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1999-12-02 ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT REGULAR MEETING MINUTES MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, HELD ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1999, AT 6:00 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND, TEXAS CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:10 PM with the following present: Chairperson Gil Boyles Vice-Chairperson Suzanne Tullis Board member Marvin Elam Board member Harold Slagle Director of Community Development & Services Gene Tumlinson Secretary Mona Ann Phipps II NEW BUSINESS Chairman Gil Boyles suggested that the residential requests be considered while we anticipated the arrival of our fifth Board member. C. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION- V99-41, Request of Glen & Karen McIntyre, owners, for a variance from Section 3 DEFINITIONS -Accessory Use to allow an accessory building to be built 1740 sq ft over the allowed 30%of living area, at 6113 Gardenia St, Lot 8, Block 5, Garden Acres Glen McIntyre explained that the purpose of this variance is to allow him to tear down two existing buildings and build one large one. Board Member Clyde Duplissey entered the meeting Director of Community Development and Services Gene Tumlinson stated that Mr. McIntyre is proposing to remove a 12' x 16'and a 24'x 30'building and build a new one. He added that the need to exceed the 30% living area is very common with smaller houses on large lots. Vice-Chairperson Suzanne Tullis made a motion,seconded by Board member Harold Slagle, to approve V99-41. Alternate Board member Clyde Duplissey asked what the building would be used for. Mr. McIntye stated that it will be used for personal storage and a workshop. Motion passed 5 to 0. -1- A. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION - V99-38, Request of Robert Buchanan of First Impression Signs,agent for Haywood Jefferies, for two variances 1)from Table VII Commercial to allow 64 sq ft over the allowed 120 sq ft of signage; and 2) from Section 22.4.(1) Height Restrictions, to allow a freestanding sign 5'over the allowed 15'sign height,at 2551 O'Day Road(Pro-Play Zone) Haywood Jefferies, 3818 Hanberry Lane, explained that with this being a sports facility,it is unique to Pearland and City ordinances. He also stated that the property does not have FM 518 frontage. Roxie Vollmer presented an updated site plan and a list of reasons for the variance request. She reitterated the fact that this is a sports facility, therefore, it does not have a large building frontage to be considered for signage. She stated that they are asking for the sign height due to the fact that they have no FM 518 frontage and to reduce the risk of vandalism. She also added that they will not be installing the wall sign as they had originally applied for. Pat Lopez ofPalcon Construction stated that the building has seventy foot of frontage instead of the stated sixty foot frontage. Director of Community Development and Services Gene Tumlinson stated that since they removed the request for the wall sign and they have seventy foot of frontage, they only need a variance for twenty square foot over the allowed square foot of signage. A discussion ensued regarding other sign height variances granted recently and other options for this sign height variance request. Chairperson Gil Boyles made a motion, seconded by Vice-Chairperson Suzanne Tullis, to approve V99-38. Motion passed 5 to 0. B. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION-V99-39, Request of Dawn Nee of Collins Signs, Inc., agent for The Home Depot, for two variances 1) from Table VII General Business to allow 540 sq ft over the allowed 200 square foot of signage; and 2) from Section 22.4.(1) Height Restrictions, to allow a freestanding sign 15'over the allowed 15'sign height,at Broadway and Dixie Farm Road(The Home Depot) Dawn Nee of Collins Signs, Inc., handed out information packets showing the proposed signs and site plans. She stated that the signs that they are proposing are The Home Depot typical sign package. -2- Director of Community Development and Services Gene Tumlinson stated that these signs are designed to fit on this scale of building. He explained that the requested signs would not overpower the building because it has such a large frontage. A discussion ensued regarding the length of the frontage and the amount of square foot being requested over the allowed signage. Vice-Chairperson Suzanne Tullis made a motion, seconded by Board Member Marvin Elam, to approve 440 square foot over the allowed 200' of signage. Motion passed 5 to 0. Chad Moss of The Home Depot, explained that they are requesting the extra sign height due to the trees and other obstructions along FM 518. A lengthy discussion ensued regarding the request for a 30' sign. Vice-Chairperson Suzanne Tullis stated that they may want to come back to the Zoning Board of Adjustments after the store is built. She explained that this would make it much easier to visualize what the sign would look like in comparison to the building size. Chad Moss stated that The Home Depot resolves all such issues prior to breaking ground on the building. Alternate Board Member Clyde Duplissey made a motion. Motion failed due to lack Am- of second. Director of Community Development and Services Gene Tumlinson explained that with an overall height of 20', the 10' sign box would be 10' off of the ground. Vice-Chairperson Suzanne Tullis amended the motion to allow a 5'variance over the allowed 15' sign height for an overall 20' sign. Board Member Harold Slagle seconded the motion. Motion passed 4 to 1. D. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION - V99-42, Request of Jose T. Cruz,owner, for a variance from Section 21.2(a),to allow a fence to be built beyond the front building line in a Suburban Development District, at 5813 Cantu, Lot A, Block 1, Buena Vida Subdivision Director of Community Development and Services Gene Tumlinson explained that due to illness the applicant asked that this request be considered at the next Zoning Board of Adjustments meeting. E. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION - V99-44, -3- Request of Mike McLaughlin of Allen Industries,Inc.,agent for Lowe's Companies, r- Inc., for a variance from Table VII, Commercial, for 26 sq ft over the allowed signage for a monument sign and also to allow 68 sq ft previously granted for wall signs to be used for a larger monument sign,at 2741 Broadway Street(Lowe's Home Improvements) Mike Roberts of Allen Industries,explained that they are requesting to use 68 square foot previously granted for wall signs plus an additional variance of 26 square foot for a monument sign. Vice-Chairperson Suzanne Tullis made a motion, seconded by Board Member Harold Slagle, to allow 68 square foot previously granted for wall signs to be used for the monument sign. Motion passed 5 to 0. Vice-Chairperson Suzanne Tullis made a motion, seconded by Board Member Marvin Elam, to approve 26 square foot over the allowed signage for a monument sign. Motion passed 5 to 0. F. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION - V99-45, 'ia Request of David Powers Homes, for a variance from Section 7.4.2(b), for an 8.6' rear yard encroachment, at 3701 Pine Chase Drive, Lot 6, Block 3, Pine Hollow Estates Director of Community Development and Services Gene Tumlinson stated that Jeff Larson with David Powers was here to represent this variance request,however,this was an oversight of many people including himself. He explained that upon making the final inspection,the building inspector realized that the property was zoned R-3 instead of R-4, therefore, it was required to have a 20' rear yard instead of a 10' as originally thought. Chairperson Gil Boyles made a motion, seconded by Board Member Harold Slagle, to approve V99-45. Motion passed 4 to 1 abstention. Board Member Harold Slagle abstained due to the fact that his daughter is the new homeowner. G. DISCUSSION ITEM III. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:20 PM. -4- These minutes respectfully submitted by: C Mona Ann Phipps, Secretary Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected this day of , 2000. Gi Bo les, Chairperson r -5-