Board of Adjustment

Board of Adjustment · Olmos Park, TX · 2026-09-23 · More Olmos Park, TX meetings · More Texas meetings

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[2:19] Call meeting to order

[2:25] 1. Roll Call

[2:36] Citizens to be Heard

[2:41] Regular Agenda

[2:47] 2. Swearing in of newly appointed Board of Adjustment Member

[4:00] 3. Discussion and possible action on the minutes from the April 08, 2026 Board of Adjustment meeting

[4:30] 4. Public hearing, discussion, and possible action on a request for a variance of 11-feet-8-inches from the 40-foot required front yard area setback pursuant to the City’s Code of Ordinances, Article II – Single-Family Residence Districts, Sec. 40-42 – Yard Area Requirements, to allow for a proposed addition to an existing nonconforming main structure on the property located at 140 Stanford Dr., Olmos Park, Texas 78212 (BCAD ID# 349227).

[11:50] Adjourn

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[0:03] Last word for the guest, my five, or is it over there?

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[2:12] OK.

[2:15] The Board of Adjustment meetings is called to order.

[2:20] Thank you all for your patience as we collected the full complement of members today.

[2:31] I'm going to wait.

[2:34] Thank you.

[2:36] We have no citizens to be heard today.

[2:41] And

[2:45] we have a new member.

[2:59] Nice.

[3:04] Yes, I shall.

[3:39] protection preventive.

[3:58] The next on the agenda as we will discuss and make possible action on the minutes from the April 8th, 2026 Board of Adjustment Meeting.

[4:10] Any thoughts on the minutes?

[4:14] Any motions to approach the minute?

[4:16] Motion to approve.

[4:20] All in favour?

[4:22] All opposed?

[4:25] The minutes have been accepted.

[4:28] Next, everybody's most excited moment.

[4:31] Is public hearing discussion and possible action on a request for a variance of 11 feet

[4:36] 8 inches from the 40 foot required front yard setback?

[4:40] pursuant to the city's code of ordinances article two single family residence district section 40 to 42 yard area requirements to allow for proposed addition to an existing non-conforming main structure on the property located at 140 stand for drive almost park taxes.

[4:58] Who will be speaking on behalf of the homeowner or the homeowner can speak everybody's allowed.

[5:03] previous one and the bill are both here. So we can do the one I was going to speak.

[5:07] Okay, whoever everybody is welcome. If you'll just state your name and

[5:13] I'm Jack Dabney, I'm the builder and I purchased 140 Stanford Drive.

[5:19] And my intention is to basically renovate the existing structure as it stands and then add a

[5:26] living room kitchen and master bedroom suite kind of onto the back of the house. That'd be

[5:32] one story. Be conforming. I wouldn't need any variances or anything like that. Also, I'd

[5:39] be tearing down the old garage that actually is built into the abandoned alleyway right now

[5:48] by 10 feet. So I want to bring that back up to coat. I want to tear it down, move it a little

[5:53] closer to the side street and have it 10 feet off the back property line so that it's all

[6:00] sitting where it needs to be sitting and that's the just of what I'm asking for today

[6:08] but I have to I guess get a variance to be able to because I was told that if I were just

[6:15] to renovate the house as it is I would not need any variances or anything like that but

[6:19] because I'm wanting to add on to the home,

[6:21] I have to ask for variance to keep the house where it is.

[6:24] And I don't want to lose the house,

[6:27] a character at all.

[6:28] I'm not touching the front of the house

[6:29] at all of just fixing some cracks and steps and paint

[6:34] and things like that.

[6:35] And I'm trying to kind of keep it all in character

[6:37] with what it is now, even in the new edition.

[6:42] Questions from me?

[6:44] So you're just asking for a variance

[6:45] for something that's already non-conforming.

[6:48] It has been for years.

[6:49] Correct and and I'm not allowed to submit my new set of drawings until this for parents is a thank you

[6:56] Yes,

[7:02] so there will be no footprint change to the home or there will be a footprint change to where the home

[7:10] Well, I mean at this time. I'm just asking

[7:14] To leave the house exact where it is no changes to the footprint of the house at all

[7:19] If that's approved, I do want to submit plans to

[7:23] add additional square footage onto the back of the home, but right now it's the front of the

[7:30] The current house sits within the 40-foot setback, basically, and it's been that way for.

