[0:02] Um

[0:04] I guess the first thing on it is item

[0:05] one. Do I have a motion to approve the

[0:08] minutes from March 2nd?

[0:11] >> Can I make the roll call first?

[0:13] >> Oh.

[0:14] >> Yes, I thought so.

[0:17] » Do we do roll call first?

[0:22] » These things here.

[0:23] >> Oh, I'm sorry.

[0:28] » You can do roll call or you can do the

[0:30] invocation, however you want to do it.

[0:32] >> Let's do roll call.

[0:33] >> Okay.

[0:36] Mark Co9.

[0:37] >> Here.

[0:38] >> Kenneth Floyd.

[0:39] >> Here.

[0:40] >> Kerry Sharp.

[0:41] >> Here.

[0:42] >> Buddy Carpenter.

[0:44] Jeff Schwaller.

[0:50] » Now item one.

[0:52] >> No, now the invocation and the flag

[0:54] salute.

[0:54] >> Oh, okay. Who's doing that?

[0:55] >> So, who's doing our invocation today?

[1:00] Anyone can.

[1:01] >> Okay.

[1:02] >> Sure.

[1:05] Let's go ahead and stand and do our flag

[1:07] salute and our invocation.

[1:12] Attention. Salute. Pledge.

[1:15] >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[1:17] United States of America

[1:19] and to the republic for which it stands,

[1:22] one nation under God, indivisible with

[1:25] liberty and justice for all.

[1:32] » Prepare yourself in the manner in which

[1:33] you are accustomed.

[1:37] We just come to you today, Lord, to ask

[1:39] you to

[1:40] >> turn your machines up a little bit?

[1:42] Some of us are old.

[1:44] >> How about I pull it Does this work? I

[1:46] pulled it a little closer.

[1:48] >> Well, yeah.

[1:49] >> Okay.

[1:51] We just come to you today, Lord, and we

[1:53] ask that you please bring us a

[1:55] sense of peace

[1:56] and of unity as we

[1:59] go through this Board of Adjustments

[2:01] meeting and as we do what we feel is

[2:03] best for the community.

[2:06] May you would uh

[2:08] continue to give peace as we leave here

[2:10] tonight. In your name I pray. Amen.

[2:12] >> Amen.

[2:18] Okay, so

[2:19] do I have a motion to approve the

[2:20] minutes from March 2nd, the regular

[2:23] meeting?

[2:23] >> So moved.

[2:24] >> Second.

[2:27] >> I call the question.

[2:27] >> Second.

[2:31] » Co9.

[2:34] » Is there any discussion or

[2:38] No.

[2:38] >> Okay.

[2:39] >> Oh, okay. I'm sorry.

[2:40] >> You're good. You're good.

[2:41] >> Co9.

[2:44] » [snorts]

[2:44] >> Yay.

[2:46] >> Floyd.

[2:46] >> Yes.

[2:47] >> Sharp.

[2:47] >> Yes.

[2:51] » Item two um is visitors. If anybody has

[2:55] uh anything to get up and talk about.

[3:01] No discussion?

[3:03] >> I can't hear a word you're saying.

[3:07] » We're in the visitor's section. I was

[3:08] just wondering if there's anybody wanted

[3:10] to get up and say anything for the

[3:11] visitors.

[3:13] No discussions?

[3:16] >> Uh discuss the part

[3:17] >> Just visitor discussions.

[3:20] >> Oh.

[3:20] >> If you want to get up and talk about

[3:22] whatever.

[3:22] >> It would be for non-agenda item for the

[3:24] visitor section.

[3:28] » [cough and clears throat]

[3:29] >> Item number three is

[3:31] Board of Adjustments 2026-03

[3:34] to hear the request from Rhonda Smith

[3:36] for a variance from standards in the

[3:39] Unified Development Code for an

[3:41] accessory structure size

[3:45] at 204 Ash Avenue.

[3:48] >> Yes, sir.

[3:53] Mrs. Smith?

[3:54] >> Yes. is Horn Howery. Um

[3:56] I don't know what I was going

[3:57] >> Name and address, please.

[3:58] >> My name is Rhonda Smith. I reside at

[4:01] 4415

[4:03] Amethyst Circle, Yukon, Oklahoma.

[4:08] Do I just start talking?

[4:09] >> Go ahead. Yeah, go ahead.

[4:10] >> Um

[4:11] I would like to apologize for not

[4:13] going about this in a different manner.

[4:16] [snorts]

[4:16] I should have received a permit first.

[4:19] It was

[4:20] odd circumstances. I went to pick out

[4:22] the shed. I talked about the what I

[4:25] needed it for. The guy says, "This is a

[4:27] better size." I tried to look at the

[4:29] ordinances online. I misread. I

[4:31] misunderstood completely a percentage.

