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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOAMinutes_2021_05_20Board of Adjustment Brookings, South Dakota May 20, 2021 OFFICIAL MINUTES Chairperson George Houtman called the Board of Adjustment meeting to order on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 5:00 PM in the Chamber's Room of the City & County Government Center. Members present were Matt Chandler, Justin Borns, Nick Schmeichel, alternate -Jake Russell, Dustin Edmison and Houtman. Scott was absent. Others present were City Planner Ryan Miller, Community Development Director Mike Struck, Ben Ide — via telephone representing G.A. Haan Development, Jason and Mandy Newman, Shad Swedlund, Jerrad Ziegeldorf, Grant Leffelbein and Theodore Elverson. Item #1 — Roll Call Item #2 — (Schmeichel/Chandler) Motion to approve the agenda. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. Item #3 — (Edmison/Schmeichel) Motion to approve the May 6, 2021 minutes. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. Item #4a — G.A. Haan Development LLC has made a request for a variance on Block 5 of Southland Addition. The request is for a reduced parking minimum for an apartment building or unit group of buildings containing more than 24 units as well as to allow a garbage receptacle to be located within a front yard area. (Borns/Chandler) Motion to approve the 1St variance request for a reduced parking minimum. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. (Schmeichel/Edmison) Motion to approve the 2nd variance request to allow for a garbage receptacle located within a front yard area. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. Item #4b — Jason and Mandy Newman have made a request for a variance on Lot 4, Block 11, Bluegill Addition, also known as 1806 231d Street S. The request is for a reduced rear and side yard setback from 5 feet to 3 feet for an accessory structure. (Borns/Schmeichel) Motion to approve the variance request. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. Item #4c — Shad Swedlund has made a request for a variance on the East 86 feet of Lots 7&8, Block 4, Morehouse Addition, also known as 708 8th Street. The request is for a continuation of a nonconforming use through the replacement or restoration of foundations or structural elements. (Edmison/Borns) Motion to approve the variance request. (Schmeichel/Borns) Amendment to the motion to state that additional units cannot be added to this property after completion of the foundation repair. All present voted aye. AMENDMENT CARRIED. The original motion as amended was voted on. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. Item #4d — Granted Properties LLC made a request for a variance on Lots 1-3, Block 2, Folsom Addition, also known as 530 1St Street S and 110 6th Ave S. The request is for a reduced bufferyard between an Industrial 1-1 light district and an adjacent Residence R -3A district. The minimum required bufferyard from a side or rear property line to a structure is 30 feet. (Borns/Edmison) Motion to approve the variance request. (Houtman/Chandler) Amendment to the motion to approve a 20' building bufferyard setback to match the 20' rear yard setback. Borns voted no. All others voted aye. AMENDMENT CARRIED. The original motion as amended was voted on. Borns voted no. All others voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. The meeting was adjourned at 6:09 p.m. Ryan Miller City Planner .11, di r e Ho tman Chairperson Board of Adjustment Brookings, South Dakota May 20, 2021 OFFICIAL SUMMARY Chairperson George Houtman called the Board of Adjustment meeting to order on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 5:00 PM in the Chamber's Room of the City & County Government Center. Members present were Matt Chandler, Justin Borns, Nick Schmeichel, alternate -Jake Russell, Dustin Edmison and Houtman. Scott was absent. Others present were City Planner Ryan Miller, Community Development Director Mike Struck, Ben Ide — via telephone representing G.A. Haan Development, Jason and Mandy Newman, Shad Swedlund, Jerrad Ziegeldorf, Grant Leffelbein and Theodore Elverson. Item #4a — Ben Ide with G.A. Haan Development is developing the Edgebrook Townhomes Development. They feel that there will not be an excessive numbers of vehicles at this development because students will not be living here and this development will be for low income housing. Miller explained that the regulations require 110 parking spots and the developers are requesting 101 spots. Ide explained that they are planning to place the dumpster in the front yard for ADA accessibility purposes. Moving the dumpster location to the east side of the property has challenges due the grade of the lot and the accessibility for wheelchair accessible residents will be difficult. Item #4b — Mandy Newman explained that the slope of their yard is quite steep and by moving the shed back a couple of feet, the grade will be flatter. Item #4c — Swedlund explained that the foundation under this house needs to be replaced. Since the property is in a nonconforming use (multi -family use), they are required to request a variance to allow for the continuation of the non -conforming use. Houtman asked if the building will be moved for the foundation replacement. Swedlund stated that the house will remain at the location and will be stabilized for the foundation replacement. Schmeichel asked what happens to this property if the variance isn't granted. Miller stated that the repairs could be done, but the property would then have to conform so it would need to be single family. Item #4d — Due to the odd shape of the lot, parking is a challenge for the required parking that they will need for their development. They are planning to develop a mixed-use building on this property that will consist of residential and commercial uses. Houtman feels that in the older parts of town, it is hard to conform with the newer zoning regulations. The applicants are cleaning up the property so he is in favor of this request. Chandler and Schmeichel would like to see the applicants get through their Conditional Use and Rezoning use first. Houtman asked if a reduced bufferyard setback to 20 feet from the required 30 feet would be acceptable to the applicants. Chandler feels that more bufferyard should be needed, not less, if there are going to be residential units in the development. Schmeichel asked if there are similar examples to this development in this part of town. Miller explained that this particular proposal is unique in that the proposal is a mixed-use development with residents and contractors shops. The closest mixed-use development to this project is on South Main Avenue. The meeting was adjourned at 6:09 p.m. �Iw Ryan Miller City Planner A� /Zics-_ Ge rge 'outman Chairperson