City of Pinellas Park

CITY OF PINELLAS PARK BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MINUTES REGULAR MEETING - QUASI-JUDICIAL April 26, 2011

The meeting was called to order at approximately 7:00 p.m. by Derek Kantaskas – Vice Chairperson, Board of Adjustment. This meeting was held at Park Station.

PRESENT: Derek Kantaskas – Vice Chairperson Edward Kosinski Charles Wasson William Holmes

ABSENT: Charles Murray – Chairperson Susan Wilson Edward Corrao - resigned

STAFF PRESENT: Sheryl Sheppard, Zoning Analyst Melissa Thrumston, Zoning Staff Assistant Regina Kardash, Assistant City Attorney

INVOCATION:

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: BOA Meeting held February 22, 2011. No meeting for the month of March.

MOTION was made by Mr. William Holmes and SECONDED by Mr. Charles Wasson to APPROVE as amended, the minutes of February 22, 2011.

ROLL CALL VOTE

Ayes: Charles Wasson, William Holmes, Edward Kosinski, Derek Kantaskas Nays:

THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY

REGULAR AGENDA

1. CASE NO. BOA 2011-12 (Chau)

REQUEST: Consideration of a request for a variance to reduce the setback in the west, front yard setback from 25 feet to 17.5 feet for the construction of an addition to a single family dwelling.

LOCATION: 5855 115th Circle

QUASI – JUDICIAL 1 08b7364c81a2b1ddf5f06eff7aae4041.docx Derek Kantaskas – Let the record reflect that the applicant for case number BOA 2011-12 is not present and the board is going to give them a few extra minutes. We’ll take up the rest of our agenda. I guess what we have is a letter of resignation dated April 24, 2011 from Ed Corrao.

Discussion on procedure to accept resignation.

MOTION was made by Mr. Kosinski and SECONDED by Mr. Wasson to ACCEPT the resignation of Mr. Edward Corrao as a member of the Board of Adjustment.

ROLL CALL VOTE

Ayes: Charles Wasson, William Holmes, Edward Kosinski, Derek Kantaskas Nays: None

Ms. Thrumston: Swore in all those speaking on the matters before the Board of Adjustment.

Ms. Sheppard: Confirmed that all procedural requirements have been met and presented the staff report, application, and map into the official record of this proceeding.

QUESTIONS FOR STAFF

Mr. Kosinski – I’m looking on this map here and it is showing the twenty five foot setback that is the corner of the building but the actual front of the building is actually right on the setback to start with.

Ms. Sheppard – That’s what the setback is.

Discussion on setback from site plan.

Mr. Holmes – Do any of the neighbors have any objections?

Ms. Sheppard – No. The neighbors are family.

Mr. Kosinski – I couldn’t get in to see the property and I wasn’t the only one who had trouble getting into the gate. They are going to increase the garage. Which side is the garage on? Do you know? Are they going to make the garage on this side going to be a front in and put concrete in later on? Or is it going to be use the existing driveway and come in. They are talking extending and making the bedroom and garage. Is the garage on this side and they are going to turn that into the bedroom. I just thought you might have known. What I am getting at is they are going to make this the garage now are they going to add concrete here?

Ms. Sheppard – The applicant should be able to answer that. No, they are not going to encroach any further. The request is asking to construct an addition.

2 08b7364c81a2b1ddf5f06eff7aae4041.docx Mr. Habib arrived.

Mr. Kantaskas – Went over rules again.

Ms. Thrumston - Swore in David Habib.

PUBLIC HEARING OPENED

Mr. Kosinski – They are talking about the notes the Zoning Director made that it may all ready be exceeding the 60% but then they said they submitted a lot coverage calculation saying that it was only 52 % with the addition. Staff has gone over that.

Ms. Sheppard – We don’t do that. Staff does not typically provide calculations for lot coverage; we rely on the applicant(s) to provide that information.

Mr. Habib – It is submitted by the architect – Frays Design – they keep the original.

Mr. Kosinski – It falls within the guidelines then.

Mr. Habib – Yes.

Mr. Habib – 7777 131st Street, Seminole on behalf of Dung Chau. I’m here to present the case for a front yard setback. In 2002 we built a six-home subdivision on some vacant land which was primarily a chicken farm and we put a wall around the community. It is a unique family scenario. Five brothers and one sister developed in the six-lot cul-du-sac subdivision. This particular family has grown and they have no room to move into the back, and no room to move into the sides. Their only option was to add a second story. So, we have a radius along the front and a portion of this second story addition encroaches, not entirely the whole thing, but a portion of it encroaches. There were no real options of where to go other than up. So we think it is a small encroachment on a small portion of it.

PROPONENTS

OPPONENTS

COMMENTS

Mr. Habib - The community is made of up of family. There is no opposition from the neighbors because they are all family.

BOARD DISCUSSION

3 08b7364c81a2b1ddf5f06eff7aae4041.docx Mr. Holmes – Did you say there were five residences or six?

Mr. Habib – Six.

Mr. Holmes – I only see five on the aerial. Where’s the gate at?

Discussion on entrance gate.

PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED

MOTION was made by Mr. William Holmes and SECONDED by Mr. Charles Wasson to APPROVE Case No. BOA 2011-12 subject to the following conditions:

1. The addition shall have a west, front yard setback of 17.5 feet.

2. The variance is for the home addition only.

ROLL CALL VOTE

Ayes: Charles Wasson, Edward Kosinski, William Holmes, Derek Kantaskas Nays: None

THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY

QUESTIONS FOR STAFF

NEW BUSINESS

Edward Corrao resignation from the Board of Adjustment

OLD BUSINESS

GENERAL BUSINESS

PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION was made by Mr. Wasson and SECONDED by Mr. Holmes to ADJOURN the meeting.

Meeting adjourned at approximately 7:25 p.m.

4 08b7364c81a2b1ddf5f06eff7aae4041.docx ______Derek Kantaskas – Vice Chairperson

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