OKAY. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING OF MAY [Zoning Board of Adjustments on May 6, 2026.] [00:00:10] 6TH, 2026. IT'S 3:30 P.M.. THIS MEETING IS RECORDED AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. PLEASE SPEAK CLEARLY AND DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONES. NOTING THAT ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN TAKEN ON THE SIGN IN SHEET AND NO ABSENCES. OKAY. AND MR.. OKAY. WE HAVE TWO ABSENCES. JUST NOTING FOR THE RECORD. BOARD MEMBER LANGFORD, WHO IS AN ALTERNATE AND OUR EX OFFICIO DAVID FINKLEA. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY. IS THERE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR ANY OF THE CASES TODAY? OKAY, I SEE NONE. OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS RECOGNITION OF JAMES FAGAN. THAT'S YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE BOARD. AND WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE TODAY. WE MISSED YOU LAST LAST MONTH. BUT WE'RE THANKFUL FOR YOU. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL US OR SAY TO US, PLEASE DO. AND YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE DONNA AND CATHERINE CORRECTING MY MOTIONS FOR ME, CHEAT SHEETS TO LOOK AT TO MAKE THE MOTION. AND BUT YEAH, I ENJOYED IT. I JUST I'M STILL RECOVERING FROM MY ILLNESS IN OCTOBER, AND I KNEW I WASN'T GOING TO. BE MAKING ENOUGH MEETINGS TO STAY ON THE BOARD, SO I JUST. I NEEDED TO RESIGN. I WOULDN'T HAVE RESIGNED OTHERWISE. I MEAN, IT JUST IT WAS A LOT OF FUN LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSIONS AND SEEING THE ISSUES THAT COME UP IN FRONT OF THIS GROUP. AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BOARD WITH THE CITY. IT'S ONE OF THE TOP ONES AS FAR AS MAKING DECISIONS, AND DECISIONS ARE FINAL HERE. SO THEY SET PRECEDENT FOR THE ISLAND. SO I ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU GUYS. I REALLY DID. IT WAS A GREAT. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. FAGAN [APPLAUSE]. AS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION, WE DO HAVE A PLAQUE COMMEMORATING YOUR SERVICE. BRING THIS OUT FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. OH, HANG OUT AND LISTEN TO YOUR OLD TIME'S SAKE. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MEETING MINUTES FROM LAST? FROM APRIL 8TH, 2026? OKAY. NONE. MEETING MINUTES ADOPTED AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AGENDA ITEMS WITHOUT PUBLIC HEARINGS OR NON AGENDA ITEMS? I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A NON AGENDA ITEM. OKAY. THIS IS THE PROPER COUNCIL FOR VARIANCES, RIGHT? OKAY. HI. JUST TO REMIND YOU, THERE, THERE IS THREE MINUTE LIMIT. OKAY. AND PLEASE SIGN IN FOR YOUR FOR RECORD YOUR NAME. MY NAME IS ALYSSA TYLER, AND I OWN A SHORT TERM RENTAL HERE ON THE ISLAND, AND I, I JUST WANTED TO DISCUSS A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE OR THE PROPER PROCEDURE FOR BRINGING A REQUEST FOR VARIANCE IN PLACE. I'D LIKE I HAVE KIND OF A DEEP LOT AND I'D LIKE TO BUILD A, AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ON THE BACK, BUT I THINK IT WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH OR WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO WOULDN'T COMPLY WITH THE STANDARD SIZE. AND, AND SO I GUESS I JUST WANTED CLARITY ON WHAT YOU ALL WOULD NEED AND, AND ALSO WHETHER THE IDEA IS VIABLE. I WAS THINKING, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE HEIGHT. [00:05:02] I'VE NEVER DONE THIS. I'M SORRY. SO. SO THAT'S BASICALLY IT. I WAS HOPING I KNOW THAT THERE'S LIKE A THREE FOOT SETBACK. I KNOW THERE ARE SOME LIMITS. I'M ACTUALLY IN THE PLEASURE. I WANT TO SAY PLEASURE PIER, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT WORD. I'M IN THAT AREA RIGHT BEHIND PLEASURE PIER. AND I WOULD, I WANTED TO BUILD I KNOW IT WILL NEED PIER AND BEAM BASED ON THE FLOOD ZONE. I WANTED TO BUILD UP AND POTENTIALLY BUILD, MAKE IT ANOTHER SHORT TERM RENTAL SPACE. BUT WITH STAIRS AND I'VE SEEN ON THE BLOCK THAT THERE ARE OTHER THREE FOOT, I'M SORRY, THREE STORY HOUSES. AND SO I KNOW THE, I'M THINKING THE HEIGHT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH, WITH WITH WHAT THE RULES WOULD ALLOW. BUT ANYWAY, THAT WAS BASICALLY IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TYPICALLY. TYPICALLY, WE DON'T RESPOND TO FOLKS. AND THE COMMISSIONERS DEFINITELY CANNOT RESPOND. BUT WHAT I REALLY HEAR YOU SAYING IS WHAT'S THE PROCESS? THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PLANNING FOLKS HERE THAT CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PROCESS, ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT DOES WOULD COME BEFORE THIS BOARD OR NOT OR SOME OTHER BOARD OR PLAN OR WHATEVER. SO, CATHERINE, DO YOU WANT TO THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYTIME WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS. AWESOME. