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now we're
ready put your microphones on please all
right I'm going to call to order the the
June 2024 meeting of the Bexley Board of
zoning and
planning and um we have a four person
Quorum so we can conduct business but
let's do a roll call to make sure that's
the case you want to do the roll call
there mayor since you're
taking
present present I'm present as well
thank you
we have a
quorum we also have and I know this time
we definitely received two months
minutes so let me ask one at a time here
do we have any uh comments or additions
deletions
subtractions to the April 2024 board
minutes from any member of the
board I read through it they seem to be
pretty succinct and accurate so do I
hear a motion to approve the April
minutes so moved Kingler thank you
second Marsh thank you Mr Marsh please
call the role well let's just do this
all in favor say I I all opposed nay the
uh minutes of April meeting are approved
unanimously we also have the minutes of
the May 2024
meeting I have also looked those over
they appear to me to be reasonable but
does anybody on the board have any
questions comments or uh changes that
they would like to
make hearing none do I hear a motion to
approve the May minutes as written so
moved Kingler thank you second Marsh
thank you all in favor of approving the
May minutes say I I all opposed the May
2024 minutes are
approved
the public has the right to uh make
public comments about the operation of
the
bcap not to comment on any particular
case is there anybody here tonight that
wishes to comment on the Bap or its uh
function in the city of Bexley I see no
indication of
such so we'll move on to the next uh
issue which is other business well
actually the first thing I want to say
is
because there were some uh notification
that the case involving 236 North
Columbia may be heard tonight or was
might be on the agenda the answer to
that question is that it has been
withdrawn by the applicant temporarily
they're going to re refile it at another
time coming up soon so that matter will
not be heard tonight so if there's
anybody here on that case uh I'm sorry
that you had to make the Trek but it's
not going to be heard on this evening
docket we have some other business
involving the uh discussion and approval
of the murals on Main Street uh program
and Megan Meyer is here you want Megan
to make comments Megan are you ready to
comment on that particular Endeavor we
heard about it last month yes thank you
chairman behal um I'm actually gonna let
the mayor kick it off and I'll I'll
follow up okay great mayor Kesler
chairman Beall members of the board of
zoning and planning we are very excited
to be here to talk to you about the beex
and mural f Festival this is a festival
that was first proposed pre- pandemic um
we submitted a Grant application to the
beex Community Foundation um we
resubmitted the Grant application after
some additional honing to the Community
Foundation after the pandemic during the
pandemic we sort of took a hold
obviously because of the Gatherings this
was inspired by a trip um that I made to
Jackson Michigan which is where my mom
lives I don't know if you guys know
about Jackson Michigan Home of Jackson
National Life Insurance Company ex maybe
okay cool uh but if I don't want to
disparage Jackson but I will say that
it's it had seen better days and uh an
artist that had grown up in Jackson and
was really successful in New York City
had come home and launched a a mural
Festival there they called Bright Walls
and has really transformed to their
downtown district and really created
this vibrancy and this this really
unique character to it now I don't think
that we have the same economic
conditions on Main Street and Bexley but
I do think that like in general we were
interested in infusing some vibrancy and
energy into the corridor uh and so we
have over the past four years pitched
this gathered some funding it's funded
through a combination of Grants as well
as the main street streetscape Tiff
Council approved it as part of the
budget coming up this year is through
the Tiff and we're really excited uh for
what's going to happen in September
which Megan's about to talk to you about
um I I she might have already said this
to you before so I apologize for
repeating myself but as we looked at at
Beckley and Main Street and just so you
know we have lots of volunteered walls
that aren't on the festival year this
year so this may not be the last
Festival that we have um we really
wanted to focus on the East portion of
East Main Street um where we've got
catalinas coming in and in generally we
have some buildings that you know are
maybe a little more tired and we thought
could use a real infusion and boost and
so with that Megan's going to talk about
the beex mural Festival yeah thank you
mayor Kesler so the update from last
month obviously I came to see you all
after seeing ARB in um May um if you
don't mind advancing to the next side
slide please Karen so since last month
what's been going on um as I indicated
we did have a very wide call for artists
um we narrowed it down to 10 finalists
um between last month and now uh we did
host a public Workshop in which we had
the very hard job of trying to rank uh
those top 10 finalists and try to start
fitting them to potential walls that we
thought made sense um it was a bit of a
grueling process each of the art pieces
had value in their own right and so it
was very difficult and so what we did
instead of just taking one piece of art
to each of the three uh places that
we're going to be painting this year we
took them each four pieces of art to
select from um and I'm happy to report
that everybody was pleased and everybody
has selected something so pending your
approval we're ready to move forward
with specific artists um so with that if
you don't mind advancing just a quick
reminder where we're talking about the
Three core mural Fest walls are going to
be rabinos Second Glance hair and nail
