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good evening and welcome to this February 2025 meeting of the SEMO County Board of adjustment um and I'm going to change my mind Miss Hamil something we discussed earlier for those in the audience who are here for
matters two and three namely 1675 ask Farms place and 3:15 North Orange Avenue those two matters have been continued so if you showed up wanting to speak on the matter uh come back next month having said that uh for those of
you in the audience who have not attended one of these meetings before uh please allow me to share with you uh our our normal procedures staff will introduce each item if you'd like to speak on a matter either for it or against it uh before you do you'll need
to fill lot of form that's out in the lobby there indicating everything that's on the form whether you're for or against the item and then please give that form to the clerk who's over here at my left uh after staff introduces the item the applicant will be heard first
those who support the application will be heard next and those who are opposed will speak after that following that if necessary uh the applicant will have a chance for rebuttal comments should be restricted to just what's pertinent and
before this board we don't get into homeowners association disputes or personal disputes or anything like that those are all irrelevant to this meeting if you're an individual you'll have three minutes to speak organizations will have six minutes for their
comments uh and as your matter is being introduced by staff that's probably the right time to start moving towards the podium when you do speak uh please identify Yourself by name and address uh before you begin uh and please if you're in the
audience give each speaker courteous and respectful attention uh the board may ask questions of Staff or of the applicants just be aware uh and any information you might bring that's uh in addition to what's in the packet like photos you might have
brought or items are on your phone uh will be kept as part of the record if all you have as a digital copy we ask that at some time after the meeting you share with staff uh a copy of what whatever that item is after we've gone through the entire process I will ask
for a motion from the board once a motion has been made and seconded there might be discussion following board discussion a vote will be taken during voting board members who do not cast objecting votes will be considered to have voted in favor of the matter uh
thereafter any person aggrieved by a decision of this board has 15 days to appeal that decision to the board of County Commissioners and after the meeting staff can help you with that process if you need assistance so having said that number one please good evening Kathy Hamill
development services I'm presenting item number one which is 103 Sheffield Court this is in the how estate's replat this is a request to construct a 504q ft building which is going to be 14 by 36t and encroaches 92 ft into the rear
yard setback it requires a 30ft setback because the accessory structure is over 200 ft so it must meet the same setbacks as the existing single family home um the applicant has received letters of approval from the neighbors
to the west and the north which are the most impacted um neighbors and this concludes my presentation thank you ma'am gentlemen any questions for staff see none is the applicant here I'm here yes sir anything you'd like to
share I just and I just had two old classic volts so I got restore Well here here's the thing if if you'd come to the podium please and share with us your your name and address and then just share whatever you'd like to share uh my name is Greg butcher I live at 103 shefield Court I've lived there 25 years I bought the house of my father who has
owned it since 76 when it was new um we've updated the house and the backyard and I've got two old volkswagons that are very very nice that I'd like to put them on the side of the yard in a safe place so I can get my girlfriend's car back in the garage and my other car and
if you see the lot it's kind of wasted since I put a pool in it's kind of dead on the left side now I know my variance is 7 and2 ft on the left which I stayed away from and I know 10 ft on the back but I know I can put a two 200t building 10 ft off the rear property line so if I
did a 14x 14 building it would bring me 10 1/2 ft I'm sorry 24 and 1/2 ft off the back property line where my house is 24 ft off the property line so I'm really asking for that 5 1/2t variance between 24 and and 30 so I can make one
solid building instead of making two separate ones just makes more sense to me and that's all I have thank you sir gentleman any questions for the applicant sir uh is is the the
proposed uh vehicle storage building we'll call it for that is it going to how how tall will it be compared to the house well my house the tip of the roof is probably 16 ft the building's only 12 foot gotcha and and then this just raises a curiosity in my mind uh Miss
Hamill if if we've got a a a veh a building being used for vehicle storage which means Vehicles will have to drive around to it do we have any issues with considering how you know I guess that would be considered another
driveway um is that is that something the applicant will have to come to grips with um he doesn't need to have an improved um like a concrete driveway but he does need to have enough room that he doesn't encroach on his neighbor's property I'm 7 and2 ft off of the side
already cool so so long as he's just driving over dirt there he doesn't have to do anything correct great good stuff thank you thank you sir thank you uh anyone in the audience to speak in support of this matter including if you're wanting to say I'm glad to have my car back and uh
anyone seeing none anyone in the audience to speak in opposition seeing none gentlemen you're pleasure so moved to accept we have a motion to approve by judge Bravo second we have a second by Vice chair Mr Wright those in favor I opposed I think so all
