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YOU GUYS ALL SET? OKAY. WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. MARCH 23RD MEETING. OUR FIRST CALL TO ORDER IS ROLL, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JACOB, PRESENT. MISS SAMUELS, PRESENT, MR. WOOD, PRESENT. MISS BRIGGS, COUNCILMEMBECH SCHULTZ HERE.
THERE ARE FOUR VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR
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AGENDA IS ACTION ON THE MEETING MINUTES. ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES? MR. TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 23RD BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS MEETING. SECOND, THAT MOTION, MR. JACOB? YES. MR. WOOD. YES. MISS SAMUELS? YES.MR. YES. YES. MOTION PASSES WITH ALL VOTES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED. OKAY.
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THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT SARAH BRIGGS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS ELECTED TO BE THE BZA LIAISON. SHE IS OUT TODAY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT HOPEFULLY SHE'LL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY. THE APPLICANT WITNESSES WANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT. WE HAVE TO SWEAR YOU IN. IF SO, IS ANYONE WANTING TO SPEAK? IF WE GET TO THAT POINT AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK, WE CAN SWEAR YOU IN.[ VI. Cases]
OKAY. OKAY, OKAY. JUST ONE CASE TONIGHT. VARIANCE 12 2026. RECREATIONAL AMENITY VARIANCE.TO ALLOW A RECREATIONAL AMENITY TO REMAIN WITHIN THE FRONT YARD AT 6528 CEDARBROOK DRIVE. CAN WE HEAR THE STAFF REPORT, PLEASE? YES. HOW DID YOU DO THAT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, THIS IS A REQUEST TO ALLOW A RECREATIONAL AMENITY TO REMAIN IN THE FRONT YARD WHERE, AS CODE STATES, RECREATIONAL AMENITIES SHALL NOT PROJECT BEYOND ANY FRONT ELEVATION OF A PRIMARY STRUCTURE OR BE LOCATED WITHIN THE FRONT YARDS. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD AND CEDARBROOK ROAD, AS SHOWN HERE.
THE RECREATIONAL AMENITY IN QUESTION IS A HOCKEY RINK THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE. FOR SOME BACKGROUND, IN OCTOBER OF 2025, STAFF RECEIVED A COMPLAINT THAT A HOCKEY RINK WAS INSTALLED. STAFF CONDUCTED A SITE VISIT AND CONFIRMED THAT A HOCKEY RINK, WHICH IS A RECREATIONAL AMENITY, WAS LOCATED IN THE FRONT YARD AS WELL AS NO PERMIT WAS SUBMITTED FOR IT. STAFF STARTED THE CODE VIOLATION PROCESS AND NOTIFIED THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT THE HOCKEY RINK WAS INSTALLED WITHOUT A PERMIT. THE OWNER SUBMITTED A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION, WHICH WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE HOCKEY RINK IS LOCATED WITHIN THE FRONT YARD.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IF THE HOCKEY RINK WAS LOCATED IN THE REAR BEHIND THE HOME MEETING ALL SETBACKS, IT WOULD BE PERMITTED. IN NOVEMBER OF 2025, A CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR CONDUCTED CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AND DETERMINED THAT THE HOCKEY RINK DOES NOT CONTAIN A FLOOR OR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS AND THEREFORE FALLS OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE BUILDING CODE. HOWEVER, THE ZONING CODE IS SEPARATE FROM THE BUILDING CODE. THE ZONING CODE DEFINES AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AS A SUBORDINATE SURFACE STRUCTURE OR SURFACE.
