BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
REGULAR MEETING - 2:00 P.M. ? FEBRUARY 1, 2006
The Regular Meeting of the Board of Zoning Appeals was held Wednesday, February
1, 2006 at 2:00 P.M., on the 1st Floor of the Government Center Annex in the
conference room, 420-10th Street. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Leah
Braxton, Chairperson. The board members present were:
Mrs. Leah Braxton, Chairperson
Mr. Billy Edwards
Mr. Ralph King
Mr. Willie Lewis Jr.
Also present representing the Inspections and Code Enforcement Division was Mr.
Danny Cargill, Secretary of the Board, and Mrs. Millicent Burden, Recording
Secretary.
VARIANCES.
Case No. 06-V14?-Granted:
Ms. Mary Smith, 4152 Spirea Drive, presented the appeal for a variance to
reduce the side setback requirement from 25 feet to 10 feet to add a garage.
The property is zoned SFR2.
In her statement, Ms. Smith stated that she wanted to have an enclosed garage
instead of erecting an aluminum shelter because she did not want to distract
from the neighborhood, which is an older one, and the neighbors try to keep the
neighborhood up. She brought photographs of her intentions for the garage, as
well as to show the property line and the state of her property now since the
last contractor?s attempt. She would like to increase her carport to 12x20
roughly and enclose the carport and the new area. That would give her a double
car garage, which would be roughly 24x20 feet in measurement.
There was no opposition presented to this appeal.
Mr. Edwards made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. King, to grant this
appeal. Motion carried unanimously.
Case No. 06-V15?Granted:
Gary Lisle of The Lisle Company, 1599 Double Churches Road, presented the
appeal for a variance to build a sign and increase the sign area from 15 square
feet to 24 square feet. The property is zoned RMF1.
In his statement, Mr. Lisle said that the sign would be diagonal on the corner
between Double Churches Road and Grove Park Drive. Grove Park is a 60-acre
development, which has apartments, condos, and will have other mixed-use items
in it. There will be other interior signage for the villas at the entry
locations of each. They are the first to get to the point of building what he
refers to as monument signage. Mr. Lewis asked was the sign lighted. Mr.
Lisle stated that they would have ground lights to illuminate the sign.
There was no opposition presented to this appeal.
Mr. King made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Edwards. Motion carried
unanimously.
Case No. 06-V16?Granted:
Stacy Gant of St. Jude Children?s Research Hospital and Mike Sargent of
Pinnacle Homes, 8103 Highlands Drive, presented the appeal for a variance to
erect a temporary sign in a residential zoned district and to increase the area
of the sign from 6 square feet to 120 square feet and to increase the height of
the sign from 6 feet to 17 feet. The property is zoned SFR2.
In her statement, Stacy Gant mentioned that the temporary sign would be used to
thank the sponsors for their participation in the building of the home and will
be taken down after the drawing before the tenant moves in. They have done
this for a few years now and are just continuing what has been done in years
past. The home will be complete in March and will be given away April 1. Mr.
Sergeant mentioned that Pinnacle Homes is responsible for the erecting and the
disassembly of the sign.
There was no opposition presented to this appeal.
Mr. Lewis made a motion, with a restriction of 90 days, which was seconded by
Mr. Edwards, to grant this appeal. Motion carried unanimously.
Case No. 06-V17?Granted:
David Hatfield and Scott Henderson of Barrett-Simpson, Inc. 5420 Veterans
Parkway, presented the appeal for a variance to reduce the requirement of 40
feet minimum stacking length to 12 feet stacking length. Also a variance to
increase the current parking requirement from 11(allowed) to 19 for customer
parking. The property is zoned GC.
In his statement, David Hatfield mentioned that he was there on behalf of
Community Bank & Trust, which has proposed to build their facility at 5420
Veterans Parkway. The proposed building size is 2592 square feet. The UDO
only allows 1 parking space per 250 square feet. Based on the square footage,
there will only be parking for the 10 employees and not their customers. Also,
the UDO requires them to have a 40foot minimum stacking length and they are
requesting it be reduced to 12 feet. Additional parking spaces will require
them to construct an additional 1600 feet of green space. They plan to begin
construction as soon as possible.
There was no opposition presented to this appeal.
Mr. Edwards made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. King to grant this appeal.
Motion carried unanimously.
Case No. 06-V18?Granted:
Mr. Robert Teasley of Signs Inc., 4411 Victory Drive, presented the appeal for
a request for a variance to reduce the existing non-conforming sign area from
340 feet to 326 square feet and to reduce the setback requirement from 3 feet
to 6 inches on the front property line. The property is zoned GC.
In his statement, Mr. Teasley mentioned that the owner wants the sign to look
clean and has removed the previous panel boards and the catwalk. He will have
a message center installed for advertising for Fort Benning and other special
promotions or events. The top of the sign will serve as a public service
board. The structure for the sign is already erected at the 6inch mark from the
required setback. He is requesting the variance so that the sign may remain in
its present location.
There was no opposition presented to this appeal.
Mr. King made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Lewis to grant this appeal.
Motion carried unanimously.
Case No. 06-V19-Tabled:
Mr. Robert Teasley of Signs Inc., 3101 Mercury Drive, presented the appeal for
a request to table this case until the March meeting.
There was no opposition presented to this appeal.
Mr. Edwards made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Lewis to grant this
request. Motion carried unanimously.
Case No. 06-V8?-Granted:
Mr. Robert Teasley of Signs, Inc., 952 54th Street, presented the appeal for a
variance to increase the sign area from the requirement of 15 square feet to 60
square feet and to reduce the setback requirement from 10 feet to 3 feet. The
property is zoned SFR1.
Mr. Teasley stated that the sign is similar to the ones that are installed at
the local schools. He has only received one telephone call with concerns
regarding this request.
There was no opposition presented to this appeal.
Mr. Edwards made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Lewis, to grant this
appeal. Motion carried unanimously.
END OF VARIANCES.
The minutes of the regular meeting of January 4, 2006 were presented for
approval as written with changes given by Mrs. Leah Braxton.
A motion was made by Mr. King, and was seconded by Mr. Lewis. Motion carried
unanimously.
A motion was also made by Mr. King to excuse Mr. David Fox from the February
meeting, and was seconded by Mr. Lewis. Motion carried unanimously.
There being no further business to come before the Board,
the meeting adjourned at 2:40 p.m.
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Leah Braxton Bill Duck
Chairperson Secretary
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David Fox Danny Cargill
Vice Chairperson Acting Secretary
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