and then West banko um and that westbo
wall is that wall between Johnson's and
westbo um related to this project as I
explained last time we do have some
other things going on that aren't like
the core walls but that will be painted
in the same time frame and celebrated
similarly um Bexley Square the elevation
that currently has a mural on it will be
painted um with mural Stripes which I'll
show you a reminder of what that might
look like um and then when we approach
the owner of the building that has
Anthony Thomas as a tenant they
indicated that they'd like a family
member to paint a mural for them and so
while that wasn't our overall thought uh
for this specific process we thought we
might support them as well and so I'll
show you the concepts they've submitted
um so if you can can continue please um
just so you have the idea in your head
of where these are going and the
improvements that will be made oh and
this is actually exciting I I'll mention
to a a conversation I had with Jimmy the
owner here at rabinos um he's so excited
that he's going to be making some
investments into the exterior of this
building in concert with the mural going
up so we'll be getting a new door on
that elevation he talked to me today
about um the Bexley facade Grant
Improvement program to potentially do
something on the front facing so that
would be the I suppose North facing
elevation um and so only good things
coming for rabinos I kind of like it
like it is no change is
[Laughter]
necessary what can we do to make this
better you were waiting for your pizza
to be done and looked up and yeah
there's there's opportunity here one
thing is everybody in bexley's
intimately familiar with that wall right
right absolutely every time I visited it
has been a buzzing happening place so
we're happy to make it more aesthetic
for the community um so moving right
along we've got rabinos we've got Second
Glance obviously this is our only um
this is our smaller wall those panels
shutters will be removed we'll work out
the Landscaping details to make sure
that that bush um doesn't cover up any
of the artwork um and then moving right
along we've got that West banko wall
that faces the Johnson's parking lot um
and so if you do go ahead and keep going
there Karen um this is the elevation
that we'll be painting we're actually
considering a couple different options
here one of them would wrap this
building and the last wall this is there
real quickly because I want to I want to
explain so the mural that's there was
done by a student at Bexley High School
is a really and when she painted it it
was the concept was it would be a
rotating canvas um and that we would
have additional you know designs that
came through and so we're making sure
that she's looped in on this um it was
not designed to be a forever mural there
and so I want to set that up as you talk
about that thank you for that pretty
good work for a high school kid yeah
very very talented um and this is that
wall um that would be painted by a
family member of the owner of that
building there that holds Anthony Thomas
so what happens to the parking signs do
they I I do think that those stay and
we'll will just imagine can see through
them yeah okay so so this is the final
mural that uh West bco has selected uh
the artist Amy Odon Luth is very popular
for these like highly text driven
Graphics um and so they were thrilled
with this
option um so that is their selection
moving right along and skip that one I'm
sorry these slides didn't get removed
skip that one holy ma this is the
selection that rabinos has gone with um
we do anticipate this artwork to
slightly change um there has been some
back and forth on exactly how that
Skyline is treated we think we'd like to
point it more in the direction of beex
and or perhaps um add more of the
stripes and lesss of that more photo
realistic graphic and so we're going to
give the artists feedback on that and
work on smoothing that out but overall
um Jimmy at rabinos was very um very
excited to see this go up and we think
it'll be a huge
Improvement and then this is the last
middle this will be going on Second
Glance Andre Craft um I can tell you
having seen the past work this does get
even more detailed as he paints it and
so I think it'll be fitting um and the
couple that own Second Glance was very
excited to represent Bexley lions in
that way cool yeah and I'm sorry this is
another that we're not pursuing here is
the climate stripe base concept um we
have a very talented graphic artist
who's been participating in the mural
Fest committee um Alex haly he also made
our mural Festival um logo if you will
and so he's going to be helping us to
incorporate some kind of sustainability
related message to go along with this um
and so this is what would be at Bexley
square and then the final piece here
again in case you guys are wondering
what are we looking at here each of
those stripes represents the average
temperature of a year and this is
several hundred years of global average
temperatures so if you want to get
impressed really preview just a hint the
left side is the past yeah right side we
got that figured out you know cents yeah
yeah and the final um this is the
concept that was submitted by that
family member um Martha Gallagher
Michael related to margerie gallager and
so we're going to help support this
project by providing some of the
material cost for the paint um and to
help celebrate this around the same time
as the rest of the festival um something
I will also point out is that the
committee is going to be indicating more
about each artist um on small plaques
that will be affixed to the walls um the
city has committed um to each property
owner to help maintain the murals for
period of 15 years um the way we intend
to do that is to of course Fe on hand
should any tagging occur but then to
also apply protective clear coat
annually um at our cost just to ensure
that these really do maintain their
vibrancy and are worth the investment