WHILE THE HOCKEY RINK IS NOT CONSIDERED A STRUCTURE, IT CONTAINS A DEFINED SURFACE AND THEREFORE IS CLASSIFIED AS A RECREATIONAL AMENITY UNDER THE ZONING CODE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS NOW REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO PERMIT THE EXISTING HOCKEY RINK IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION. HERE'S A SITE PLAN SHOWING THE HOCKEY RINK OUTLINED IN BLUE. THIS IS A CORNER LOT IN. CODE STATES THAT FOR CORNER LOTS, THE REAR YARD IS THE LINE OPPOSITE AND FURTHEST REMOVED FROM THE FRONT LOT LINE WITH THE LEAST DIMENSION. IN THIS CASE, CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD HAS A LEAST DIMENSION AND IS THEREFORE CONSIDERED THE FRONT LOT LINE FOR THE SITE. THE ORDINANCE STATES THAT RECREATIONAL AMENITIES SHALL NOT PROJECT BEYOND ANY FRONT ELEVATION OF A PRIMARY STRUCTURE, OR BE LOCATED WITHIN THE FRONT YARD. THE HOCKEY RINK IS APPROXIMATELY 40FT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND 50FT FROM THE CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD, RIGHT OF WAY. ADDITIONALLY, THE OWNER HAS INSTALLED TREES ON THE NORTHERN EASTERN SIDES OF THE HOCKEY RINK TO ASSIST IN SCREENING. HERE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES OF CURRENT CONDITION CONDITIONS. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS FROM CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD. THIS WAS TAKEN BY STAFF IN OCTOBER OF 2025 WHEN WE CONDUCTED A SITE VISIT. IN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS FROM CEDARBROOK ROAD. SORRY AND THE ARROW IS SHOWING WHERE IT'S AT.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE. AND THAT WAS A PICTURE PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. IN SUMMARY, THERE MAY BE A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE GIVEN THAT THE PROPERTY IS A CORNER LOT WHICH RESULTS IN TWO FRONT YARDS. BECAUSE OUR ORDINANCE TREATS BOTH SIDES FACING STREETS AS FRONT YARD, THE BUILDABLE AREA IS CONSTRAINED. IF APPROVED, THOUGH, THIS COULD SET
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PRECEDENT FOR OTHER CORNER LOTS. THE VARIANCE APPEARS SUBSTANTIAL AS FRONT YARDS ARE INTENDED TO REMAIN FREE OF RECREATIONAL AMENITIES. THE PROPOSED OR THE EXISTING HOCKEY RINK ALTERS THE STREETSCAPE AND COULD BE SEEN AS A PROMINENT VISUAL FEATURE RATHER THAN A SECONDARY ACCESSORY USE. THE REQUEST IS NOT FULLY ALIGNED WITH THE INTENT OF THE CODE, WHICH SEEKS TO MAINTAIN A CONSISTENT STREETSCAPE, PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND ENSURE RECREATIONAL AMENITIES REMAIN BEHIND THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND ARE LESS VISIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. A COMPLIANT ALTERNATIVE DOES EXIST, AS A RINK COULD BE LOCATED BEHIND THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE TO MEET CODE REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE CORNER LOT CONDITION, IT MAY STILL BE VISIBLE FROM CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD. HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING COULD HELP MITIGATE THAT VISIBILITY AND STAFF IS HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? STAFF REPORT AND DIRECTOR MOVE TO ACCEPT THE STAFF REPORT. SECOND, MISS SAMUELS. YES, MR. JACOB.YES, MR. LAJEUNESSE. YES, MR. WOOD. YES. AYES HAVE IT. WITH ALL VOTES TO ADMIT THE STAFF REPORTS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS TO THE RECORD. OKAY. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? I ASSUME YOU FOLKS ARE THE APPLICANTS. YES. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? I'M JUST GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK. IF YOU'D LIKE. YOU DON'T. YOU DON'T. I'M NOT PUTTING PRESSURE ON. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THEY LEFT OUT THAT YOU WANT TO INCLUDE, WE DID GET THE SUPPLEMENTAL. I THINK MATERIAL. DID YOU GET THE PHOTOS? WE GOT ALL THAT. YEAH WE DID. YEAH, YEAH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TONIGHT? OKAY. YES. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW, SIR, DO YOU NEED TO COME TO THE MIC? OH.
I'M SORRY. CAN YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE? NICK. AND RAISE YOUR HAND. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH? NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CENTRAL COLLEGE. AND YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE ROAD. BUT IT'S OUTSTANDING.
STATE FIXTURES. CAN YOU? JUST AS WELL. BUT THIS CAME ABOVE AND BEYOND AND TOOK ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, ALONG WITH NAMING ALL OF THE TREES. AND ARE YOU A NEIGHBOR? YES. OKAY.
AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE IN PROXIMITY TO? DOWN CEDARBROOK. OKAY. AND WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS? SIX, FIVE. OKAY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM. I'M SORRY. YES, MA'AM. WHAT? THIS. WHERE YOU WENT TO STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE? YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M AT 6516. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PICTURE WITH THE BROWN OR THE WHITE RIGHT NEXT DOOR. THAT'S US. AND THE BACK.
THE TWO HOUSES TO THE LEFT. COLLEGE HILL. STAY AWAY FROM THE PATIO. SO WHERE IT IS NOW, I DON'T SEE IT. ALL RIGHT. LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR. SO. SO THIS IS YOUR HOME RIGHT HERE.
