[ Call to Order Roll Call Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag]
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I WANT CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BRENTWOOD BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH, 2026.
UM, ALLISON, CAN YOU LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE HERE, ARE PRESENT, IF YOU WILL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ Approval or Correction of Minutes]
HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES FROM JULY 20TH, 2026? IF SO, ARE, DO YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES? IF NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? MOTION TO APPROVE.UH, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL, SAY AYE.
[1. BZA2607-001 Accessory Structure Request - Crockett Hills Subdivision, Section 3, Lot 54, 8300 Alamo Road, Zoning R-2 - Applicant: Mark Van Atta]
OKAY, WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.BZA 2 6 0 7 DASH ONE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE REQUEST.
CROCKETT HILL SUBDIVISION SECTION THREE LOT 54 AT 8,300 ALAMO ROAD ZONING.
ALRIGHT, UM, MARK FANTA REQUEST APPROVAL OF A 708 SQUARE FOOT DETACHED STRUCTURE TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE REAR BUILDABLE AREA OF THE LOT.
THE STRUCTURE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED OF HARDY BOARD SIDING PAINTED TO MATCH THE EXISTING HOUSE.
IT WILL HAVE A SHINGLE ROOF AND BE APPROXIMATELY 17 AND A HALF FEET TALL.
AND THE HEIGHT OF THE HOUSE IS APPROXIMATELY 27 FEET TALL.
WE HAVE ONE CONDITION OF APPROVAL, AN AS-BUILT SURVEY WILL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO FINAL INSPECTION AND ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.
AND THERE ARE FOUR STANDARD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE DETACH ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SUBJECT TO ALL BUILDING CODES AND STAFF NOTES.
WOULD WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME IN? UH, CAN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UH, MY NAME'S MARK VANETTA AND YOU LIVE AT THE RANCH AND I LIVE AT, AT 8,300 ALAMO.
AND MARK, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT, UH, HAS BEEN SHOWN, UH, REGARDING THIS REQUEST? UM, JUST, UH, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE, UH, TWO YEARS AGO.
WE'VE INVESTED A LOT TO REDO EVERYTHING.
OUR GOAL WAS TO KEEP THAT STRUCTURE AS IS TO, UM, TRY TO BLEND IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT WAS AND NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES.
AND NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE OUTSIDE.
WE JUST WANT TO IMPROVE UPON IT AND, AND WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT WITH, UH, ARCHITECTS, LANDSCAPERS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE RIGHT THING AND EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD TO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, TO ADD AND, AND MAKE THE YARD LOOK GOOD.
AND THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST FOR THE GARAGE IS, IN MY OPINION, I JUST WANT EVERYTHING TO HAVE A PLACE AND NOT PUT THINGS IN THE YARD.
AND ADDING THAT SECOND GARAGE WILL ALLOW US TO STORE OUR ITEMS AND MAKE SURE NOTHING'S, NOTHING'S OUTSIDE.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT LOOKS NICE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEN BESIDE IT, WE, WE HAVE A, WE'RE GONNA PUT A POOL IN, BUT IT'S ALL SORT OF TOGETHER.
AND IVE GOT ANY, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I'M GONNA ASK THE BOARD MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PICTURE JUST, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION? I THINK WHERE THE CAR IS PARKED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, THAT'S WHERE THE GARAGE, THIS, THIS IS WHERE WE WILL BE PULLED YES.
COMING TOWARD INTO THE BACKYARD.
SO IT'LL BE AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CODES IT NEEDS TO BE 10 FEET FROM ROOF TO ROOF.
SO WE'RE PUSHING IT BACK A BIT FURTHER THAN OUR, NOR WHEN WE FIRST DREW IT.
BUT ALLISON HAS HELPED US THROUGH THE PROCESS AND GIVEN US EVERYTHING WE'VE NEEDED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR MARK? NO QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS REQUEST? I'D LIKE TO, IF, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME.
AND ARE, WOULD, WOULD YOU BE A NEIGHBOR? I'M A NEIGHBOR.
CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS? SURE.
UM, I LIVE AT 83 0 3 JAMES ROBERTSON COURT, WHICH DIRECTLY IS BEHIND THAT PROPERTY.