long term so on the other hand um that
property owner does have to commit to us
that they won't do anything to the maral
for 15 so that's kind of the trade-off
um so as part of the code um we are
asking for this body's approval of the
installation of the public art um as
indicated on the agenda and of course if
you have any questions happy to address
those is there anybody in the audience
that is here to discuss these murals or
this project no um members of the board
you have any further questions or
comments is it is the do the grants
provide the materials do the artists are
they able to get paid for their time
some of this looks like timec consuming
that is a great question thank you for
bringing that up um so we are paying um
market rate for these and so that
includes um a set price I'm sorry a
price set by each artist and so we gave
them the square footages of the
buildings that we were looking at and
asked them to give us a base quote an
average um and um once we had those in
hand we asked them to give us Concepts
that would fit that average for the
level of detail in the square footage um
they're not all the exact same price um
luckily the ones that have been
submitted all fell in kind of that
middle range in terms of cost and so
that's why we're able to do three
instead of two um and so they'll be paid
an artist fee which would help cover
quite a bit of um well all of the
supplies and materials and then quite a
nice fee for each artist the city is
also going to this year do the first
application of clear coat so that's not
on the artist um we're going to help
Prime the wall should it be necessary
that West banko wall for instance was
just painted so it doesn't need
immediately repainted um and then we're
also going to be providing either
scaffolding or scissor lifts to the
artists as part of the
festival okay any further questions or
comments looks great no looks very
good um do we need findings of f
conclusions a law we might
that's great question Mr chair um Karen
and I were just discussing
that I mean we could do a simple I think
we
so we have treated this as
uh and I think even tonight and this is
and I'm gonna say I'm gonna start
talking and and Megan you correct me I
mean this is a little bit more like an
informal review at this point we would
like a vote of approval however I don't
think it's binding because we don't have
have an actual we haven't done notice
and we haven't um we haven't filed an
actual permit on this have we we have oh
we have okay see look this is why I'm
talking filed for a permit for a permit
correct and were these noticed do we
know I do not know the answer to that
yeah oh great so maybe she can provide
that really quickly I wouldn't want I
wouldn't want to provide I wouldn't want
to record a decision that's not valid
obviously right um so let's a quick
because what I was going to suggest is
that we vote in uh in principal and
approval which gives Megan the
opportunity to go ahead and engage
artists and come back if need be next
month for a actual formal recuiter
decision um and apologies to those
listening um due to a family emergency
uh Kathy's not here this evening so I'm
pitch hitting for her all right still
capably the rest is gonna go smooth guys
don't
worry um I'm we why don't we maybe we
wait for that answer and we too broad
too broad okay did not notice because it
is too broad of a yeah it be about 800
people have to
be right notic by this being on the
agenda correct and has and we've openly
discussed okay so if you're satisfied
that with that the record
decision finds the fact decision of the
board would be uh for the three for the
four properties properties five
properties discussed I'm sorry the five
properties discussed and upon
consideration of
appliqu
application the evidence and test from
me before it the board finds that the
proposed public art
installations uh be appropriate and
approved are appropriate and be approved
yes are appropriate would be approved
all right do I hear a motion
to uh
uh approve the findings and conclusions
as were just iterated by the
mayor Who's acting clerk tonight motion
to approve zoning officer tonight motion
to approve thank you Mr Clinger second
second Marsh thank you Mr Marsh and I do
have uh I do have I can call the RO if
you yeah call the role please okay
chairman Beall I vote Yes Mr Marsh yes
Mr Levine yes Mr Kingler yes okay the
matter is
approved and good luck moving forward
thank you and I want to commend Mr chair
Megan Meyer has been doing a fantastic
job she was put this was put in her lap
on day one and she has just rocked
running running with the ball so to
speak should be duly noted that Ms Meyer
was also selected by Columbus business
for magazine as one of the
125 power Brokers of the city of
Columbus about that I forget whether you
were on that list too I think you were
on that list no you you don't don't know
I don't even your PR person hasn't
notified you
yet question um some sometimes towards
the end of September we keep mulling on
exactly what that date is and what the
final event will look like but towards
the end of September and you can expect
because it's a festival there will be
some events around each mural or an
event around each mural with maybe some
live music maybe some food trucks yeah
maybe some
beverages kids arts arts and cra art
activities so it's be it's going to be a
hoot beautiful all
right we'll move on to new business the
first case uh for this evening's agenda
under new business is application bz
ap-24 d8 involving 2357 Bexley
Park the applicant is Guy Allison and
the owner is Alexa Mira the applicant is
Seeking a special permit in accordance
with Bexley code section 12 52.1 5 to
allow functional Dormer on a new
detached garage the applicant is also
seeking a variance from Beckley city
code section 12 52.1
15a which limits the maximum Eve height
to 9 ft to allow the ease of this newly
detached garage to be at 10
feet all right sir if you would state
your name and raise your right