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS. CASE NUMBER 26Z-003, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS AT 1602 THROUGH 1606 AVENUE L. THIS IS A VARIANCE REQUEST FOR LOT AREA. THERE ARE 34 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT. NONE OF THOSE WERE RETURNED. THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSAL FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS OR OUTSIDE UTILITIES. SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM ARTICLE THREE ADDENDUM IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED MINIMUM LOT SQUARE FOOTAGE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CURRENTLY INCLUDES THREE NEARLY IDENTICAL SISTER HOUSES, AS WE CALL THEM. SANBORN INSURANCE MAPS INDICATE ALL THREE HOUSES ARE 1900 STORM SURVIVORS WERE BUILT IN 1899 OR BEFORE, SO THEY'VE BEEN THERE A GOOD LONG WHILE. PLEASE SEE THE SITE PLAN PROPOSED IN EXHIBIT A OF THE STAFF REPORT, AS WELL AS THE SUMMARY OF VARIANCES IN ORDER TO REPLANT THE PROPERTY SO THAT EACH HOUSE IS ON A SEPARATE LOT, THE WESTERNMOST TWO OF THE PROPOSED LOTS WILL NEED A VARIANCE OF LESS THAN 2500 SQUARE FOOT, WHICH IS THE STANDARD IN R-3 ZONING. THE EASTERNMOST LOT ON THE CORNER WILL BE OVER 2500 SQUARE FOOT AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A VARIANCE. SO TO SUMMARIZE THE PROPOSED LOT, ONE WOULD NEED A VARIANCE OF 136FT² FOR ABOUT 2364FT² OF LOT LOT TWO, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE MIDDLE PROPOSED LOT, WOULD NEED A VARIANCE OF 123 SQUARE FOOT. SO IT WOULD BE 2377 SQUARE FOOT. SO BOTH OF THESE ARE NOT QUITE 2500 SQUARE FOOT. BUT THE PLACEMENT OF THE HOUSES KIND OF PREVENTS ANYTHING ELSE FROM REALLY HAPPENING. PLEASE NOTE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION REQUIREMENTS FOR VARIANCES, PLEASE ALSO NOTE THE APPLICANT'S JUSTIFICATION IN THE STAFF REPORT. THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS HERE. SO HERE WE HAVE THE THREE THE THREE HOUSES. AS YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ALL SISTER HOUSES BUILT BEFORE 1900 1899 OR MAYBE BEFORE. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE ORIENTED ON ONE BIG LOT ON THE CORNER OF THE BLOCK. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND HERE WE HAVE THE PROPOSED SKETCH OF WHERE THOSE PROPERTY LINES WOULD FALL, WITH EACH LOT SHOWING HOW MANY SQUARE FOOTAGE SQUARE FEET WOULD END UP ON EACH OF THE PROPOSED LOTS. AND I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE. DANIEL, I'D LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE SIX OF 12 OF OUR CASE OF OUR PACKET TODAY. THERE'S A THERE'S A BOX. NO, NO. I'M SORRY. GO BACK. IT'S LIKE IN THE SECOND PAGE OF THIS CASE, I GUESS. ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD THAT IN THAT BOX WHERE YOU'RE SHOWING MINIMUM LOT DIMENSIONS, YOU'RE SHOWING MINIMUM LOT DIMENSIONS FOR AN R-3 ZONE, WHICH IS NOT AN R-1. CORRECT. YEAH. THERE'S A BIT OF A TYPO THERE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT THIS IS R-3. YES. YEAH. THIS IS R-3. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD CATCH. