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Called Meeting
Zoning Board of Adjustment
February 3, 1972
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Tim Hobbs called the meeting of
the Zoning Board of Adjustment to order at 7:35 P. M. in the Council Chambers
of Euless City Hall , with the following members present: Messrs. Wayne Widner,
Robert Noonan, Tom Hochleutner, Robert Baker and Jim Banks. (Absent was
Alternate Norman Flanagan.)
Also present were City Secretary Vada
Ferris and City Attorney James Cribbs .
VISITORS
Visitors present were Mr. Donald McIntosh
and Mr. Coy B. Moon.
PUBLIC HEARING: BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
CASE NO. 22, REQUEST OF MRS. DARLENE
MCINTOSH FOR ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE
OF OCCUPANCY FOR A MOBILE HOME
Chairman Hobbs opened the Public Hearing
of the Zoning Board of Adjustment Case No. 22 to consider the request of Mrs.
Darlene McIntosh for appeal of the building Inspector 's decision to deny
issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a mobile home, located on 32
acres East of North Main Street on Harwood Road, to be used as living
quarters for Mrs. McIntosh's family.
Mr. Hobbs recognized Mr. McIntosh, who
stated that he purchased this mobile home in November, 1971 , because the house
he leased on the 32 acres is old, uninsulated and very cold. He stated that
there are seven (7) children in the family -- one of whom is an asthmatic and
that the central heating system in the mobile home is very essential to her health.
He stated he has leased the property from Mr. Bob Eden, who has no objection to
the mobile home being located on the property. The mobile home has three (3)
bedrooms, two (2) baths, and is so much more comfortable than the house.
Mr. McIntosh stated they have two babies -- one two years old and one a year
old, and the open heaters in the old house are, in their opinion, dangerous
to small children.
City Attorney Cribbs arrived at 7:45 P. M.
and in answer to a question by a member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment,
advised that the mobile home is a non-conforming use and is in violation
of the City's Zoning Ordinance.
(Mr. Robert Baker arrived at 8:00 P. M. )
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(Page Two, Called Meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, February 3, 1972)
Mr. McIntosh stated that his family
enjoys living in this rural area and that he raises almost all of their food --
also he has a cow, he butchers two calves and hogs, in order to help feed his
family -- that with a family as large as his he would find it very difficult
to purchase all the items necessary.
In reply to a question from one of the
Zoning Board Members, Mr. McIntosh stated that it would not be desireable for
his family to live in a mobile home park -- that he would experience difficulty
in finding a mobile home park that would accept seven children -- also that he
owns several large pieces of equipment and trucks which he uses in his work,
and a modern mobile home park would not allow him to park this equipment near
his mobile home.
Chairman Hobbs recognized Mr. Moon, who
stated he and his wife are very proud to have Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh and their
family as neighbors -- that they have made the acreage in the area most
presentable and a desireable place to live. He also stated that the old
house that Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh formerly lived in is not insulated and is very
cold and drafty and inadequately heated and that it is not a place to raise
children.
There were no further questions and the
chairman declared the Public Hearing closed. The members of the Zoning Board
of Adjustment adjourned to the Conference Room.
Members of the Board expressed concern that
allowing the mobile home would set a precedent; however, they also were concerned
of the plight of Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh and their seven children.
Mr. Hochleutner suggested that Mr. McIntosh
be allowed a reasonable time to move his family to another location, following
the closing of the school term this year.
Mr. Noonan suggested that possibly it
should be sometime during the summer and the Board agreed to allow the mobile
home to remain in its present location until September 1 , 1972.
The Board also expressed an opinion
that the Zoning Ordinance should be applied to all of the mobile homes in
violation of the ordinance in the City of Euless.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment re-convened
in the Council Room and Mr. Hochleutner inquired of Mr. McIntosh if he is aware
that the Board can deny the request and order that the mobile home be moved
immediately or that they can allow him a reasonable length of time to move the
mobile home in order not to enforce a hardship on his family.
Mr. McIntosh stated that he understood the
Board had this right and expressed his appreciation for their consideration.
Mr. Noonan moved to deny the request for
the Certificate of Occupancy for the mobile home as submitted by Mrs. McIntosh
and that the mobile home must be moved from these premises by September 1 , 1972.
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(Page Three, Called Meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, February 3, 1972)
Mr. Banks seconded the motion and the
vote is as follows:
Ayes: Messrs. Wayne Widner, Robert Noonan, Tom Hochleutner,
Robert Baker, Jim Banks, and Tim Hobbs.
Nays: None
Chairman Hobbs declared the motion carried.
Mr. McIntosh expressed his appreciation
to the Board.
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ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 P. M.
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