[0:01] Good evening everyone. Welcome to the
Decal Planning and Zoning Commission
[0:04] meeting for this Monday, October 20th,
2025. Can we start with the roll call,
[0:08] please?
>> Bellon
[0:11] » present.
>> Here Graham
[0:16] Wright
>> here.
[0:17] » McMahon
>> here.
[0:19] » Chair Maxwell
>> here.
[0:20] » Quum present.
>> Thank you so much. We'll go to the
[0:24] approval of the agenda if there's any
additions or deletions. If not, I will
[0:28] ask for a motion to approve.
>> I move to approve the agenda.
[0:31] » Uh move by um
yeah,
[0:36] » I'm sorry.
I am losing my mind. Move moved by
[0:40] McMahon. I'm sorry.
[0:44] It's been a long day.
>> Do I have a second?
[0:48] » Second.
>> Second by clarity. All in favor say I.
[0:50] » I. All oppose, same sign. I'll move to
the approval of the minutes from October
[0:55] 6th, 2025. again if there are any
additions or deletions. If not, I'll ask
[0:58] for a motion to approve.
>> So move.
[1:01] » So move by right. I have a second.
>> I'll second.
[1:04] » A second by follow. Uh all in favor say
I.
[1:08] » I. All oppose. Same sign. This is a
public participation portion. If there's
[1:12] anyone that has anything that they wish
to speak to that is not on the agenda,
[1:16] they can step forward now. If not, we
will move forward to new business. Uh we
[1:20] have a public hearing a petition by
Sharon M. Morgan Rogers uh for approval
[1:25] of a variance uh to article 7.06.3
of the unified development ordinance to
[1:31] allow an 8ft high privacy fence to be
constructed in a portion of the side and
[1:36] rear yard of the property located at
3140 North First Street. We have a staff
[1:41] report.
>> Oh,
[1:46] good evening.
>> Okay. Uh my name is Sharon Warden
[1:50] Rogers. I'm the property owner at 3140
North First Street, Jacquel. And as you
[1:55] know, I am here tonight requesting a
twoft height variance on privacy fence
[2:00] for a total of 8 ft in height to lessen
the impact of flood lights from
[2:05] neighboring property. The 8 ft will help
with about 2/3 of the light shining in
[2:11] my double hung windows on the south side
of my house. And the light will also
[2:16] allow me to enjoy the property outside
both in in the front and the backyard at
[2:20] nighttime with less light pollution and
illuminating the yard from the
[2:24] neighboring flood lights. In the front
yard, the flood the variance will also
[2:28] help make it safer when I back out of
the garage at nighttime without lighting
[2:32] um shining into the garage and my eyes
as I back out of the garage. The
[2:36] location of the fence will have minimal
um visibility to passing motorists by on
[2:43] First Street and to neighbors across
First Street. As the street runs north
[2:47] and south and the fence will run east
and west, it'll graduate down to an
[2:52] allowable 3 ft from the front of the
house to the street. I plan to plant
[2:57] ornamental grasses and several arborites
to lessen any visual impact when
[3:02] traveling south on First Street. The
speed limit along this part of First
[3:07] Street is 45 miles per hour. Those
traveling north on First Street will not
[3:12] see the fence due to the heavy
vegetation on the neighboring property
[3:16] to the south. I appreciate you hearing
my petition.
[3:20] » Thank you very much, Mr.
We have a staff report. Just uh briefly
[3:25] uh as the addition mentioned um
requesting variance on fence height uh
[3:32] the max height and for privacy fence
residential district 360.
[3:37] Um
Sharon mentioned the request is to 8ft
[3:41] high white vinyl fence along the uh
south property line see it here in red
[3:47] privacy fence starting in the back going
towards the front just to the front of
[3:52] the corner of the house which is
u that's where in front of the house
[3:56] it's got to taper down uh to meet the
requirements which they're doing under
[4:01] 3t high privacy fence. So, we
transitioned there. A couple panels
[4:04] transition down instead of an abrupt
kind of uh step down there. Look a
[4:09] little better. Uh so, as uh mentioned,
there's the site on North First Street
[4:17] on a large lot. A lot of large lots on
that side of First Street. As you can
[4:22] see,
little closer view. This shows the in
[4:26] red line here through the middle of the
screen where the closed fence would go
[4:29] along the property line.
[4:34] It'll be a white vinyl fence in that
style. Uh be white vinyl 8 foot high.
[4:39] Applicant notes. Uh Reese's name is to
help screen additional 2 ft to help
[4:45] screen the light intensity for the
neighboring property and she provided
[4:49] some photos of that light on her
property in her home.
[4:53] Packets up on the screen here. I
captured a few.
[4:59] That's inside the house.