hand guy do you swear
yeah I'm sorry right I could do that
from here guy Allison good evening again
Mr beh Mr Mayor guy all yes guy do you
swear or affirm that the testimony
you're about to give this board this
evening will be the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth yes
thank you sir mayor you want to give us
a little background on this application
please uh so this is in the R6 Zony
District um it's a 677 by 142 lot which
exceeds the minimum lot size um what's
interesting about this application is it
originally was proposed is a ex uh to
demolish the existing three car detached
garage and proposed a new three-car
attached garage which would have
required a five- foot variance um staff
pointed out the variance and lack of
potential lack of hardship to support
the encroachment and encourage them to
research other options and the current
plan is a result of that research um
that applicant is now proposing if if
you can stay up in that site plan real
quickly a two-car attached garage so you
can see that section right there m that
would be new and then a new two-car
detached garage there which has uh looks
to have alley access does it have alley
access see I'm there we go we'll find
out um when this first case first went
before the May architecture review board
there was some design concerns and
modifications discussed and recommended
it was modified and has since received a
certificate of appropriateness for the
proposed additions to the house which do
now meet code the detach garage has
received a recommendation from the ARB
to the the Bap or a certificate of
appropriateness subject to zoning review
and approval I want to note the existing
three-c car detached garage is
approximately 600 square feet with two
Dormers so the existing two-car garage
and I think we have a photo of that in
this application packet does currently
have two Dormers that are North facing
it also has a carport type structure
attached on the West Side the new
two-card detached garage is lesser in
size or area than the previous it's a
504 foot proposed new detached garage it
would also have Dormers as proposed
which do require a special permit the
proposed Dormers would also face North
as do the existing Dormers the eaves as
proposed are 10 feet high which is a
foot higher than code permits but Karen
will give you a little bit of an update
on that um so she's going to share the
design discussion from the ARB and the
current status the board finds it
appropriate to approve a special permit
for the functional D Dormers that would
the action and potentially the variance
but Karen will talk more about that to
the EES so Karen I will pass it over to
you and to be clear um we at airb
separated this into two votes and since
I had since I've published the agenda I
think it was just a couple days ago
there is now a BAP number assigned to
the garage portion of this so really
you're not even looking I mean you can
look at the house for the sake of seeing
the entire project but that's already
been approved and granted a certificate
appropriated by ARB and um just to help
him along we divided into two separate
applications okay so you're just looking
at the garage um part and I just want to
confirm this the applicant at the um at
the ARB meeting did agree to move the
eve down to 9 feet to eliminate that
that variant that the eve yeah um are
you still yeah yeah um um I thought it
was 10 um you know speak the microphone
CU it was hard for me to hear you I'm
sorry I thought it was it was 10 feet I
did confirm Eve was 10 feet in the at
least the latest uh design guidelines so
do you want to ask for the 10 foot so
well I mean to the nine foot like you
well I know we were we were GNA plan for
the uh nine um but it was some uncertain
that it it says 10 in the permitted Eve
height on the in the design guy
um for R six the code permits 9 foot
okay so okay because there's like a
graphic illustration that says 10 but
I'll I mean we certainly can I'll double
check those Graphics because I am
actually the author of that
okay could be an old older graphic
change that was happening simultaneously
but the code supersedes the design we
certainly we'd certainly bring it to
nine um the board really had a feeling
and so do I that it would look better
that's true Mr Meyer U higher apologies
higher yeah that was his recommendation
kind of discussed prop portion and also
bring the belt down he talked about the
belt just and he's think said look
better we'll do that we'll do okay good
so then we're clear on that you can take
that um that ask for the 10 foot Eve off
table applicant has agreed to move the
eve to 9et basically has agreed to all
the conditions that ARB has required
which is the 9 foot Eve and the Bel
lowering the belt course okay so um when
you make your motion if you choose to
approve this I would just do the special
permit refer to the right and this is a
special permit now only um which is you
know kind of a lower standard that the
Dormers I would like to point out do
point in the direction of their own
house which is a big deal when we
crafted the
garage C and are they designed to be
architectural features or are they
create utilizable space they're
utilizable they'll be functional up
there yeah okay yeah may have a you know
a pull down okay but storage yeah
storage only yeah no heat or bathroom
facilities or anything like that
okay
okay is there anything else um that you
can think of uh regarding this thing Mr
Allison um no uh we're going to conform
those two uh Design Elements and then um
or code elements really um to get okay
and in the design M the the proportion
um and uh that was it yeah all
right is there anybody in the audience
that is for or against this matter would
like to speak to it
I see nobody raising their hand members
of the board any questions or
comments uh about this
application or special permit Mr Clinger
so it's just a special permit no
variance that's right granted okay just
that's a slightly different burden of
