Board of Adjustment - June 27, 2017 Minutes
Regular Meeting: Tuesday: June 27, 2017
The Regular Meeting of the Board of Adjustment of the City of Fargo, North Dakota, was held in the City Commission Room at City Hall at 9:00 o’clock a.m., Tuesday, June 27, 2017.
The Members present or absent were as follows:
Present: Matthew Boreen, Russell Ford-Dunker, Michael Love, Mark Lundberg, Mike Mitchell
Absent: Deb Wendel-Daub
Vice Chair Love called the meeting to order.
Item 1: Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting of May 23, 2017
Member Lundberg moved the minutes of the May 23, 2017 Board of Adjustment meeting be approved. Second by Member Ford-Dunker. All Members present voted aye and the motion was declared carried.
Item 2: New Business
a) Variance Request – 285 1st Avenue North: APPROVED
Request for a variance of Article 21-06 of the Municipal Code. The requested variance is to allow a proposed lift station to be constructed to a lower elevation than would otherwise be required by the City’s Floodproofing Code.
Planner Aaron Nelson presented the staff report and an overview of the request.
Mr. Nelson reviewed the criteria used during staff’s analysis, and stated all approval criteria have been met and staff is recommending approval.
Member Ford-Dunker moved the findings of staff be accepted and the variance to allow a proposed lift station to be constructed to a lower elevation than would otherwise be required by the City’s Floodproofing Code be approved, on the basis that the review considerations of Section 21-0603 have been satisfied. Second by Member Lundberg. Upon call of the roll Members Love, Boreen, Lundberg, Ford-Dunker, and Mitchell voted aye. Absent and not voting: Member Wendel-Daub. The motion was declared carried.
b) Variance Request – 200 4th Street South: APPROVED
Request for a variance of Article 21-06 of the Municipal Code. The requested variance is to allow a proposed lift station to be constructed to a lower elevation than would otherwise be required by the City’s Floodproofing Code.
Aaron Nelson presented the staff report and an overview of the request.
Mr. Nelson reviewed the criteria used during staff’s analysis, and stated all approval criteria have been met and staff is recommending approval.
Member Lundberg moved the findings of staff be accepted and the variance to allow a proposed lift station to be constructed to a lower elevation than would otherwise be required by the City’s Floodproofing Code be approved, on the basis that the review considerations of Section 21-0603 have been satisfied, with the condition that all new buildings and equipment be constructed as floodable, or a combination of floodable and elevated, at or above the floodable levels of existing equipment (e.g. generator) or existing lowest opening of buildings on site. Second by Member Mitchell. Upon call of the roll Members Mitchell, Boreen, Lundberg, Ford-Dunker, and Love voted aye. Absent and not voting: Member Wendel-Daub. The motion was declared carried.
Item 3: Other Business
Mr. Nelson noted the election of officers for the Board of Adjustment would be held at the July 25, 2017 meeting.
Item 4: Adjournment
Member Ford-Dunker moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:15 a.m. Second by Member Lundberg. All Members present voted aye and the motion was declared carried.