Minutes-Approved 3-14-2023CITY OF NEDERLAND
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
MINUTES
5:00 p.m. March 14, 2023
1. MEETING
The meeting was held March 14, 2023, at the City of Nederland D. Bob Henson
Office Building, 1903 Atlanta Avenue, Nederland, Texas and was called to order
at 5:00 p.m. by George Wheeler.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Michael Whitehead, Mike Louvier, Emmett Hollier,
and Kevin Smith
MEMBERS ABSENT: Paul Hussey
CITY STAFF PRESENT: George Wheeler, Chief Building Official and Beth
Merren, Inspections Department Secretary
OTHERS PRESENT: Cindy Schooling, Andrew Blackwelder, and Collin
Miller
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A motion was made by Michael Whitehead and seconded by Mike Louvier to
approve the minutes of the February 15, 2022 meeting. All voted aye.
3. VARIANCES
a. Cindy Schooling of DSW Homes requested a variance to the City Zoning
Ordinance, Section 12.2 to encroach nine (9') foot into the twenty (20') foot
minimum front yard building setback for the construction of a new home
located at 3412 Avenue C, described as Lot 14, Block 2 of Airport 1 Addition.
After a full discussion, a motion was made by Kevin Smith and seconded by
Mike Louvier to approve a variance to encroach five (5') into the twenty -foot
front yard building setback. All voted aye.
b. Andrew Blackwelder and Collin Miller, tenants of 3220 Nederland Avenue.,
described as Lots 24 and 25, Block 10, Youmans 3 Addition requested a
variance to the City Zoning Ordinance, Section 12.2 to move to this property,
a pre-engineered building that is less than the one thousand foot minimum
main building requirement for their business. After a full discussion, a motion
was made by Mike Louvier and seconded by Michael Whitehead to approve
the variance with the stipulations that there is no dining on site and that
commercial trash service must accommodate volume of waste. All voted aye.
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4. COMMUNICATIONS
New board members were introduced. Emmett Hollier was elected board
chairman.
5. ADJOURN
There bei
seconde
er business a motion was made by Emmett Hollier and
adjourn the meeting at 5:30 p.m. All voted aye.
Geor Wheeler, Building Official