIVE.THE MEETING CAN ALSO BE ACCESSED VIA THE LIVESTREAM VIDEO RECORDING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
WE WELCOME PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENT ON OUR CASES.
THE MEETING PROCEDURE FOR EACH CASE THIS EVENING WILL BEGIN, ALTHOUGH THERE'S ONLY ONE WITH A STAFF PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE APPLICANT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
THE BOARD WILL ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OF STAFF FIRST AND THEN OF THE APPLICANT.
THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE PODIUM.
EACH SPEAKER MUST PROVIDE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD FOLLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT, INCLUDING THOSE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL.
THE BOARD WILL THEN DELIBERATE ON THE CASE PRIOR TO RENDERING A DECISION.
JANE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. ANDERSON? HERE.
[ACCEPTANCE OF DOCUMENTS AND APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES]
OF DOCUMENTS AND THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.UM, GOSH, IT'S ALL THE WAY BACK TO OUR MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER.
AT THIS POINT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE DOCUMENTS? SO MOVED.
COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. NYE? YES.
WE WILL MOVE INTO THE SWEARING OF WITNESSES AND STAFF.
UH, IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO TONIGHT IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY OF THE CASES THIS EVENING, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? JUST YOU AT THIS POINT.
PLEASE ANSWER IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH AND YOUR TESTIMONY TO THIS BOARD? YES.
[Case #25-032V]
IS YOURS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD EVENING.
UH, THIS IS A VARIANCE REQUEST FOR A, UH, PROPOSED PATIO SLASH DECK IN THE OAK PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SHOWN THE SCREEN IS THE VARIANCE PROCESS THAT THE CITY GOES THROUGH, UH, WHEN CONSIDERING VARIANCES.
SO THIS IS A ONE STEP PROCESS, UH, THAT GOES THROUGH THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS.
SO A DETERMINATION IS REQUIRED TONIGHT.
THE PURPOSE OF A VARIANCE IS TO ALLOW OR CONSIDER DEVIATIONS TO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WHERE THERE'S EVIDENCE OF A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY OR SPECIAL CONDITION.
UM, AND SOME OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN AS WELL.
AND THOSE INCLUDE LOOKING AT, UH, THE SITE OR BUILDING AND SEEING IF THERE'S UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES, TOPOGRAPHY THAT MAKES DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE CHALLENGING THE CHARACTER OF SURROUNDING AREA AND THE IMPACT ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
SO THE SITE IS HIGHLIGHTED ON YOUR SCREEN HERE.
THIS IS LOCATED IN THE OAK PARK SUBDIVISION, UH, SUB AREA.
A SUB AREA A IS ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEY ALL, MANY OF THEM DO BACKUP TO AN EXISTING OPEN SPACE RESERVE.
UM, AS IT WAS STATED IN THE REPORT, WE'VE, AT LEAST IN THE PAST, PROBABLY FIVE TO SIX YEARS, HAVE SEEN SEVERAL, UH, VARIANCES WITHIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL WITHIN SUB AREA A.
UM, SO THIS WOULD FALL IN LINE WITH SOME OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST IN TERMS OF THE REAR YARD SETBACK REQUEST AND THE VARIANCE TO THAT REQUIREMENT.
SO SHOWING THE SCREEN ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE EXISTING, UH, PROPERTY, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE HOME HAS A THREE CAR GARAGE, UH, THAT'S LOCATED FORWARD.
THE BUILDING IT'S SIDE LOADED, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THE BUILDING IS, OR THE, THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THE HOME IS SETBACK ABOUT 29 FEET FROM THE REAR PROPERTY LINE.
UM, AND THE REAR SETBACK FOR THIS SITE IS 25 FEET.
UM, AND THEN ON THAT FAR RIGHT PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE, UH, EXITING THE HOME, UH, LOOKING OUT TOWARDS THE OPEN SPACE RESERVE.
AND THEN THAT'S THE EDGE OF THE OAK PARK DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
UH, SO THERE'S SOME SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT NO OTHER DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS TO, UH, THE 25 FOOT SETBACK FOR THE, UH, A POTENTIAL PATIO OR DECK.
