MINUTES BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TUESDAY, January 10, 2012 AND CODE ENFORCEMENT 5:30 PM ROLL CALL PRESENT: ABSENT: Bryan Harrison Dan Lowery Ed Slate Marge Thies Debbie Neal ALSO PRESENT: Denise Lee Shelley Barnes Felix Adams OLD BUSINESS All persons giving testimony in this meeting have been sworn in. 1. Approval of the minutes of the November 8, 2011meeting. Motion made by Mr. Harrison to approve the minutes from the November 8, 2011 meeting. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Neal. Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS 1. Recommendation to City Council on sign size variance from 48 square feet to approximately 150 square feet on property owned by the First Baptist Church of Bushnell described as N16A001 and N16A003. Mr. Billy Ray and Mr. Russell Hogan addressed the board and explained why they wanted to build the sign and why they wanted the variance for the sign size. They discussed with the board members the height of the sign and what the sign was going to look like. Mr. Harrison asked if the 150 square feet would be enough to accommodate the type of sign the church wanted to build. Mr. Hogan and Mr. Ray both agreed that the sign would be inside the parameters on the current paper work. Mrs. Lee also verified that the sign being built would be within the height parameters set by Ordinance. After discussion about the size of the sign Mr. Hogan asked if the Church could change the request of the variance from 150 feet to 200 feet. Mr. Adams responded that the Church had already made application for the 150 feet and that was what was before the board, so it could not be changed in the meeting. Mr. Harrison made a motion to recommend to City Council to approve the sign size variance from 48 square feet to 150 square feet on property owned by the First Baptist Church of Bushnell. The motion was seconded by Mr. Lowery. Motion carried with Mr. Slate in opposition. 2. Recommendation to City Council on rezoning from R-2 to R-3 on property owned by Fred and Kathy Shafer, described as parcel N16G051. Mr. Fred Shafer addressed the board and explained that he would like to rezone his property so that he can build a triplex on the property. Mr. Shafer also stated that he can meet the setbacks on the property to build a triplex. After brief discussion between the board members Mr. Lowery made a motion to recommend to City Council to rezone the property owned by Mr. and Mrs. Shafer from R-2 to R-3. Mr. Slate seconded the motion. Motion carried. 3. Code enforcement on property owned by Paul and Anne Berkey, described as N09F234, located at 803N. West Street.
Mrs. Lee, City of Bushnell Code Compliance officer, addressed the board and explained that she had contacted the neighbor of this location and he allowed her to go on to his property on December 13, 2011, to take photos of the back yard and swimming pool. While on the neighbors property Mrs. Lee noted that the swimming pool had stagnate green water with frogs living in it, a ladder giving access to the pool, an unsecured gate, and over grown grass. These issues were in violation of the City s Ordinance Chapter 15. Since that time she had tried to contact the property owner and not had any success. At that time Mrs. Lee did a letter and had Lt. Sean Watson of the Bushnell Police Department hand deliver it on December 22, 2011. Mrs. Thies asked if either of the property owners was present at the meeting. Neither person was in the audience. Neither one of the Berkey s have been in contact with Mrs. Lee about the issues on the property. Mr. Harrison made a motion to impose fines of $250.00 per day for everyday that the property remains out of compliance beginning the day that the order is filed with the clerk of court. Motion seconded by Mr. Slate and carried. 4. Update on code enforcement on property owned by K.C. Properties, LLC, described as N16A183, located at 316 North Florida Street. Mrs. Lee addressed the board and explained that at the previous meeting the board recommended to impose a $100.00 per day fine on the property for everyday that it remained out of compliance with the City s ordinance. She informed the board that the order was ready to be signed. Mrs. Lee also informed that board that City Council had set a workshop between themselves and the Board of Adjustment and Code Enforcement for January 31, 2012 at 6:00pm in the Council Chambers. Mr. Lowery asked Mrs. Lee for a report on the issue with the property owned by John Antony. Mrs. Lee explained that the people living in the home had reconnected the power by the end of the week following the meeting in November. Mr. Lowery also asked about the gentleman that addressed the City Council who was holding continuous yard sales. Mrs. Lee explained that to her knowledge the man was trying to limit his yard sales to the weekends when no one is in the office. She also explained that she was in contact with the Police Department about the issue. Mr. Bil Spaude suggested that this be one of the items that will be discussed at the workshop on January 31, 2012. Motion to adjourn was made by Mr. Harrison. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Neal. Motion carried. Adjourn