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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-06-13 BOA MINUTES BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1001 NORTH IDAHO ROAD APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA JUNE 13, 1988 7:00 P.M. WORK SESSION ON AGENDA ITEMS AT 6:50 P.M. PRESENT ABSENT GUESTS OMNI Mrs. Blatterspiel Mrs. Lynch List in Mrs. Castro Mr. Schaffer Planning Mrs. Kelley Office Mr. Pfeifer Mr. Sanchez, Chairman Mr. Dunn, Staff Mr. Nakagawa, Staff Mr. Newcomer, Executive Secretary Mrs. Pruitt, Recording Secretary SYNOPSIS: Agenda for June 13, 1988 approved as submitted. Minutes for May 9, 1988 approved as submitted. BA-4-88 approved. 1. Roll Call five members present with two members absent. 2. Chairman asked for motion to approve the agenda dated June 13, 1988. 3. Blatterspiel/Castro M/S "I make the motion we approve the agenda dated June 13, 1988 as presented. " Motion passed 5-0-0. 4. Chairman asked for motion to approve the minutes dated May 9, 1988. 5. Castro/Blatterspiel M/S "I make a motion that we approve the minutes dated May 9, 1988. " Motion passed 5-0-0. 6. Chairman opened BA-4-88 to the public and asked for staff briefing. He asked staff that recommendations be held until the end of the public hearing. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MINUTES JUNE 13, 1988 PAGE TWO 7. Mr. Dunn briefed Board on BA-4-88, a request by Ernest and Norma Casserly Perkins for a determination of requirements for employee housing as they specifi- cally apply to their property and use located at the Circle C Ranch, approximately 400 feet south of Superstition Boulevard on the east side of North Royal Palm. . 8. Chairman asked Board if they had any questions of staff. 9. Board asked if staff had heard from adjacent owners. 10. Mr. Dunn answered staff had received nothing in writing but had received a couple of phone calls. 11. Chairman asked if applicant cared to address the Board. 12. Norma Perkins clarified they were asking for four trailers, not five. She explained they need more help in winter than in the summer. They were told by the County that they have a right to have seasonal farm help. Their employees are not rowdy and usually stay with them for one or two years. They have lost grand- father rights in their effort to improve the appearance of the property. They have kept the place clean and will continue to do so. 13. Chairman asked Board if they had any questions of Mrs. Perkins. 14. Board asked how long the applicants had been at this place and how long they had had the lots. �-- 15. Norma Perkins answered they had been in Apache Junction since 1959, and the place was paid for in 1972. They had bought additional land 8 or 9 years ago and some more last summer. 16. Chairman asked if anyone wished to speak in favor of the applicant. (At this time, he asked that a letter staff had received be read aloud. ) 17. Mr. Dunn read a letter dated April 25, 1988, from Barron W. Jones, owner of the home at 907 East Ranch Road, Apache Junction, Arizona, stating he had no objections to the applicant's request and commending them as good neighbors. (Staff then pointed on the map where Mr. Jones ' property is located relative to the Perkins ' property. ) 18. Chairman asked Mrs. Perkins to return to the speaker's stand. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MINUTES JUNE 13, 1988 PAGE THREE 19. Board questioned if the septic system installation would be a problem for the applicants and if they were willing to adhere to County policies. 20. Norma Perkins indicated they thought they had a site selected that would be appropriate, and they have been in touch with the County regarding this. 21. Chairman asked if anyone present wished to speak in opposition to the request. 22. Louise Hughes identified herself as the person Mrs. Perkins had referred to as having had problems with. She said she is not opposed to the applicants ' request as long as things are kept up to standard and drainage is proper. She had photographs of drainage coming from one of the trailers. 23. Chairman asked if this drainage was on Mrs. Hughes ' property or on the applicants ' property. He asked her to point this out on the map. 24. Louise Hughes showed where the drainage problem was. (It actually was not on her property. ) 25. Board asked Mrs. Hughes if she had approached the applicants regarding this problem or if she had called the County Health Department. 