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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Acting Chairperson Van Scoy, Board Members Trites Rolle, Brauer, Hunt, and Levine. Voting No: None. Absent. Chairperson Nixt and Board Member Cleveland. Motion by Acting Chairperson Van Scoy, seconded by Board Member Trites Rolle, to approve Oakwood Development's request for a variance to the front yard setback in the R -1 Residential District and adopt Resolution #06 -12 -370 declaring terms of the variance. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Acting Chairperson Van Scoy, Board Members Trites Rolle, Brauer, Hunt, and Levine. Voting No: None. Absent. Chairperson Nixt and Board Member Cleveland. Case #2: Request for a Variance from the Minimum Lot Width Requirement in the E- 1 Employment District; Case of Minks Custom Homes, Inc. Acting Chairperson Van Scoy closed the regular portion of the Board of Adjustment meeting at 7:41 p.m. in order to conduct the public hearing. Public Hearing Acting Chairperson Van Scoy called the public hearing to order at 7:41 p.m. Presentation Associate Planner Dalnes stated Ben Minks has made an application for a variance to subdivide an existing lot that will result in the new lot created not meeting the minimum lot width requirement in the E -1 Employment District. City Code defines lot width as the measurement of the property line abutting the street. The property is located generally on the southeast corner of Sunfish Lake Court and Sunfish Lake Boulevard. Ms. Dalnes stated Mr. Minks has recently submitted an application for a minor subdivision and variance to allow the back (east) portion of his lot to be separated from Lot 1, Block 1, Minks Business Park. The lot would have no frontage on a road; the newly created lot proposes access onto Sunfish Lake Court via an ingress- egress easement through Lot 1, Block 1 Minks Business Park. Ms. Dalnes explained according to City Code, all lots in the Employment District must have a minimum of 200 feet of frontage along a public street to be considered a conforming lot. The Subdivision standards in City Code state that no permit shall be issued for the erection of a building unless the parcel of land abuts a public street. Subdivision design standards also state that all lots created shall have the minimum frontage required on a public road. Associate Planner Dalnes reviewed that last summer the applicant combined two lots to make one, buildable lot on the property located at 14015 Sunfish Lake Boulevard. At that time, the Planning Commission discussed the applicant's proposition to build two buildings on the site. The applicant made some minor changes to the plat at the request of the Planning Commission, and sought approval of a revised plan that showed an expansion of the existing building as opposed to the original concept to eventually construct two buildings. The Planning Commission expressed concerns over the proposed plan at that time, mentioning that the applicant may be Board of Adjustment/December 7, 2006 Page 8 of 16