yep proof there so to
speak all right um
since we're since we're to the point of
not needing a variance near maybe you
have a little truncated version of the
findings of fat CL conclusions of law I
do thank you the finds of fact and
decision of the board for application
number Bap 2414 for property located
2357 bexy Park upon consideration of the
application proposed special permit and
evidence and testimony before it the
board finds that a special per permit in
accordance with Bexley code
section 12 52.1 15a to allow a detached
garage with a functional Dormer shall be
granted with the following condition
that the proposed Eaves be modified to 9
feet that
correct okay yes
uh that's it and they conform to all
the ARB condition all other
conditions of the A or
B all right Mr Allison is that me your
approval yes okay thank you do I hear a
motion to approve the findings of fact
conclusions of
law so moved Kingler Mr Kingler thank
you sir
second second Marsh thank you Mr
Marsh Mr Mayor if you want to call the
role sir I have
my randomizer up
here let
me VES last you know that oh really yeah
oh I it's a Robert's Rule of Order then
I will certainly modify the randomizer
appropriately Mr
Kingler yes Mr Levine yes Mr Marsh yes
chairman Beall I vote Yes as well you
have your special permit it's a good
project thank you and thank you for your
flexibility and staying within the
confines of both those rules so thank
you all again thank
you I assume he is all right the next
case on under new business involves is
case number bz2 24-16 involving 123
South Cassidy the applicant is Taylor
Patterson the owner is Alexa
low the is the applicant
here I don't see anybody yet maybe we go
to the next
case I'll call the next case and we'll
come back to that case then if we see it
somebody uh arrives the next case is
application bz ap- 24-17 involving 266
Bexley Park the applicant is Ethan mcor
the owner is Jay William stclair and the
applicant is Seeking a variance for
Bexley city code section 125
2.10a 2 in residential districts
accessory uses and detached structures
shall be located a minimum of 5 feet
farther back from the side yard Street
property line than the principal
structure is allowed
in order to construct a garden within
the Hedge within a hedge in the Eastern
side of the property with raised beds
and a decorative Fountain feature
located 5 feet from the East side
property line along Remington
Road would the applicants please come
forward yes
sir can I have your name Ethan mcor Mr
mcor do you swear or affirm that the
testimony you give the board this
evening will be the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth I do
thank you very much mayor Kessler can
you give us a little staff background on
this the applicant is Seeking a 20 foot
variance from Bexley code section 1252
1082 accessory uses St structure should
be look at a minimum 5 feet further back
from the side property the line the prin
structure is allowed in order to
construct a garden with within a hedge
in the Eastern side of the property with
raised beds and a decorative Fountain
feature located 5T from the East
property line along rington Road also
seing a variance from code 12525
G1 which indicates accessory structures
and uses shall be permitted only in the
rear yard so some background the lot the
corner lot is 67.7 feet by 234.567
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Remington
Road contractor hired to do the work
started on the job prior to review
approval Andor permits staff reviewed
the work underway at the site found the
start of a concrete structure which was
later indicated to be a proposed water
fountain the location of the fountain is
in the sidey yard and 5 feet from the
East property line so if you have if
you've seen it you've already seen where
that would be located accessory
structures are limited to 10 ft in
height and they are to be located in the
rear yard and meet the 3ft setback from
the side or rear property line the fact
that this is a corner lot requires
additional setback requirements the
fountain is 7 feet and 7 in in height
and the side yarden located 5 feet from
the East side property line this corner
lot U this being a corner lot between 50
to 100 feet in width therefore beex code
section 12 5210 82 would require a 25
foot setback from the street side
property line
so this in staff's opinion is a classic
case of a hardship imposed uh by the
specific conditions of this corner lot
situation based on the unusual
configuration of the house in the lot
there's little to no rear yard or west
side yard the East Side yard is the only
location that would accommodate outdoor
living space the owner proposes an
enclosed Garden space surrounded by a
hedge the property line is only one foot
behind the sidewalk along Bexley Park
and one foot behind the sidewalk along
Remington
the enclosed Garden space has doors
shown as entry points to the garden and
were modified from the original 6ot
height to meet the 48 inch height limit
for fences in a sidey yard and within
the 25 foot setback from the side yard
property line along Remington road parks
department staff will continue to
monitor the site if approved with
regards to plantings in the appropriate
location and of the appropriate height
and where the tall hedge can and cannot
be located in order to keep it safe from
obstructing vehicular and pedestrian
traffic and to honor the city's site
triangle code which is in 12
5210c staff would agree that the
location of the principal structure
limits the usable space Outdoors to the
east side of the property if the board
finds it appropriate to Grant a variance
from code 12525 G1 to allow the fountain
in the sidey and from code section
12552 point10 A2 to allow the fountain
to encroach 20 feet into the 25 foot
yard set sidey yard setback it should be
conditioned upon the review and approval
by the city landscape consult consultant
on all plantings the board may also want
to consider a better transition of the