UM, AND I, I WANNA SAY THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE ON THEIR HOME IS, IS
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FANTASTIC.IF YOU LOOK INSIDE, IT'S, IT'S SPECTACULAR.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE REALLY ANY CONCERN SO MUCH ABOUT THE GARAGE OR THE POOL, BUT I DID WANNA JUST ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
'CAUSE I'M, I'M DUMB AS A ROCK ABOUT THIS KIND OF STUFF AND I NEED SOME PEOPLE TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE ASPECT OF IT, WHICH IS THE EASEMENT THAT SEPARATES OUR PROPERTY.
UM, I'VE GOT, UH, AN OLD PLAT MAP OF, OF MY HOME AND IT SH THIS IS YOU.
AND I THINK, IS THAT YOU JOHN? I THINK, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME POINTING TO THE LEFT A BIT MORE, A BIT MORE.
I THINK THAT'S, I BELIEVE THAT'S HIS, NO.
IS THAT NOT RIGHT? NO, I, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE RIGHT BEHIND ME.
SORRY, MR. CAMPBELL, WHO IS HERE TONIGHT.
UM, IF YOU COULD COME BACK TO THE, IF YOU COULD COME BACK TO THE MICROPHONE JUST SO WE CAN SORT THAT.
LIKE I SAID, I'M DUMB AS A ROCK ABOUT THIS STUFF.
UM, AND I'LL EVEN NEED YOUR HELP PRONOUNCING SOMETHING ON MY PLAT MAP.
IT DOES SHOW THAT THERE'S A 10 FOOT DRAINAGE IN UTILITY EASEMENT.
UM, WHICH I BELIEVE IS ON MY SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
AS, AS I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S NOT TOTAL, IT'S LIKE 10 FEET ON MY PROPERTY.
AND ON MR. VAN'S DIAGRAM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A 10 FOOT COMPARABLE EASEMENT ON HIS SIDE.
AND, UM, I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT EASEMENT DO? SO ALLISON, CAN YOU GO TO, CAN YOU EXPAND THIS PICTURE? YEAH, THAT'S AS CLOSE AS I CAN.
UM, THIS IS OF THE VETAS PROPERTY.
SO MOST SUBDIVISIONS DO HAVE A 10 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
SO YOU'LL HAVE, THEY HAVE 10 FEET ON THEIRS AND YOU HAVE 10 FEET ON.
THIS, THIS IS THE PROPERTY LINE, CORRECT? YES.
SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
UM, A SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS ON THIS DIAGRAM TO THE RIGHT, IT SAYS PROPOSED 69 INCH CODE COMPLIANT FENCE.
FENCE SHALL NOT ENCROACH INTO, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT WHEN IT'S ABBREVIATED PUDE, HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE IT? THAT'S HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT.
IS THAT PART OF THE APPROVED PLAN FOR THIS PROJECT? LIKE DOES THAT BINDING IN ANY WAY? WELL, THEY CAN'T GET A BUILDING PERMIT UNLESS THEY SHOW I'M GONNA, YOU PROBABLY SHOULD STATE IT.
SO RIGHT NOW, BEFORE THE BOARD OF ZONING PILLS IS REALLY ONLY THE PLACEMENT OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, THE SIZE OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, THE HEIGHT AND UM, THE APPEARANCE.
SO WHEN THEY DO SUBMIT FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE PERMIT, UM, THE FENCE WILL GET LOOKED AT BY NOT ONLY OUR BUILDING CODES DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
IF, IF THAT FENCE WERE TO BE MOVED INTO THE DE MM-HMM
DOES THAT REQUIRE A SPECIAL APPROVAL? IT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN APPROVE AN ENCROACHMENT INTO THE, THE PUDE.
IF THEY DETERMINE THAT, UM, THERE'S NO UTILITIES OR DRAINAGE THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY PLACEMENT OF A FENCE, TYPICALLY, IF THEY ARE GOING TO APPROVE ENCROACHMENT INTO THE PUDE THE MOST, THAT THEY WILL ALLOW US FIVE FEET INTO IT.
