[0:00] How are you?

[0:40] I usually

[0:58] What's he doing?

[1:36] Robin is three.

[2:15] One page.

[2:16] >> Just one page.

[2:38] He doesn't have a packet though.

[2:49] Can I see what

[3:09] » welcome to the board of alderman board

[3:11] of adjustment meeting for August 18th,

[3:13] 2026. Six.

[3:17] I'll call the order the meeting to

[3:19] order.

[3:21] And if we would all stand for the pledge

[3:23] of allegiance.

[3:42] Come here Moose.

[3:46] Roll call please.

[3:49] >> Chairperson Clauss

[3:52] >> here.

[3:52] >> Vice Chairperson Phillips

[3:54] >> here.

[3:54] >> Member Mooney

[3:55] >> here.

[3:56] >> Member Phillips Fig

[3:57] >> here. Alternate member Crutz

[3:59] >> here.

[3:59] >> We have five for a quorum.

[4:01] >> Thank you. Um our city attorney.

[4:06] » Um for the record, the proceedings in

[4:08] tonight's meeting will be recorded by a

[4:10] court reporter for future transcription

[4:11] if needed. All speakers will be sworn in

[4:13] before speaking. Please remember to

[4:15] speak directly into the microphone in a

[4:17] clear voice and only address the board

[4:19] at all times. No discussion between

[4:21] parties will be permitted as the court

[4:22] reporter will not be able to accurately

[4:24] transcribe multiple persons talking at

[4:26] once. The city code, all ordinances, and

[4:28] the notice for tonight's public hearing

[4:30] are present for review and made part of

[4:31] the official record. For each petition,

[4:33] the applicable application with all

[4:34] submitted attachments, the city's

[4:36] official denial of the permit requests

[4:38] and the staff reporter also available

[4:39] for review and made part of the official

[4:41] record. Each applicant is reminded that

[4:43] the burden of proof of the necessity of

[4:44] the variance is on him or her. A

[4:46] variance is granted to relieve

[4:48] unnecessary hardship or a practical

[4:49] difficulty in the way of carrying out

[4:51] the strict letter of the municipal code

[4:53] as determined from the facts presented

[4:54] and is not to be construed to be setting

[4:56] a precedent for future variance

[4:57] requests. The board will only consider

[4:59] the nature and conditions of the

[5:00] property and whether these factors

[5:02] mandate a variance. The concurring vote

[5:04] of four members of the board shall be

[5:06] necessary to reverse any order

[5:07] requirement decision or determination of

[5:09] the community development director.

[5:10] Approval is subject to written

[5:12] acceptance of the terms herein by the

[5:13] petitional within 30 days after receipt

[5:15] of the written notice of approval from

[5:16] the city of Fenton. Board members may

[5:18] ask questions to clarify the facts

[5:20] presented. The applicant may request a

[5:22] continuance at any time during the

[5:23] hearing prior to a call for a vote to

[5:25] bring in additional documentation. The

[5:27] board may also request a continuance to

[5:28] gather additional information or for

[5:30] further visit to the site.

[5:32] >> Thank you. Um there our petitioner is

[5:36] not here and there are no no other

[5:39] people in Zoom.

[5:40] >> The petitioner is on Zoom.

[5:42] >> What

[5:43] >> petitioner is on Zoom?

[5:46] >> Good. So is what as we would like you to

[5:49] read um swear to the oath of testimony.

[5:56] Um, do you swear that the information

[5:58] you will share here before this board

[5:59] tonight is the truth and the whole truth

[6:01] and the best of your knowledge?

[6:04] >> Yes.

[6:05] >> Thank you. We have

[6:07] >> Can we just have him state his name for

[6:08] the record, please?

[6:09] >> Yes. Could you have your state your

[6:11] name? Do we need an address?

[6:13] >> No.

[6:13] >> Yes. My name

[6:16] >> My name is Daniel Sneed. with the

[6:18] Wallace Design Collective. And my

[6:20] address here is 1703 Wandot Street,

[6:24] Sweet 200 Kansas City, Missouri 64108.