Also uh as noted the uh the fence will
[5:05] not hardly be seen. This is a site
there. The fence run along this area
[5:11] here. This is looking south on North
First Street. Heavy vegetation here.
[5:15] Evergreen year on screening.
This is a view looking north. This is a
[5:20] driveway into the subject site. So as
you drive north, you're not able to see
[5:24] the fence at all. Heavy vegetation there
on the adjoining lot and the fence. of
[5:30] course will taper down to 3 ft so it
will not be a visibility issue for any
[5:34] motors leaving that driveway.
[5:44] So what the variance uh the findings we
focused on uh additional 2 ft needed to
[5:50] help screen the additional illumination
from adjacent property to the south. Uh
[5:56] fence will run on a soft lot line down
and then taper down to 3 ft high privacy
[6:01] fence which is allowed to go. Uh as you
can see these lots are quite large
[6:07] uh 1.4 acres
for this one.
[6:13] Um
large lot to the north
[6:19] includes a church
[6:23] 8.3 acres uh property south 3100
uh similar in size about 1.4 4 acres and
[6:30] the bridging river mist the detention
area in that subdivision forest reserve
[6:35] to the uh southeast of the site
[6:45] and again the visibility of that fence
uh would be pretty small uh for traffic
[6:50] going north street. So um we believe in
all the findings of fact will not be
[6:56] detrimental to the surrounding area. Uh
there's a hardship regarding this trying
[7:01] to screen the light intensity and the
fence will not be visible from North
[7:06] First Street. We did receive one public
response form over the weekend from
[7:10] Nicholas and Allison Paxton 3080 North
First Street. Uh that's the
[7:17] second home to the south. note any
support for the variance request down
[7:24] here and that's handed out to you
tonight. So we recommend approval.
[7:28] There's a sample motion prepare.
>> Okay.
[7:30] » On the report. Thank you, Dan. Uh if
there's anyone else who would like to
[7:34] speak to this, I don't know if you guys
uh if you could come forward, say your
[7:39] name and address.
>> Absolutely. Yep. My name is Marcus
[7:42] Kaufman. I'm the owner of 3100 uh North
First Street. to the uh adjacent
[7:48] property just to the south and uh I'd
like to state my support for the
[7:54] variance as requested.
>> Okay.
[7:58] » All right. With that, I'll close the
public hearing. We open it up for
[8:00] comments and questions from the
commission.
[8:03] » What is the uh light? What is What is
that?
[8:08] » Exterior lights. I'm a singlestory home
and they're a two-story home. The
[8:13] exterior um flood lights
[8:20] is will uh 8 ft cover it? I mean you
>> it'll cover 3/4 of my double hung
[8:27] windows on the south side of the house
and I
[8:31] » I think that's got to help.
>> Yeah.
[8:34] Okay. Um I'll ask for a motion to
approve.
[8:39] I can make a motion.
Based on the submitted petition,
[8:43] testimony presented, and findings of
fact, I move the planning and zoning
[8:47] commission approve a variance to article
7.06.3 06.3
[8:52] of the Unified Development Ordinance to
allow an 8ft uh high vinyl white fence,
[8:59] white privacy fence to be constructed in
a portion of the of the side and rear
[9:04] yard of the property located at 3140
North First Street as shown on exhibit A
[9:11] of the staff report dated October 16th,
2025.
[9:16] » So moved by Right. May I have a second?
>> Second. Second by Ollity. Can I have a
[9:20] roll call, please?
>> Yes.
[9:23] » Oclleity.
>> Yes.
[9:25] » Wright?
>> Yes.
[9:26] » McMahon?
>> Yes.
[9:28] » Chair Maxwell?
>> Yes.
[9:29] » Motion passes.
>> Thank you very much. Uh reports.
[9:34] Thank you very much. Congratulations.
>> Thank you very much.
[9:38] » Well, you can stay there. It's a review
of next week's meeting and I promise it
[9:41] won't be anywhere near as intelligent.
>> Thank you.
[9:47] Yeah, the next meeting will be back at
the library uh November 3rd with two
[9:51] hearings,
a uh privacy fence on the corner lot 428
[9:56] stressor road and then in the wine
subdivision that's west
[10:02] town development up there. There's some
remaining vacant lot still and there's a
[10:07] town proposed for unit requesting a
variance on air setback. So there's two
[10:13] hearings for the next meeting. Uh the
last council meeting last Monday, they
[10:17] did approve the final plat subdivision
for the Hammock gas station, South
[10:21] Forest Street.
>> Excellent. That's all I have.
[10:26] » All right. Thank you very much.
If anybody has anything else, otherwise
[10:30] we'll ask for a motion to appear.
>> I move to a move by a third by all in
[10:36] favor say I. I. All those same sign.
Thank you very much.