Hedge proposed at the northeast corner
of the property and next to the alley
intersection intersecting Remington to
ensure safe eress from the
alley all
right Mr Mori oh no that's true I forgot
this is definitely an architectural
thing too yes my dear arure review board
and it was um voted on as a consent
agenda item that um the board thought
that this was just a beautiful you know
use of the side yard and that all the
issues that need to be discussed are
appropriately at at Zoning for the for
the hedges they didn't even discuss it
okay thank you very much Mr mcgi can you
tell us what's going on here and how how
this is going to work out if if you
obtain your
variances yeah um I think first off I
want to apologize to the board for not
presenting this to the board before
construction began um we reached out to
building in zoning but I don't think we
were clear enough about the sidey yard
you know the additional limitations like
in a backyard this would be fine but
right so I apologize for that I'm
embarrassed that you know we're sort of
at this juncture but um no bill and
habba and their son say they reached out
to me about a year ago they really
wanted some outdoor space they're super
excited to have the house and mov to
Bexley and um there's just a lack of
outdoor private space that they were
concerned about so that was really the
goal for this project there was an
existing hedge along Remington but it
was kind of a regular also there was an
existing hedge along the driveway as
well um but it was kind of a regular
there were sort of patchy so we really
want to do something that little looks
better both on the street side and in
the backyard for the resident as
well what is the Hedge going to be made
from uh primarily arborita we wanted to
reuse some existing Arbor that were
there uh there's an existing Maple that
we're going to keep that I think we're
going to switch to taxis for that
portion just because I think it's a
better healthwise in that location with
a little more
shade primarily
Arbor okay and what is it what is the
structure that's on the ground on the
North side uh yeah so the client uh his
wife habba was really into gardening so
they wanted some kind of way to organize
flower and vegetable gardening in the
back so it'll be a raised um corten
steel bed it be about 11 in tall um
essentially raised beds for gardening
with gravel paths around them so I
apologize this was an early conceptual
drawing so
the the most recent drawing show they
actually expanded that a little
bit Yeah so those two sort of diamond
shapes to the
north are ve essentially vegetable
gardening beds in in steel beds
it'll get like a coppery kind of patina
to
them and is there a garage in the back I
forget how that works back yeah so the
yeah sorry the door the do not there
that the the north part of the drawing
is all the driveway there that's where
they come in and out of the driveway the
home
so can
you from a design perspective can you
cut us a corner at the top North East to
give us some Vision triangle
there I think design wise I maybe would
prefer just to shift we'd have to
transplant some existing there's
actually quite a sadly a lot of the the
sort of existing hedge was in that sort
of corner at the drive and in the north
and east side there we're sort of Pat
filling it in but I think for me design
wise I would prefer to move that whole
hedge and beds to the South to open that
up rather than have the sort of diamond
corner there uhuh
how far would you move
it I'm not sure what the specific
requirement are for a driveway onto a a
road it's a fairly wide driveway it's
shared on the other side
but um we have some photos of the
driveway did you include any photos I
can pull it up on Google or no problem
yeah if you don't the street view of it
is pretty helpful so I have some photos
of that share it
with I don't know
very beautiful thank you thank
you you want pull it up on yeah if you
would that' be helpful I think we need
to see how that
because we're all familiar with this
home it's it's got a it's very
distinctive it's
um 26
here
right we go yeah so is this a shared
drive that's not an alley there is it
that that is it terminates just about a
100 yards down there yeah that's what I
thought okay another garage there as
well so there's a little bit of a
triangle there now with that low
Bush on the very Corner that's between
the two white arrows
there if you moved every you're saying
you got this line of Arbor VY here on
the actual
driveway and you would keep those where
they are yeah and actually I mean the
plan was to fill in so there's I think
there Foria in between each one of them
to take those out and to transplant some
of the other existing there to make a
more consistent
hedge um I mean I mean potentially we
could cut a corner on that garden bed I
I guess I'd want to take a little bit
more look at that but because I yeah I
guess I'm between whether we cut the
corner or keep it as is or shift the
whole thing down a couple
feet to keep that square Edge at the
back of the
garden I mean I I
think well yeah I mean I think well
we've have this quite frequently
recently especially but I would say that
figure where is the rear of the car when
it gets to the sidewalk roughly right
give it a couple more feet and then
where's the driver at that time and what
is a driver need in the way of of
distance to see whether somebody is and
you know this is pretty close to high
school and the school a lot of kids go
up and down these side streets Remington
and c and cassingham and uh so that's
the kind of thing we we need to be
careful about on the other side here
doesn't seem to be any problem at all
right because the think C in Kathy staff
report she can she would prefer that you
condition it on him working with the
city's you know landscape architect and
arborus to find a solution I'm not sure
we're going to find it right here but as
long as it's a condition yeah I think
that's where headed but he's suggesting