[6:32] » Hey, thank you.

[6:33] >> Oh, and then I will take the oath as

[6:34] well. Amy Stark, community development

[6:36] director

[6:41] » again.

[6:42] >> Okay, this is for Amy. Do you swear that

[6:44] the information you will share here

[6:45] before this board tonight is the truth,

[6:47] the whole truth, and to the best of your

[6:49] knowledge?

[6:49] >> I do.

[6:50] >> Thank you, Amy.

[6:52] Next item is old business. We have no

[6:55] old business. Next item is the new

[6:58] business, Amy.

[7:00] >> Yeah. Um, this is uh the subject

[7:03] location is currently um operated as an

[7:06] outdoor uh recreation facility. The

[7:09] petition tonight is a petition by Daniel

[7:10] Sneeed of Wallace Design Collective on

[7:12] behalf of Shannon and Kyle Real Estate

[7:15] LLC, owners of Swing Around Funtown for

[7:17] variances from the zoning code as

[7:19] follows. Number one, from section

[7:21] 415080E2

[7:24] and section 4302B

[7:27] to encroach the required front buffer

[7:29] area with an off- streetet parking area.

[7:31] And number two, from section 415080E1,

[7:36] to encroach the required front and rear

[7:38] setbacks with existing structures

[7:39] related to the principal use of the

[7:41] property as an outdoor limited

[7:43] recreation facility. The property is

[7:45] addressed as 335 Skinker Drive and is

[7:47] zoned OT2 Oldtown Commercial District.

[7:50] Um, as stated, this is uh currently um

[7:53] developed as an outdoor recreation

[7:55] facility known as Swingaround Funtown.

[7:57] The site also includes an indoor uh

[7:59] arcade and playground building and the

[8:02] petitioner would like to expand this

[8:03] building with an addition. And in order

[8:05] to meet the parking requirements for the

[8:07] use, the petitioner is also proposing a

[8:09] parking lot expansion onto the lot to

[8:12] the south that's shown as track two on

[8:14] um this plat. Um they al the uh owners

[8:19] of swing around Funtown also own this

[8:22] lot. Um the parking lot expansion will

[8:24] require a boundary adjustment plat to

[8:26] consolidate the the two lots. So um

[8:29] while reviewing the boundary adjustment

[8:30] plat, it was found that portions of the

[8:32] existing go-kart track um the existing

[8:35] go-kart maintenance building and the uh

[8:38] mini golf course encroach the required

[8:40] rear and front setbacks. So before the

[8:42] boundary adjustment can be approved, um

[8:45] a variance from those uh encroachments

[8:48] is required. It um should be noted that

[8:50] no changes are proposed to those

[8:52] existing structures as part of the

[8:54] overall um improvements that they're

[8:56] planning. Um it's just uh for the

[8:58] existing structures to encroach. Um it

[9:01] was also noted that the um parking lot

[9:04] will encroach the required um front

[9:07] landscaped buffer area, but as stated in

[9:10] your memo, changes to the buffer area

[9:12] requirements uh for this district have

[9:14] been proposed, and the planning and

[9:16] zoning commission did recommend approval

[9:18] of those amendments. So those amendments

[9:20] will now go to the board of alderman at

[9:22] their August 27th meeting for final

[9:24] consideration of approval. And if

[9:26] approved, this portion of the variance

[9:27] request will not be will be moot. Um,

[9:30] and that is noted in the conditions of

[9:32] approval that they would it would no

[9:33] longer be um, applicable.

[9:38] » Mr. Speed, do you have something that

[9:40] you would like to add?

[9:44] » I I don't believe so at this time. Um, I

[9:47] can answer any questions that anybody

[9:48] has.

[9:50] >> Does anybody on the board have any

[9:52] questions for Mr. Sme?

[9:56] » Yeah.