SO ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE APPROXIMATELY WHERE THAT 25 FOOT SETBACK WOULD LAND, WHICH IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
AND THEN WHERE THEY'RE REQUESTING TO EXTEND INTO THAT SETBACK, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 13 FEET FROM THE REAR PROPERTY LINE.
UH, THERE IS A 10 FOOT EASEMENT THAT SITS ALONG THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, SO THEY WOULD BE AVOIDING THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S THE BASIS BEHIND THIS REQUEST REQUESTS, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED THEIR STATEMENT, AND I'LL LOOK TO THEM TO, UH, PROVIDE THEIR EXPLANATION FOR THIS REQUEST WHEN WE DO GET TO THAT TIME.
BUT STAFF DID REVIEW THIS APPLICATION TO THE APPLICABLE CRITERIA AS A REFRESHER.
UM, THE THREE CRITERIA THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN ALL HAVE TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR A VARIANCE TO BE APPROVED.
UH, THE FIRST IS SPECIAL CONDITIONS, THEN APPLICANT ACTION IN ACTION AND THEN IMPAIRING, IMPAIRING THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE
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REQUIREMENT.SO, UM, STAFF REVIEWED THIS APPLICATION TO THESE CRITERIA AND FOUND, UH, FOR THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS, THE LAYOUT OF THE HOUSE AND HOW IT'S PUSHED BACK, UH, INTO THE LOT IS SOMETHING THAT DOES, UH, MAKE IT CHALLENGING TO BUILD ANYTHING, ANY AMENITY SPACE BEHIND THE HOME.
BUT ALSO POINTING OUT, AND AS WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL OF THESE, THESE VARIANCES IN THE PAST, ALL WITHIN SUB AREA, THIS IS KIND OF A DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC OF MANY HOMES IN THIS SUB AREA.
AND IT'S CONSISTENTLY CREATED CHALLENGES FOR MANY PROPERTIES, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO MEET THAT REAR SETBACK WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, ADDING AMENITY SPACE THAT JUST WAS NOT CONSIDERED BEFORE.
SO IT'S A CONDI SPECIAL CONDITION THAT'S APPLICABLE ONLY TO THE, THAT SUB AREA.
THE, THE INTERNAL LOTS ALL HAVE SEPARATE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ALLOW SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SPACE TO HAVE A PATIO OR A DECK.
I WANT TO SAY THE SETBACKS ABOUT FIVE FEET FROM THE REAR PROPERTY LINE FOR THOSE TYPES OF STRUCTURES.
SO THAT'S WHY IT IS A SPECIAL CONDITION FOR THESE OUTLYING PROPERTIES.
UH, AND THEN FOR THE SECOND SET OF CRITERIA, TWO OF THE FOUR NEED TO BE MET, STAFF HAS FOUND THAT NUMBER ONE, SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND NUMBER THREE DELIVERY OF GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES HAS BEEN MET WITH THIS.
SO WITH THAT, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE PATIO OR DECK TO ENCROACH 12 FEET INTO THE 25 FOOT SETBACK.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, THE FIRST THING I'LL DO IS SINCE I SLIPPED, FLIPPED MY PAGE TOO SLOW, I'M GOING TO READ THE, UM, THE ACTUAL CASE NUMBER SO WE HAVE IT IN THE RECORD SINCE I WAS TOO SLOW WITH THAT.
SO THIS IS CASE NUMBER 25 0 3 2 V THAT ZACH HAS BEEN PRESENTING ON.
AND THIS IS A REQUEST FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A PATIO TO ENCROACH INTO THE REAR YARD SETBACK.
THE 0.23 ACRES SITE IS ZONED PUD OR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OAK PARK AND IS LOCATED AT 7 0 0 7 PRIMROSE COURT.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT CATCHING THAT.
ZACH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UM, JUST FOR, MAYBE PATRICK MIGHT'VE BEEN HERE, BUT JUST FOR THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I THINK YOU SAID SIX, I COULDN'T HAVE TOLD YOU HOW MANY.
UM, AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THIS IS IN MATERIALS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT HERE AND PRESENT IT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE.