[4:35] Part of that was because the where the

[4:37] lot is, the front half belongs to the

[4:41] city easement. So, there was a little

[4:43] bit of discrepancy in in my square

[4:45] footage calculation. Moving forward, I

[4:49] thought it was going to take X amount of

[4:50] weeks to complete the shed. We have a

[4:52] snowstorm.

[4:54] I'm going out of town. They call me and

[4:56] say, "Hey, we have your shed to be

[4:57] delivered." I'm like, "Oh my goodness."

[4:58] So, I hurry and I I take care of it, but

[5:01] it's a snowstorm and the city offices

[5:03] are closed. So, I don't get the permit

[5:04] before the shed was placed in the yard.

[5:07] I then come home with a terrible case of

[5:09] the flu. In the meantime, we have a stop

[5:11] work sign already up. So, I didn't do

[5:14] anything for a long time until we got

[5:16] the fence and everything situated. So,

[5:19] why we bought the shed.

[5:21] My older daughter owns the house. She's

[5:22] upgraded and lives elsewhere in Yukon.

[5:25] My younger daughter, Avery,

[5:27] is 24. She is hearing impaired. She

[5:30] wears cochlear implants.

[5:32] She has a service dog named Goldie,

[5:34] who's a golden retriever. She weighs 70

[5:37] lb. Avery barely weighs 90.

[5:39] And that little house, this is the first

[5:41] time she's tried to live on her own. So,

[5:42] she's living in her sister's rent house.

[5:45] Um there's no garage.

[5:47] Starting her car in the winter time,

[5:48] letting it run outside, it's a little

[5:50] awkward when you can't hear what's going

[5:51] on. She couldn't hear her alarms if it

[5:53] went off, you know. Just some things,

[5:55] safe safety reasons. Um, square footage

[5:58] for a garage. She inherited her

[6:00] brother's Jeep when he passed away a

[6:02] couple years back. So, she has a Jeep

[6:05] that she would like to store and she has

[6:07] a cute little vehicle that she drives

[6:09] daily. So, to put two vehicles end to

[6:11] end and have some space for a dog wash

[6:14] bay and some lawn mower equipment, you

[6:17] know. That's all we're asking for. I was

[6:20] wrong in the square footage and I really

[6:22] apologize. However, I can't go to the

[6:25] standard 24 by 24 double car garage

[6:28] because of where the gas easement is.

[6:30] I've with all my boundaries from the

[6:32] fence line, from the property line. I

[6:34] mean, I've I I really tried to do

[6:36] everything correctly.

[6:38] And we haven't been back inside the shed

[6:40] since this the orange notices have been

[6:41] put on it. But, if it is approved, the

[6:44] first thing I would need to do would be to get a gravel approach put on

[6:47] the back side and a garage door. But,

[6:50] everything would be contained inside the

[6:53] fence. If anything, it betters our

[6:55] property value and I believe these

[6:56] gentlemen have rental property nearby.

[6:59] And I just want to everybody to

[7:01] understand it's not going to be a rental

[7:03] property or a residence. It won't

[7:05] generate any income. No business, just

[7:08] simply safety and car storage for this

[7:12] little bitty house that the closets are

[7:13] 2 ft. So, she turned the second bedroom

[7:16] into a closet. But, now she's got

[7:17] holiday stuff and she's got a dog kennel

[7:20] and a barbecue grill, you know. Things

[7:23] that I thought I was just trying to help

[7:26] her by get a garage. I don't know. I

[7:28] just need you guys to

[7:31] understand where I'm coming from and I

[7:34] didn't mean to create a hardship for

[7:35] anybody, but I tried every possible way

[7:38] after the notice to I called I

[7:41] transportation company's not a

[7:43] I don't have anywhere to move it to.

[7:45] I've called multiple storage units that

[7:47] tell me it has to be on wheels. My next

[7:50] option would be to have to build out a

[7:52] flatbed trailer and have it lifted up

[7:54] and put on wheels just to store it

[7:56] somewhere until I can get it sold.

[7:58] Um

[8:00] I I don't know what else I need to say.

[8:02] I just it it's not rental, it's not

[8:04] income generating, no one's going to

[8:06] live in it. She just needs to store a

[8:08] couple of small vehicles and some yard

[8:10] equipment and later down the line have a

[8:13] dog wash bay and

[8:15] you know, an extension of an outdoor

[8:17] patio maybe if we could put a set of

[8:18] garage doors on the opposite end. But

[8:21] right now she just needs a place to park

[8:22] her car and we need to have her

[8:24] lawnmower over there. I can't put a

[8:26] lawnmower in it until I get an approach

[8:28] put there. So,

[8:30] you know, my son-in-law has been coming

[8:31] back and forth trying to keep it mowed

[8:32] for me and he's over there mowing it

[8:34] today, but it's you know, we're going to

[8:36] paint the outside of the house to match

[8:38] the shed. I don't think it

[8:40] looks bad. I sent I gave pictures

[8:43] to everybody. Do you all have any

[8:44] questions for me?

