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MEETING OF THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, REGULAR MEETING OF BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AND PLANNING COMMISSION. CALL IT TO ORDER. ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE ANNOUNCEMENTS I GOT THE NEXT
[II. Announcements ]
BOSA PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE HELD NEXT MONTH ON MARCH 12TH. THAT'S IT. YEP.[III. Approve the Final Agenda ]
OKAY. WE NEED TO LOOK AT APPROVE TODAY'S FINAL AGENDA. SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE APPROVE THE AGENDA TODAY. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES.[IV.1. Board of Zoning Appeals & Planning Commission - Regular Meeting - Jan 8, 2026 10:00 AM ]
WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE OUR MINUTES OF WHAT WE DID LAST MEETING. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE NEED TO MOVE INTO A PUBLIC HEARING. CAN I HEAR A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO MOVE INTO A PUBLIC HEARING. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. WE ARE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING. RIGHT? THE FIRST APPLICATION IN FRONT[V.A.1. Rezoning - Hagler - 7130 Hamilton Rd (APN 0130 000048) 1st Reading - Vote Eligible ]
OF YOU IS A REZONING. IT'S 7130 HAMILTON ROAD AND IT IS THE FIRST READING. IT IS BOWL ELIGIBLE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE REZONING OF A 1.52 ACRE PARCEL FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO AGRICULTURAL. AND, AS I SAID, IS A REZONING AT 7130 HAMILTON ROAD. THE SAW ALL THE SURROUNDING PARCELS ARE AGRICULTURAL. THE CURRENT USE AND ZONING IS INDUSTRIAL. WE DID RECEIVE ONE CALL. THE AREA OF THE COUNTY CONSISTS OF MEDIUM AND LARGE LOT SIZES WITH MOSTLY AGRICULTURAL USES, AND YOU SEE THE APPLICATION REVIEW STANDARDS BELOW. AND IT DOES MEET THOSE STANDARDS. AND BASICALLY JUST SINCE SUMMATION, THIS APPLICANT IS REZONING FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO AGRICULTURAL. AND IT'S THAT PARCELS BEEN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FOR A LONG TIME. AND THEY'RE REZONING IT TO AGRICULTURAL IN ORDER TO MATCH IT UP WITH THE SURROUNDING PARCEL AND THAT THEY OWN AND TO COMBINE THEM, I THINK. BUT AND THE APPLICANT, I BELIEVE, IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD CONCERNING THIS? SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BEFORE ON OR AGAINST THIS REZONING? SEEING NONE. HEARING NONE. HOW WOULD THE BOARD LIKE TO HANDLE THIS? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE AND BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. YOU ALL MAY LEAVE IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE THROUGH HERE PRETTY QUICK. HOPEFULLY. NEXT. ALRIGHT. THE[V.B.1. Variance - Jared Jones - 677 Hudson Rd (0804 005007) 1st Reading Vote Eligible ]
NEXT APPLICATION IN FRONT OF YOU IS A VARIANCE REQUEST TO 677 HUDSON ROAD. AND IT IS THE FIRST READING IS VOTE ELIGIBLE. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE FROM THE FRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR A PRIMARY STRUCTURE ON A PARCEL LOCATED IN A HIGHWAY, COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. LET'S SEE. THE LOCATION AGAIN IS 677 HUDSON. THE SURROUNDING PARCELS ARE SUBURBAN MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THE ACREAGE OF THE PARCEL IS 4.25. THE CHARACTER AREA IS SUBURBAN AND THE CURRENT USE IS COMMERCIAL. WE DID RECEIVE TWO CALLS. THE REQUEST IS THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE FROM THE FRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR A PRIMARY STRUCTURE ON PARCEL LOCATED IN A HIGHWAY, COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT AND SPECIFICALLY THE REQUEST ARE FROM 150FT. BUT I'LL TOUCH ON THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT THE REQUEST SPECIFICALLY ARE 71.5FT, 64FT, AND 71FT FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD. HOW MANY FEET THEY'RE ASKING FOR THIS ON HUDSON ROAD? BOTH. OKAY. FROM THE ROAD CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD FROM BOTH TWO ON. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN, IT'LL SHOW KIND OF HOW MANY FEET[00:05:06]