ALL THE OTHER APPLICANTS IN OAK PARK SUB AREA A, WE HAVE APPROVED MEETING THE SAME CRITERIA.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS WERE AWARE OF THAT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ZACH? UM, JUST ONE, WELL, MAYBE, UM, I HAD A QUESTION FOR CRITERIA, A SPECIAL CONDITIONS, UM, MAYBE JUST HOW THE STAFF VIEWS THAT, UM, THAT REQUIREMENT.
IT SAYS, UH, WHICH ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO OTHER LANDS OR STRUCTURES IN THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT.
WHEN FOR SAME ZONING DISTRICT TO STAFF YOU THAT AS PUD OR JUST SUB AREA A TYPICALLY WE WOULD LOOK AT THE ENTIRE, THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT HERE.
SO LIKE THE INTERIOR ONES AS WELL.
THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW? UH, SO, UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE, THAT THIS ISN'T THE FIRST IN THE ZONING AREA THAT WE'VE, UH, GRANTED A, UH, A VARIANCE FOR WITH REGARD TO THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE? THAT'S CORRECT.
I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? THIS IS THE NOT AN UNCOMMON REQUEST, UH, FROM PEOPLE LIVING IN THE ZONING AREA, CORRECT? YES, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD, I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE NUMBER I, THE NUMBER'S ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE VARIANCES WITHIN SUB AREA A TO GET VARIANCES FROM THE RAILROAD SETBACK.
UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN CONSISTENTLY OUT HERE.
ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW? OKAY, SIR, ARE YOU GONNA ADDRESS THE BOARD? ARE YOU THE APPLICANT? OKAY.
IF YOU'D COME UP TO THAT PODIUM RIGHT THERE, THERE'S A BUTTON AND IF YOU PRESS IT, IT'LL TURN GREEN ON THE TOP OF THE MICROPHONE.
IF YOU WOULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
MY NAME IS TRI ADDRESS 7 0 0 7 PRIMROSE CODE W OHIO 4 3 0 1 6.
AND GO AHEAD AND JUST TELL US ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION AND ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED, WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UH, YEAH, I THINK, UH, ZACH EXPLAINED IT VERY WELL, SO YEAH, THANK YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO AS YOU SEE, LIKE, UH, I HAVE NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO BUILD ANYTHING OUT THERE.
SO THIS, UH, THE EXISTING STAIRCASE THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE BUILDER IS DETERIORATED AND IT'S, AS YOU SAID, THAT MAKES THE, NOT ONLY MY HOUSE, EVEN THE COMMUNITY LOOKS VERY BAD, UH, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF ENTRANCE TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE PARK, SO EVERYONE COMES TO THE ENTRANCE.
SO HOPEFULLY THE PATIO OR UH, DECK WILL MAKE THE, NOT ONLY MY HOUSE, BUT THE AREA SURROUNDING ALSO OR LOOKING MORE BETTER THERE.
SO I, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU JUST TO ESTABLISH THE, THE ONES THAT WE DID BEFORE.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS IN THE, THE CITY'S
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REPORT, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, DID YOU BUILD THIS HOUSE OR WAS IT THERE WHEN YOU PURCHASED IT? NO, WE BUILT IT FROM THE BUILDER.SO, UH, THE BUILDER, WE SELECTED THE PLAN AND THE OPTIONS AND THE, AND THE BUILDER BUILT IT FOR US.
AND DID THEY SELECT THE LOCATION OF THE HOME OR DID THEY LET YOU MOVE IT ON THE LOT FORWARD OR BACK, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THEY ALREADY DECIDED? UH, WE PICKED THE LOTS.
THERE WERE SOME AVAILABLE LOTS, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER POD.
SO WE PICKED THIS LOT AND THEN WE BUILT THE HOUSE THAT WE, BUT ON THE SPECIFIC LOT, THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE OPTION OF MOVING THE HOUSE FORWARD TO CREATE A LARGER SPACE IN THE BACK, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS AN OPTION FOR THEM.