right enjoy sir and ma'am uh number two is continued so we're moving on to number three I believe that item number three is continued as well we're moving on to number four yes ma'am thank you you're absolutely right okay for the record
Angie Gates item number four is a request for a rear yard St back variance from 30 ft to 19 1/2 ft for a storage room addition to a detached garage in the r1aa single family dwelling District located in the San Lando Springs
subdivision at 1531 Boyer Street the existing detached garage was permitted in 2002 the enclosed 16t by 20t storage room was added to the detached garage sometime after without a building permit
resulting in a building code violation building code violation is CV2 24- 297 a letter of support was received from the neighbor that is directly affected by the 10 and 1/2t encroachment into the required rear yard setback and
there have not been any prior variances for the subject property and this concludes my presentation thank you mam gentlemen any questions for staff see I presume you're the applicant sir yes sir if just for the record if You' share with us excuse me share with us your name an address yes sir I'm
Robert Scott I live at 1531 Boer Street I've lived there for several years I actually had the house up for lease option to buy and in the process the gentleman was a builder and that's who built the building on the back of the uh enclosed garage that I did build um
since then that building's been there approximately 10 years I re re assessed by or repossessed the property uh almost eight years ago and um in the process of this my son went to a divorce so we had
so it's it's very unseen by the neighbors or anybody but the gentleman behind me which they show uh right behind me with the kazeebo there and the one to the right of me which is one in the bottom corner um they have both agreed that they have no problem with it um it's in a deadlock area behind the
building so nobody even sees it but the main reason I wanted to keep it was already there after I repossess the property but it's the same issue I keep it's just dry storage just it doesn't even have a concrete floor in it it's a dirt floor building and it's basically there to keep stuff out of the driveway
we've had a lot of theft in the area a lot of break-ins a lot of car vandalisms so I've been keeping jet skis and stuff that I don't need in the main garage back there out of side out of mine under locking key so it's just strictly for dry storage but it's in a dead area um
you know like I say it wasn't something it's my fault I didn't pursue to see the permitting prior to repossession that I didn't even know until just recently with Mr ruer I think it was his name um he got a report from a divorce that my
son's G through that they have called everybody including their brother on I'm running illegal business I'm running illegal work out of my house I'm it's it's been it's been a crazy road trip here um and then Mr Rucker come out we went through everything else and found
nothing founded other than this and like I say it's already been I've owned eight years since I've been back in it so I just want to get it either approved by y'all or whatever I have to do so I can get it legal so this matters behind me got you gentlemen any
questions the structures are already in place I'm sorry the structures are already in place yes sir and they've been there eight years yes sir well it sounds like longer than that longer it's been there 10 years cuz he was there two years and then I repossessed it from me
so sit there for 10 years before the anybody even knew anything about it I mean it's that it's like I say the neighbor behind me blocks it and he's got a motor home which it doesn't show yeah it does shows you the picture right there it sits right there in his driveway and it blocks it and then there's a shed and everything in this lower right hand corn or lower left hand
corner you can't see but you can see this is the building here it's on the back um it's basically just storage that's all that Dy storage I believe the code violation pictures are in your agenda pack I I did see that yes ma'am thank you I mean you could see that it's
dry storage all right thank you sir thank you uh anyone here to speak in support of this matter anyone seeing none anyone here to speak in opposition easy enough chair yes sir I just I follow a question on staff please
um outside of the request for the variance tonight I'm assuming we still have to go through it he has to have you know there's a a code violation does it still have to go through building permit to make sure it's structurally yes Absol okay thank you yeah we're waiting to do that till after we got the variance
because I I I don't I apologize I don't mean to be rude but was a question for sta I apologize I'm sorry thank you thank you yes that my question was answered thank you yes indeed all right is there a motion then uh motion to approve sir motion to approve Mr Wright
seconded by judge Bravo any any need to discuss those in favor I opposed all right sir good luck with the rest of what you have to do thank you number five item number five is a request for a rear yard setback variance
from 20 feet to 5T for a ground mounted solar panel system and the PD plan development District located in the Francisco Park Subdivision at 831 blue Tide Lane the proposed ground mounted solar panel system will be
76.2 squ ft and will encroach 15 ft into the required rear yard setback the system will not exceed 15 ft and at a maximum tilt and a letter of approval from the Francisco Park homeowners association was submitted with the
variance application along with one letter of support from the neighbor located at 831 blue Tide Lane there have not been any prior variances for the subject property and this concludes my presentation thank you mam gentlemen any questions for
staff seeing none hi there hello please share with your name and address please yes sure Carlos Sierra 831 blue thail Lane yes sir what do you have to share okay so so we got this new place new home so we're moving back to Florida we spent 10 years in Washington state so
we're back home welcome to oh thank you we we live here for 20 years before and we used to have a nice pool and we used to have a water heater I mean what I he for the pool which is those panels that basically receive I mean the heat from
