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Zoning Board of Adjustmop <br />Minutes of January 22, 2004 <br />Page 3 <br />Public hearing notices were mailed to 17 nearby property owners. One response was <br />received in favor of the request and two were returned undeliverable. <br />B. PROPONENTS <br />There were none. <br />C. OPPONENTS <br />There were none. <br />Motion by Bob Capen to approve Special Exception #SE04-004 for 327 N. 7'h Street, further <br />described as block 77, lots 31, 32, Town of La Porte, La Porte, Hams County, Texas, to reduce <br />the standard side yard setback requirement on a comer lot adjacent to public right-of-way to five - <br />feet (5'). Second by Charles Schoppe. The motion carried. <br />Ayes: Capen, Schoppe, Norwine, and Grant <br />Nays: None <br />Abstain: None <br />6. CONSIDER VARIANCE REQUEST XV04-001 FOR 941 OAK GROVE AVENUE, FURTHER <br />DESCRIBED AS LOT 12 & E. % OF LOT 11, OAKGROVE BLOCK AND TRACT 7, ABST. 35, <br />J. HUNTER SURVEY, LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. THE APPLICANT SEEKS TO <br />REDUCE THE STANDARD REAR YARD REQUIREMENT AND THE SIZE OF THE <br />STANDARD DESIGNATED CONSERVATION AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 106- <br />192(B)(2)(B) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. <br />A. STAFF PRESENTATION <br />Chairperson Grant asked Ms. Wilmore to present the reports for Items 6 and 7 <br />simultaneously, as they are related. <br />Chief Building Official, Debbie Wilmore, presented staffs report for Variance Request <br />#VO4-001. The applicant, Allen Moses, has requested a variance for a portion of the <br />property located at 941 Oak Grove Avenue identified as Tract 7; Abstract 35, J. Hunter <br />Survey, in order to construct a single-family dwelling. The variance would reduce the <br />standard rear yard requirement from 15' to 5' and remove the minimum 20' landscape <br />setback. <br />Public hearing notices were mailed to 13 nearby property owners. The City received one <br />favorable response from the applicant. Two were returned undeliverable. <br />Staff recommended approval of the variance with the conditions outlined in staffs report. <br />B. PROPONENTS <br />Chairperson Grant swore in Allen Moses, 1026 S. 6t' #47. Mr. Moses noted the surveyor <br />has identified the high bank area and it will be shown on the engineered drawing. He has <br />received the letters the City needs from the Corps of Engineers and General Land Office. <br />C. OPPONENTS <br />There were none. <br />Motion by Charles Schoppe to approve Variance Request #VO4-001 for 941 Oak Grove Avenue, <br />further described as Lot 12 & E % of Lot 11, Oakgrove Block and Tract 7, Abst. 35, J. Hunter <br />