SO YEAH, BECAUSE OF THE THREE CAR GARAGE AND THE HOUSE, MOST OF THE HOUSES THERE ARE SIDE GARAGE, SO THAT PUSHES THE HOUSE BACK, SO.
I, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO, SIR.
IF YOU JUST WANNA TURN OFF THAT MICROPHONE AND SIT DOWN THERE IN THE FRONT ROW, WE MIGHT HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE DELIBERATE? OKAY.
I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
I THINK I'VE BEEN ON ALL OF THEM.
I DON'T WANNA SAY THAT FOR SURE, BUT WE HAD A RUN WHERE THEY WERE AS ALMOST EVERY MONTH WE WERE HAVING A DIFFERENT, UM, OAK PARK PROPERTY.
AND SO BASICALLY WHERE THE CITY CAME DOWN, THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS WHERE AFTER SOME PRETTY LONG MEETINGS AND LOTS OF DELIBERATION WE CAME DOWN WITH, WITH OUR, UM, DECISION PREVIOUSLY.
IN PART, THE, THE, THE TESTIMONY THAT WE HEARD PREVIOUSLY MATCHED TODAY IN THAT THE BUILDERS BOUGHT THE LOTS, HAD THE PLACEMENT WITH A THREE CAR SIDELOADED GARAGE THERE, CREATED BASICALLY NO OTHER PLACEMENT ON THE LOT, UM, FOR A PATIO AND THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SPACE.
IT IS, AND, AND I WILL ASK ZACH TO CONFIRM THIS, BUT IT IS UNIQUE ONLY TO THIS SECTION OF IT.
'CAUSE I THINK WE LOOKED AT IT ACTUALLY A BIG PICTURE OF IT BEFORE AND THEN WENT BACK TO THIS SECTION AND THERE IS A WALKING PATH AND A, WHAT'D YOU CALL IT? A PRESERVATION AREA? WHAT'S BEHIND IT? YEAH, I MEAN IT'S A, THERE'S A WALKING PATH THAT GOES THROUGH SPECIFICALLY BEHIND THIS HOME, THROUGH THAT RESERVE WALKING PATH.
AND THEN JUST SOME PLANTED TREES AND AND PRESERVATION SPACE.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE LOOKED AT THAT, THAT THAT SIMILAR PATH GOES THROUGH THE REST OF THESE HOMES.
WE THOUGHT THERE WAS NOT SOMEONE BEHIND THEM THAT WOULD NECESSARILY BE IMPACTED.
AND I THINK ON ONE OF THE PICTURES THAT ZACH HAD PULLED UP IN HIS PRESENTATION, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE WALKING PATH BEHIND IT THERE.
YEAH, SORRY, IT'S THE FAR RIGHT OF OUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW THAT THERE'S STILL A GOOD DISTANCE BETWEEN WHERE THE PATIO WOULD BE IN THE WALKING PATH.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A BUDDING THE WALKING PATH WHERE THE GENERAL PUBLIC WOULD BE WALKING.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I AGREE WITH THE, UM, THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTUALLY THE SAME CRITERIA AS THEY DO WHEN I'D BE INCLINED TO, TO, UM, VOTE FOR THIS.
ANYBODY HAS OTHER DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS, UH, I'M ALSO INCLINED TO, UH, TO AGREE IT, IT, YOU KNOW, JUST SEEMS LIKE A FAIRLY COMMON SENSE SORT OF SOLUTION, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, UH, A CONCLUSION THAT, UH, WE'VE ARRIVED AT MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE.
UH, I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT MAYBE A, UH, A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SORT OF, UH, SOLUTION LIKE, UH, CHANGING THE, UH, UH, SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT SPECIFIC, UH, ZONING AREA MIGHT BE OF, UH, UH, OF NOTE OR UH, AN IDEA IN THE FUTURE.
BUT, UH, YEAH, UH, I GUESS IN TERMS OF THIS CASE SPECIFICALLY THEN YEAH, I WOULD BE INCLINED TO, TO AGREE.
AND ZACH, I DIDN'T, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANY ON HERE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO, WE DO NOT PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND I WILL SAY, PATRICK, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
I NOT TO CALL ANYTHING OUT, BUT I BELIEVE WHEN WE HAD A WORK SESSION, THAT WAS THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD.
