Board of Adjustment - January 23, 2024 Minutes

The Regular Meeting of the Board of Adjustment of the City of Fargo, North Dakota, was held in the Commission Chambers at City Hall at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 23, 2024.

The Members present or absent were as follows:

Present: Deb Wendel-Daub (via conference call), Jared Heller, Michael Love, Michael Orth, Matthew Boreen

Absent: None

Chair Love called the meeting to order.

Item 1: Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting of October 24, 2023
Member Heller moved the minutes of the October 24, 2023 Board of Adjustment meeting be approved. Second by Member Orth. All Members present voted aye and the motion was declared carried.

Item 2: New Business
a. Variance Request – 3377 39th Street South: APPROVED
Request for a variance of Article 21-06 of the Municipal Code. The requested variance is to allow construction at a lower elevation than would otherwise be required by the City’s Floodproofing Code.

Planning Coordinator Kim Citrowske presented the staff report and overview of the request.

Applicant representative Andrew Thill, Lowry Engineering, spoke on behalf of the application.

Discussion was held regarding water and sewer connections and the acknowledgment of liability form.

Applicant Michael Casper spoke on behalf of the application.

Member Orth moved the findings of staff be accepted and the variance be approved as requested. Second by Member Orth. Upon call of the roll Members Wendel-Daub, Heller, Orth, and Love voted aye. Absent and not voting: Member Boreen. The motion was declared carried.

Item 3: Other Business
Chair Love indicated that this would be Member Heller’s last meeting and thanked him for his service to the Board of Adjustment.

Item 4: Adjournment
Member Heller moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:06 a.m. Second by Member Orth. All Members present voted aye and the motion was declared carried.