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STATE OF TEXAS I
COUNTY OF TARRANT I
CITY OF GRAPEVINE I
The Board of Zoning Adjustments met on this the 30th day of
August, 1978 with the following persons in attendance:
Jesse Woods
James Buckner
Jerry Spencer
Charles Cox
CALL TO ORDER
Acting Vice -Chairman
Member
Member
Member
The meeting was called to order by Acting Vice -Chairman Jesse
Woods.
ELECTION - VICE-CHAIRMAN
Member Jerry Spencer made a motion to nominate Jesse Woods
as Vice -Chairman of the Board. The motion was seconded by
Member Charles Cox and prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Buckner, Spencer and Cox
Nays: None
Abstain: Jesse Woods
Absent: A. J. Harper, Tommy Zimmerer
PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES
The next order of business was for the Board of Zoning Adjust-
ments to consider adopting a set of procedural guidelines.
Vice -Chairman Jesse Woods reviewed the Zoning Board of Adjust-
ment Guidelines manual as prepared by North Central Texas
Council of Governments'and suggested that it be revised to
conform with our city ordinance, and then adopted by the
Board. He further stated that proper procedure should begin
with a denied building permit which would then be forwarded
to the secretary to be processed for Board consideration. Mr.
Woods then advised that following Board action the entire file
(or a copy thereof) should be provided the Building Inspecttion
Department for future reference.
The general concensus was that the other Board members were in
agreement with Mr. Woods' suggestions.
After a lengthy dicussion, Member Jerry Spencer made a motion
to authorize the City Secretary to confer with the City Attor-
ney in reviewing the manual and consider it for adoption at
the next meeting. The motion was seconded by James Buckner
and prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Woods, Buckner, Spencer and Cox
Nays: None
Absent: Harper and Zimmerer
APPLICATION FORM
The next order of business was for the Board to consider a new
application form to request a hearing before the Board.
Vice -Chairman Jesse Woods provided members with a sample applica-
tion form and a letter he had prepared for the purpose of ad-
vising an applicant of proper procedure for a hearing before
the board.
Member Jerry Spencer made a motion to readopt the letter
contingent upon the title being changed from "To: Applicant
for an appeal before the Board of Zoning Adjustments" to
"To: Applicant for a building permit requiring a variance."
It was then suggested that a paragraph be added to the letter
explaining the 90 day time limit following approval of the
applicat6on. Mr. Spencer withdrew his prior motion.
After a short discussion relative to the application form,,
Member Spencer made a motion to instruct the City Secretary
to revise the letter and application form as per previous
discussion and present both for consideration at the next
meeting. The motion was seconded by Member James Buckner
and prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Woods, Spencer, Buckner and Cox
Nays: None
Absent: Harper and Zimmerer
Member Charlie Cox then made a motion to schedule the next
board meeting for September 27, 1978. The motion was
seconded by Member Jerry Spencer and prevailed by the follow-
ing vote:
Ayes: Woods, Spencer, Cox and Buckner
Nays: None
Absent: Zimmerer and Harper
There being no further business to come before the Board,
Member James Buckner made a motion to adjourn. The motion
was seconded by Member Charles Cox and all present voted aye.
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PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 74 lw, day of .-L-
1978.
Chairman
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