[8:46] >> So, I do have a question. I went by

[8:48] there a couple days ago and then today

[8:51] and I noticed the picture that you sent

[8:53] in has a garage door in the back and

[8:55] obviously does not have one now.

[8:57] >> not at all. Not at all. It's just

[8:59] [clears throat] a shed, but I have

[9:00] prices for a garage door and I would

[9:01] have to have a permit for that and and

[9:03] all of that stuff I understand, but no,

[9:05] it is simply just the hole that got set

[9:07] there and I was sick with the flu and

[9:09] then you guys put the stop notice signs

[9:11] on. So, nothing else has been done.

[9:13] >> I actually have pictures of the current

[9:15] where it currently sits from today. So,

[9:18] if I'm going to go ahead and pass those

[9:19] out.

[9:19] >> And then I I I think I included a

[9:21] picture of if it's improved, this is

[9:23] what it would look like.

[9:24] >> Rendering rendering

[9:25] >> with the garage door and a small gravel

[9:26] approach. You know, there's some other

[9:28] locations that back up to the alley that

[9:31] the garages aren't necessarily fenced in

[9:33] and they cars parked in yards. I mean,

[9:35] I'm just trying to do what looks good

[9:37] and is safe.

[9:39] >> If anybody in the audience would like a

[9:42] photos of what was taken this morning.

[9:45] >> Driving by today, I did notice that it

[9:47] does have an air conditioner on the back

[9:48] where the garage door was.

[9:50] >> just electrician just have to take that

[9:51] off and I would ultimately speaking the

[9:54] garage door itself is about $1,800 plus

[9:57] installation from a reputable company in

[9:58] town, but it would need I would like for

[10:01] it to be electric open. So, I'll have to

[10:05] get some electric done to it, but at

[10:07] that time they would just move that

[10:08] little

[10:09] thing. I don't even know if it's

[10:10] necessary to keep it.

[10:12] >> Right. Right. Okay.

[10:13] >> The heat and air unit?

[10:14] >> Yeah, just little thing on it.

[10:17] >> Yeah, it's right there on the back down

[10:18] >> never been turned it's not hooked to

[10:20] anything, you know, it's just there.

[10:23] >> Um

[10:24] just going through it and and uh looking

[10:27] at it, it's the board must determine

[10:30] if there are any extraordinary

[10:31] conditions related to the property due

[10:34] to size, shape, and

[10:37] Is it

[10:38] >> topography?

[10:39] Sorry.

[10:40] >> I did have a couple of questions first.

[10:42] >> Okay.

[10:43] >> So, when we're talking about a variance

[10:45] when it's filed, is it required to be

[10:46] filed by the property owner or somebody

[10:49] with a vested interest can file it?

[10:52] >> It says either or on the application.

[10:54] >> Okay, and how do we determine vested

[10:56] interest?

[10:57] >> Typically, your property owners is are

[10:59] the ones that are the applicants. Um in

[11:01] the situation of a mother-daughter, a

[11:03] lot of times the the daughter or the

[11:05] mother will file

[11:06] >> her and tell her to come out and look.

[11:07] >> or

[11:09] uh or we'll have like a um if it's not

[11:11] the owner of the property, if it's a is

[11:13] like a rental property, then we'll have

[11:14] a note note a letter from the property

[11:17] owner giving the applicant permission to move forward on that.

[11:20] >> Okay, just making sure cuz formality is

[11:23] legality in the end.

[11:24] >> Yeah, I had asked Mr. Holcomb early on

[11:26] and it's not a problem to include her.

[11:28] She just She works all day at a hospital

[11:29] and has two kids under three.

[11:31] >> So, you've had

[11:33] ownership of the residence, your

[11:34] daughter has had ownership of the

[11:36] residence since 2021, right?

[11:38] >> Um has anything fundamentally changed

[11:41] about the property itself, about

[11:43] >> No, but when Aaron moved out,

[11:46] uh she didn't have a dog and didn't have

[11:48] hearing problem anymore. That was my

[11:50] older daughter.

[11:50] >> Sure.

[11:51] >> There was a gentleman that did live

[11:52] there

[11:53] >> Mhm.

[11:54] >> for a couple of years and we we just

[11:56] kind of decided that it was time for

[11:58] Avery to be on her own and

[12:00] >> Sure.

[12:00] >> He was a friend and we gave him notice

[12:01] and we just tried to make some changes.