[9:59] All right. Mike Mooney, I have a few

[10:01] questions. Um,

[10:06] regarding the um the new parking area,

[10:10] um, do you have a drawing that shows

[10:13] what it would look like if you did meet

[10:15] our requirements for subpacks?

[10:19] » Um, I currently don't have that drawing.

[10:22] Um,

[10:25] it would

[10:26] >> Okay. it would significantly reduce, you

[10:29] know, the parking count that they

[10:30] currently have. Um,

[10:37] » just a comment from me. I I think the um

[10:40] the existing go-kart track and the and

[10:43] the kind of the north side of the lot

[10:45] that's adjoins

[10:47] ModOt rideway and then the part of that is uh basically at a dead end

[10:53] street. Um that seems like um

[10:57] reasonable, but I'd like to see what the

[11:00] parking area would look like if you met

[11:02] the 30 foot required um setback.

[11:06] >> Yeah. So if you if you see what what's

[11:09] up on the screen currently, that shows

[11:11] the 30 foot setback. So if you can

[11:13] imagine that drive aisle's got to push

[11:15] back all the way um to that point. And

[11:20] so you're going to lose another at least

[11:28] probably maybe up to 16 parking stalls

[11:32] additionally to uh to push that on back.

[11:35] Um currently what we're showing there is

[11:38] uh pushing back the uh the edge of the

[11:41] drive at least 10 ft from the property

[11:44] line. Um,

[11:46] and additionally, there's some parking

[11:49] lot that's actually into the ride ofway,

[11:51] which will obviously be removed. Um,

[11:54] we're adding new landscape islands that

[11:56] aren't currently in the parking lot. Uh,

[11:59] which is going to make it, you know, appear a lot lot

[12:05] better than just the sea of parking that

[12:07] it is currently.

[12:12] Is it possible to lose those islands

[12:14] that you have if you had the proper

[12:16] setback that would add some more spaces

[12:18] to your lot?

[12:20] >> I mean, it it's not ideal for traffic

[12:23] flow to not have islands. I mean, you would at least have to have a

[12:27] painted island. Um,

[12:30] you know, to protect cars from, you

[12:33] know, turning around a parking lot.

[12:36] What about extending uh that lot that's

[12:39] in track two further

[12:42] um to the east? So the problem with that

[12:46] is the according to the international

[12:50] fire code a fire truck will only go into

[12:53] a dead end 150 ft. Um that's the maximum

[12:58] that they'll back straight out of. um if

[13:01] you go farther than that, you have to

[13:03] provide either a turnaround or some

[13:06] other uh means of access out. And so we

[13:09] looked at that and by the time you put

[13:11] the turnaround in there, um you actually

[13:14] lose more stalls than you can get. Plus,

[13:16] we don't have a place for the trash

[13:17] enclosure. Uh we also looked at, you

[13:21] know, potentially seeing if they could,

[13:23] you know, connect some outlet to the

[13:26] property to the south. again that um it

[13:31] doesn't really gain any more parking

[13:33] stalls by the time you make that uh that

[13:36] turn for a fire truck to be able to to

[13:38] get out of that area.

[13:47] That's that's all the questions I had.

[13:50] >> Anybody else have any questions?

[13:52] >> Yeah. Uh

[13:53] >> go ahead, George. I'd like to ask uh how

[13:56] many you're you're uh putting an

[13:59] addition on, correct?

[14:02] >> Yeah, that's correct. Um if you

[14:04] >> how many parking spaces are you losing

[14:07] because of the addition?

[14:10] >> Um

[14:12] actually, you're losing 13 of those

[14:15] handicap spots.

[14:17] >> Yeah, we're moving the handicap to the

[14:19] south side of the building. Um pushing

[14:21] the drive aisle closer to the building.

[14:24] um already and losing those stalls along

[14:27] the front.

[14:28] >> Okay. So, so you're going to lose 12

[14:30] along the front.

[14:33] And then how many are you going to lose,

[14:36] you think, with the islands in there?

[14:40] >> Um I should pull up my drawing so I can

[14:42] see the parking counts that we have.