EXACTLY THE BUILDINGS BACK FROM THE ROADS. BUT YOU SEE THE STANDARDS FOR GRANTING VARIANCES. AND I DO WANT TO STRESS THAT THIS IS IN OUR FORMER ORDINANCE. THIS WAS THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A 100 FOOT SETBACK. IT IS FOR WHATEVER REASON IT GOT MOVED. THIS COMMERCIAL ZONING GOT MOVED TO 150 FOOT SETBACK. WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT IN FRONT OF YOU AS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THAT BACK TO 100. AND WE YOU KNOW, WE NOTICED IT WHEN THIS APPLICATION CAME IN THAT IT SHOULD BE ONE. SO THIS IS IT MAY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE ASKING FOR A LARGE VARIANCE, BUT REALLY IT'S IF THE. SETBACK WAS AS MUCH AS IT WAS IN THE PAST, IT WOULD BE A LOT LESS BE BE 100 100FT FOOT SETBACK. ALSO, THIS WAS THIS THIS BUILDING, THIS LOCATION WAS HISTORICALLY USED LIKE A TRUCK STOP. AND THEY USED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, TRUCKS PARKED THERE. SO MY TRUCKS LINED UP IN THE PROPERTY AND THIS USE WOULD TECHNICALLY BE LESS IMPACTFUL THAN WHAT IT WAS HISTORICALLY USED. AS YOU COULD SEE AT THE LOCATION THERE.IF THE REQUEST FOR VARIANCE IS APPROVED, THE BUILDING MUST BE CONSTRUCTED IN PLACE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SITE PLAN SUBMITTED. ANY SIGNIFICANT DEVIATION FROM THE APPROVED SITE PLAN MUST BE SUBMITTED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR REVIEW. ALL PERMITS MUST ALSO BE ACQUIRED PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION, AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH. NO, THOSE ARE ALL WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THERE. THOSE ARE SEMITRAILERS. NO, NO. YES OKAY. ALL RIGHT. APPLICANT JARED COME ON UP AND LET'S. ALL RIGHT. ALL THESE STORIES LIKE. OH I'M SORRY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YEAH.
ALRIGHT. YOU'RE THE OWNER AND. YES. ALRIGHT. SHE, THE ONE OF THE LADY LADIES HAS A QUESTION OF WHAT'S YOUR INTENDED USE. BOAT STORAGE AND RV STORAGE, BOAT AND RV STORAGE. SO YOU'LL BE BUILDING SOME SHEDS? YEAH. IT NEEDS A STAGE NAME AND ALL THAT. OH YES. I'M SORRY. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. JARED JONES. OKAY, ALRIGHT. OKAY. I'LL. IT. WE TRY TO BE VERY INFORMAL LIKE YOU'RE DOING, BUT WE HAVE TO STAY FORMAL AND I'LL LET YOU ASK QUESTIONS IN JUST A MINUTE, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO ANY QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD I HAVE ONE QUESTION CONCERNING THE PEOPLE. YOU SAID YOU HAD TWO CALLS. WHAT WERE THEIR COMMENTS OR THOSE THOSE WERE BOTH GENERAL QUESTIONS. THOSE WERE BOTH ASKING WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. BUT. BUT NOTHING FOR OR AGAINST. NO, NOT NOT PROPER OPPOSITION. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS IS HOW MANY UNITS ARE YOU GOING TO PUT? PROBABLY 40 IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING. WE'RE THINKING ABOUT LEAVING THE BUILDING THAT'S THERE AND RENTING IT OUT. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THE BUILDING DOWN, PUT A STRIP DOWN HUDSON ROAD, BUT THE BUILDING'S IN BETTER SHAPE THAN WE THOUGHT, SO WE MAY LEAVE THAT BUILDING, WORK WITH IT AND THEN COME DOWN GLASS BRIDGE, COME ACROSS THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY IS NOT A PROBLEM. WE CAN DO THAT AND WE CAN SHORTEN IT ON THE OTHER SIDE. BUT I'D LIKE TO COME DOWN GLASS BRIDGE ROAD, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS ONLY ASKING FOR A 25 FOOT VARIANCE. I THOUGHT I WAS ASKING FOR A 75 FOOT. SO REALLY, I'M NOT ASKING FOR A WHOLE LOT OF I'M NOT. I'M NOT ASKING FOR A LOT THAT I CAN'T DO RIGHT. BUT IF YOU WILL PULL THE PICTURE UP, IT HAD THE PICTURE OF THE TRUCKS AND ALL THE TRACTOR TRAILERS PARKED THERE.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT ONE BOAT STORAGE, AND I THINK, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I TALKED TO YOU OR JAMES ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE OTHER BOAT STORAGE ON MOODY BRIDGE ROAD. AND IT'S REALLY LOW IMPACT. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS PLANTED. I DON'T HAVE A I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT ONE, BUT IT'S GOT PLANTS ALL ACROSS THE FRONT.