[12:04] We did, you know, some tree work and

[12:06] fence work and

[12:08] stuff to try to upgrade it and make it

[12:10] better for her. Did we did the inside.

[12:12] >> Okay.

[12:13] >> So, your daughter's the only one that

[12:15] lives there?

[12:15] >> Mhm.

[12:16] >> I drove by and there was a lot of cars

[12:18] out there.

[12:18] >> Oh, she must have been partying. No,

[12:20] that's next door. Um gentleman Brooklyn

[12:22] that live next door and and they park a

[12:25] lot of cars across the street in that

[12:26] empty lot. I I believe they've already

[12:28] been notified from somebody to move

[12:30] them, but I'm just saying I don't we

[12:32] don't run a car lot. We don't

[12:36] She has she currently has an orange

[12:38] vehicle and she has a Jeep that is in

[12:41] the garage where I live that just needs

[12:43] to eventually become her property.

[12:45] >> Well, looking at the pictures that

[12:47] you're up on

[12:48] concrete blocks. How are you going to

[12:50] use that as a garage?

[12:51] >> It's it's not it's almost level on the

[12:54] other end and they say it will hold the

[12:56] weight.

[12:58] I would get it peered. You know, have

[13:00] the the piers drilled and have it

[13:02] anchored down.

[13:03] But they swear it would hold the weight.

[13:06] And I I you know, I'm here's the thing.

[13:08] I'm a single mom household

[13:11] and if you gentlemen have any kind of

[13:13] direction for me, I'd gladly take it. I

[13:16] might be in over my head.

[13:18] But I'm just going by what the shed

[13:20] salesman told me is that it would act as

[13:22] a garage and hold.

[13:24] >> Right. I just at this point I just don't

[13:26] see how it would be used as a garage

[13:28] because it's about a foot off the

[13:29] ground.

[13:31] >> On this end, yes.

[13:32] >> Yeah, where the garage would actually be

[13:34] is what it's

[13:35] >> No, on the north end on the south end by

[13:37] the alley is where the garage door would

[13:39] be.

[13:40] >> Right, which it's

[13:41] >> off the ground at all on that end. It

[13:43] slopes up to about 13 in I think on that

[13:47] north end.

[13:49] >> Okay.

[13:50] Well, it shows on there that the

[13:52] um

[13:54] you put it on that one side because the utilities going on that one side.

[13:59] >> from the corner to the corner. And I

[14:01] know that at Mr. Swift's house, the gas

[14:03] line the the meter itself is on the

[14:06] front side of the house. On this little

[14:09] house, the meter is on the west side.

[14:11] So, it comes straight up the back.

[14:14] Right there to the back corner of the

[14:16] house like it passes in the middle between [snorts]

[14:20] the shed and the house.

[14:21] >> So, the way it's setting, it's not um

[14:24] I mean, as far as the the offset and

[14:26] everything is good. The only the only

[14:28] problem that we have now is the size.

[14:30] So, it's supposed to be

[14:32] um

[14:33] >> Approximate

[14:34] >> 4% of the square footage of the lot

[14:38] >> Correct.

[14:38] >> or 10% of the square footage of the

[14:40] house.

[14:41] Um if you do that, it's at 280 square

[14:44] feet for the structure.

[14:46] >> Correct.

[14:46] >> And we're at 480.

[14:47] >> that now, yes.

[14:48] >> So.

[14:55] The

[14:57] Let's see. There was another question.

[14:59] So, when I mean

[15:03] when did you intend on putting a garage

[15:05] door and all that or is that just

[15:06] something that you're changing now to make it qualify or try to qualify or

[15:11] >> No, no, no, no, no.

[15:13] Um

[15:15] this cost me $1,000 to be here today.

[15:18] Just for the permits and the the mailing

[15:21] labels and things like that. That's a

[15:23] little bit of a setback.

[15:25] Um I've I've had a couple other

[15:27] financial setbacks, but the first thing

[15:29] I would need to do would check on what

[15:31] permits need to happen first. I hope to

[15:33] have a garage door and some electric

[15:35] taken care of by September.

[15:37] I mean, reality that's just a couple of

[15:39] paychecks for me.

[15:40] >> Right.

[15:40] >> You know.

[15:43] Before bad weather for sure.

[15:44] >> Right.

[15:45] So, like I said, the board mem- the

[15:47] board must determine three uh if there

[15:50] are extraordinary conditions relating to

[15:52] the property due to size, shape, or

[15:54] topography. The lot is 6998

[15:58] sq ft and has a standard rectangular

[16:01] shape

[16:02] typical to this area. Um

[16:05] the applicant has stated that the size

[16:09] and location is due to the necessary due

[16:12] to the

[16:13] uh underground utilities. Now,

[16:16] I mean,

[16:17] the where the utilities are at are not

[16:18] going to

[16:20] where we place it's not going to solve

[16:22] the problem of it being too big.

