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I SHOULD CALL THE MEETING[ AGENDA BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS City Governance Center - Council Chambers 6151 Brandt Pike April 1, 2026 6:00 P.M.]
OF THE CITY OF HUBERT.APPEAL TO ORDER? MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL RO? ALL RIGHT, MS. BALLARD? HERE.
WE'LL FOLLOW THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN FOR APRIL 1ST, 2026.
WE HAVE ONE, ONLY ONE SET OF MINUTES.
IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS TO BE MADE TO THOSE MINUTES, PLEASE SPEAK NOW AND SEEING NO COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS, THOSE MINUTES ARE WITHSTAND APPROVED.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT? FOR APRIL 1ST, 2026.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
SECOND THAT THE AGENDA WILL BE, UH, IT'S APPROVED FOR TONIGHT.
SWEAR IN THE WITNESSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF THE ZONING BOARD.
ANYONE WHO MAY WISH TO SPEAK OR GIVE TESTIMONY REGARDING THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING NEEDS TO BE SWORN.
I ASK EVERYONE TO STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND RESPOND.
TO THE FOLLOWING OATH, DO YOU HEREBY SWEAR OR AFFIRM ON THE THREAT OF PERJURY TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH THAT SO HELP YOU GOD? I DO.
ANYONE THAT MAY WISH TO SPEAK TONIGHT AFTER CASE REVIEW IS GIVEN BY THE, THE STAFF MEMBER OF THE CITY.
UM, WANT YOU TO PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND SPELL IT.
AND THERE IS A SIGN IN SHEET ON THE PODIUM FOR THE RECORDS AND PLACE YOUR NAME ON THE SIGN IN SHEET, UM, ON THE PODIUM.
SEEING THAT THERE, THERE IS NO PENDING BUSINESS.
WE'LL MOVE ON, MOVE TO THIS EVENING BUSINESS.
THE, THE BUSINESS WE HAVE FOR THIS EVENING IS BZA CASE 26 0 2.
THE APPLICANT ERIC WILLIAMS, IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 11 91 0 1 ACCESSORY BUILDING LOCATION AND HEIGHT.
PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 50 60 BELLEVUE COURT.
GREG, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE STAFF REPORT PLEASE? THE OWNER IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS ZONING CODE TO CONSTRUCT AN ACCESSORY BUILDING TO ALLOW FOR SAFE OPERATION OF A CAR LIFT FOR PERSONAL USE UP TO 22 FOOT AT THE PEAK ZONING CODE SECTION 1 1 9 1 0.01.
LOCATION STATES IN ANY RBAP DASH PD OR I DISTRICT ACCESSORY BUILDINGS NOT EXCEEDING ONE AND A HALF STORIES OR 14 FOOT IN HEIGHT MAY BE PERMITTED IN THE REAR YARD, NOT WITHIN FIVE FEET FROM THE SIDE OR REAR LOT LINES.
AS A RESULT OF THE CODE RESTRICTIONS ON THE BUILDING HEIGHT, THE PROPERTY OWNER REQUIRES A VARIANCE OF EIGHT FOOT AND THE HEIGHT CITY STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO GRANTING THIS VARIANCE.
ADJACENT PROPERTIES WERE NOTIFIED OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST AND NO OBJECTIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE CITY.
THE PARCEL IS APPROXIMATELY 91 FOOT BY 130 FOOT.
STRUCTURE IS AN ACCESSORY BUILDING.
PLACEMENT IS ON THE SOUTHEAST OF THE HOUSE IN THE REAR YARD.
THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO CONCERNS ABOUT THIS REQUEST.
DO ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FURTHER? UM, GREG, NO QUESTIONS FOR GREG.
UM, DO THE, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE CASE, YOU CAN GO UP TO THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME, SPELL IT PLEASE.
MY NAME IS ERIC WILLIAMS. FIRST NAME IS ERIK.
AND THE REASON WE'RE HERE, UH, REQUESTING THE VARIANCE IS FOR BASICALLY ADDITIONAL VEHICLE STORAGE.
THERE'S FOUR OF US, MY WIFE AND I AND MY TWO SONS.
AND ALL THREE OF US ARE PRETTY BIG BOYS AND WE DRIVE EITHER FULL-SIZE SUVS OR MY OLDEST SON DRIVES A LIFTED, UH, DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK.
