1110 SE 3rd St. - Variance to fence material denied

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DECISION OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS RE: Variance Request Sandra Munn 1110 SE 3rd Street Paris, TX 75460 ACTION REQUESTED: Variance to fence material. The above -reference request was (grante / denie/ granted in part and denied part) by the City of Paris Zoning Boa Vi°m, of Adjustment ("Boar ') on 3/1/2022 y a vote of . in favor of the application andy against the application with abstaining. On this date, the Board found that the request met the conditions set forth in Section 4.11.003(a)(7)(F) of the City of Paris Fencing Ordinance. Appeal: Any interested person wishing to appeal this Board decision is required to file a petition for Writ of Certiorari in a district court, county court or county court at law within ten (10) days of the date this decision is filed in the Board's office consistent with section 211.011 of the Texas Local Government Code. The Board of Adjustment here by denies the variance request based upon the following findings of fact. BOARD RECOMMENDATION & FINDINGS 1. The request for variance is not in harmony with the general purposes and intent of Fence Ordinance No. 2021-044, as amended, and does not continue to protect surrounding properties from any negative impacts. 2. The denial of the request to permit the fence with prohibited materials will not prevent the reasonable use of the property for the residence because the materials can be replaced with a fencing material that conforms to the ordinance requirements. 3. There are no special or unique condition(s) of restricted area, shape, topography, or physical features that exist on the subject parcel of land, which are not applicable to other parcels of land in the same zoning district, and which cause unusual and practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship to the use of a compliant fence material allowed by the ordinance with the provisions sought here to be varied. 4. The hardship sought to be avoided is the result of (a) the applicant's own actions (self-imposed or self-created), and (b) the applicant has not stated that there is an economic or financial