SO IT'S REALLY A LOT BETTER LOOKING THAN TRACTOR TRAILERS PARKED OUT THERE. AND IT'S A LOT LESS IMPACT THAN HAVING TRUCKS COMING AND GOING. AND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OUR OTHER ONE OKAY. YEAH OKAY. SO THAT WAS THE OLD ROADWAY IN YELLOW FREIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT OKAY.
YEAH I WAS I WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING AT THE TIME WHEN THEY WAS RUNNING IT. I MEAN I USED TO GET ILL ABOUT IT MYSELF SO I CAN UNDERSTAND LESS IMPACT OF TRAFFIC. WELL, AND THERE'S A BOAT RAMP THREE MILES DOWN THE ROAD. EXACTLY. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. IT'LL TAKE VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS OFF THE MAIN ROAD AND PUT THEM ON THE SHORT ROAD. SO THE CURRENT PLAN SHOWS 20, 2020
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WOULD BE 40. EACH ONE OF THOSE IS TWO OKAY OKAY. EACH ONE OF THOSE IS 12. IT'S A I GUESS IT'S A 25 FOOT BAY. OKAY. EACH ONE OF THOSE OKAY I JUST I GOT YOU AND THAT'S THE ONE. YEAH I GOT YOU OKAY. BUT IT'S VERY LITTLE IMPACT. IT'S NOT TRUCKS COMING AND GOING ON THE HIGHWAY AND. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MA'AM? YEAH OKAY. WELL ANYBODY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JARED FROM THE BOARD? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM, CAN YOU COME UP AND I'M SORRY, I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF THESE THINGS. I HAVE TO FOLLOW RULES. OKAY, WELL ASK NICELY.YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. NAME? WHEELER AND WHEELER. DO YOU LIVE CLOSE BY? OKAY. THANK YOU.
11 YEARS, I'VE NEVER PHYSICALLY ENCOUNTERED A TRUCK, SO THEY'RE THERE. BUT I GUESS THEY ARE BEFORE SIX. AFTER SIX? IS THE PLACE EVEN OPEN NOW, JARED? NO, NOW. AND IT HASN'T BEEN EVER SINCE THE BANKRUPTCY. AND BEFORE THEN IT WASN'T USED THAT WELL. BUT I'VE NEVER I DON'T KNOW WHEN Y'ALL TOOK THAT, BUT I HAVEN'T EVER SEEN THAT MANY BAYS FILLED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF SIGNAGE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE. THERE ISN'T ANY REALLY. NOW IT'S STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL AROUND IT. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT USE IS IS HISTORIC AND IT'S BEEN THERE AND CONTINUE TO BE COMMERCIAL. I'VE GOTTA TELL YOU, FOLKS, GOING TO THE TO THE BOAT RAMP FLY, THEY GO 6570 AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE OF THOSE FOLKS WEAVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH THEIR WITH THEIR BOATS GOING ABOUT 65. I'VE TALKED TO SOMEONE IN TRAFFIC BEFORE AND HE SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW, I COULD RAISE IT UP TO 50 INSTEAD OF 45. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A THREAT. AND SO I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT BETWEEN THE SIGNAGE, WHICH Y'ALL INTEND TO HAVE AND, AND THE PLANTING, IT'S STILL NOT GOING TO I MEAN, RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST AN ASPHALT PARKING LOT WITH THAT. BUT IT'S THESE LITTLE PLANTS. HE WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW A A THE RULES OF.