AND I THINK THE CITY'S LOOKING INTO SEEING IF THERE'S SOMETHING THEY CAN DO FOR OAK PARK.
IS THAT A FAIR WAY TO PUT IT, ZACH? YEAH.
UM, AND WE'VE HAD OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY WHERE TO AVOID HAVING MULTIPLE VARIANCES.
'CAUSE THIS IS NOT, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD THIS, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN AND WE'VE ACTUALLY MADE THE NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN STANDARDS IN PART TO FIX THESE TYPES OF ISSUES MOVING FORWARD.
UM, A CODE CHANGE TO SETBACKS IS THE PREFERRED METHOD.
UM, I'D SAY AT, WITH HOW MANY VARIANCES WE HAVE DONE OUT HERE ALREADY.
UM, WE'VE KIND OF LEARNED OUR LESSON IN THIS MOMENT AND HAVE APPLIED THAT MOVING FORWARD, WHICH IS WHY WE PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISTINCTION WITH THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING, WELL, WE'VE DONE THIS HERE AND IT'S PRETTY, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY CUT AND DRY.
WHY CAN WE APPLY THIS ELSEWHERE? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE DO WITH VARIANCES, EVERYTHING IS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BACKGROUND AS WELL WHEN REVIEWING THIS CASE.
UM, SO I THINK I'M IN AGREEMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO, I HAD SOME HESITATION AT FIRST BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE IF IT, IF THE CRITERIA A NUMBER ONE WAS FOR SAME ZONING DISTRICT WAS JUST SUB AREA A, THEN I DIDN'T THINK THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS
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OR CIRCUMSTANCE EXISTS.BUT IF IT'S FOR THE WHOLE PUD NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THAT KIND OF, UH, ALLEVIATED MY CONCERNS.
BUT THERE'S ONE THING I PROBABLY DON'T DISAGREE WITH, BUT I ALTERNATIVELY STILL THINK THE CRITERION'S MET IS THE SIDE LOADED THREE CAR GARAGE.
IT LOOKS LIKE ALMOST ALL, UM, HOUSES IN THAT DEVELOPMENT HAVE THE SIDE LOADED GARAGE.
SO I DON'T, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT'S THE SPECIAL CONDITION OR CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT I THINK THE EXTENDED SETBACK COMBINED WITH THE OPEN SPACE AND WALKING PATH BEHIND IS ENOUGH TO LIFT IT OVER THE HUMP.
UM, BESIDES THAT, I AGREE WITH THE CITY IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS AND I'M INCLINED TO AGREE TOO.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE THAT REALLY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WERE COMING FROM AND THE PRECEDENT.
WELL, IF WE HAVE THAT AT THIS POINT, DOES ANYONE HAVE A, UH, MOTION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AT THIS POINT? UM, YEAH.
I, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE A NON-USE AREA VARIANCE TO ALLOW A PATIO OR DECK TO ENCROACH 12 FEET INTO THE 25 FOOT SETBACK.
WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. SNICK? YES.
OKAY, SIR, YOUR VARIANCE IS GRANTED.
ZACH, I WILL TELL YOU, I, I WANT TO SAY WHAT BRIDGES SAID AS WELL.
IT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, NOT THAT I'M SAYING ACTUALLY, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT USUALLY IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL IN THE WAY IT WAS LAID OUT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS MUCH MORE DIGESTIBLE AND THE KIND OF A LOT MORE HISTORICAL INFORMATION THAT MADE IT REALLY HELPFUL, I'M SURE FOR THE APPLICANT AND CERTAINLY FOR US.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WAY YOU PRESENTED THAT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS?
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WELL, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE.UM, NO, I DON'T THINK THERE'S TOO MANY UPDATES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME TERMS COMING UP SOON THAT ARE GONNA BE ENDING.
SO JOE, I THINK YOUR TERM ENDS HERE, UH, NEXT MONTH.
SO IF WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING NEXT MONTH, THIS WOULD LIKELY BE ONE OF YOUR LAST MEETINGS.