[14:45] They're on that drawing. I don't know if

[14:47] you can pull that up, Amy, or not.

[14:50] Um the expanded parking lot um would re

[14:54] uh provide 140 spaces

[14:58] >> total of 140.

[15:00] >> That's correct.

[15:02] >> How many are there now?

[15:04] >> Um currently um I don't know uh how many

[15:09] are currently on the lot. Um but the the

[15:11] use would require um 127.

[15:14] >> Current currently there's 119.

[15:17] Well, my thing is uh okay, how many are

[15:21] you going to gain in the uh new area on

[15:25] track two?

[15:35] » Sure.

[15:37] >> Yeah. So,

[15:40] I mean we have we have like the total

[15:43] provided in what you see in front of you

[15:45] is 140. I don't have the numbers of like

[15:48] how many are being removed from one area

[15:52] and how many are being added in the new

[15:54] area. Um

[15:58] >> yeah, my thing is I was just wondering

[16:00] if you if you would meet all the

[16:02] requirements

[16:04] without that last row there

[16:09] as far as the new parking on track two.

[16:15] Um, yeah, like I said, it

[16:19] without those

[16:20] >> without which I'm sorry, without which

[16:22] parking?

[16:22] >> Oh, the ones I guess it would be on the

[16:24] south side of track two.

[16:28] >> So, so against the other buildings,

[16:33] the new parking spot.

[16:36] >> Are you talking about these here?

[16:40] >> Yeah.

[16:41] If they remove those, they would

[16:43] not meet the minimum parking

[16:44] requirements for the use. No. Okay.

[16:48] >> Okay.

[16:50] >> Why would those need to be removed on

[16:52] the south side? Those are those are

[16:54] outside of the setback.

[16:58] It's just the ones on the west side of

[17:00] the property that are in question.

[17:02] >> Yeah. The ones that would encroach would

[17:04] be anything within this area here. And

[17:07] again with should if the amendments the

[17:11] proposed amendments are approved next

[17:12] week by the board of alderman this

[17:14] parking lot will be in compliance and

[17:16] there will be no issue with the parking

[17:17] lot at all.

[17:18] >> Okay.

[17:19] >> And so then the the only variances that

[17:21] would be needed would be these um

[17:24] existing

[17:26] structures.

[17:28] >> I thought I thought that they were going

[17:30] to

[17:32] need permission on this other side too,

[17:34] but I was wrong. Oh, and that would be

[17:36] if if the amendments don't pass. Um, and

[17:39] since

[17:41] they haven't yet, that is included.

[17:43] >> And just so you know, that one of the

[17:45] reasons that Amy proposed these

[17:46] amendments was she actually did a study

[17:48] of the area. Um, and there is only one

[17:51] property in all of those districts that

[17:53] actually currently meets that

[17:56] actually.

[17:58] Um so that is the reason the board of

[17:59] all the planning and zoning commission

[18:00] unanimously recommended approval and it

[18:02] did go through the committee meeting at

[18:03] the board of alderman as well is because

[18:06] there are not

[18:16] the reason the the amendments are

[18:18] proposed.

[18:20] >> Thank you. Any other questions? Any more

[18:22] discussion?

[18:23] >> Am I misunderstanding? They want street

[18:25] parking or they just want the gravel

[18:27] area for parking.

[18:28] >> No, they're going to expand the parking

[18:30] lot. So, they will be where the gravel

[18:32] is now.

[18:33] >> Correct. Yeah, that is on a separate

[18:35] lot. So, they'll need to combine the

[18:36] lots through a boundary adjustment and

[18:39] we have to address the variances before

[18:41] the boundary adjustment could be

[18:42] approved.

[18:48] » Hearing no other discussions. Um so um

[18:54] Mr. Sneed the current proposal is for

[18:57] section 415.080E

[19:01] and one for existing structures related

[19:04] to the principal use of the property for

[19:06] an outdoor limited recreation facility

[19:08] to encroach on the required front and

[19:11] rear setbacks. and section 415.