26. Louise Hughes replied she had not talked with the applicants. She had talked with Vice-Mayor Bluntschly and he sup- posedly had contacted the County Health Department. She asked what are the requirements when a trailer is placed on the property and how is a determination made as to whether a trailer is a travel trailer or a mobile home. 27. Mr. Coleman said the State of Arizona makes that determination, and the City abides by Arizona State Statutes. 28. Chairman asked if there were any other questions of Mrs. Hughes. There were none. He asked if others wished to speak in opposition to the request. There were none. He then asked Mrs. Perkins if she had any rebuttal . BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MINUTES JUNE 13, 1988 PAGE FOUR 29. Norma Perkins said there had never been any of their sewage on the property in question and denied other comments Mrs. Hughes had made. She explained she had previously filed harassment charges against Mrs. Hughes and had won, but she had dropped the charges. Mrs. Perkins invited anyone who wished, to come out and see the site in question. .•� 30. Chairman commended Mrs. Perkins for dropping the harassment charges and confirmed that she was going to put in a septic system where the portable toilet now sits. 31. Norma Perkins said where the portable toilet sits is not the property in question. She said Mrs. Hughes ' problem stems from her having built her house in a wash. The applicants had offered to install a culvert for Mrs. Hughes, but Mrs Hughes would not sign a paper alleviating them from any responsibility, thus they did not proceed. 32. Chairman asked if the opposition cared to make a rebuttal statement. 33. Louise Hughes said she had called the City regarding the problem, and Mr. Bluntschley could be asked what had happened. 34. Chairman asked staff for recommendation. 35. Mr. Dunn gave staff recommendation. 36. Chairman asked Board if they had any questions regarding the staff recommendation. They had none, so he closed the hearing to the public and asked the Board to consider the application. 37. Pfeifer/Blatterspiel M/S "I would move that the following conditions be approved and adopted, as they specifically apply to the housing of employees on the property described in application BA-4-88• 1. The applicants meet all County health regulations, including the installation of additional septic systems if necessary. 2. The applicants be limited to 5 total units for the 5.03 acres described in their application (BA-4-88) . BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MINUTES JUNE 13, 1988 PAGE FIVE 3. Setbacks for structures be established for the site as a whole in the following manner: A. Front yards are to be measured from North perimeter property lines. B. Rear yards are to be measured from South perimeter property lines. C. Side yards are to be measured from East and West perimeter property lines. 4. A minimum separation of twenty feet (20' ) be maintained between all dwelling units. 5. Any change in the use, size, shape or character of the property may render this Order null and void. In adopting this Order, I would ask the Board to cite the following findings 1. The type of labor described in this request is analogous to "farm labor" permitted in a General Rural (GR) zone. 2. The four (4) separate parcels described in this request are being used as a single, integrated site. 3. Accessory structures (barns, tack sheds, corrals , etc. ) and mobile homes for employee housing are necessary, incidental uses to the main use of horse boarding and training. 4. Overall density on the site is consistent with existing neighborhood densities. 5. The conditions set forth in this order apply only to the specific circumstances of this request, that being BA-4-88, and may not be applicable to similar or dissimilar uses in this or any other zone. 6. The Board has received one letter from an adjacent neighbor who is not opposed to the situation. The Board has also heard from Louise Hughes, the only adjacent neighbor present, and she has stated that she does not BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MINUTES JUNE 13, 1988 PAGE SIX oppose the motion as long as all necessary safety and health steps are taken. The owners have stated and agreed to install all required septic systems. " Motion passed 5-0-0. 38. Chairman told the applicants the Board had approved their AMES request. 39. Castro/Kelley M/S Motion to adjourn at 7:55 p.m. Vote was unanimous. Respectfully submitted, 4it C arles R. ewcomer, Executive Secretary Ken Sanchez, Chairman