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING [00:10:07] FOR CASE 26Z-003 IS OPEN, AND THE STAFF REPORT IS MADE. A PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND SIGN IN. HELLO, I AM LISA CASEY. DO YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT THE PROPERTIES? OH, OKAY. SO IN 2019, I ACTUALLY BOUGHT FOUR HOMES ON ONE PROPERTY, RIGHT BEHIND THESE THREE HOMES FACING 16TH STREET WAS ALSO A DUPLEX. WHEN I BOUGHT THEM, THEY HADN'T BEEN TOUCHED IN, I WOULD GUESS OVER 70 YEARS THEY WERE FULL OF DRUG ADDICTS, DRUG DEALERS, PROSTITUTES, AND ONE HOARDER. AND SO AFTER GETTING RID OF EVERYBODY, I CONVERTED THE HOUSE ON 16TH STREET BACK TO A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. AND THAT SOLD IN 2021 AND THEN TOOK THE PROCEEDS WITH THE AND REPLATTED THAT PROPERTY IN 2021 WITH THE, WITH THE MY EXPECTATION WAS ONCE THESE WERE COMPLETE TO DO THE SAME THING, NOT REALIZING THAT THERE WAS THE 2500 MINIMUM SQUARE FOOT, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS. AND HENCE, YOU KNOW, SELLING THEM INDIVIDUALLY WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE. AND THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE FOR THE VARIANCE. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. I ONLY HAVE ONE. ARE YOU, HAVE YOU CONVERTED THESE TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES? ONLY THE ONE SEPARATE, LARGER HOME. THESE ARE BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM DUPLEXES. OKAY. AND THEY ALL HAVE NICE FAMILIES IN THEM. OKAY. SO YOUR INTENTION IS TO SELL THEM INDIVIDUALLY? YES. OKAY. WE AS A FAMILY MAY RETAIN THE PINK HOUSE, WHICH IS SUPER LOVELY. AND SELL THE TWO. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, ALL THREE ARE, WE WANT TO SELL ALL THREE. UNLESS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN COME UP WITH THE FUNDS FOR THE PINK PALACE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? I SEE NONE. OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 2026Z-003 IS CLOSED. AND WE'RE BRINGING BACK TO THE BOARD FOR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SECOND, DID I SKIP SOMETHING? OKAY. LOOK AROUND. HE'S GOING TO READ IT. YEAH. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I SCREWED UP LAST TIME. IT'S OKAY. YOU CAN READ IT THIS TIME. READ IT AS YOU SEE IT. OKAY, I SCREWED UP. GAVE ME THE WRONG ONE. SOMEONE. OH. OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF 26Z-003. DUE TO THE FOLLOWING THE SPECIAL CONDITION THAT EXISTS ON THE PROPERTY IS NOT GENERALLY EXIST OF OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT, AND THAT THESE STRUCTURES WERE BUILT LONG BEFORE THE 2015 LDR WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY, MAKING THE ENFORCEMENT ONEROUS TO THE APPLICANT. AND DUE TO THAT SPECIAL CONDITION, THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE STRICT TERMS OF THESE REGULATIONS WOULD IMPOSE UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP ON THE APPLICANT. THE VARIANCE IS NOT CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND THAT THE HARDSHIP IS NOT SELF-IMPOSED. THE HARDSHIP IS NOT BASED SOLELY ON FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS, CONVENIENCE OR INCONVENIENCE. THERE ARE NOT CONDITIONS THAT ARE ALLEGED TO BE SPECIAL, BUT ARE ACTUALLY COMMON TO MANY PROPERTIES IN THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT. THIS REQUESTED VARIANCE DOES NOT HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT UPON THE CURRENT OR FUTURE USE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, FOR PURPOSES OF WHICH THEY ARE ZONED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE OR SERVICES, AND PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS AND THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY. THE DEGREE OF VARIANCE ALLOWED FROM THESE REGULATIONS IS THE LEAST THAT IS NECESSARY TO GRANT RELIEF FROM THE IDENTIFIED UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP, AND THE VARIANCE WILL NOT BE USED TO CIRCUMVENT OTHER PROCEDURES OR STANDARDS OF THESE REGULATIONS THAT COULD BE USED FOR THE SAME OR COMPARABLE EFFECT. AND BY GRANTING THE VARIANCE, THE SPIRIT OF THESE REGULATIONS IS OBSERVED AND SUBSTANTIAL JUSTICE IS DONE. [00:15:01] AMEN. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, A SECOND? OH [INAUDIBLE] HAVE IT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND DISCUSSION. ANYTHING? NO. OKAY, THEN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. STAFF WILL PROVIDE FORMAL NOTIFICATION WITHIN TEN DAYS. DOES THIS MEAN IT WAS APPROVED? IT WAS APPROVED. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TODAY. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 3:45. WOW. [INAUDIBLE] * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.