[16:23] >> Correct.

[16:24] >> Um

[16:25] you've got the

[16:26] >> That's why I guess the variance that I'm

[16:27] asking for is the size.

[16:28] >> Correct. Correct.

[16:30] And I mean, it was put there before the permit was applied for or we didn't

[16:38] know

[16:39] >> Yes.

[16:39] >> immediately that it was too big.

[16:41] >> It happened a little faster than I

[16:42] expected and

[16:45] ice storm. I had it was in Omaha that

[16:47] weekend and

[16:48] three people in the car came back with

[16:50] the flu.

[16:51] >> Yeah.

[16:51] >> And then I had an orange notice already.

[16:53] So, yes, I should have applied for the

[16:54] permit before I purchased the shed. I

[16:56] honestly wasn't very familiar with the

[16:59] process to begin with. So, my ignorance

[17:02] [clears throat] got me in this position.

[17:03] I do apologize.

[17:05] >> Right.

[17:06] >> But then you went ahead and put the

[17:07] fence up around it even though we were

[17:09] still dealing with this.

[17:11] >> Only because of the dog and I got

[17:12] permission to do that and I changed

[17:14] contractors and everything. I just

[17:16] needed to be able to let her let the dog

[17:18] out in the backyard because it's nobody

[17:20] wants a a big dog running around the

[17:21] front, especially here's renters.

[17:24] >> But didn't they have to remove a fence

[17:25] to put this fence up?

[17:28] >> Well, the fence was already taken down

[17:29] because we was in the process of redoing

[17:32] the fence. The guys were taking it down.

[17:36] And

[17:37] >> Okay, I'm just trying to make sure I

[17:38] understand. I'm not trying to badger. I

[17:40] just want you to know that I'm not

[17:41] trying to

[17:42] so

[17:44] You check the fence

[17:45] >> panels would have to be taken down to

[17:46] move the shed out. That's not a problem.

[17:49] Fence guys know my situation. I sure. I

[17:51] changed fence companies to do what the

[17:54] city I mean I I just did everything that

[17:56] I thought I was supposed to do because

[17:57] that that was another

[18:00] um uneducated decision when I picked the

[18:03] first fence guy. He's the one who said

[18:06] we're going back in the same footprint.

[18:07] I don't think you'll need a permit and I said well, we're not even there yet.

[18:10] It was mid-January. He was going to take

[18:13] down some trees and stuff for me and all

[18:15] of a sudden I came back one day and the

[18:17] fence was gone legit. I have messages

[18:19] that prove that. I apologize. But so I

[18:21] had to I we never even talked to him

[18:23] again. He never did any more work. He

[18:25] wasn't the one who put the fence back

[18:27] up. So the fence got taken down by the

[18:30] contractor we did not end up using.

[18:33] And I'd already paid him half, but I had

[18:35] to just let him go. And then when I

[18:37] found a different fence company that

[18:41] we got the permit with and everything.

[18:42] We he understands that there is a

[18:45] possibility we might have to take the

[18:47] two back corners off.

[18:50] » Okay.

[18:53] Mhm.

[18:55] Do we want

[18:58] Okay.

[18:59] Um do we have anybody else here that

[19:01] wants to talk about the structure?

[19:03] >> Yes, I did.

[19:04] >> Go ahead.

[19:06] >> Thank you, Mrs. Smith.

[19:07] >> Mhm.

[19:07] >> Oh, I'm sorry.

[19:16] » Um

[19:20] This is not a storage shed.

[19:22] >> Could you

[19:23] I'm sorry. Sorry. Could you state your

[19:24] name and address for the record?

[19:27] >> Nick Swift.

[19:28] 302 South Holly Avenue.

[19:31] Right over there.

[19:33] All right. To begin with, this is not a

[19:35] storage shed. This is not a garage.

[19:39] If she's going to put a garage door on

[19:41] the back of this, she'll have to move

[19:43] the central heat and air unit that's

[19:45] there.

[19:46] If you look at this, you'll see a unit

[19:48] an air conditioning unit there.

[19:50] It was never meant to be used as a

[19:52] garage. It was meant to be used as a

[19:55] house.

[19:56] Now, I don't have any problems with

[19:58] duplexes and two houses on one lot.

[20:02] But, I have a problem with this.

[20:05] Now, if this structure

[20:12] is finished on the inside

[20:16] with sheetrock or whatever

[20:18] and has been plumbed and wired,

[20:22] that's a house.

[20:24] No one from the City of Yukon inspected

[20:27] that and gave approval to cover up the

[20:30] walls. You can't do that. This part You

[20:32] know that.

[20:34] And so, I'm opposed to having it there.

