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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03161950 ZPC MinutesG Ia~"INUTES OF REGULAR 1~1EETING Z0~1ING & PLANNING BOARD MARCH 16, 1950 The Zoning and Planning Board convened in regular session at the City Hall on Thursday, March 16, 1950, 7:30 P.M, with the following members present: Mr. 0. C. King presiding; Messrs. Ihzncan P, Allen, H. J. Chavanne, Franklin C. Jones, and Roy Maley. Mrs. J. A. Kunzman's letter carried over from the previous meeting was read again by the Board members and action postponed for the reason that no one appeared representing Mrs. Kunzman and no plans or specifi- cations were furnished for apartment buildings requested on Lots 2 and 1~, Block 10, Virginia Court, located on the south side of Rice Boulevard at Kirby Drive. Mr. R. E. Morse by letter of February 7, 1950 requested that restrictions be lifted on Lots l~ and 16, Block 5, Virginia Courts, being located on the north side of Rice Boulevard at Kirby Drive, to permit the building of one or two apartment buildings. Plans and specifications were not submitted therefore no action was taken. Mr. E. A. Davis, 5920 Like Street, by letter of February 20 registered objection to proposed alterations of a garage belonging to his neighbor, Mr. Matthews, 5916 Lake. Mr. Matthews did not appear before the Board and no action was taken. Mr. P. Bongio, 6712 Vanderbilt, by letter of March 10 requested per- mission to subdivide his vacant property at the corner of Vanderbilt and Cason, being 100' on Vanderbilt and 150' on Cason into two lots each 75' x 100' facing north on Cason. Motion by Mr. Jones, seconded by Mr. Allen that the East 50' of North 100' of Lot 7 and West 25' of North 100' of Lot $, Block l~, iffiest Uni- versity 1st Addition be combined and East 75' of North 100' of Lot 8, Block !t, hest University Place 1st Addition be set apart as a building site and that it be required to observe set-back lines on both streets; this action making two lots each 75' x 100' facing north on Cason Street. Voting Aye: All Voting No None Mr. Stubbs Brown, by letter of March 1lt, requested that restrictions , be altered to permit building of a duplex on .Lot 10, Block 1, Monticello Addition, using 51~ brick and the balance of 105 siding or shakes. Mr. Brown did riot appear before the Board and no plans or specifications were submitted, therefore, action was postponed. Mr. Cecil Vdalters, represented by his brother Capt. Guy Waiters on ac- count of illness, requested permission to erect a 12' x 12' storage room on the north side of his garage located on Lot 5, Block 92, West University Place 2nd Addition, stating that same would not violate any set-back requirements from any of the lot lines. r~ E. A Motion by Mr. Allen, seconded by Mr. granted, subject to usual affidavit used commercially. Voting Aye: All Voting No : None Dr. H. W. Bri s 6126 Kirb_ Drive., with a pencil sketch of a 20' x 2 ' build at the above address with lO' the garage on the north side, entire Maley that Mr. Halters' request be that same would not, in any way, be appeared in person before the Board two-car garage which he wishes to x 24' servant quarters attached to structure to be one-story only. Dr. Briggs stated that he was a dentist and had maintained .his main and only office and practice at this address for the last four years, and the servant quarters were needed for a combination servant and helper in the conduct of his practice, that if he were forced to move his office to another location he would not need the servant quarters at this ad- dress. Dr. Briggs was advised that his practice had been in violation of the Zoning Ordinance all these years and his request was discussed at great length; however it was finally brought out that servant quarters of this size without cooking facilities was not a violation of the ordinance and action was taken as follows: Motion by Mr. A11en, seconded by Mr. Jones that Dr. Briggs' request be granted Gubject to execution of usual affidavit stating that such quarters would not be used commercially in any way. Voting Aye: Messrs. King, Jones, Allen and Chavanne Voting No Mr, ~4aley Mrs. R. L. McVey, 2631 Carolina titiay, appeared in person with two pencil sketches of alterations desired on garage apartment at the above address, being located on lots 2 and 3, Block 10, Pemberton Place. This garage apartment to be used bar Mrs. McVey's aged parents, and altered to be made more comf ortable by raising the roof on one side enough to permit windows, repairs to roof, and placing of stair+ray on outside so that space it takes now may be added to living quarters. Motion by Mr. Maley, seconded by Mr. Allen that Pairs. I~cVey's request be granted subject to survey and recommendation by Mr. Jolly, also subject to this garage apartment having .been built prior to passage of the Zoning Ordinance, and subject to execution of usual affidavit that same will not be used commercially. Voting Aye: All Voting No : None Mr. K. T. Blake, appeared bef ore the Board advising that he has a 00.00 earnest money contract to purchase Lot 3, Block 9, Nest University Place 1st Addition ~d requested permission to divide the 100' x 200' lot into two 50' x 200' lots for the purpose of building two homes immediately. 4.9 1 Motion by ~°. Allen and seconded by ~,Sr. Chavanne that i~r. Blakeleys' request be granted. Voting Aye: All Voting No None ;u1rr. John 0. McGuire, appeared in person stating that he was the owner of Lot 13, Block 2, Kent Place and requested that permission be d anted him to build on this lot a home 1000 Sq. Ft. instead of the required 1200 Sq. Ft. All members of the Zoning Board went with Mr. McGuire to make a survey of this location and due to its being on the drainage ditch one block north of Bellaire Boulevard and facing back of business district at a 45-degree angle to the southwest, the following action was taken. Motion by dir. Allen, seconded by Mr. Maley that ~tlr. McGuire's request be granted. Voting Aye: All Voting No : None 4"~fith no further business to come before the Board at this time, the meeting was adjourned. 1 ~~ ,.c ~ ~ fit ~~' . ecretary 1