YES. AND WHAT WHAT ARE YOU REFERENCING? WHAT OTHER HOUSES? THE HOUSE IS ALONGSIDE COLLEGE TO THE EAST. YES. SO THEY LIVE AT THAT AND THEY'RE SITTING ON THE PATIO. THEY'LL SEE THE RANGE. THEY DON'T SEE IT NOW. RIGHT HERE. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. AND WERE YOU THE NEIGHBOR THAT SENT THE MATERIAL TO US, OR WAS THAT WAS THE ADJACENT NEIGHBOR. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE NOW? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF. WE DON'T HAVE PRECEDENTS ELSEWHERE. NOT IN THIS AREA. NO, I DON'T BELIEVE NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT. I HAD A QUESTION AND WENT TO THE SHADING TREES. I MEAN, I CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT HERE OR LIKE A PICTURE LIKE THAT? ACTUAL PHOTO. IS THERE ANY PHOTOS OF THE. YES, I HAVE THESE PHOTOS. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THEM THERE. IS THAT I MEAN, IS THAT ENOUGH TO SHADE? I MEAN, HOW MANY HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO. IS IT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THAT GROWS IN. I MEAN, THAT'S YOU CAN CLEARLY, PLAINLY SEE IT RIGHT NOW FROM THE ROAD FROM THE PICTURES. AND I SEE THE
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TREES THERE. YEAH. I PROBABLY PROBABLY WOULD BE A LONG TIME AND PROBABLY HAVE THE APPLICANT SPEAK ON WHAT TYPE OF TREES THAT THEY PUT IN. BUT I DO THINK THOSE ARE FAIRLY NEW.OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE YOUNG, SO IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THOSE TO FILL IN. OKAY. IF YOU. YEAH, SURE, SURE. JUST ALSO SWEAR YOU SIR, TO SWEAR YOU AND SAY YOUR NAME. OH, DON'T HOLD YOUR RIGHT HAND UP. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES. OKAY. 20. THREE.
TWO, THREE A YEAR. AND THEN THAT'S. CENTRAL COLLEGE IS ON THE GROUND. FLOOR. AND THEN WE THOUGHT FIVE ADDITIONAL MATURE 6 OR 7 PEOPLE TO PLANT ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ALSO FOR COVERAGE. SO WE GOT ABOUT A WEEK AFTER WE FILE, WE GOT THE NOTICE FROM THE CITY PLANNING.
WE STILL HAVE THE YARD AND THAT'S THE FACING CENTRAL COLLEGE VIEW. OR IS THAT WHERE'S IT FACING? WHERE ARE THOSE THE NEW UPPER BODIES? TO BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINE, ON THE SIDE ON THE EAST SIDE. YES. IS IT FIVE, THREE? YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
GOT IT. THAT HELPS. OKAY. UNDERSTAND? I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. OKAY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF AS WELL. IN THE SUBMISSION THAT WE RECEIVED, THERE WAS A NOTE ALSO ABOUT SOUND AND I BELIEVE LIGHTING. SO AS WE'RE EVALUATING THIS VARIANCE, WE'RE ONLY EVALUATING FROM A VISIBILITY PERSPECTIVE. OR WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE FROM THE THE NOISE COMPLAINT AS WELL? YEAH. SO I WOULDN'T SAY NECESSARILY VISIBILITY. IT'S MORE OF THE LOCATION OF IT BEING IN THE FRONT YARD BECAUSE IT COULD STILL BE SEEN FROM CENTRAL COLLEGE IF THEY MOVE IT BACK FOR A NOISE. WE DID LOOK AT THE NOISE ORDINANCE. SO WE DO HAVE A SECTION FOR RADIOS AND STEREOS, ETC. I DO KNOW THERE ARE SPEAKERS THAT ARE ON THE POST OF THE HOCKEY RINK. THERE ARE TIMES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, DURING THE WEEK IT'S UP UNTIL 10 P.M. AND THEN IT CAN BE UNTIL 11 P.M. SO I WOULD THINK FOR NOISE COMPLAINT THAT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO GO TO THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE. BUT THERE ARE WE DO HAVE CERTAIN TIMES THAT NOISE IS ALLOWED TO BE PERMITTED. OKAY FOR SPEAKERS AND SUCH. THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. MR. SCHULTZ. DO YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? NO. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S JUST GO BACK TO THIS PICTURE HERE. SO WHAT? WHERE'S THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE? IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME. YOUR ADDRESS IS CEDAR BROOK. SO I WOULD ASSUME THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. OR IS THIS THE FRONT OF HOUSE OR. RIGHT. THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. NO, SORRY. RIGHT THERE IS THE FRONT. OKAY, SO SO THE CODE IS BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE FROM THE ROAD, BUT THE FRONT IS TECHNICALLY CENTRAL COLLEGE. THAT'S RIGHT, WAS MY QUESTION.
YES. SO BECAUSE IT'S A CORNER LOT, THE REAR YARD IS THE FURTHEST FROM THE LEAST DIMENSION FRONT LOT LINE. SO IN THIS CASE IT HAS TWO FRONT YARDS. SO IT IS CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD AS WELL AS CEDARBROOK DRIVE. CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD IS THE LEAST DIMENSION. SO THAT'S TECHNICALLY THE FRONT LEAST DISTANCE. YEAH THE LEAST. YES. OH BUT IT HAS TWO FRONT YARDS.
SO LIKE THIS COULD NOT BE PERMITTED HERE EITHER BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO THE FRONT YARD. YES.