[20:36] I'd like to see it gone.

[20:42] Now, I've I'm heavily The Swift family's

[20:45] heavily invested in that part of town.

[20:48] Okay?

[20:51] We have houses

[20:54] at 219 Birch, 229 Birch,

[20:59] 124 Birch,

[21:01] 130 Birch, 124 North First, 125 North

[21:07] First,

[21:08] 230 Ash,

[21:10] 205 North Third, 208 Ash.

[21:15] Uh and we got a couple more in this in

[21:17] that part of town. We are heavily

[21:19] invested. That is a big investment.

[21:21] Okay?

[21:22] And I'd like to see the prices kept up.

[21:26] These distractions like this doesn't

[21:28] help our neighborhood one bit.

[21:31] Now, I doubt if anybody here

[21:34] uh

[21:34] has property in that area.

[21:37] But uh I'm concerned about it.

[21:40] We've got two houses

[21:43] that will ultimately be torn down.

[21:47] Now, we can't tear them down

[21:50] till the people move out cuz we're not

[21:52] going to

[21:53] put somebody out homeless.

[21:56] And um

[21:58] and one guy,

[22:00] he won't die on me, so

[22:03] I'm stuck with him and he'll probably

[22:05] outlive me.

[22:08] But that's

[22:09] neither here nor there.

[22:11] I don't want to see this. I think this

[22:13] is wrong

[22:14] and I'm not going to say any more. I

[22:17] just like to have it removed.

[22:19] >> So, Mr. Swift, if I understand, your

[22:21] primary concern is you're afraid that

[22:23] this is a going to be constructed as an

[22:26] additional dwelling unit, not as a

[22:28] garage or storage facility.

[22:29] >> Can you speak without that thing?

[22:31] >> Sure. So, are you you're what I hear you

[22:33] saying is that your primary concern is

[22:36] that this is going to be turned into an

[22:37] additional dwelling unit, not not as a

[22:42] storage facility as described in the

[22:44] permit.

[22:45] >> It's still a unit, isn't it?

[22:46] >> Okay.

[22:47] Do you Have you seen the inside being

[22:50] finished out?

[22:52] Okay, so you've not seen any

[22:54] construction of that sort. That's an

[22:55] assumption at this point. Okay.

[22:58] >> finished on the inside.

[23:00] Then it's a it's a structure.

[23:02] >> Sure.

[23:02] >> And judging from the fact that there's

[23:04] an air conditioning unit sitting on the

[23:06] outside, I would say that's what it is.

[23:09] >> Okay.

[23:10] >> And it's a house.

[23:11] >> Okay.

[23:12] >> Um

[23:13] and I'm I'm just not really pleased with

[23:15] this.

[23:16] >> Okay.

[23:16] >> If you let her do that, can I do it?

[23:19] Cuz I own a bunch of property.

[23:21] And I can put one of these on every

[23:23] piece of piece of property that I have,

[23:26] and I've got a bunch.

[23:28] And um I mean, if we're going to do it

[23:31] to the north side of town, can I do it

[23:33] in my neighborhood?

[23:34] >> Right.

[23:35] >> I mean, the houses are right off the

[23:37] Interstate 10, whatever it is. That's

[23:39] just a fraction of what we own.

[23:41] houses all over Yucaipa.

[23:43] >> Right.

[23:44] >> And I I don't want to see this. I'd like

[23:46] to I own probably two houses on my lot.

[23:50] And I hope to do that. I'm doing a

[23:52] duplex now.

[23:53] >> Mhm.

[23:53] >> I will be.

[23:55] And in that area, north of McDonald's.

[23:58] And I'd like to see

[23:59] that

[24:00] fine [snorts] building going up. I don't

[24:02] want to see more homes.

[24:03] >> Okay. Thank you so much, Mr. Swift.

[24:06] >> Would you like to get up and speak?

[24:07] >> Um absolutely. I'm sorry that you feel

[24:10] that way, Mr. Swift. The inside is not

[24:11] finished. Nothing is finished about it.

[24:13] And unfortunately, Green Country Sheds

[24:16] sold it to me with what they called a

[24:18] mini split. I didn't even know what the

[24:20] mini split was. I was just looking for

[24:23] a a larger storage unit that would give

[24:25] me some square footage. And actually,

[24:26] your house next door has a 20 by 20

[24:29] building. And another one has a 24 by 24

[24:32] building. But I can't ask for a 24

[24:35] >> Would you speak to us?

[24:36] >> for a 24 by 24 because I I can't because

[24:39] of the gas line.