the Sun and and it helped you with with power so you you don't need to spend that much money on Power and we want to do the same here we want to we want to basically recreate what we had before which is like a several panels sitting back on on the on the far end of the
part so so we don't disturb anyone and we only have one neighbor and he said yeah of course I mean doesn't matter I won't even be able to see them because they're not that tall they are the this tall and we're basically fencing the all around so there is no way to see them
not even from our pool so so now we have two grandchildren and we want the grandchildren to be able to play outside without having any any issues about getting them into into the panel so basically avoiding any harm to to them so um the bario has enough enough space
if we push the panels all the way to the back and we're facing then South we basically maximize the the energy intake from the Sun and at the same time we we still get some some space for the children to play so that's that's what we want he he
played the grandchild card thank you sir gent any question for the applicant Mr chair sir the uh I saw we we on the site map there that we have that we have approval for the neighbor that was adjacent to
you but the the one in the rear that we I'm looking at one of the pictures um how how tall is the backside of the solar panel the ground mounted one 5 ft five so it's below the fence height yes okay yeah the fence is six so the the highest point of the solar panels is
five okay thank you that's all I need thank you sir thank you sir judge any questions no I'm just thank you sir this is the solar panel that he want am I correct yes sir okay thank you sir anyone in the audience to speak in support of this
matter seeing none any to speak in opposition seeing none your pleasure motion to approve sir motion to approve from Mr Wright seconded by judge Bravo all those in favor I opposed all right enjoy sir thank you number six
item number six is a request for one a side Yard East setback variance from 10 fet to 2 feet for a detached carport and two an accessory building size variance from 838 ft to 1,500 ft in the A1 agricultural
District located at 2484 fawn run the proposed detached carport will be 1,500 ft and will encroach 8 ft into the required sidey Yard East setback the new carport will be replacing a pole barn that was in
disrepair and removed the 780 ft concrete slab that remains from the pole barn will be utilized for the new new carport the remaining 720 ft of covered parking will not be paved the living area of the principal structure is
1,676 squ Ft the maximum allowable Square fet would be 838 Square ft so the new accessory structure will be 1,500 ft exceeding the maximum allowable size by 662 Square ft they have not had any
prior variances for the subject property and this concludes my present thank you mam gentlemen any questions for staff seeing none I I'm sorry I'm sorry I apologize um I think it's on one page 119 there's
a photograph says front shows kind of like the structure yes can we I'm sorry that what's in the agenda doesn't go up here perfect thank you I'm sorry so we can take it out and put it up there though if you no no it's fine it's fine I just
wanted because I want to be clear because it looks like it's showing a a full concrete pad you know this is just an example he was submitting that's why it he put the arrows that says this is going to be grass on this side and this side that's that's the unimproved surface correct it's going to be covered
but not paved just utilizing what was paved from the previous pole barn okay perfect that I just want a Clarity on that problem that was all I need all right sir Mr Reed I presume yes if you please just share with us your name and address for the record buck Reed
2484 F run yes sir what would you like to share I I'm just here for any questions I don't I mean everything's already there so gentlemen any questions for Mr Reed one quick question and this is just my ignorance is the existing pad that
you're going to built over if if we look at that that aerial behind you there is it is it what you can see at kind of the norise East there from the house is that the pad or you further back in the woods yes this is the old gotcha it's no longer there gotcha thank you sir all
right um saying then uh anyone in the audience to speak in support anyone seeing none anyone to speak in opposition seeing none your pleasure gentlemen move to approve motion approve from the judge second by Mr Wright those in favor all opposed all
right enjoy your barn sir appreciate it thank you and seven thank you Mary Robinson development services this is a variance and welcome Miss Robinson by the way pardon me and welcome thank
you um this is 416 Village View Lane through request for a sidey West setback from 10 ft to 7 ft for an addition in the plan development District this uh property is located in the Whisperwood subdivision the Sable
Palm uh plan development the the variance is a request uh from the development standards of the plan development District the addition proposed is 96.6 Ft approximately 7 ft by 13.8 it's for the development of a
walk-in closet it'll encroach 3 ft into the required setback of 10 ft and it will be developed on the west side of the property and there have not been any prior variances for this property that concludes my presentation thank you
ma'am Gent any questions for staff seeing none hi there please introduce yourself hi my name is Jennifer Clary um and I'm at 416 Village VI Lane all right anything you like to share um no I I don't know that I
submitted this but our Arc um homeowners association approved this as well and our neighbors are fine with it um the HOA president actually lives on the west side of our house so he's fine with it but do do you do have a copy of that
letter you can share absolutely you want to you hand it to that lady to right there thank you so much you can have it it is my only one and anything else You' like to share um no I would really appreciate if we could please get this approved