maybe moving the whole thing down I
think moving the whole thing down works
too and maybe it's more aesthetically
pleasing or uh to do so but I I think
that what I would be personally now I'm
not speaking for other members of the
board here even though it seems like I
sometimes do but
um that I would want it to be
conditioned upon creating a vis Vision
triangle
that is acceptable to the
uh the landcape design landscape
design consultant and uh but and
chairman if I could add to that actually
it's it's a it's a code requirement
outside of I think even our standard I
think it's not even zoning code I think
there is a separate code about site
triangles which also govern that so and
probably gives right angles and footages
and things of that nature okay yeah that
way we have to get into what the right
size is I I don't think we want to get
that in far into the weeds here
but all right
um is there anything you'd like to add
Mr mcor uh or let me ask if there's
anybody in the audience that is here Pro
or con this case that would like to
speak and if not members of the board uh
do you have any additional questions or
comments here we we've got a couple of
issues one one thing that I'm curious
about too
is we're going to construct no no pardon
me we're going to
um I thought when I was thinking without
looking at this photo that we already
have an incline off the sidewalk but
it's not very much of one there it's a
couple feet maybe maybe a foot so are
the arbor V that we see on the left side
staying there no they've been moved we
we wanted to move them closer and square
off the Hedge so they're coming closer
to the street okay so those they've
actually been transplanted to okay oh
they've already been transplanted
okay so is the intent for those arbores
to obscure the view of the fountain
completely from
Remington and the noise of the fountain
what noise a fountain creates is going
to be going toward the west toward house
yeah it it's essentially it's lined up
with that porch there right and and the
there's a side door to the house there
so it's sort of the intent was to enjoy
it as much as possible from the backyard
but also inside the house as well to see
the fountain
yeah
okay any other comments or questions
from members of the board well just like
to just it's irrelevant to your decision
but for anyone who hasn't gone by the
house it's amazing what they've done to
the roof they've replaced it with all
red clay tile original so um yeah this
this homeowner is doing a lot to upgrade
this house and it has a Spanish look to
it yeah the the new clay tile roof is
gorgeous and it even uh highlights the
Spanish look of the house yeah totally
different than this and was was original
to the house too I believe was a CL yeah
the what was original oh yeah it would
have to be or else it wouldn't be able
to support
it we won't get remarkable what we're
looking at here as that's asph yeah this
is an old SoDo so you know next time you
go buy it take no because it's pretty
spectacular very impressive so one of
the neighbors that had lived in the
neighborhood for a long time apparently
brought to tears seeing the clay tile
back on the because they remembered it
from yeah yeah I think I would it's
funny what brings Architects to tears
isn't it you
know coldhearted uh lawyers we don't cry
that much you know we we are sort of
hardened yeah
next um we're hardened to the realities
of life okay but anyway Mr chair if it
pleases you yeah I think we're no more
questions we're ready for staff has
identified one other issue that they
would like to recommend just be
addressed in the record of decision okay
which is that if you go to the site plan
please miss Booker um there are the r
garden beds technically our code defines
anything above six in in height as an
accessory structure so I would like to
include
language alongside the fountain adding
the raised garden beds as the variance
because those are also technically
accessory structures okay just belts and
suspens the fountain is definitely an
accessory structure and now you're
saying there might be another one if if
it's a 10 foot High bed as opposed to a
six six inch high bed yeah it's like 11
in right so I mean by the way we are
actively discussing this section of our
code and how reasonable it is but that
is technically our code so in case
anyone asks in the future I would like
that to be in the language if that's
okay gotcha makes sense since I already
got excited about the roof I will tell
you that cens steel is beautiful also
will match the roof corten steel it's
not like a garden bed made of
wood all right well they're doing a
certainly a nice job with it yeah I've
walked by
it all right uh
mayor Ben maybe we get findings of fact
and conclusions of the law you're going
to have to jery Mander them a little bit
I'm ready findings of fact decision of
the board for application Bap 2417 for
property located at 2606 Bexley Park
upon consideration of the application
proposed variance and evidence and
testimony before it the board finds that
the applicant has proven that the
criteria to Grant an area variance in
Vexy code section
12261 c have been met and a 20 foot
variance from Bexley c section 125 2.10
A2 to allow Fountain 5 feet from the
East property line and a variance from
12521 15 G1 to allow and I should I'm
I'm sorry I would modify that to the
allow the fountain and the raised garden
beds 5 feet from the East property line
approximately and variance from 15 12
5215 G1 to allow a fountain and raised
garden beds in the
sidey shall be granted with the
following
conditions that the setback of the Hedge
at the northeast corner of the property
be modified in
consultation would say that the setback
and specification of the Hedge at the
northeast corner of the property be
modified in consultation with staff
landscape consultant in conformance with
city code governing site
triangles all right just m is that okay
with you it's wonderful thank you all
right do I hear a motion to approve the