SO THE TOWN THINKS THIS IS THE FRONT YARD OR. NO. SORRY. THIS IS THE FRONT YARD. BOTH ARE THE FRONT YARD OR BOTH. THE FRONT YARD. YES. SO THEY'RE BOTH FRONT YARDS. BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF DECIDING THE BACKYARD OF THE HOUSE, IT'S THAT SHORTEST DISTANCE TO THE ROAD IS THE FRONT AND THE OPPOSITE IS THE BACK. SO YES, THE CENTRAL COLLEGE. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YES, CENTRAL COLLEGE IS A FURTHER DISTANCE TO THE HOUSE, SO IF IT WAS S SHORTER THEN IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE DRIVEWAY IS. BASICALLY IT WOULD BE THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. SO BECAUSE IT'S ONLY 60 FOOT DISTANCE, WHICH IS SHORTER THAN CENTRAL COLLEGE OVER THE BACK OF THE YARD, THEN BECOMES THE WEST SIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY. YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU DON'T SEE WHAT I'M SAYING. I UNDERSTAND. OH, OKAY. YEAH. AND I HAVE A THIS MAY HELP A LITTLE BIT. I ADDED THIS IN TO KIND OF SHOW THAT IT COULD BE IN THIS AREA THAT'S IN THE BLUE. OKAY. SO WE NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LOT THAT IS AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IS
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A SIDE. SO IT NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST TEN FEET FROM THAT, BUT IT COULD BE RELOCATED INTO THE BLUE AREA. OKAY, SO WHAT IF YOU STARTED HERE AND WENT THIS WAY? THAT WOULD WORK AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT PROJECT BEYOND THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. SO YES, THAT'S AN OPTION AS WELL. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE BEHIND THE HOME. THAT'S WHERE THE BACKYARD STARTS. THE BACK STARTS BUILDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CODE. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT MY OKAY. YEAH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION WAS OKAY, SO HOPEFULLY WE GOT THAT ALL SQUARED AWAY. YEAH, YEAH, IT HAS TO JUST ALIGN WITH THE STRUCTURE. OKAY, SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THIS. SO DID YOU THINK YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT TO DO THIS? CORRECT. YEAH. WHEN I LIVE IN THE ZONING, I WAS LOOKING AT THE BUILDING PERMIT, OKAY. WHICH NOTHING ALIGNED WITH BUILDING. AND REALIZED WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS CONSIDERED. OKAY. WAS THAT YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE CODE OR DID YOU ACTUALLY CALL SOMEONE? NO. AND DID YOU HAVE A CONTRACTOR HELP WITH THIS AT ALL? NO. OKAY. OKAY. NO, I BUILT IT. OKAY. SO YOU READ THE CODE. YOU THOUGHT THAT YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE CODE, THIS WOULD NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THE CODE. CORRECT. AND WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS LOCATION? I'M JUST CURIOUS. SO ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, THERE IS AN ADDITION FOR A MASTER. WE CUT A. IT'S CALLED A SWELL AROUND THE HOUSE. SO THERE'S DRAINAGE THERE. OKAY.IN THE BACKYARD IT GETS REALLY SWAMPY AND DOESN'T DRAIN VERY WELL OR DRAINS INTO THE HOUSE.
SO THAT WAS JUST IDEAL DRAINAGE. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS SPACE RIGHT NOW? THERE'S PART OF A PLAYGROUND. AND THEN LIKE A PATIO AT THE BOTTOM THERE. PATIO HERE. YEAH. OKAY. AT LEAST ONE QUESTION. AND IN YOUR SUBMISSION, THE RESPONSE TO VARIANCE CRITERIA, YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES IT'S A TEMPORARY, TEMPORARY RECREATIONAL PLAY SURFACE. SO DOES THAT MEAN IT'S NOT COLD OUTSIDE? YOU CAN'T MAKE IT. YOU DON'T HAVE ICE OR I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ICE OR NOT, BUT YOU DON'T USE IT. YOU TAKE IT DOWN. I MEAN, NO, THE KIDS USE IT YEAR ROUND, SO IT'S OKAY. ICE HOCKEY IN THE WINTER AND ROLLER HOCKEY IN THE SUMMER. SO IT'S GOT SPORTS TILES ON THE GROUND THAT JUST SIT THERE. BUT FROM A TEMPORARY STANDPOINT, THE IDEA WAS WHEN THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A PLAYGROUND THAT WHEN THE KIDS ARE OLD ENOUGH, IT WOULD BE COMING UP. IT'S GOT NO CONCRETE FOOTINGS, YOU KNOW, NO WIRED ELECTRIC. IT'S GOT LIGHTS, BUT WE PLUG THEM IN WITH AN EXTENSION CORD. SO I NEED TO DEAL WITH THE LIGHTS TO SHINE DIRECTLY DOWN VERSUS ONTO ONTO NEIGHBORS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO IT IS. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S PROBABLY WORK INVOLVED, BUT IT IS MOVABLE. YOU CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO MOVE. SO IN ORDER TO LEVEL THE GROUND, WE HAD TO PUT GRAVEL DOWN. SURE. A LOT OF GRAVEL AND YOU KNOW, TAMP IT AND SPREAD IT ALL OUT. SO MOVING IT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT, YOU KNOW, GETTING ALL THE TILES THAT WOULD HAVE TO BACK UP AND DOWN. BUT. OKAY, OKAY, THANKS. THIS NEIGHBOR ON THIS SIDE RIGHT HERE. WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT NEIGHBOR? DID SHE OR HE KNOW THAT YOU WERE BUILDING THIS? YEAH, WE LET THEM KNOW BEFORE WE BUILT IT TO GIVE HIM A HEADS UP. AND THEY SEEMED FINE AT THE TIME. WE'VE CONTINUED WORKING WITH THEM BECAUSE WE STILL WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. SO WE, YOU KNOW, CHECK WITH THEM TO SEE IF THIS SOUNDS OKAY. THEY LET US KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SOUND CAN BE LOUD AFTER 830. SO WE'VE HAD OUR KIDS FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS NOT PLAYING AFTER 830. WHAT ELSE CAN I HAVE? WE MADE SOME EVENTS. OH, AND THEN AT ONE POINT THE LIGHT THEY SAID WAS SHIFTING ONTO THEIR HOUSE. SO WE SHIFTED THE LIGHT AWAY FROM THEIR HOUSE. SO WE TRIED TO TAKE STEPS TO MAKE IT SO IT'S NOT WE DON'T LET THEM PLAY WITH HARD PUCKS BECAUSE THEY SAID THOSE WERE LOUDER, SO THEY'D PLAY WITH THE SOFTER BALLS. NOW WITH THAT AND SOME OF THE. YEAH. SO. THAT'S TRUE. I THINK THAT WAS A SUPPLEMENTAL.
THE COMPLAINT WAS THE NOISE COMPLAINT, NOT THE LOCATION COMPLAINT, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE STAFF HAS ALREADY ADDRESSED AND SAID THAT YOU'VE WITHIN THE TIME FRAMES APPROPRIATE FOR THAT. IT'S AN ORDINANCE. IT'S NOT A CODE. YES, IT'S IN THE NOISE ORDINANCE. AND I HAVE LET
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THAT NEIGHBOR KNOW IN THE EVENT OF NOISE, OKAY, THAT THERE ARE TIME STIPULATIONS. SO IN THE SPIRIT OF US WANTING TO SUPPORT AND I LOVE THAT YOU ALL DID THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD ATTRACTION. HOW LONG? LET'S SAY WE DID SAY WE NEED TO MEET CODE AND. A TRANSITION WOULD CREATE A CHALLENGING PRECEDENT FOR US MOVING FORWARD. IF WE DID SAY TO SCOOCH IT OVER, WHAT WOULD THE BURDEN BE? OR WHAT WOULD BE THE FEASIBILITY FEEDBACK FROM YOU? I MEAN, I THINK IT'D BE TRYING TO GUESS PROBABLY 1 OR $2000 JUST TO RENT THE TAMPER.I'D HAVE TO GET A BOBCAT TO MOVE ALL THE GRAVEL. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT PROPERLY UNTIL LIKE JULY OR AUGUST WHEN THE GROUND IS SOLID. BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT GETS PRETTY STUPID BACK THERE. WE HAD TO WAIT TILL LAST ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, LIKE AUGUST, TO HAVE A TRUCK EVEN DUMP IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND THEN. SO WE GAVE YOU SOME TIME. IT WOULD BE IT MIGHT BE A REALISTIC IF WE SAID SOMETHING LIKE SEPTEMBER. IT COULD BE DONE. YEAH. IF IT HAD TO BE DONE AND STAFF THAT MOVE WOULD NOT REQUIRE A VARIANCE. SO IF WE START SETTING TIMELINES FAR OUT, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. IT'S EITHER ALL OR NOTHING AT THIS POINT. IF YOU LET IT SIT IN THERE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, THEN YOU RUN INTO AN ISSUE AS TO WHY DO YOU LET IT SIT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. SO IT'S EITHER A VARIANCE OR THEY HAVE TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION AND IMMEDIATELY, I THINK IT WOULD BE REASONABLE. I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD BE UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT IT TO BE MOVED TOMORROW, BUT I THINK REASONABLE STEPS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE BASED UPON FACTORS AT THAT POINT. HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS LIVED THERE? 15 YEARS. 17 YEARS. SO UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE GETTING PENALIZED FOR A LOT THAT YOU BOUGHT. AND I'M A BIG HOCKEY PLAYER AND I LOVE WHAT YOU DID HERE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CODES IN THIS TOWN THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY.
RIGHT. AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE. SO WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE FORCED TO DO IS TRY TO FIT YOU INTO THE CODE. I WOULD LOVE TO SAY I LOVE IT.