WE DON'T TEND TO LIKE, UH, FENCES BEING ON PROPERTY LINES.
'CAUSE IT GETS A LITTLE HAZY AT THAT POINT OF WHERE, WHERE IMAGINARY LINES EXACTLY.
UM, ARE ON THE GROUND VERSUS ON PAPER.
UM, BUT SO ENGINEERING WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT IF THEY DO WANT TO MOVE IT, UM, INTO THE PUD AND THEY'D HAVE TO APPLY FOR A SEPARATE FENCE PERMIT.
UM, THIS BOARD, THOSE ARE, UH, SO FENCES, SIDEWALKS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS ARE A DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION OF, OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
SO WE DON'T YOU DON'T GET INVOLVED IN IT.
WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THOSE.
I, I, MR. VAN HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT.
I KNOW HE'S IN A BIT OF A, OF A
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BIND WITH THAT 'CAUSE THEY HAVE PLANTED SOME TREES ALREADY, UH, ABOUT WHERE THAT FENCE WOULD BE.AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT TRYING TO MOVE THE FENCE INTO THAT EASEMENT.
I THINK I HAVE JUST SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
UH, ONE OF WHICH INTERESTINGLY IS I, I LOOKED IT UP 15 YEARS AGO.
THE CITY HAD TO COME IN AND EXCAVATE ALONG THAT EASEMENT, UM, IN, IN THE SPOT WHERE THAT WOULD BE, UH, ACTUALLY ENDED UP WRITING A LETTER TO THE CITY, UM, COMPLIMENTING THE CITY ON THE WORK THAT THEY DID.
'CAUSE IT WAS SO EFFICIENT AND WELL DONE.
UM, SO I JUST WOULD HATE TO HAVE A PROBLEM IN THAT AREA, BUT I, I DON'T THINK, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S WITH, IT'S OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS MEETING, SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK REGARDING THE REQUEST? IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS RANDY CAMPBELL AND I LIVE AT 83 0 4 JAMES ROBERTSON COURT.
JUST WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT TO THE RIGHT.
BUT I, I GOT THE CERTIFIED LETTER.
I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND CAME BACK AND, AND LOOKED AT IT.
YOU CAME BACK FOR THAT? YEAH, I CAME BACK ON SA NO, I DIDN'T COME BACK FOR THIS, BUT I LOOKED AT IT ON SATURDAY AND, AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE ADDRESS WAS.
SO I DROVE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WENT, OH, THAT BACKS UP HERE.
SO I, I TOOK A CLOSER LOOK MM-HMM
AND, UM, I'VE WATCHED WHAT THE VAN ADDS HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF IMPROVING THAT PROPERTY.
AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THEY ARE KEEPING WITH THE INTEGRITY OF THE, OF THE EXISTING HOMES VERSUS SOME OF THE TEAR DOWNS IN THE BIG THINGS THAT ARE COMING.
AND I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
AND I WAS, I WAS JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, WHAT WAS REALLY THERE.
DON'S BEEN A GREAT NEIGHBOR FOR 15 YEARS, SO PART OF, UH, THE REASON I WANTED TO COME WAS JUST TO BE HERE AND BE IN SUPPORT OF HIM, BUT I'M, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE.
ALLISON, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY OTHER CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING THIS REQUEST? UH, THE ONLY PHONE CALL THAT I RECEIVED WAS FROM DAWN.
SO HE'S HERE TONIGHT, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANYBODY, UM, ELSE VIA EMAIL, IN PERSON OR PHONE CALL.
BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS REQUEST? IF THERE ARE NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE.
TODD, YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING, OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL, SAY AYE.
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DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US? OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE SEPTEMBER 17TH AND WE WILL HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER, THE CITY COMMISSION WILL BE APPOINTING A NEW BCA MEMBER AT THEIR AUGUST 24TH MEETING.AND THEN I'LL BE WITH Y'ALL UNTIL FOR TWO MORE MEETINGS.
SO, PROBABLY WON'T BE HERE IN NOVEMBER.
UNTIL WHO, WHO WILL BE YOUR FILL IN FEBRUARY? WHO? JACKSON.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.