[24:41] And I paid for a brand new fence between

[24:43] our houses and stuff. So, I'm doing

[24:45] nothing but trying to make it look

[24:47] better to match his nice new

[24:50] construction. I would gladly

[24:53] maybe have

[24:55] I don't I can't even say that cuz I

[24:56] don't know where to begin to build

[24:57] something from the ground up. So, it

[24:59] seemed like a better deal to

[25:02] buy a prefabricated building.

[25:05] >> So, it's not finished on the inside.

[25:06] Does it It's not attached to electricity

[25:08] or plumbing?

[25:09] >> Absolutely not.

[25:11] Now, like I said, depending on the

[25:13] garage door, but if that isn't a break

[25:15] it kind of deal, I'll get a manual

[25:17] garage door for it. I mean, ideally, I

[25:19] would like to have a remote for her, but

[25:22] she has to get out and open the gate

[25:24] anyway, so

[25:25] you know, but there there is no electric

[25:27] and no water ran to it and nothing

[25:29] inside is finished.

[25:30] >> Okay, thank you so much.

[25:33] So,

[25:35] speaking from a staff perspective,

[25:38] the UDC does not make a differentiation

[25:41] regarding accessory structures when it

[25:44] comes to garages. So, we do not have

[25:47] anything in the code that states that

[25:49] detached garages can be larger than

[25:52] what's allowable for the accessory

[25:54] structures. So, it's either 4% of the

[25:59] square footage of the lot or 10% of the

[26:02] square footage of the primary structure,

[26:04] whichever is greater.

[26:06] You can't have more than 40% of the lot

[26:09] covered with structures.

[26:11] So, that's where it gets confusing

[26:12] because it states your lot coverage can

[26:15] only be up to 40%, but then there's

[26:17] these other percentages thrown in there

[26:19] as well.

[26:20] And so, when it comes to speaking about

[26:25] there's not an additional allowance for

[26:27] a greater square footage or a greater

[26:29] footprint. Um and

[26:32] that's speaking to the code that exists

[26:34] now as it is written in or as it was

[26:36] written in 2023,

[26:39] we can't speak about what else was built

[26:41] in the area or when it was built because

[26:44] this has to do with this permit for this

[26:46] particular piece of property and for the

[26:50] exact code as it reads now. So, just to

[26:53] differentiate it doesn't it's it does

[26:56] not matter if it's a garage, if it is

[26:58] detached from the house, it's considered

[27:00] an accessory structure, and that

[27:01] accessory structure has to meet the

[27:03] percentage requirements in the code.

[27:06] >> Thank you.

[27:07] >> Joe Horn, 102 South 5th. Uh this isn't a

[27:10] garage. If uh

[27:13] if if it's a garage, are you going to

[27:14] pour concrete [snorts]

[27:16] uh up to it?

[27:17] It's it's a foot off the ground, and

[27:19] there's an air conditioning unit that

[27:21] sits uh

[27:22] sits where your supposed garage door

[27:25] would be. It's not a garage.

[27:27] Uh if you want a parking, put a carport

[27:30] up. I'm sure you'd give uh approval for

[27:34] that.

[27:35] Um

[27:36] it's it's too big. I don't want it

[27:38] there.

[27:39] Um

[27:40] I think it's a bad thing.

[27:45] » So, I think the the biggest issue we got

[27:47] now is just it's oversized, and it

[27:49] doesn't fit the criteria of or the code

[27:53] of 4% of the square footage of the lot

[27:56] or 10% of the the

[28:00] house square footage.

[28:03] Anybody else have anything to say?

[28:05] >> Well, I've been listening to what

[28:06] everybody says, and I appreciate the

[28:09] emotions and the wanting to take care of

[28:11] everything and everyone in your own

[28:13] property. And as a broker, I totally

[28:16] understand property values and wanting

[28:18] them to be better and wanting everybody

[28:20] to have a place for all of their

[28:22] belongings.

[28:23] I'm going down the list of what we as a

[28:27] committee are told, these are what we

[28:30] have to do.

[28:32] And on number one, are there

[28:34] extraordinary and exceptional conditions

[28:36] pertaining to the particular piece of

[28:38] property in question because of size,

[28:40] shape, or topography? The answer's no.

[28:43] It's still the same lot size, the same

[28:45] topography as when it was purchased in

[28:47] 2021.

[28:49] Um is the application of this ordinance

[28:52] to this particular piece of property

[28:54] creating an unnecessary hardship not

[28:57] self-imposed by the owner or developer?

[29:00] The building itself violates the

[29:03] ordinance and that is the hardship.

[29:06] But as far as that is a self-imposed, I

[29:09] understand that you didn't understand.

[29:11] But that's still a self considered a

[29:13] self-imposed hardship.

[29:16] Um are these conditions peculiar only to

[29:19] this particular piece of property

[29:21] involved? It is an infield piece, an

[29:24] interior lot, it's not

[29:27] uh it's not a trapezoid, it's not on a

[29:30] weird cul-de-sac, it's common to the lot sizes in that

[29:35] neighborhood and on that street. So, the

[29:37] answer there is no.