SO, UM, WE'RE, I THINK YOU STARTED RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT I DID AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF THIS STUFF AS WELL.
SO, UM, VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND HAVE BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I KNOW WE ALL, WE ALL THINK THAT, SO THANK YOU.
JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, IN TERMS OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON, IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN ANY, SO WE OFFER TO A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PLANNING PROFESSION.
UM, WE'D HAVE THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION IS KIND OF THE, THE KEY ONE THAT WE, WE LOOK INTO AND THAT, THAT WE GO THROUGH.
UM, THERE ARE CONFERENCES THAT OUR STAFF ATTENDS EVERY YEAR, UM, AND, BUT THERE'S ALSO LOCAL CHAPTERS.
THERE'S A CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER, THERE'S A CO UH, OHIO CHAPTER.
SO IF YOU WERE EVER INTERESTED IN CERTAIN TOPICS AND WE COULD HELP IN ANY WAY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UM, IF THERE ARE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU ALL WANT US TO BRING FORTH TO YOU, UM, I CAN ALWAYS BRING TAMMY BACK AND WE CAN DO SOME OF THOSE TRAININGS, UM, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A WHILE.
I MEAN, BZ, THIS IS, THIS IS MORE KIND OF WHAT I'D SAY I'M USED TO WITH BZA, WHERE YOU HAVE A COUPLE MEETINGS A YEAR.
UM, WE WENT THROUGH A STRETCH A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHERE WE GOT A MEETING EVERY MONTH.
UM, SO YOU KIND OF GET IT, IT'S JUST A BALANCE.
SO, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO NEWER MEMBERS HERE THAT I THINK THIS IS YOUR THIRD MEETINGS, RIGHT? UM, SO IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO BRING FORTH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE CASES AND MAYBE IT'S A LIGHT AGENDA AND YOU WANNA LEARN MORE, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE CAN PUT THOSE TOGETHER.
OR IF WE NEED TO MEET INDIVIDUALLY WITH ALL OF YOU AND, AND DO SOME TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT TOO.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT MATERIALS THAT WE CAN DIG OUT AND, AND SHARE WITH EVERYONE, JUST KIND OF ABOUT THE, THE, THE BZA PROCESS, UM, LOOKING AT VARIANCES ON THE ODD CHANCE THAT WE GET SPECIAL PERMITS.
YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S A LITTLE, COUPLE DIFFERENT NUANCES WITH ALL THOSE, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, NO, APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, JUST LEMME KNOW.
HOW'S IT LOOK FOR NEXT MONTH? RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY APPLICATIONS.
UM, SO THAT DEADLINE WOULD BE COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK.
SO I WILL GIVE EVERYBODY A, A HEADS UP ONCE I HAVE AN IDEA.
AND FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE WENT FORMALLY ONTO THIS, BUT CORRECT, I, I HAVE ONE MONTH LEFT OR I GUESS WE'RE, WE TALKED ABOUT 37 DAYS UNTIL MY TERM EXPIRES.
WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO LEFT AND SO WE WILL HAVE, WELL YOU GUYS WILL HAVE, I WILL NOT, BUT TWO NEW MEMBERS STARTING JUNE 1ST AND THEY ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE FILLED.
SO WISH EVERYBODY THE BEST OF LUCK WITH THAT AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY
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TIMELY WITH THEIR APPOINTMENTS, SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE BEING ANY ISSUE WITH THAT.AND ALONG THOSE LINES AS WELL, UM, WE WILL IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, NEED TO DO ELECTIONS OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
SO PLEASE BE THINKING ABOUT THAT, UM, AHEAD OF THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, AND IF WE NEED TO IN THOSE TIMES AS WELL, WE'VE SET, UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE MEETING YOU CAN DO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TALK THROUGH KIND OF WHO AS A, AS A TEAM WHO, UH, SHOULD BE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
SO JUST BE THINKING ABOUT THAT MOVING FORWARD ESPECIALLY AS WE'LL HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS.
I KNOW OUR STAFF WILL BE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET THEM UP TO SPEED AND, AND READY TO GO HERE.
UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.