I WANT TO COME SKATE WITH YOU GUYS. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE TOWN. AND THIS IS A VIOLATION OF OUR CODES, UNFORTUNATELY. SO I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE COSTLY, BUT IF YOU COULD PUSH IT BACK. SO IT'S WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BACKYARD. GREAT. I'LL COME OVER AND SKATE WITH YOU GUYS ANYTIME. THAT'S JUST JUST MY UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. I MEAN, AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW 15 YEARS AGO WHEN YOU BOUGHT THIS LOT THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE CASE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE BEING PENALIZED FOR FOR THAT. OKAY. OKAY. GO AHEAD. DO YOU WANT TO. KELLY FROSTY, CAN IT BE DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY COMPLAINED DOES NOT WANT IT MOVED. NOW THAT I THINK. NO, IT DOESN'T MATTER. SO. OKAY, SO IT'S OKAY. IT'S THE OLD ADAGE IS BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR AND MAKE IT TO ABIDE BY THE CODES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT EVEN CLOSER TO THAT PERSON'S HOUSE. OKAY. AND IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S THE CODE OF THE TOWN.
OKAY. I JUST WASN'T SURE IF LIKE THEY AGREED ON THE VARIANCE AND YOU THOUGHT THAT IT STILL WASN'T SUPER VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD. I MEAN, I KNOW I'VE HAD COWORKERS DRIVEN BY AND, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID SHE COULD HARDLY SEE IT AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR IT BECAUSE OF HOW IT STAINED AND HOW FAR OFF THE ROAD AND WITH THE HILL. AND SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT BECAUSE NOW SHE SEEMS TO BE IN AGREEMENT THAT WHERE IT IS, IS BETTER THAN WHERE IT IS BEING PROPOSED TO MOVE, IF THAT, IF THAT COULD BE TAKEN IN CONSIDERATION. BUT IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD SET A REALLY BAD PRECEDENT. AND AGAIN, YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS 15 YEARS AGO WHEN YOU BOUGHT THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE FRONT AND WHERE'S THE BACK? AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU GUYS BUILT SOMETHING THAT WASN'T IN CODE. AND THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S THE PROBLEM. AND FOR US, WE HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS CONSIDERED A FRONT YARD BY ANY MEANS. SO I APOLOGIZE TO ALL OF YOU FOR, OH, YOU HAVE TO BE HERE FOR THIS. BUT BUT WE WANT
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LIKE, IF YOU COULD MOVE IT. I KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO BUILD THAT FOR THE KIDS. I MEAN, I WISH I HAD THAT GROWING UP. I DIDN'T, BUT I THINK EVEN MORE LANDSCAPING, BIGGER TREES ON THE SIDE WON'T WON'T WORK. I DON'T I MEAN, THE STAFF, THE CODE IS THAT IT HAS TO ALIGN WITH THE STRUCTURE. IT HAS TO NOT PROJECT BEYOND THE STRUCTURE AND BE IN. SO ESSENTIALLY, YES. SO WE'RE THE. YEAH. SO WE'RE THE HOUSES ON THE LEFT. IT NEEDS TO BE BEHIND. SO IT COULD BE IN THE BLUE BOX THAT I MADE, BUT IT ALSO JUST NEEDS TO BE BEHIND THE STRUCTURE. AND OBVIOUSLY TEN FEET FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE AT THE TOP BECAUSE THAT'S THE SIDE YARD. SO JUST POP THIS OVER. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE DISTANCE HERE FOR ABOUT 40FT. SO 25FT OVER HERE. JUST SLIDE IT. I MEAN, YEAH, WE COULD SALVAGE ALL THIS PART OF IT. YEAH. WE JUST HAVE TO LITERALLY TAKE APART EVERY SINGLE TILE AND THEN I AND TO BE REASONABLE, LIKE THE, THE GRAVEL, LIKE THE GUY WOULDN'T EVEN DRIVE. I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET ADDITIONAL GRAVEL, LIKE THEY WOULDN'T EVEN DRIVE ON OUR PROPERTY UNTIL THE END OF JUNE BECAUSE OF THE WETNESS. SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE SAYING WE WOULD NEED MORE TIME IF THEY WON'T BRING THE GRAVEL TO THE PROPERTY. I THINK THE TIMING IS FLEXIBLE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAN DO IT, WE CAN DO IT. YOU DO IT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO FORCE YOU TO DO IT RIGHT AWAY. GIVEN THAT THE GROUND'S WET AND YOU CAN'T GET MACHINERY IN THERE, IT'S. AND IT'S UNREASONABLE FOR US TO TELL YOU TO DO IT RIGHT AWAY. BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE. THAT'S I MEAN, I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, THIS OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, BUT YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I AM. OKAY. YEAH, I JUST. GOT A QUESTION FOR STAFF ACTUALLY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE, THE TIMING OF THE MOVE. IS THERE, ARE THERE DEFINITIVE TIMELINES OR IS IT JUST REASONABLE TIME? AND. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A DEFINITIVE TIMELINE. I WAS TRYING TO LOOK IT UP IN THE CODE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE. BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN WE HAVE ZONING ENFORCEMENT ISSUES OR ZONING MATTERS, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF OVERNIGHT.SURE. SO I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING, SO LONG AS THE INDIVIDUAL HAS TAKEN REASONABLE STEPS TO REMEDY IT, TO COMPLY WITH THE ZONING REQUIREMENT, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S HOW YOU GET AROUND THE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. SO BUT I WAS JUST GOING TO DOUBLE CHECK. I'LL GLANCE THROUGH THAT AS YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO TALK. YEAH. AND THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE FOR ITS FOR STAFF AS WELL. AND JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY'S CLEAR. SO IF THEY DO IF IF IT IS END UP THAT THEY HAVE TO, IT HAS TO GO BACK TO BE CODE COMPLIANT. ARE THERE STILL SHADING REQUIREMENTS FOR CENTRAL COLLEGE? NO, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IN A PERMANENT LOCATION. OKAY, THAT WAS GOOD.
