2001-09-25 BOA
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT SEPTEMBER 25, 2001
SUMMARY OF BOARD ACTION
ACTION - DISCUSSION - VOTE
Board of Adjustment meeting to order at
Vice Chairman Ledferd called the September 25.2001
7:00 p.m.
AGENDA
7:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER - Chairman.
Board of Adjustment, September 25. 2001,
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Board Secretary Arnold called the roll
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CHAIRMAN, MEMBER AND STAFF ATTENDANCE
Chairman Jerry Walker
Board Member Dawn Hoover
Board Member Thomas Keller
Board Member William Ledferd
Board Member Christopher Mavroides
Board Member Douglas McCoy
Board Member Frank Mueller
Alternate Daniel Creech
Alternate Sandra Jones
Attorney John R. Cook
Secretary Carolyn Arnold
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Member Keller moved to dispense with the reading and approve the Summary of Board Action for
the August 28, 2001 meeting. Member Mueller seconded the motion.
MINUTES - Secretary.
Motion to dispense with the reading and approve the Summary of Board Action
for the August 28, 2001 meeting.
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VOTE
JONES - YEA
KELLER - YEA
LEDFERD - YEA
MA VROIDES - YEA
McCoy - YEA
MUELLER - YEA
MOTION CARRIED.
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Jock Robertson, City Planning Consultant described the petition and gave a brief background of
the property. The subject property is currently zoned as Residential Multi-Family (RMF). There
are special conditions that exist which are peculiar to the structure involved, and are not applicable
to other land or structures in the same zoning district. The existing garage was built prior to the
current code adoption and does not meet current setbacks. This request is to allow the construction
of a carport to be uniform with th existing garage, which will not additionally encroach on the
adjacent property.
IV. NEW BUSINESS.
Consider Variance Petition Ol-004-V by John W. and Kim E. Burnett. The
purpose ofthe variance is to have a three-foot, eight-inch side setback rather than
the required ten-feet in a Residential Multi-Family (RMF) zoning district.
(Exhibit 1).
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Mr. Julian Leggett, adjacent property owner, had concerns for how the carport will look when
completed. He felt it would not flow with the surrounding properties. Mr Leggett also had
concerns for the survey submitted as part of the application. He had a survey from the same
surveyor and they both were inconsistent he wanted the Board to recognize this to settle a civil
disagreement. Attorney Cook informed Mr. Leggett that the Board of Adjustment is only to
consider the variance request that was submitted and whether or not it is consistent with the codes.
There was no further discussion.
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motion that Petition 01-004-V as presented be approved
Board Member Jones seconded the motion.
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in the staff report.
Board Member Mueller
based on the findings
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VOTE
JONES-YEA
KELLER - YEA
LEDFERD - YEA
MA VROIDES - YEA
MCCOY - YEA
MUELLER - YEA
MOTION CARRIED.
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Jock Robertson, City Planning Consultant described the petition and gave a brief background of
the property. The subject property is currently zoned as Residential Multi-Family (RMF) and is
consistent with the Land Development Regulations as well as the Comprehensive Plan. Staff
recommends granting approval of Petition 01-006-SE
Consider Petition 0 1-006-SE: Corporation of the Presiding Bishop, The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, property owner; Bob Kapherr, is the
applicant. The property is located at 310 S.W. 6th Street. The purpose of the
request for a special exception to allow a satellite antenna within a Residential
Multi-Family (RMF) Zoning District. (Exhibit 2).
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Mr. John Abney, Sr., agent/contractor, explained that he will be doing the concrete work prior tl
the installation of the satellite antenna. He noted that the neither the Church nor himself wer
aware that this request needed a special exception approval prior to submittal of the building permi
application. The purpose for the antenna is to allow the Church online communication with Salt
Lake City, which is the main office for all of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, to
allow for genealogy services for the Church and it is possible that in the future available to the
public. Both the Church and the contractor do not foresee a problem if the Board requests
buffering. The Church feels that the green fiberglass antenna will blend with the green shrubbery
surrounding the proposed location.
Member Mueller moved to approve Petition 01-006-SE based on the findings in Staff's
Report including buffering should it be required. Member Keller seconded the motion.
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VOTE
JONES-YEA
KELLER - YEA
LEDFERD - YEA
MA VROIDES - YEA
McCoy - YEA
MUELLER - YEA
MOTION CARRIED.
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IV. NEW BUSINESS CONTINUED.
B. Consider Petition 01-006-SE: Corporation of the Presiding Bishop, continued.
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items on the agenda, Chairman Walker adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m.
There being no further
VI. ADJOURNMENT - Chairman
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE AND BE ADVISED that if any person desires to appeal any decision made by the Board of Adjustment
with respect to any matter considered at this proceeding, such interested person win need a record of the proceedings, and for such
purpose may need to ensure a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon
which the appeal is to be based, General Services tapes are for the sole purpose of backup for official records of the Department.
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William Ledferd, Chairman
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