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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01261987BOAMINUTES OF MEETING OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT - JANUARY 26, 1987. MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAI.RMAN JOSEPH STEPHENSON AT 3:00 P.M. PRESENT: GALE MATTHEWS, LOUIS PRiORE, WALTER SHIELDS, MARY HEINECKE, CHAIRMAN JOSEPH STEPHENSON, CITY ATTORNEY THOMAS PALMER. CHAIRMAN STEPHENSON ADVISED THAT THIS MEETING WAS CALLED TO CON- SIDER THE REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM MARSHALL DUBUQUE, 581 CONCHA DRIVE, SEBASTIAN. MR.. DUBUQUE BUILT A CARPORT WHICH EXTENDS 10 FEET BEYOND THE'REQUIRED SET BACK OF 25 FEET. THE PURPOSE OF THE BUILDING WAS TO KEEP WATER FROM COMING INTO SLIDING GLASS DOORS DURING A RAINSTORM. THE SLIDING GLASS DOORS WEREPART OF THE ORIGINAL GARAGE WHICH MR. DUBUQUE MADE.INTO ANOTHER ROOM WITHOUT OBTAINING.A BUILDING PERMIT. HE ALSO FAILED TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE CARPORT. MR, PALMER EXPLAINED THAT THE ONLY QUESTION HERE WAS WHETHER THE WATER COULD BE KEPT FROM COMING IN BY SOME OTHER MEANS RATHER THAN'~BY ERECTING THE CARPORT. ROGER CLOUTIER, BUILDING OFFICIAL,,WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THERE WERE VARIOUS WAYS TO DO THINS. THIS SITUATION WAS DEEMED A SELF- CREATED HARDSHIP. MOTION BY MR. MATTHEWS, SECONDED BY CHAIRMAN STEPHENSON, TO DENY A PUBLIC HEARING. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES:~ MR. MATTHEWS MR..PRIORE MRS. HEINECKE CHAIRMAN STEPHENSON NAYS: NONE. MOTION CARRIED. MR. SHIELDS ABSTAINED FROM VOTING BECAUSE OF PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO FILE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM. MR. DUBUQUE WAS INFORMED THAT SINCE THE VARIANCE WAS DENIED, HE MUST BRING THE CARPORT INTO CONFORMANCE WITH CITY CGBES, MEETING ADJOURNED AT 3:45 P.M.