THANK YOU. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO ADD THAT AS YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT THAT'S A FRONT YARD. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF A PRECEDENT SETTING IN THAT REGARD. OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE THINGS IN SIMILAR LOCATIONS. MAYBE THEY'RE JUST NEVER WITH A COMPLAINT ABOUT IT. BUT AND WE'RE VERY OPEN TO PUTTING MORE AND LARGER TREES. I JUST ASK THAT MAYBE IT CAN BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WITH THE THE DIFFICULTY OF MOVING IT AND THE FACT THAT IT WOULD THEN IMPEDE MORE PEOPLE'S OR THEIR SPACE MORE THAN THEY WANTED AS WELL. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU. I WOULD WANT OUR STAFF. TO. UNLESS THERE'S. OKAY. YEAH. FOR THE YOU GOT TO SAY IT. SO FOR THE RECORD, ALL THE MOTIONS ARE STATED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. AND THEN YOU VOTE YES OR NO ON THE MOTION, BUT ALL TO TO APPROVE. SO JUST A CLARIFICATION FOR BEN BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S STILL LOOKING RIGHT NOW. BUT AS FAR AS THIS VARIANCE GOES TO CHRISTINA'S POINT, WE'RE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, YES OR NO, BUT WE'RE NOT VOTING FOR WHEN OR GIVEN RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED, JUST WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE NOT THERE. IF YOU DECIDE TO GO NO. IF YOU
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SAY YES, THEN WE'RE FINE. IT IS WHAT IT IS. BUT WE'RE NOT SAYING MOVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE BY BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT EVEN HAVE ONE DOWN THE ROAD. THEY MAY DECIDE WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT OUT AND WE'RE DONE. IF THAT'S THE WAY THEY GO. SO. RIGHT. YEP. OKAY. JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. THE STAFF AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT HAS THERE BEEN A SITUATION. I KNOW THERE'S NOT PRECEDENTS FOR A HOCKEY RINK, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH CORNER LOTS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE FRONT YARD AND THE BACK YARD AND THE SIDE YARD. AND ARE THERE EXAMPLES WHERE. I CAN SPEAK TO THAT WHILE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT? HAVING MY EXPERIENCE ON THE BCA, I KNOW THE 14 YEARS I WAS ON THE BOARD, WE HAD A LOT OF POOL DISCUSSIONS, MAINLY NEVER A HOCKEY RINK TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT THERE WERE POOLS THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO PUT IN THAT WERE ON CORNER LOTS, WHERE WE HAD TO DECIDE THE FRONT, WHERE THE POOL WOULD GO. BASICALLY EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY FOR THE HOCKEY RINK, BUT FOR A POOL. SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT AS WELL. THAT'S THE ONES I CAN REMEMBER. MAYBE SOME PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AS WELL, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN I DON'T REMEMBER A HOCKEY RINK. YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT. I CAN ONLY THINK OF A HANDFUL IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. IT IS MOSTLY POOLS AND.THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF DETACHED STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN TOO CLOSE TO TWO FRONT PROPERTY LINES, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE. A RECREATIONAL AMENITY IN FRONT OF A HOME.
YEAH. THE WOMAN THAT THE NEIGHBOR, THE WOMAN THAT SPOKE YOU, YOU LIVE TWO DOWN, TWO DOWN THIS WAY THOUGH. YEAH. I LIVE ON CEDAR BROOK. I DON'T LIVE ON CENTRAL. OKAY. AND YOU'RE AS A NEIGHBOR, YOU'RE OKAY WITH KEEPING IT WHERE IT IS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YOUR PREFERENCE IS TO KEEP IT WHERE IT IS. YEAH. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR. WORST CASE, THEY WOULD PREFER TO KEEP IT WHERE IT IS RATHER THAN MOVE IT BEHIND.
BEHIND. WHO'S THAT? COULD YOU COME UP AND JUST. WHICH IS THERE? WHICH ONE? THIS ONE. GO THIS WAY. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S HUGE. KIND OF ALIGNS UP EVEN WITH THE HOUSE. SO FROM AN ESTHETIC FROM THE AREA, IT'S NOT STICKING OUT. OKAY. IT'S MORE OF THIS CORNER LOT. OKAY.