because um we have no other storage in our house and we've been there for 13 years we love our home and we don't want to move and we could really use this space please so all this for a closet it is you can do dress can't throw anything away judge we are
on TV absolutely not Mr wri do you have any questions they won't get us in trouble no no I was just um I apologize you you indicated that you had some approvals are they just verbal only you didn't get anything written from them I just handed a
written approval to the clerk okay so that's this is from the art yeah you mean your neighbors the neighbors He's The Ho excuse me he's the HOA president and he helped me submit that okay I think what Mr Wright's asking is is you correct me if I'm wrong
I don't have a letter from him no but but from your actual side neighbors oh yeah yeah um the only person so there's nobody behind us I don't know if you're familiar with the neighborhood there's a brick wall behind us and a road and um well sorry which one would you sure
so this is the homeowners association president that's his uh Garage on that side and they've got a lot more land on their side so and there's actually already a concrete little area kind of where we want to put the um closet so
it's it's just a very small variance thank you my question is answered thank you um anything else You' like to add no thank you all right anyone in the audience to speak in support of this matter seeing none anyone in the audience to speak speak in
opposition seeing none gentlemen move to approve motion to approve from Mr Right second by the judge those in favor I opposed all right enjoy your closet thank you last one uh for the record Mary Robinson
development services this is a variant of the location is 618 lak Shore Drive to request for front yard setback from 255 ft to 10 ft for an addition in the r1aa uh zoning classification this property is located
in the Oakland shorts subdivision the proposed addition is 299 Square ft approximately 13 by 23 is for a portica share that will encroach 15 ft into the required front yard setback and there are was one prior
variant approved for a bedroom and a bathroom Edition from 10 ft to 6 ft and that concludes my presentation thank you m'am gentlemen any questions for staff all right we have someone standing would you please introduce yourself for the record sir my name is Joseph SATA
I'm the owner of 61a lakes Shore Drive I was here last year you guys gave me a permit to add uh uh I expand my bedroom I had surgery twice last year on my head head and one of the times my wife
brought me home and it was fine she parked in front of the house I got out of the car no problem with my Walker the second time I had surgery it was raining so I couldn't get out of the car for hours so we decided that if we had a
carport and you can see the the the entry door is here is there better oh here is that one you see the shadow is actually we're going to go on the
island it's not going to from the outside you can hardly see it because there are some palm trees there that cover and I'm asking you if I if you allow me to do that got you gentlemen any questions for
Mr sua thank you sir thank you anyone in the audience to speak in support of this matter seeing none anyone in the audience to speak in opposition seeing none your pleasure gentlemen thank you so much motion to approve motion approve Mr Wright second
by the judge those in favor opposed all right enjoy sir thank you and we have a few more things to do uh but that's the bottom of the agenda y'all yall are welcome to leave or you're welcome to stay whatever you would like uh minutes
the chair will entertain a motion reference in reference to the minutes motion to approve motion to approve the minutes seconded by the judge those in favor all right oppos all right those are approved and I believe our friends from the county attorney's office have
something fun and exciting for us yes I do we don't worry I trimmed it up do you need a quick water break no no just are we uh are we doing ethics again tonight we are we're do is there any is there any disadvantage to not having only half of us here or less than half of us uh I
know we already put this off but be preferable to have more here but I mean we we can move forward I'm happy to do it now I'm happy to do it next month whatever okay your preference um I'm not Kathy and I were joking we're not sure you know the ethics meeting is not the
most popular meeting so you know 25 years I've heard it in plenty of time so wonder about the new people this year make them why why do I have to feel their yeah that's true that's true well we got member of the bar member of the bar member of the bar you've heard it a million times so maybe next month might
I I'm not trying to push it off we can we can push it if if if if in the discretion of this board it'd be more advantageous to to do it then uh I also realized that um our newest member is
absent and he would probably benefit the most from this presentation um that's why I don't mind doing it tonight I just don't want to do it again because he wasn't here that's all oh no no no that that wouldn't be the case that wouldn't be the case would it would it be inconvenient to you or annoying if we
did it next month uh no no yeah we could we could do it next because I I I have respect for your time and I'm sure you prepar and yeah no I've I've prepared um but uh if if in the discretion of this board if if if you all think it'd be
more advantageous to do it next month then we can we can schedule for next month but if we were to do it tonight I wouldn't have to repeat it for the folks who were not here tonight it's just to answer your question Mr w you guys in agreement let's do it next month I I I
go either way I mean again I mean I recognize we've already pushed this off once and but you know I think there's more advantage to it to have the people that are newer to the board listen to it for the first time I agree so let's let's let's do that please if you don't object all right uh and with that we are
with that objection we're we're adjourned so all right for [Music] n
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