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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/27/2000 ORIGINAL CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Minutes of Meeting April 27, 2000 1. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Chair HOWARD at 7:30 p.m. on April 27, 2000 in the Council Chambers ofthe Municipal Building, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. 2. ROLL CALL Members Present: Tom Abbott Michelle Brown Bill Echelmeyer Bob Howard Paul Hovland Linda Mauro Jerry Montoya Staff Present: Alan White, Planning Director Gerald Dahl, City Attorney Ann Lazzeri, Secretary The following is the official set of Board of Adjustment minutes for the Public Hearing of April 27,2000. A set of these minutes is retained both in the office of the City Clerk and in the Department of Planning and Development of the City of Wheat Ridge. 3. APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA It was moved by Board Member MAURO and seconded by Board Member HOVLAND to approve the order of the agenda. The motion carried unanimously. 4. PUBLIC FORUM (This is the time for anyone to speak on any subject not appearing on the agenda.) A. A case for reconsideration of action taken by the Board of Adjustment on March 23,2000 (Case No. W A-00-02) regarding an application filed by Trailer Source, Inc. for an interpretation of allowed uses as listed in their Planned Commercial Development (Tabor Development Planned Commercial Development Outline Developmen Plan). Said property is located a 4651 Tabor Street and zoned PCD. Board of Adjustment 04/27/00 Page 1 Gerald Dahl reviewed the portion of the code pertaining to requests for reconsideration of previous action taken by the Board which provides that no request to grant a new hearing will be entertained unless new evidence is submitted which could not have been, with due diligence, presented at the previous hearing. He informed Board members they had the right to grant a rehearing under these provisions and that only a simple majority would be required to approve or disapprove the request. If reconsideration is granted, notices of the public hearing will be published and posted. Mr. Dahl also advised that Board Member ABBOTT would not be allowed to vote on this matter since he was not present at the original hearing. Board Member ABBOTT stepped down from the dais during the hearing of this matter. Dick Scheurer 143 Union Boulevard, Lakewood Mr. Scheurer, attorney for the applicant, was sworn in by Chair HOWARD. He requested reconsideration of his client's application based upon new evidence they plan to present. The new evidence would relate to the mitigation of traffic impacts on the neighborhood in response to concerns expressed at the previous public hearing. The new evidence would include: I) Additional information regarding current traffic which is attributable to the sale of ATV's and snowmobiles. (2) A plan to reduce the number of deliveries through a contractual arrangement with the manufacturers which would require full-load deliveries rather than having many partial-load deliveries. (3) A plan to further mitigate semi traffic by developing a staging process which would provide for deliveries to be made to a satellite location. Jim Blumenthal 4651 Tabor Street Mr. Blumenthal, the applicant, was sworn in by Chair HOWARD. He stated that Trailer Source has been doing everything possible to find solutions to concerns addressed during the previous public hearing and has new evidence to present in this regard. He requested that the Board grant a rehearing ofthe case in order to consider the new evidence. It was moved by Board Member ECHELMEYER and seconded by Board Member MAURO that the Board grant a rehearing of Case No. W A-00-02 to be held on May 25,2000. The motion carried by a vote of 5 to 1 with Board Member MONTOYA voting no and Board Member ABBOTT abstaining. Board of Adjustment 04/27/00 Page 2 6. OLD BUSINESS Election of Chair and Vice Chair - Board Member HOVLAND suggested that elections should be held for Chair and Vice Chair. It was moved by Board Member ABBOTT and seconded by Board Member HOVLAND that Bob Howard continue as Chair until November and that Michelle Brown be appointed as interim Vice Chair to fill the vacancy created when Karen Thiessen's term expired. The motion carried unanimously. 7. NEW BUSINESS A. Economic DeveloDment Committee - Alan White stated that a representative from the Board of Adjustment is to be appointed to the newly formed Economic Development Committee. City Council Member Janelle Shaver explained the structure and function of the Economic Development Committee. Chair HOWARD appointed Boad Member ABBOTT to serve on the Economic Development Committee (EDC). Board Member BROWN expressed an interest in serving on one of the subcommittees ofEDC. B. ADDroval of Minutes It was moved by Board Member HOVLAND and seconded by Board Member MAURO to approve the minutes of March 23, 2000. The motion carried 6-0 with Board Member ABBOTT abstaining. 8. ADJOURNMENT It was moved by Board Member HOVLAND and seconded by Board Member MAURO to adjourn the meeting at 8:22 p.m. The motion carried unanimously. \2 r~O- ~)-\ ~ ~ L BOB HOWARD, Chairman Board of Adjustment cl~~~ Ann Lazzeri, Secretary Board of Adjustment Board of Adjustment 04/27/00 Page 3