HOWEVER, IN LINE THREE OF HER OF THE LETTER AT THE BOTTOM PARAGRAPH SAYS THE RINK IS VISUALLY PROMINENT FROM CENTRAL COLLEGE AND OUR HOME, SO WE CAN ONLY GO BY HER WRITTEN LETTER, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S OBVIOUSLY NOT HERE. TO ADD ON THAT, I'M ONLY GOING BY THE BOTTOM PARAGRAPH AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO ARE YOU GUYS SPEAKING FOR THIS PERSON? THIS WOMAN? YES. YEAH. SO YEAH. YEAH. THIS IS THE PERSON WHO WROTE THE CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. OKAY. SORRY. JUST. YEP. SO THOSE THOSE NEIGHBORS AND THE NEIGHBORS NEXT TO THEM SIT ON THEIR BACK PATIO A LOT. THEY HAVE HOT TUBS AND STUFF AND THEY WATCH THE POT. SO IT'S GOING TO AFFECT BOTH OF THEM MORE NOW THAN HE DOES. AND YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM THE BACK. AND MA'AM, HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED THERE? IN 2005. OKAY. AND DOES THIS BOTHER YOU WHERE IT IS NOW? IT DOESN'T AT ALL. THE KIDS USED TO PLAY IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THEY WERE LET OFF. NONE OF THAT BOTHERED US. COULD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO MOVE TO ACCEPT. I'VE ALREADY.
YEAH, THERE'S A MOTION TO ACCEPT IT. THE STAFF REPORTS. OH, NO. SORRY. I'M MAKING A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE VARIANCE. OKAY. TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE. 2026 RECREATIONAL ENTITY.
VARIANCE. SECOND. MR. YES. MR. JACOB? NO. MISS SAMUELS. NO. I'M SORRY, MR. WOOD. NO, THE MOTION FAILS WITH ONE VOTE IN FAVOR AND THREE VOTES AGAINST. AND IF THE VOTERS AGAINST WOULD STATE THEIR REASONS FOR THE RECORD, THAT'D BE GREAT. YES. OH, YES. SINCE I WAS THE FIRST NO. SO I, I TOOK THE NEIGHBOR'S LETTER INTO CONSIDERATION, REGARDLESS OF THEY'RE HERE OR NOT. HOWEVER, AFTER REVIEWING THE DOCUMENTS ABOUT THE CASE, THE PARTS THAT. SO WITH ME,
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REGARDLESS OF. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE A FRONT YARD AT THE END OF THE DAY IS STILL A FRONT YARD AND IT HAS. WHEN IT PERTAINS TO SOMETHING DEEMED A RECREATIONAL AMENITY, I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THAT. BEING IN THE FRONT YARD. HI. COMMENT FROM ME. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN I'M REVIEWING THE DUNCAN RULES, IT DOES SEEM TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL DEVIATION FROM THE ZONING, AND IT SETS A PRECEDENT THAT WE WILL HAVE TO ALIGN WITH IN FUTURE VARIATION VARIANCE REQUESTS. I KNOW THAT WHILE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW THAT DID NOT ALIGN WITH THE STRUCTURE OR WERE BEING PROPOSED TO NOT ALIGN WITH THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE THAT WE DON'T APPROVE, BECAUSE AND TYPICALLY, AS MR. SHAW SAID, IT'S DECKS AND POOLS. AND THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE OF THE DUAL FRONT YARDS IS NULLIFIED DUE TO THE SPACE THAT IS AVAILABLE, SHOULD IT BE MOVED. SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT KNOWN, AND I'M SO SORRY, BUT I HAVE TO UPHOLD THE THE ZONING CODE HERE. MY REASONING IS SIMILAR TO EVERYBODY ELSE'S. I THINK THE THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES BECAUSE IT STICKS SO FAR OUT TOWARDS CENTRAL COLLEGE AND THEN ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. OF COURSE, IF YOU LOOK AT CEDARBROOK ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A SOLUTION TO THIS THAT IS CODE COMPLIANT AND THAT CAN BE MOVED BACK. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A BURDEN TO UNDERSTAND. IT'S A COST AND WORK BURDEN, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE CODE SAYS. AND IF WE CAN JUST IF YOU PUSH IT BACK TO THAT PART, IT'S CODE COMPLIANT AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS. BUT AS IT STANDS NOW, IT'S JUST NOT CODE COMPLIANT. I DON'T SEE THE REASONS, THE BASIS FOR VARIANCE.SO. SO I, I GUESS THEY CAN DO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO BECOME COMPLIANT, RIGHT? UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. SO SORRY. OKAY. ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR TONIGHT STAFF? OKAY. MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. I MOVE TO ADJOURN SECOND. MR. WOOD. YES.
MR. JACOB. YES. MR. YES. M
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