THE PLANTINGS TO DO. WE HAVE WE HAVE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS THAT HE WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW. NO I UNDERSTAND THAT. YEAH. SO IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT. IT MIGHT TAKE A FEW YEARS BUT IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT. IN TEN YEARS. IT WILL. WE'LL HAVE NO I JUST I REALLY HATE TO SEE THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL PARK. BUT I KNOW THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE NOW. AND THE SOLUTION WAS TO PUT A ONE OF THOSE SOLAR THINGS TO TELL YOU YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST. IT WAS. WE CAN'T GET INTO THOSE. I'M JUST SUGGESTING THIS IS THE. IT WAS TWO CAR LENGTHS PAST THE ACTUAL ENTRANCE TO THE PARK, SO OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE HAD SOME POLE WITH, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTOOD WHEN I TALKED THAT, OH, WELL, THIS GENTLEMAN CAN'T WALK HIS DOG SAFELY. AND WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING NOW WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS. AND I'M NOT EXAGGERATING. 65 I UNDERSTAND, MY DEAR HUSBAND TO GO 45 AND HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT IT, SO I CAN JUST SEE THIS EXACERBATING PROBLEMS WE ALREADY HAVE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE SAD. AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE DOGS AND DEER GO, AS YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE ALONG THERE. SO I, I'M JUST I'M, I UNDERSTAND HIGHEST AND BEST USE ALL THAT STUFF. I DIDN'T DREAM THERE WAS GOING TO BE A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. BUT I THINK THIS PLUS THE FACT THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IT CLOSER, IS I'M GLAD I DON'T LIVE ANY CLOSER THAN I DO, BUT I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS AND I HOPE THEY'LL BE RESPECTED BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
WELL, I LIVE ON THE ON THE LOWER END, DOWN RIGHT AT THE VERY END. AND WE'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS. THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAD WITH THE YOUNG KIDS AND ALL GOING OUT DRAG RACING, DOING THEIR LITTLE DONUT THING. SO WE DID PUT UP THE SOLAR ON THE LOWER END DOWN THERE. WE DONE THAT. THE DOG WALKER. NO, MY NEIGHBORS ARE THEY'RE DOG WALK EVERY DAY. AND SO WE I MEAN WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINT ON THAT LOWER END DOWN THERE. BUT I DO REMEMBER ROADWAY I USED TO DO BUSINESS WITH ROADWAY BACK IN THE DAY. AND THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT MAYBE 15 YEARS AGO OR 20 YEARS AGO. AND IT WAS REALLY BAD WITH THAT TRUCK STOP BEING THERE, THAT TERMINAL BEING THERE. I KNEW THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY RUN THAT TERMINAL, AND IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY UGLY AND PRETTY CROWDED AT THE TIME. BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE PRETTY MUCH THAT STRAIGHTAWAY WHERE YOU LIVE NOW. AND AND YEAH, THEY USE THAT FOR A RACETRACK. AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE HAD A DEPUTY SHERIFF. THEY WILL PATROL IT OUT THERE. BUT THEY REALLY DO USE THAT FOR
