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[0:03] Last word for the guest, my five, or is it over there?
[0:08] It's actually 428 that Fox has been arrived.
[0:12] Oh yeah?
[0:15] No, it's welcome to.
[0:18] Okay.
[0:21] No, I appreciate that.
[0:23] Welcome to 1, 2, 3, 4.
[1:23] No, I'm
[1:33] not going for something else.
[1:50] It's my childhood for Halloween.
[1:53] Is it for all we?
[1:56] Is it all I see?
[2:03] It also just hot.
[2:05] Here we go.
[2:06] It's for the output.
[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.