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W - 'i • MINUTES OF THE CITY OF MAY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PARIS, TEXAS 14, 1975 The Board of Adjustment of the City of Paris met in a called meeting, Wednesday, May 14, 1975, at 5:15 P.M. in the Council Room of City Hall with the following members present: 1. F. D. Mallory III, Chairman 2. Ben Hinds 3. Dr. James Moore 4. Richard Nafe 5. Charlie Walker The meeting was called to order by Chairman Mallory and the minutes of April 7, 1975 were approved as written. The first item on the agenda was the petition of Mr. 0. L. Rainey for a variance to Ordinance No. 1710, Section 9 -301, Lot Depth Requirements in a proposed subdivision of part of Lots 14 and 20, City Block 196 located between Robin Road and Lamar Avenue at the east end of Houston Street. Mr. Don McLaughlin, Attorney, spoke for Mr. Rainey stating that his request for a deviation from the strict adherance to the Zoning Ordinance was based on the following: 1. Due to the location of the property and its limitation in width, a 50' wide street right of way and 100' minimum depth lots cannot be provided for on 10 of the proposed 18 lots in the subdivision. 2. Effort had been made to obtain additional land on the south side of this property to comply with the Ordinance. Of the four properties for which an offer was made to purchase, two would not sell and the other two offered to sell at a price Mr. Rainey could not pay. 3. Mr. Rainey is wilting to place restrictions on the property to insure a development equal to the adjacent property. Mr. McLaughlin read the proposed restrictions and stated that they could be enforced by any property owner within the addition or contiguous to it. He ended his statement by saying his client was entitled to some use of his property and his proposal was reasonable. Attorney Webb Board, speaking for some of the area residents adjacent to the property, stated that regardless of the type of house proposed, his clients were opposed to lots of this size. They believe that their substantial investment in their homes would be devalued by substandard size lots. He further stated his belief that additional land from those properties facing Lamar Avenue could be purchased.