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RACETRACK. I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WELL, AND YOU'RE JUST GOING TO ADD A BUNCH OF FOLKS THAT DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WE'RE LET THAT TWO MILES BETWEEN US AND THE PARK. I'M JUST CONCERNED I JUST YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I HATE TO SEE IT THAT DENSE. YOU KNOW, THAT USE IS NOT REAL APPEALING TO TO PEOPLE IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.THAT'S FINE. WELL, I MEAN, IT'S AWFULLY WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO JUST, LIKE I SAID, EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM. THAT'S ONLY GOING TO BE SEASONAL, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE BOATS I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST SEASON. SO YOU WOULDN'T PRETTY MUCH HAVE THAT MUCH GOING ON AT THAT TIME. I KNOW HE HAS A JARED HAS A BOAT STORAGE UNIT ON MOODY BRIDGE ROAD BETWEEN TOWN AND WHERE I LIVE, AND I'M BACK AND FORTH A LOT. I CAN'T I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND THE NUMBER OF TIMES I'VE SEEN PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THAT DRIVEWAY WITH A BOAT OR A TRAILER. I THINK YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT HOW LITTLE TRAFFIC YOU WILL GET, AND THERE ARE A LOT WORSE USES THAT BUILDING COULD TURN INTO. I UNDERSTAND THAT, OKAY. YES, MA'AM. I HAVE NO INTEREST IN. I WAS IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FOR 30 YEARS, SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS, I JUST THIS IS A LITTLE HOMEOWNER. I'VE HEARD. THAT'S RIGHT. YES, MA'AM I UNDERSTAND YOUR ASSOCIATES CAN BE RESPONSIVE. I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD ZONING REGULATIONS. JARED. WE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW IN THESE FINE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE DEPARTMENT. WE'LL SEE THAT HE DOES SIGNAGE AND AND LANDSCAPE CORRECTLY. AND YOU'LL BE A. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IDIOT DRIVERS, RIGHT? WE CAN'T. YOU'D HAVE TO TALK TO THE ELECTED SHERIFF OF THIS COUNTY TO DO THAT. OKAY. I WAS. WELL, NO, I UNDERSTAND, NO PROBLEM. I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY IF YOU LOOK AT ONLY JUST THE ZONING. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. IT'S YOUR RECORD NOW. WE GOTTA GET YOU ON RECORD. THE OLD TIME BACK THERE FOR 25, 25 FOOT VARIANCE. WE COULD DO IT WITHOUT IT. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE VARIANCE. IT JUST HELPS US TO GET THAT EXTRA 25 FOOT. YEAH, THE TRUCKS DIDN'T CARE ABOUT A VARIANCE, OR THEY WERE PARKING RIGHT ON THE ROAD. JUST ABOUT I DON'T THINK. YEAH, YEAH. I WAS CONCERNED. YEAH.
WELL WE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY HARD FEELINGS. WHATEVER WE DO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO. NO, NO, NOT AT ALL. NOT AT ALL. AND I REALLY THINK YOU WON'T NOTICE IT VERY MUCH BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THOSE VEHICLES ARE THERE AND THEY STAY THERE. THEY DON'T TAKE THEM OUT. AND IF THEY DO, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE THEM DOWN AND PUT THEM IN AND PULL THEM OUT. AND THAT'S NOT AS MUCH AS YOU THINK IT REALLY IS.
SO THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NO I'M FINE OKAY. MAY I CLARIFY THE ZONING VARIANCE THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR? YES. ON HUDSON ROAD THERE'S TWO THAT WILL BE FRONTING ON HUDSON ROAD. SO ONE WOULD BE A 71FT VARIANCE BECAUSE THE CURRENT IS 150, THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE 64. AND IF YOU GO ON TO GLASSBORO ROAD, THE BUILDING THAT WHERE IT'S FACING ON GLASS BRIDGE, IT'LL BE 71.5. AND THEN THE OTHER BUILDING THAT IS GOING TO THE EAST AND ALSO IS GOING TO ASK FOR A 10.01 VARIANCE FROM THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. SO IT'S VARIED ON THE VARIANCE. YEAH OKAY. YEAH. THERE'S YEAH I. HEARD SOMEBODY SAY. SO. YEAH.
