Min - Board of Adjustment - 2010 - 01/04 - RegularBOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
SIGN CONTROL BOARD
BUILDING AND STANDARDS
Regular Meeting
CITY OF ALLEN January 4, 2010
Board Members Present:
Gene Autrey
Joel Hemphill
Alexander Kirk
Barbara McNutt
Deborah Angell Smith
Todd Moore, Alternate
Thomas Wierzbicki, Alternate
Board Members Absent:
None
City Staff Present:
Ogden `Bo" Bass, AICP, Director of Planning & Development
Kevin Laughlin, Attorney
Tiffany McLeod, Planner
Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present:
With a quorum of the Board Members present, Deborah Angell Smith called the meeting to order
at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Conference Room at Allen City Hall, 305 Century
Parkway
Regular Agenda
Agenda Item #1: Public Hearing — Conduct a Public Hearing and consider a request for a
variance from the setbacks required in Section 4.15.3, of the Allen Land
Development Code, by Twin Creeks Warehouse Venture, LP, along Bossy
Boots Drive and Watters Road, in order to bring the property into
compliance. The property is described as Twin Creeks Business Center
Phase L Lot 1, Block A. 1303, 1305 and 1307 N Watters Road.
Tiffany McLeod, Planner, presented the item to the Board. The property is a part of Planned
Development 54 and is currently zoned Industrial Technology IT Originally the property was zoned
1 PD 54 Office Technology OT, but was rezoned when the PD was amended in 2002. Included in that
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amended ordinance were setback requirements for the IT district. Staff has interpreted the minimum
front yard setback along Bossy Boots Drive to be 80 ft. The survey provided by the applicant shows
the northernmost point of the building located 89 feet away from the property line. Therefore staff
does not believe there is an encroachment along Bossy Boots Drive.
A different interpretation of the PD zoning and ALDC, however, could affect how the setback
distance is determined. The development regulations for this property states that the building
setback is 80 feet if the roadway is less than 100 feet in width and 100 feet if the roadway is over
100 feet in width. The width of the main lanes of Bossy Boots Drive is less than 100 feet. However,
Bossy Boots Drive at the intersection of Watters Road is over 100 feet in width. The City's current
ALDC standards do not stipulate whether roadway width should be measured at the main lanes or at
intersections. Therefore the applicant is requesting a variance to the setback along Bossy Boots
Drive, as a level of caution, to ensure a future interpretation of the budding setback does not affect
the property's compliant status. Staff is amenable to the applicant's request.
The required building line setback along Watters Road is 100 feet. In 2006 the Final Plat and the
Site Plan were approved. Both drawings identify this building setback and show the building along
Watters Road behind the setback line. Construction for the project began in 2007 It is assumed that
during that time field errors were made which caused the building to encroach into this setback line.
However, these errors were not identified prior to a Certificate of Occupancy being issued by the
City The encroachment along Watters Road is 3.2 feet and is considered minor in this case. The
City has been aware of the encroachment since 2008 and does not plan to take enforcement action.
However, due to difficulties with insurance and financing the applicant is requesting a variance in an
effort to bring the property into compliance.
Staff recommends approval
Board Member Smith asked if there was an error on the City's part in approving the plans. Tiffany
McLeod answered that staff believes the contractor and the City made oversights. Ogden "Be" Bass
stated that after reviewing the plans it can be determined that the error was made in the field.
Mr. Bass made a clarification to the presentation. Only the facade elements are encroaching into the
building setback.
Chairman Kirk questioned whether staff plans to amend the ALDC to specify where the setback
should be measured from. Mr. Bass answered that staff does have plans to amend the ALDC within
the next two or three months.
Chairman Kirk opened the Public Hearing.
Bill Dahlstrom, applicant representative, 901 Main Street, Allen, spoke in favor of the variance
request. He stated that this is essentially a clean up item.
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With no one else wishing to speak, Chairman Kirk closed the Public Hearing.
MOTION: Upon a motion by Board Member Smith and a second by Board Member
McNutt, the Board voted 7 FOR 0 OPPOSED to approve the request for a
variance from the setbacks required in Section 4.15.3, of the Allen Land
Development Code, by Twin Creeks Warehouse Venture, LP, along Bossy Boots
Drive and Watters Road, in order to bring the property into compliance.
The Motion Carried.
Adjournment
Motion: Upon a motion by Board Member Hemphill and a second by Board Member
Autrey the Board voted 7 IN FAVOR, and 0 OPPOSED to adjourn the
meeting at 7:15 p.m.
These minutes approved this day of C." 2010.
Ale anx d re Kirk, Chairman Tiff y cLe fanner
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