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TO ADEQUATELY REMOVE THAT, IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE COURT THERE WE'RE PARKING ON THE COURT.SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE REMOVE THOSE VEHICLES FROM BEING IN THE HINDRANCE OF THE STREET SWEEPER, THE SNOWPLOW OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
IN THE WINTERTIME, I, ONCE I GET MY GARAGE, I'M GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE PROJECT CAR AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR I'M REQUESTING A LIFT.
THAT'S THE, THE REASON FOR MY REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCE.
SO IT'S KIND OF A, SHE GETS A PRETTY GARAGE AND I GET A LIFT FROM MY VEHICLE.
SO,
TELL ME THE PURPOSE OF THE LIFT AGAIN.
SO IT'S TO STORE, I'M, I'M GOING TO BE PURCHASING A HOT ROD OR IT'S A PROJECT CAR IS WHAT IT IS.
UH, SINCE I WAS A YOUNG CHILD, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED A 72 SUPER SPORT NOVA.
AND IN OUR CURRENT SITUATION IN OUR HOUSE, THE LOT, WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE SPACE TO PARK.
UH, WE'VE CONSIDERED LOOKING OUTSIDE OF HUBER HEIGHTS, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
UH, LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'RE BLESSED WITH REALLY GOOD NEIGHBORS, SO WE JUST THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD SEE WHAT WE COULD DO AS FAR AS BUILDING A GARAGE OUT BACK.
SO THIS IS A PICTURE KIND OF EXACTLY WHAT I'M GONNA BE DOING WITHIN THAT GARAGE.
OUR, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO PUT THE, MY BABY LIFTED AND ELEVATED IT, AND THEN WE CAN PULL EITHER THE, THE LARGE SUV OR MY SON'S TRUCK UNDERNEATH THAT TO PARK TO KEEP 'EM OFF THE STREET BASICALLY.
PLUS IT'S GONNA GIVE US ADDITIONAL STORAGE WITHIN OUR, OUR LITTLE HOUSE.
IT'S THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH, AND WE HAVE DEFINITELY PACKED IT FULL.
SO EVERY PORTION OF THAT HOME IS PACKED.
SO THAT'LL GIVE US ROOM IN THE GARAGE TO PUT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OR WHAT HAVE YOU AS WELL.
ANYBODY ANSWER SIR? I, I'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE LIKE A GARAGE.
WHAT IS THE NORMAL HEIGHT OF THE GARAGES? TALKING TO ME? YEAH, IT'S GREG.
YOU THINKING ABOUT DYING, I'M THINKING ABOUT DON.
WHAT WOULD BE THE NORMAL HEIGHT? I MEAN, 'CAUSE I SEE HE WANTS TO GO, WHAT IS IT, 14 INCHES? 22 FEET? 22 FEET? WELL, WE ALLOW UP TO 14 FOOT NORMALLY.
UH, USUALLY THEY'LL RUN AROUND 12 TO 13, A NORMAL SINGLE CAR WITH A GABLE ROOF.
WHAT ELSE? WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS WITHIN OUR PLA THERE THAT HAVE RECENTLY BUILT, UH, THEY CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AS WELL AND GOT THE VARIANCE TO BUILD A, A TALLER GARAGE.
UH, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE REASON THAT I WENT FORWARD WITH NOT LOOKING TO MOVE OUT OF HUBER TO SEE WHAT I COULD DO HERE ON MY LOT TO SEE IF I COULD GET WHAT I NEED TO BE ABLE TO STAY HERE AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN HUMOR.
SO HOW TALL IS THIS GARAGE GOING TO BE? IS IT GOING TO BE THE, HOW, HOW TALL IS THIS GARAGE GOING TO BE? SO AT A BARE MINIMUM, IT'S GOING TO, I NEED AT LEAST A 20 FOOT PEAK AT A BARE MINIMUM TO BE, BE ABLE TO GET THAT LIFTED PICKUP TRUCK UNDER THE LIFT AND GET THE PROJECT CAR ON TOP AND STILL HAVE A SAFE, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DIMENSIONS, BUT SPEAKING WITH A CONTRACTOR, THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME IS AT A BARE MINIMUM, IF WE CAN GET 20 FEET, HE THINKS HE CAN MAKE IT WORK.
WE MAY HAVE TO, I DON'T KNOW THE CORRECT WORD, I'M SORRY, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO LOWER THE GRADE OF THAT YARD A LITTLE BIT TO TRY TO GET, 'CAUSE MY BACKYARD IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOPE UP.
THE, THE STREET BEHIND ME IS ELEVATED JUST A HAIR.
SO HE'S, HE'S PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITH THAT 20 FOOT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I KNOW THERE WAS A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN THAT PLAT THAT HAVE, I THINK ONE WAS A, I WANT TO SAY A 21 FOOT PEAK.