THE ORIGINAL THE ONLY THING THAT HE WAS CLARIFYING IS THAT PREVIOUSLY OUR ORDINANCE MENTIONED 100FT OF SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. CURRENTLY IT'S 150. SO WE HAVE TO ASK FOR THAT VARIANCE NOT WHAT WAS. OH OKAY. IT'S JUST SO THAT IT CAN HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE OKAY. IN THE UPDATE OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS, THEY BROUGHT OVER 150. AND IT SHOULD HAVE JUST BEEN 100. SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR A LOT LESS TECHNICALLY THAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR. SO I DON'T SEE THE THE FOOTAGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS AND THE ROAD I DON'T
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THINK IS ANY QUESTION. I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF SIGNAGE AND SPEED, AND THAT'S NOT OUR DEPARTMENT. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD OR ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? YES, SIR. COME ON, STAND UP AND TELL US WHO YOU ARE AND ASK YOUR QUESTION. ALRIGHT. BRUCE IS THE NAME 88 YEARS OLD AND I'VE LIVED FOR 51 YEARS RIGHT NEAR THAT INTERSECTION IN WOODFIELD SUBDIVISION, CHARLES KNIGHT HOUSE THERE. AND YES, IT USED TO BE CALLED OLD HUDSON ROAD AND USED TO BE CALLED UPPER GLASS RIDGE ROAD. AND THEY CHANGED BOTH TO HUDSON ROAD AND GLASS RIDGE ROAD. LET ME TELL YOU A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENS THERE. EVER SINCE GPS PEOPLE COMING FROM ROANOKE COME ACROSS THE LAKE, COME UP TO PINE ROAD, AND RIGHT THERE ON THAT CORNER IS A.OTHER SIDE'S A LITTLE GAS STATION. I CAME DOWN BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE. EVERYBODY SAID, IS THIS GOING TO BE ANOTHER DOLLAR GENERAL HERE? IS THIS GOING TO BE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, GENTLEMAN'S CLUB, WHAT'S COMING HERE? AND THAT MAY NOT BE YOUR DEPARTMENT SO TO SPEAK, AS AN ENGINEER. IS THAT. RIGHT? I GAVE YOU A LETTER ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. REMEMBER THAT. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS GPS IS BRINGING PEOPLE FROM ROANOKE UP PINE ROAD, TAKE A LEFT AT LLOYD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, TAKE A RIGHT ON HUDSON ROAD AND GO DOWN TO WEST POINT ROAD AND GO SOUTH. THE REVERSE IT THE OTHER WAY. THEY COME UP. 29. TAKE A LEFT ON HUDSON ROAD. TAKE A LEFT ON ON GLASS BRIDGE. TAKE A RIGHT AT THE CHURCH. GO DOWN PINE ROAD. IT'S BECOME A THOROUGHFARE FOR TRUCKS. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A SIGN THERE SAYS NO TRUCKS ON PINE ROAD, NOT ON HUDSON ROAD. AND SO ONE DAY I WAVED MY HAND OUT MY WINDOW AND STOPPED A BIG TRUCK, BIG SEMI. AND I SAID, HEY, MAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO TRUCKS HERE.
I'M MAKING A DELIVERY. WELL, THERE'S NOBODY THERE TO DELIVER IT TO. OBVIOUSLY, THE NEXT GUY I WROTE DOWN PULLED A GUN ON ME AND I SAID, WELL, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO STOP TRYING TO ENFORCE TRAFFIC HERE ON NO TRUCK ROAD. OH, AND SO. THE PROBLEM I SEE THERE ON HUDSON ROAD IS IT NEEDS TO BE A WHOLE LOT WIDER. I MEAN, A LOT WIDER. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE SOME HIGHWAY SPACE THERE, I'M ALL FOR THIS. I REALLY DON'T HAVE A BIG FEEL ABOUT THE THE BOAT STORAGE OR THE CAMPER STORAGE, OTHER THAN IT WILL BRING MORE PEOPLE. AND HOPEFULLY THAT BIG HOLE I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT CAN GET FILLED IN ON THAT CURVE. THERE'S PLENTY OF DIRT OVER THERE IN INDUSTRIAL PARK. THERE'S PLENTY OF DIRT DOWN THERE IN THE KEY AREA WHERE THEY'RE DIGGING. YOU NEED TO FILL THAT HOLE IN FOR SOMEONE ENDS UP IN IT AND PUT A A GUARDRAIL THERE. OF COURSE. MALLORY, LITTLE RENTAL HOUSES ARE ON ONE SIDE AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE HAD NOTHING. AND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THEY PUT SOME DECENTLY NICE HOUSES OVER THERE. THAT ROAD IS NARROW, NARROW, AND AS FAR AS WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN I COME OUT OF WOODFIELD, IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE LAKE AND YOU PASS PINE ROAD AND THERE'S LLOYD PRESBYTERIAN ON YOUR LEFT, YOU GO OVER THAT HILL AND DOWN AND YOU'RE HEADED FOR WEST POINT ROAD. THEY COME SCREAMING OVER THAT HILL. NOT YOUR AREA OF CONCERN, I UNDERSTAND. I CAN'T, AND THE LAST THING YOU NEED TO DO BEFORE YOU PULL OUT IS LOOK RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING. THERE USED TO BE A THERE IS A THREE WAY STOP THERE NOW. AND IT USED TO BE NO STOP.
