BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Thursday, March 25, 2021 |
Telephonic Meeting | Regular Session | 7:00 PM |
LOCAL DIAL-IN NUMBER: 346-248-7799
TOLL-FREE DIAL-IN NUMBER: 1-888-475-4499
Meeting ID: 896 1798 3458
Agenda |
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| Chair
Alan Westfall
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| Vice Chair
James P. Avioli
| Board Member
Lilly Gilmer
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Bharat Raval
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| Board Member
Maureen Gilbert | Board Member
Felicia Lewin | Board Member
Samir Sinha |
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REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 P.M.
NOTICE OF TELEPHONIC MEETING
Pursuant to Section 418.016 of the Texas Government Code, on March 16, 2020, the Governor of the State of Texas granted the Office of the Attorney General's request for the temporary suspension of certain provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act to allow for telephonic or videoconference meetings of governmental bodies that are accessible to the public in an effort to reduce in-person meetings that assemble large groups of people, as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19.
Accordingly, this Regular Session of the Board of Adjustment of the City of Bellaire, Texas, will be conducted telephonically in furtherance of this important and necessary objective to protect the public health and welfare in our community.
Members of the public will be entitled to participate and address the Board of Adjustment in the telephonic meeting, at the time for general comments and public hearing audience comments. Any person desiring to address the Board must submit their request via e-mail to boa@bellairetx.gov.
The request must be received prior to the start of the meeting and include the speaker's full name and the phone number from which they will be calling in to participate in the meeting. The request must also indicate whether the speaker wishes to participate during the general public comment period, the public hearing comment period, or both. Speakers will be recognized during the comment period in the order their requests are received.
Members of the public may view a live broadcast of the meeting by visiting the City's website: https://bellairetx.new.swagit.com/views/21, U-Verse Channel 99, Comcast Channel 16, and the City's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/bellairetx.gov.
The toll-free dial-in number to participate remotely in the telephonic meeting is 1-888-475-4499, and the local line is 346-248-7799. The Meeting ID is 896 1798 3458. An electronic copy of the agenda packet for this Regular Session is posted online at /Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?type=27.
A recording of the telephonic meeting will be made and will be posted online at /Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?type=27. |
1. | Call to Order |
2. | Pledge to the Flag (US and Texas)
US Pledge: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Texas Pledge: (Honor the Texas Flag: I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas one state under God, one and indivisible) |
3. | Certification of a Quorum |
4. | Approval of Minutes |
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5. | Reports from Officers, Committees, Sub-Committees and Communications Board Members Have Outside the Meeting |
6. | Unfinished Business |
7. | Reading of the Standards from Section 24-718, Bellaire Code of Ordinances |
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8. | New Business |
A. | Determination of the Board's jurisdiction to hear a request filed by MM Bellaire One, LLC, for a variance to the City's R-5 Residential Zoning District to allow for a commercial parking lot to be constructed at 4300 Bellaire Boulevard.
The Board is not being asked to take action on granting or denying the requested variance but only decide whether it has the authority to hear the case, and if so, schedule a public hearing for a future meeting to consider the merits of the requested variance. |
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B. | Public Hearing (Originally Rescheduled from January 21, 2021)
Docket # BOA-2021-01: A request by Alex Lopez of Frankel Building Group, on behalf of Bryan and Janet Pate, owners of the property at 4604 Oleander St., for an appeal of an administrative official’s determination in that the portion of the property next to the proposed porte cochere located at the front of the house does not meet the definition of a Side Yard as defined in Chapter 24, Article II, Section 24-202, Definitions, of the City of Bellaire Code of Ordinances, and therefore, a pool cannot be constructed in the front yard of the house. The property is located within the R-3 Residential Zoning District. |
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i. | Presentation by the Applicant |
ii. | Presentation by the City |
iii. | Public Comments |
iv. | Rebuttal by the Applicant |
v. | Questions by the Board |
vi. | Consideration of, deliberation by and action on Docket Item by the Board |
C. | Public Hearing (Originally Rescheduled from January 21, 2021)
Docket # BOA-2021-02: A request filed by Jeff Mickler, on behalf of Newcastle Bissonnet MOB, L.P., for the property at 4460 Bissonnet St., for a special exception to construct an 8-foot wooden fence instead of an 8-foot masonry wall as set forth in Chapter 24, Article V, Division 1, Section 24-513 D. of the City of Bellaire Code of Ordinances. The property is located within the Corridor Mixed Use (CMU) Zoning District. |
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i. | Presentation by the Applicant |
ii. | Presentation by the City |
iii. | Public Comments |
iv. | Rebuttal by the Applicant |
v. | Questions by the Board |
vi. | Consideration of, deliberation by and action on the Docket Item by the Board |
9. | General Comments from the Public
Any person desiring to address the Board must sign up, prior to the posted start time of the meeting, by e-mail to Administrative Assistant Marleny Campos, mcampos@bellairetx.gov. When signing up, all speakers shall provide their full name and the phone number from which they will be calling (for the call moderator to be able to identify them).
(Limitations: Six (6) minutes per speaker with extensions in two (2) minute increments as approved by a majority vote of the Board Members present). |
10. | General Comments from Board Members |
11. | Announcements |
12. | Adjournment |
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