UH, I HAVEN'T HAD THE LUXURY OF GOING BACK WITH THE RULER OR A YARD STICK AND MEASURING HIS, YOU KNOW, HIS PEAK.
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YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE OKAY WITH THIS? OH, YES MA'AM.I ACTUALLY, I, WE'VE GOT A RELATIONSHIP IN OUR LITTLE PLAT THERE THAT I'VE WENT, I'VE GONE AROUND AND TALKED TO ALL MY NEIGHBORS BEFORE I EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
AND SO WE NOTIFY NEIGHBORS OF THE PROPERTY AND THERE'S BEEN NO ONE COME BACK WITH AN OBJECTION OR ANYTHING.
SINCE THIS SEEMS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A FAIRLY INVOLVED PROJECT, HOW MUCH EXCAVATION IS GOING TO NEED TO BE DONE AROUND YOUR PROPERTY THERE OR ON YOUR PROPERTY? SO AS MINIMAL AS AS POSSIBLE? I DON'T KNOW.
UH, BLUEBIRD, UH, CONSTRUCTION.
CASEY LESLIE, HE'S GONNA BE MY CONTRACTOR AND HE'S BEEN OUT AND WHAT, SO IN MY LITTLE, YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'RE AT THE CORNER, THE CORNER OF THAT COURT MM-HMM
AND THE LAND BEHIND ME MM-HMM
SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO EXPLAIN THE NEIGHBOR'S DIRECTLY BEHIND ME.
AND JUST TO THE EAST WHERE THE CORNER, YOU SEE MY LITTLE SHED THERE ON THE OTHER OPPOSITE END OF THE POOL.
SO THAT CORNER RIGHT THERE, IT'S LIKE WE GET A LOT OF WATER FLOW THAT COMES FROM THOSE TWO YARDS RIGHT DOWN.
I DON'T WANNA SAY IN A, IN A VALLEY, BUT IT'S KIND OF A, A LOW SPOT IN THE YARD, IF YOU WILL.
ALL THAT WATER FLOWS ANYTIME WE HAVE A HEAVY RAIN AND JUST COMES RIGHT DOWN.
SO TALKING TO CASEY, HE'S TELLING ME THAT WHAT WE WOULD DO IS BUILD A SMALL RETAINING WALL WITH DRAINS AROUND THAT GARAGE PAD.
SO IT'S, IF ANYTHING, IT'S GONNA HELP DIRECT THAT FLOW OF WATER INSTEAD OF JUST COMING BETWEEN ME AND MY NEIGHBOR THERE TO THE, UH, TO THE EAST.
AND IT'LL PUSH IT OUT RIGHT THERE TO THE EDGE OF THE DRIVEWAY AND HAVE A POPUP.
I'M NOT A, I'M NOT A BIG CONSTRUCTION GUY, SO UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO ANSWER.
MAYBE SHE'S MORE OF A CONSTRUCTION PERSON THAN ME.
UM, SO MINIMAL EXCAVATION, REALLY IT'S THE PREPPING OF THE PAD TO BUILD THE GARAGE.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE CONTRACTOR PUT IN A FRENCH DRAIN TO HELP COLLECT ALL THAT WATER AND GIVE IT MORE OF A LOW COAL, YOU KNOW, ITS OWN LITTLE RIVER TO KIND OF GO OUT AND INTO THE STREET.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT DOES FLOOD THE BACKYARD.
IT'S LIKE, WE CALL IT LAKE WILLIAMS
SO THE ONLY CONSTRUCTION OR ADDITIONAL EXCAVATION IS GONNA BE JUST PREPPING THE PAD FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF.
UM, AND THEN PUTTING IN A FRENCH DRAIN TO COLLECT THAT WATER AND ALLOW IT TO MOVE OUT TO THE STREET MORE, YOU KNOW, EFFORTLESSLY THAN WHAT IT DOES RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S NOT FLOODING OUR YARD OR OUR NEIGHBOR'S YARD.
AND THEN IT'S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE WE'VE LIVED THERE.
WE'VE BEEN IN THAT HOUSE FOR 25 YEARS.
UM, IT HAS FLOODED SINCE THE DAY THAT WE'VE LIVED THERE AND WE ARE NOW FINALLY GOING TO HOPEFULLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE LIKE HE SAID, ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE UP HIGHER THAN US.
UM, SO IT JUST, IT CREATES A LITTLE FLOOD.
SO IT'S KIND OF GONNA BE A WIN-WIN FOR US AND OUR NEIGHBORS ON THAT PART.