findings of fact conclusions of
law so movees Clinger thank you Mr
Kingler
second thank you Mr
line okay one second Mr Mayor please
call the role um could put in Kingler
first
Marsh could I go
second yes Levine yes lingler yes
chairman behall I also vote Yes the uh
good project and uh uh I'm glad you got
through this process here the right way
but thank you for coming back and doing
it thank you looks like a very good
beautiful project project sure isk you
um will the staff cons will the
consultant uh landscape consultant reach
out to me or is
that something I should
do okay
we'll connect you quickly okay wonderful
thank you all so much appreciate thank
you thank
you all right we're back to 123 South
Cassidy and I don't see anybody new in
the room which leads me to believe that
maybe Mr or Mrs could be
Patterson or M
low um forgot about it or got mixed up
or something I mean
I mean what we'll generally do in these
cases is table it to the next month
unless we have some reason to believe
that they are and in that way if they
want to withdraw their application they
can do so between now in the July
meeting very Prett straight is it okay
okay oh this is the trellis on the
street yeah yeah this is
not be fine with that I don't think we
can do that
legally okay then do I hear a motion to
table application number bcap 24-16
involving 123 South Cassidy so move
Kingler thank you Mr kler
second second Marsh thank you Mr Marsh
all in favor of of uh tabling this
matter say I I all oppos nay matter is
tabled unanimously
is there any other new business before
the board that anybody wishes to bring
up Mr chair I have some old business
okay under old business new business or
new business whatever it is they come
one right after the other so it doesn't
matter Fair okay so um I want to
highlight a couple things for you guys
we we last night appointed um some new
members to the board of zoning and
planning um so you will have joining
your ranks of effect of July
1st uh of course I didn't write it down
one second on this I wrote it down just
not not in this exact place I was just
looking um our new members to the board
of zoning and
planning um
are Andrew Rosenthal an architect with
Jad former member former member Sean
Turner has been
reappointed okay Patrick King has been
reappointed but he moves from alter to
full status and then Tiasha leac um is
is being appointed as an alternate
member okay and uh Mr Kingler will be
stepping off of the board of zoning and
planning uh because effective on Monday
he begins his tenure with the city of
Bexley as our as our new director of
building and planning so about that
future staff reports will be from
him clarify in the um who are the
alternates
um yes the alternates are Matt echel
brener and Tiasha lstc and we will have
contact information thank you soon we're
GNA be on boarding them um in in the
coming weeks um also wanted to share
that we will be organizing a celebration
to celebrate Kathy Rose in the time that
she's given to the city and all
commission and board members of course
will be invited that will be at the end
of July information is pending and we'll
be sent on on that looks like right
around July 31st you're talking I see
generally believe that's correct right
um otherwise we would have been also
toasting Kathy tonight and and Ling and
applauding her but as you know she was
taken out of out of office today because
of an emergency and um so we will wait
until there is a drink in our hand and
we will toast her appropriate at that
time we
will oh will she okay that's right good
point so council's on recess in July not
beap yeah so um we certainly uh I think
unanimously applaud all the work she's
done for us for all these years and uh
such a knowledgeable person and uh
lovely person to work with and we're all
going to miss her despite Mr klingler's
taking her spot we're going to miss her
a lot she's a lot better looking than he
is too on top of that a lot nicer than
he is Mr Kingler I think you might get
the award for the
shortest amount of time on the be app in
the history of Beckley because now he'll
be at every meeting yeah you you'll
you'll soon surpass other people's uh
tenure thanks for having me well
congratulations by the way to you I
think you're going to be a great at it I
think you'll enjoy the work and we'll
enjoy working with you that's for sure
as we have already awesome thank you
also uh Cher Beall I want to recognize
pton Jackson who was an intern with us
this summer she is
a she is a a planning graduate uh from
oh my gosh I just blanked Michigan State
right aha that's why she's wearing that
green sweater you know uh she loved
Michigan State so much that she's
returning for her Masters in planning so
she's been doing a great job with us
this summer and and Mar didn't you say
she had a presentation for us tonight
sure you ready let's do
it maybe next month I I'll have you know
that she must have stolen my shoes from
1973 because I had a pair just like that
feel like yeah every respectable young
person in America has those
but 12 pairs of those in my house right
now done an amazing job working with
Jason and I really good for
you good you never know she might
migrate back to Ohio when she figures
out how bad Michigan is and how good
Ohio is she doesn't want to get her
mastered right away yeah right I sure
hope so and I have to add to the
Applause for Payton um for the board and
commission workshop last week she helped
put together that whole exercise so it
was insanely helpful I saw her in action
there that's right all right and as
usual Miss Boker always does a fantastic
job because I don't want you just
because you're staying and not leaving
us to escape some Applause here so we we
than the great job you do month in and
month out for us
all right if yeah you'll be helping him
out yeah well he'll need some help for a
couple months yeah that's for sure uh do
I hear a motion to
adjourn move Kingler
second second Marsh all in favor of
adjournment say I I all oppos