[19:16] 080E2

[19:18] the section 430.020B

[19:23] for off- streetet parking to the

[19:24] encroach the front area. Would you do

[19:27] you agree should the board agree to

[19:30] approve the request for the varian staff

[19:32] suggests not less than the following

[19:33] conditions of approval to be considered.

[19:36] Number one, this approval is solely for

[19:38] the variance for the following sections

[19:40] of zoning code related to the proposed

[19:42] boundary adjustment for 335 Sinker Lane

[19:46] A section 415.080E1 080E1

[19:50] for 16 structures related to the

[19:52] principal use of the property as the

[19:53] outdoor limited recreation facility to

[19:55] encroach on the required front and rear

[19:58] setbacks as indicated on the site plan

[20:00] submitted with the application dated

[20:02] July 22nd

[20:03] 2026 and B section 415.080E2 080

[20:09] E2 and section 430.020B

[20:14] for off- streetet parking area to encroach the front

[20:22] buffer area creating a 10-ft buffer

[20:24] area. Do the amendments to the buffer

[20:26] area requirement for the Oldtown

[20:28] commercial district be be approved under

[20:30] case 2000 2026 TXT 08? This portion of

[20:36] the variance would request shall be null

[20:38] and void. If the proposed boundary

[20:40] adjustment plate be approved by the city

[20:41] and not recorded by the St. Louis County

[20:44] recorder of deeds of office within 90

[20:45] days, this approval of variance will be

[20:48] deemed null and void. Compliance with

[20:50] all other applicical city of Fenton

[20:52] codes. Do you agree to these

[20:56] Mr. Sneed?

[20:58] >> Yes.

[20:59] >> Okay.

[21:01] So, we vote. So, we would do do you do

[21:05] that or

[21:06] >> Well, uh, someone would need to make a

[21:08] motion and a second,

[21:11] >> Mr. Cuts.

[21:12] >> I'll make a motion that we approve it as it's set out.

[21:17] >> Okay. A second.

[21:23] » All in favor? Roll call.

[21:25] >> Roll call. Sorry.

[21:26] >> That's okay. Um, uh, member Crutz.

[21:29] >> Yes.

[21:30] >> Me. Member Phillips Pig.

[21:32] >> Hi. Chairperson Clauss

[21:34] >> I.

[21:34] >> Vice Chairperson Phillips

[21:36] >> I.

[21:37] >> Member Mooney.

[21:38] >> I.

[21:38] >> Motion approved.

[21:42] » Thank you, Mr. Steed. We appreciate you

[21:44] coming joining us to Zoom.

[21:47] >> Thank you.

[21:48] >> Yeah, no problem. Thank you so much.

[21:50] Have a good night.

[21:50] >> Our next order of business is approval

[21:52] of minutes. I need a motion.

[22:01] » Minutes. Thank you, George. And a

[22:03] second. Second.

[22:04] >> Fig will second.

[22:06] >> Okay. Uh vice chairperson Phillips.

[22:09] >> I.

[22:10] >> Member Phillips Fig.

[22:12] >> I. Chairperson Claus.

[22:13] >> I.

[22:14] >> Member Mooney.

[22:15] >> I.

[22:16] >> Member Kutz.

[22:17] >> I.

[22:18] >> Motion approved.

[22:22] » We have no other business. So we can con

[22:25] have a motion to close the meeting.

[22:30] Mr. Cruds.

[22:32] >> I'll make that motion to to uh

[22:35] >> close the meeting.

[22:35] >> I'll second.

[22:36] >> George seconds the motion.

[22:39] >> All right. Member Kretz.

[22:41] >> I.

[22:42] >> Vice chairperson Phillips.

[22:44] >> Hi.

[22:44] >> Chairperson Claus.

[22:45] >> Hi.

[22:46] >> Member Mooney.

[22:47] >> Hi.

[22:47] >> Member Phyllis Pig. Hi.

[22:49] >> We are adjourned.

[22:51] >> Thank you.

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