AND STRUCTURE'S GOING TO BE LOCATED IN THE BACK? YES.
WE DO HAVE A PICTURE ON HIS PHONE IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO SHOW THE COMMITTEE MORE WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A, A PICTURE ON THERE AS WELL.
IT'S IN THE, SO IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK LIKE JUST SOME METAL BUILDING.
IT IS GONNA LOOK A LITTLE BIT NICER.
IT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, MATCH WELL WITH A HOME.
UM, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT GONNA BE AN EYESORE BY ANY MEANS.
IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA INVEST TO MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S A VERY NICE WELL BUILT GARAGE.
WHAT ELSE? SO I GOT UH, TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE FOR THE CITY AND THEN ONE FOR THE UH, YES SIR.
THE APPLICANT FOR THE CITY WITH REGARDS TO THE DRAINAGE OF THE WATER FROM THE FRENCH DRAIN TO THE STREET IS A PERMIT REQUIRED FOR THAT? UH, I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD TALK TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE I, I RECALL FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I WOULD SAY SOME REGULATIONS ABOUT, SAY ANY, ANYTIME YOU CONNECT TO A, A, UH, CITY STORM SEWER, THAT I WOULD, I WOULD TALK TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ABOUT THAT.
AND AT THIS, AT THIS POINT, THE ENGINEER HAD NO COMMENT BECAUSE HE WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.
BUT I, MY GENERAL CONTRACTOR HAD KIND OF DISCUSSED THAT, THAT ONCE WE DETERMINE WHAT ALLOWANCE WE GET WITHIN THE VARIANCE, THAT WE'LL SIT DOWN AND GET DOWN SOME SOLID EXACTLY WHAT
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WE NEED, HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT, WHO WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO AND WHAT HAVE YOU.I'LL GET YOU ONE OF HIS CARDS BEFORE YOU LEAVE TONIGHT.
UH, MY SECOND QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT IS WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS GARAGE AND COMPARE THAT TO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOUSE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE, I'M WANTING A 28 BY 40, WHICH IS GONNA PUT ME RIGHT AT A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT.
MY HOUSE IS 1200 SQUARE FEET, SO THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US THE ABILITY TO PARK THERE PLUS THAT LITTLE BIT OF STORAGE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE WE ARE DEFINITELY BUSTING OUT OF OUR LITTLE HOUSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
I WILL CLOSE THE CASE AND START READING THE VARIANCE.
THE FIRST ONE WHERE THE PROPERTY AND QUESTION WILL YIELD A REASONABLE RETURN OR WHETHER THERE WILL BE ANY BENEFICIAL USE OF THE PROPERTY WITHOUT THE VARIANCE.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
WHETHER THE CENTRAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL ALTER WHETHER JOURNEY PROPERTIES WILL SUFFER A SUBSTANTIAL DETRIMENT AS A RESULT OF THE VARIANCE.
WHETHER THE PROPERTY ONLY PURCHASED, WHETHER THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER PURCHASED THE PROPERTY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ZONING RESTRICTIONS? MR. SCHAFER? YES.
WHETHER THE PROPERTY OWNER PREDICAMENT FEAS PLEA CAN BE AVERTED THROUGH SOME METHOD OTHER THAN A VARIANCE.
WHETHER THE SPIRIT AND INTENT BEHIND THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS WILL BE OBSERVED? STANDARD JUSTICE DONE BY GRANTING THE VARIANCE.
MAY I HAVE A MO MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE ON CASE 2 6 0 2.
AND SECOND THAT THE VARIANCE BE APPROVED.
ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NO QUESTIONS, MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU TAKE THE VOTE, PLEASE? MR. DEAN? NO.
THE VARIANCE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY A VOTE OF THREE TO TWO BY A VOTE OF THREE TO TWO.
YOU WOULD NEED TO WHAT? LET SEE WHAT ELSE I NEED TO DO.
YOU WOULD NEED TO GET WITH THE CITY TO FIND OUT ANY ADDITIONAL, AND IF THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL THAT YOUR CONTRACT IS REQUIRING THAT REQUIRES A PERMIT, YOU NEED TO GET WITH THE CITY BEFORE YOU ALLOW THE CONTRACT TO DO ANY TYPE OF WORK.
FINISH THIS UP AND THEN I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU A CARD FOR YOU THOUGH.
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS.
UPCOMING MEETINGS IS JUNE, I MEAN, MAY 6TH AND JUNE 3RD, 30TH.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTIONS, I WILL, THE MEETING CAN BE ADJOURNED.