[7:35] Right, as long as the two houses are across the street, and a lot of the houses are, because it used to be, I think, I guess, a 30-foot setback, but even then, somehow this house encroached on that a little bit more.

[7:47] So, anyway, I'm just having to leave the house where it is, because it's beautiful and want to keep the character.

[7:54] I had a question, sir, by a survey, it shows a 30-foot set back line, and it also shows

[8:02] a 40.

[8:04] You know, if that, obviously, a 30, when it was originally plated, you know if it was built

[8:12] before the 40-foot set back was imposed by the city as per, you know, when I ordered the survey

[8:22] It only had the 30-foot setback, and I submitted it and told that there's new setbacks or 40-foot.

[8:31] So I had my survey company get in touch with the city and they updated all the current setbacks.

[8:40] I believe the house was built in 1929.

[8:43] 29.

[8:45] So, it was pretty good.

[8:47] Yeah, well, that's what it looks like.

[8:50] It was.

[9:00] I was told that there was a second house over built on Stanford, so I would imagine it was, you know, back then it was the wall wall of West.

[9:12] Would you like to speak on the app on the city or is there anything to add?

[9:20] So the staff does not see any issues with his request for this variance.

[9:25] I did a little bit of research on other requests and it doesn't, we don't have any issues.

[9:31] And he did, we did ask him at that time when he applied, if he had, and the addition of this got approved,

[9:38] if he wanted to look at any of the other variances for the proposed addition.

[9:43] And he did not feel the need to do so at this time.

[9:47] Okay, thank you.

[9:53] Are there neighbors here to speak on behalf?

[9:56] Yes.

[9:56] Would you like to come forward?

[9:59] Okay.

[10:01] Would you like to go on the record or just an aside?

[10:04] Either either one is acceptable.

[10:14] Oh, I'm sorry.

[10:15] We have to have you at the mic.

[10:16] I can see you're not, you're not mic conforming.

[10:20] But we're limited on our leeway here.

[10:27] I'm good with everything he wants to do.

[10:31] Dewey in advance, 134 Stanford, it's been there forever and I want to keep the house the way it looks in the front right now.

[10:39] And I talked to other neighbors and all of them that I've talked to said the same thing.

[10:43] Amazing, thank you.

[10:46] Thank you.

[10:48] You did a great job at the mic.

[10:51] Any other neighbors or citizens that would like to speak?

[10:57] I live at I'm Cody Vives. I live at four or four East Mandela. I represent

[11:01] Jack and I land on the real estate transactions and I can vouch if they build a

[11:05] very beautiful house and they will stay within all of the regulations and I

[11:09] think it'll be a great addition to our neighborhood. Thank you.

[11:17] Okay. And we did put a

[11:20] notice out. Did we receive any?

[11:25] Thank you.

[11:29] Okay.

[11:32] It's the board ready to make

[11:33] move forward with a motion motion move to be accept the variance estimate

[11:38] Post new approved yes, I get okay all in favor. Oh, hi. Hi, any opposed?

[11:45] Okay, the motion unanimously carries your variance is granted. Thank you. Thank you. This meeting is adjourned

[11:53] Thank you again for coming back. Oh, it was so nice. We got to do it twice

[12:07] Yeah, I'm back to the original, but I don't know what you're thinking about.

[12:16] Thank you.

[12:18] Thank you.

[12:19] I know we have to be in a concert and she's got a party for her mother-in-law.

[12:23] But we would love to another time.

[12:26] Yeah.

[12:27] Because that would be lovely.

[12:28] When we could actually do it in the...

[12:30] Oh, wow.

[12:31] Yeah.

[12:32] Yeah.

[12:33] There's air conditioning out there.

[12:42] Yeah, like a coaster would be key, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'd like to say one

[12:48] moment to take it to the house.

[12:50] I mean, we can try it.

[12:54] Well, they can try it.

[12:57] Well, they can try it.

[13:28] I have to get a half hour shift.

[13:32] Okay.

[13:33] Okay.

[13:33] I'm super good at that.

[13:35] Now I'm going to take the dive.

[13:37] One of the heaters.