BUT NOW WHAT THEY DO, THEY STOP AT A THREE WAY AND THEN THEY MAKE THEIR NICE LEGAL STOP AND THEN THEY STOMP IT AND THERE'S A BIG TREE HANGING OVER THE ROAD. SO IF YOU LOOK RIGHT AND YOU LOOK LEFT, AND THE LAST THING YOU LOOK RIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING HERE, BY THE TIME YOU LOOK LEFT, THERE'S A CAR THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG TREE HANGING OVER THE ROAD. AND I CONTACTED THE COUNTY AGAIN. I SAID, COME OUT HERE AND TRIM THAT DAMN ROAD, THAT THING DOWN, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE, OH, WE DON'T HAVE A BUCKET TRUCK. THE WHOLE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE A BUCKET TRUCK, SUPPOSEDLY, SO THEY CAN'T FIX IT. THAT'S A THAT'S A TOUCHY AREA. THERE'S A THERE'S A SCHOOL SIGN THERE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHEN IT'S 730 MORNING PEOPLE GOING TO WORK AT EIGHT, THEY'RE SCREAMING OVER THAT HILL AND THEY'RE COMING RIGHT BY THAT OLD TRUCK TERMINAL AREA ONCE THEY MAKE THE HILL. SO THAT WHOLE AREA RIGHT THERE REALLY NEEDS SOME ENGINEER AND DOT OR COUNTY. STUDY. AND THIS MY WIFE GOES OUT THERE AND WALKS A DOG
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EVERY WEEKEND AT THE PARK. SHE SAYS THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING DONUTS NOW. THEY'RE UP. AND THEY JUST THROW TRASH RIGHT AND LEFT OUT THERE. SO MAYBE HAVING CAMPERS AND FISHERMEN OUT THERE MIGHT LESSEN THAT A LITTLE BIT. ON THE TRASH THROWING AT THAT PARK. IT USED TO BE A LITTLE NICE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND DO THINGS AT NIGHT THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING, AND IT'S NOT OBSERVED AT ALL MUCH. AND I KNOW THE SHERIFF DOESN'T HAVE SOMEBODY TO SIT THERE AT LLOYD PRESBYTERIAN PARK AND WATCH THAT NO TRUCK ROAD. BUT THESE ARE AREAS OF CONCERN. IF YOU'RE GOING TO WIDEN THAT ROAD, THIS WHOLE THING IS GOING TO WIDEN THAT ROAD. I'M FOR IT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO LESSEN ROAD, I'M GOING TO BE AGAINST IT EITHER EITHER PINE ROAD, EITHER HUDSON ROAD OR GLASS RIDGE IF YOU'RE GOING TO WIDEN EITHER ONE OF THOSE, I MEAN FOR THIS.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SIR. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. AND. WE DO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY. NOBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE. HOW WOULD THE BOARD LIKE TO PROCEED? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE. SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THIS VARIANCE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU. SO SORRY. Y'ALL FEEL YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL. TALK TO THE SHERIFF AND TRY AND GET THE SPEED CONTROLLED. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. NOW WE NEED TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING, MAKE A MOTION. WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING. GO HOME. ADJOURN. SO MOVE. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. DO I GET A SECOND ON THAT SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU,
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