Board of Adjustment - January 28, 2025 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 28, 2025.
The Members present or absent were as follows:
Present: Deb Wendel-Daub, Matthew Boreen, Michael Orth, Marcia Pulczinski, John Gunkelman (alternate)
Absent: Michael Love
Vice Chair Wendel-Daub called the meeting to order.
Item 1: Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting of December 17, 2024
Member Pulczinski moved the minutes of the December 17, 2024 Board of Adjustment meeting be approved. Second by Member Boreen. All Members present voted aye and the motion was declared carried.
Item 2: New Business
a. Variance Request – 726 40th Street North: DENIED
The request at 726 40th Street North, if granted, would allow a new primary structure to encroach in the required interior side setback in the GI, General Industrial zoning district as outlined in 20-05 of Fargo Municipal Code.
Planning Coordinator Kim Citrowske presented the staff report and reviewed the criteria used during staff’s analysis of the application. She stated staff is recommending denial, as the review criteria (a) and (c) have not been met.
Discussion was held on the current building on site, zoning of the property, setback implications in consideration of the upcoming Land Development Code rewrite, setback requirements in the GI, General Industrial versus LI, Limited Industrial zoning, and fire wall requirements.
Inspections Director Shawn Ouradnik spoke on behalf of the Inspections Department.
Applicant Vern Ray spoke on behalf of the application.
Discussion continued on the proposed uses in the building, vehicle access to the property and fire turnaround capabilities, alternate locations and layout for the proposed building, type of paint materials to be stored on site,
Applicant Representative Brian Reinerts spoke on behalf of the application.
Further discussion was held on alternate options, and building design.
Member Orth moved the findings of staff be accepted and the variance be denied as requested. Second by Member Gunkelman. Upon call of the roll Members Gunkelman, Orth, and Wendel-Daub voted aye. Members Boreen and Pulczinski voted nay. The motion was declared carried.
Item 3: Other Business
No other business was presented.
Item 4: Adjournment: Next Meeting – February 25, 2025
The time at adjournment was 9:36 a.m.