06-08-1976
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BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS
WORKSHOP
JUNE 8, 1976
Chairwoman Murphy called the workshop meeting of the Board of Adjustments
of the City of Edgewater to order Tuesday, June 8, 1976 at 7:30 P.M.
ROLL CALL:
Marie Nichols
Lewis Lupinek
Jerry Fenske
Kenneth Millard
Alice Murphy
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Mr. Lupinek made a motion to accept the minutes of the May 11, 1976 meeting
being seconded by Mr. Fenske. Upon roll call vote said motion CARRIED. 5-0
WORKSHOP BUSINESS:
Mrs. Murphy stated that this is only a workshop meeting tonight, and she
explained that this is very informal.
Mr. Ed Arnold explained that his property is on the corner of Riverside
Drive and Rhode Island and he will not be able to meet the side setback
from Rhode Island. He showed a drawing of his proposed building on the
lot. He explained that he has 87 feet across his property and his house
is going to be 58 feet from one end to the other.
Mr. Millard asked if the house plan could be reduced maybe a foot or so?
Mr. Arnold showed him the plan as it is drawn now.
Mrs. Murphy showed Mr. Arnold from the Zoning Ordinance what the setbacks
are on corner lots.
The board members looked over the drawings and discussed this with Mr. Arnold.
Mr. Arnold explained that he is going to come back 50 feet from Riverside
Drive, and would like to come in 19 feet from Rhode Island. He stated that
since he is going to be back 50 feet from Riverside he feels that the traffic
will be able to see around the corner.
Mrs. Murphy explained to Mr. Arnold that if he comes for a Public Hearing in
regard to this,his neighbors will be notified and if there are any objections
the board will have to take this into consideration.
There were various different comments made by the board members in regard to
this.
Mr. Arnold is going to decide on whether he wants to apply for a variance.
Mr. Harold Brown spoke to the board about the garage he is proposing to
build on his property on a corner of Indian River Boulevard and Umbrella
Tree Drive. He would like to be allowed to set back 15 feet from Umbrella
Tree Drive, instead of 30 feet.
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Mr. Brown showed the board members a drawing of his present residence and
where he wants to add the garage.
Mr. Millard stated that he feels that we have to uphold the Ordinance unless
there really is an undue hardship.
The board members suggested other solutions to Mr. Brown for building the
garage, so that he will not need a variance.
Mr. Leoffler spoke to the board about a man who wants to build some apart-
ment houses abutting residential property. His property is actually zoned
B-3.
The board members looked at the map of this area while discussing this with
Mr. Leoffler.
One suggestion was that apartments would be better in this area than a
commercial business of some kind.
Mrs. Nichols pointed out that the Ordinance does not speak to apartment
houses, however if he wants to build a motel or hotel this is covered.
She stated that if he would like to build an apartment house, he can get
his drawings done and take it to the Zoning Board and see about this,
but this board does not have the authority for rezoning.
Mr. Millard stated that he feels that the apartment house idea will have
a better chance to go through, since he already has a business on the
highway side of the property, and he wants to build this on the residential
side of his property.
Mr. Leoffler stated that he would rather see the apartments rather than the
hotel or motel, because he is talking about something like a town house or
garden apartments.
The majority of the board agreed with the apartment house idea. They sug-
gested that Mr. Leoffler go to the Zoning Board and get them to describe
II tourist courts II or perhaps add town houses to the zoning.
Mrs. Nichols made a motion to adjourn, being seconded by Mr. Fenske.
Meeting adjourned
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