[29:40] I don't I do not find that this

[29:43] particular

[29:46] situation calls for a variance. I wish I

[29:49] could find a way to do it, but I just I

[29:51] cannot.

[29:53] And so, I'm going to make the motion

[29:55] that we deny this.

[29:57] Um

[29:59] >> I second.

[30:00] >> Specifically as is written in our

[30:03] packet. I will read that for the record.

[30:07] In the case of the variance application

[30:09] by Rhonda Smith, we have read the staff

[30:10] report, we have received the testimony

[30:12] at the public hearing, we find that the

[30:14] request does not satisfy the required

[30:17] variance criteria. I move to deny the

[30:20] variance request from the accessory

[30:21] structure standards in the unified

[30:24] development code.

[30:26] Is there a second for that?

[30:28] >> I second it.

[30:30] >> Call for vote.

[30:33] » Floyd.

[30:35] Denied.

[30:37] Sharp.

[30:38] >> Denied.

[30:40] >> Cohn nine.

[30:40] >> Denied.

[30:47] » Okay.

[30:48] As we move on to item four

[30:51] >> Correct.

[30:52] >> It is elect [clears throat] a new board

[30:54] of adjustments chair.

[30:57] Do you have any nominations?

[30:59] >> Yes, ma'am.

[31:00] >> I'm sorry, I have

[31:01] a few questions.

[31:02] >> Mhm.

[31:03] >> Um so I understood that it is denied. Is

[31:07] Can we talk about a time frame that I

[31:08] have to have it moved?

[31:10] I'm going to try to sell it. I

[31:14] >> So what we would do

[31:16] >> a trailer for it. So either getting the

[31:18] trailer is going to take a little bit of

[31:19] time as well.

[31:21] Um transportation companies are about

[31:22] six weeks out.

[31:24] >> So we discussed this today if this were

[31:25] the scenario that you you faced.

[31:28] Uh I've instructed the code enforcement

[31:30] department to send a a proper uh 30-day

[31:33] letter to you for the next hearing

[31:35] to meet with our administration to get

[31:38] instruction on how many days the

[31:39] administration will allow you

[31:41] uh that process. So you should be

[31:43] receiving a letter after today sometime

[31:45] in the next week

[31:47] uh explaining what the next step would

[31:48] be and that would be to attend an

[31:50] administrative hearing to discuss those

[31:52] actual uh with our city manager.

[31:55] >> All right. Thank you.

[31:55] >> Absolutely.

[32:03] Okay, item four is elect a board of

[32:05] adjustments chairman. Anybody have

[32:07] nominations?

[32:11] » You've two been here a lot longer than

[32:12] me.

[32:13] >> [laughter]

[32:18] » I I nominate Carey.

[32:22] Do I have a second?

[32:24] >> I second.

[32:25] >> I accept.

[32:27] >> You take a vote.

[32:29] >> How do we vote?

[32:30] >> Do we need to vote on that? Yep.

[32:32] >> We do need to vote. Yes.

[32:33] >> Yep.

[32:34] >> Uh Conine

[32:35] >> Yes.

[32:36] >> Floyd

[32:37] >> Yes.

[32:37] >> Sharp?

[32:38] >> Of course.

[32:40] >> Item five is to elect a Board of

[32:42] Adjustments vice chairman.

[32:44] Any nominations?

[32:45] >> I think Mr. Floyd's doing a great job as

[32:48] vice chairman.

[32:49] >> I second.

[32:51] >> I accept.

[32:54] >> [snorts]

[32:54] >> Call for vote.

[32:57] » Sharp?

[32:58] >> Yes.

[32:59] >> Floyd?

[32:59] >> Yes.

[33:00] >> Conine?

[33:01] >> Yes.

[33:03] >> Okay, item six, any new business?

[33:07] >> None tonight.

[33:08] >> No new business.

[33:10] Uh item seven is open discussion.

[33:14] » Thank you gentlemen for coming tonight.

[33:16] >> Thank you.

[33:17] >> I appreciate the staff report in its

[33:21] entirety. It was very concise. It was

[33:24] easy to understand. So, thank you for

[33:25] that. All of you.

[33:28] And and the quick action by code enforcement in

[33:33] getting this where it it needed to be.

[33:36] So, thank you for that.

[33:39] » Do I need a motion to adjourn?

[33:42] >> No, you can.

[33:43] just adjourn. You don't need

[33:45] necessarily need a motion.

[33:47] >> Item eight is adjournment.

[33:50] >> All right.

Yukon Board of Adjustments Meeting 7-6-26 - 7:00PM

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