[00:00:01] WHEN I CHECKED THERE. WHENEVER YOU ARE. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING WELL TODAY. WELCOME TO THE MAY 18TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT. THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT IS A FIVE MEMBER BOARD. THREE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES ARE REQUIRED TO APPROVE A REQUEST FOR VARIANCE OR OTHER APPEAL. FOR ANYONE ADDRESSING THE BOARD TODAY. PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THEN TELL US WHAT YOUR HARDSHIP IS, OR WHAT YOUR OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST MAY BE. AM I SPEAKING LOUD ENOUGH, SIR? IT'S HARD OF HEARING. I AM TOO. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING. I USUALLY AM TOLD I TALK TOO LOUD. SO I WAS TONE DEAF. YEAH. FOR MY EARS. RIGHT HERE. YOU WILL BE GIVEN OUR DECISION TODAY VERBALLY. AND YOU WILL RECEIVE OUR DECISION IN WRITING WITHIN TEN DAYS. ZONING APPROVALS CAN BE ISSUED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE HEARING IN OUR OFFICE AT ROOM B 200. HOWEVER, YOU WILL FIRST BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. IF YOUR APPLICATION INVOLVES CONNECTION TO A SEPTIC TANK OR THE JEFFERSON COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IF YOUR APPLICATION INVOLVES CONNECTION TO SANITARY SEWER. ANYONE DISAGREEING WITH THE BOARD'S DECISION TODAY HAS 15 DAYS IN WHICH TO FILE AN APPEAL IN CIRCUIT COURT. ALSO, WE WOULD ASK AT THIS TIME THAT YOU SILENCE ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES DURING OUR HEARING. OKAY. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY [A-26-0004 Amos Lamar Smith, Jr. and Rhonda Dianne Smith, owners; request a variance to allow construction of a 1,620 sq.ft. accessory structure with an 80 sq.ft. attached covered front porch in lieu of the cumulative allowed 1,200 sq.ft. for accessory structures. Property zoned R-1 (Single Family District) PID# 1400091005008002 in section 9/ Township 16S/ Range 3W. Lot 6-A / Whittens Resurvey of Lot 6, Block 2 of Gardendale Homesteads. (Site address 5311 Sutherland Rd., Mt. Olive, 35117)(0.72 Acres +/-)(Mount Olive ) ] IS CASE A 26004 APPLICANT. AMOS SMITH JUNIOR, WOULD STAFF PLEASE PRESENT THE CASE? TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. STARTED. I DON'T KNOW, LET'S JUST ROLL WITH IT. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS ONLY TWO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. READY, PLEASE. THIS CASE A 260004 IS A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 1620 FOOT SQUARE FOOT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WITH A 80 SQUARE FOOT ATTACHMENT, OPEN FRONT PORCH, AND A 220 SQUARE FOOT LEAN TO SHED ATTACHED TO THE REAR. IN LIEU OF THE MAXIMUM CUMULATIVE ALLOWED 1200 SQUARE FOOT FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, THE EXISTING ZONING R1 SINGLE FAMILY IT'S ABOUT 0.72 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES. SECTION 701 LIMITS THE NUMBER OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ALLOWED TO TWO, WITH AN ALLOWABLE CUMULATIVE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 1200FT■S FOR PROPERTIES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES AND FOR PROPERTIES IN A ONE AGRICULTURE ZONING THAT HAVE LESS THAN ONE ACRE. THIS PROPERTY RETAINS ITS R-1 SINGLE FAMILY ZONING. THERE'S NO LAND RELATED HARDSHIP WITH REGARD TO THIS REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE, BUT THE REQUEST IS MINOR IN NATURE. THE SIZE OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IS RESTRICTED IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING. AS I SAID BEFORE, THERE WAS A PREVIOUS VARIANCE A 24007 ALLOWED FOR A PROPOSED 28 BY 50 FOOT, WOOD WOOD SHOP STRUCTURE. THERE ARE NO ACCESSORIES STRUCTURES, NO OTHER ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY. THERE ARE NO ADVERSE IMPACTS ANTICIPATED FOR GRANTING THIS REQUEST. SINCE 2000, THE BOARD HAS HEARD 34 CASES TO ALLOW FOR STRUCTURES LARGER THAN 1200FT■S IN THESE RESIDENTIAL ZONES, CONTAINING AN A ONE ZONES CONTAINING LESS THAN ONE AREA. OF THOSE CASES, ONLY THREE WERE DENIED. THE THREE ARE BULLET POINTS IN YOUR [00:05:03] REPORT, SO THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR CASE A 26004. THANK YOU. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT REGARDING THIS CASE? NO, I DO NOT. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT TO THIS REQUEST? NO. OKAY. IS THAT I CAN'T HEAR? PARDON ME. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? IS THE APPLICANT HERE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? OR IF YOU DO, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. OKAY. MY NAME IS AMOS LAMAR SMITH JUNIOR, AND THE ADDRESS IS 5311 SUTHERLAND ROAD. AND THE. IT'S A WORKSHOP IN THE BACKYARD. ORIGINALLY HAD A PASS APPROVAL VARIANCE FOR THE SHOP WITH A LEAN TO SHED ON THE BACK. AND ALL THIS IS DOING IS CHANGING THAT LEAN TO TO BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE SHOP BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE IT FROM MY HOUSE. AND FOR SECURITY PURPOSES I WANT IT CONTAINED. AND SO IT'S STAYING THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE AS THE ORIGINAL SHOP AND LEAN TO THAT WAS THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE ADDITION OF JUST THE SIX BY TEN CONCRETE PAD THAT'S GOT A PORCH ON THE BACK. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST? IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD? MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR CASE A DASH 26-000. FOR I SECOND THE MOTION. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. YOUR REQUEST HAS BEEN GRANTED. THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT CASE IS A 26005. THE PROPERTY OWNERS [A-26-0005 Jefferson County Board of Education, owner; Jim Mitchell, owner; request a variance from the terms of the zoning resolution to allow a subdivision to be platted having a minimum of 60 feet of lot width in lieu of the required 65 feet for front loading garages; and, to waive the requirement for 10% open space in proposed R-2 (Single Family) zoning* Property zoned Institutional-1. PID# 2200083001026000. section 8/ Twp 17/ Range 3 W. Acreage.(Site address 1520 Cherry Avenue, Birmingham, 35214)(6.58 Acres +/-)(Forestdale)*Pending rezoning case: Z-26-0007] OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION APPLICANT, JIM MITCHELL MITCHELL, WOULD STAFF PLEASE PRESENT THIS CASE? YES, MA'AM. THIS IS A VARIANCE FOR THE TERMS OF THE ZONING RESOLUTION TO ALLOW SUBDIVISION TO BE PLATTED, HAVING A MINIMUM OF 60FT OF LOT WITH IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED 65FT FOR FRONT LOADING GARAGES, AND TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A 10% OPEN SPACE IN PROPOSED R TWO SINGLE FAMILY ZONING, THERE'S A CONCURRENT ZONING CASE WITH THIS VARIANCE CASE. THE EXISTING ZONING IS INSTITUTIONAL ONE AND R TWO FAMILY SINGLE FAMILY PENDING THE ZONING CASE, WHICH WILL, IF APPROVED, THE WHOLE PARCEL OF LAND WILL BE ZONED R TWO. THE EXISTING SITE NOW IS VACANT. IT'S 6.58 ACRES. THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED R TWO FROM R TWO TO INSTITUTIONAL ONE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE SCHOOL PROPERTY. THE REASON THAT THE THE OUR ZONING REGULATIONS WOULD HAVE REQUIRED WOULD HAVE ONLY REQUIRED 60FT. BUT TO ACCOMMODATE THE MODERN BUILDING STYLE WITH GARAGES, WE AMENDED THE ZONING REGULATION TO BE 65FT TO ACCOMMODATE DRIVEWAYS AND GARAGES, TO KEEP CARS FROM BEING LEFT IN THE SIDEWALK OR RIGHT OF WAY. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS VACANT, BUT WAS ONCE AGAIN THE HILLVIEW THE OLD HILLVIEW SCHOOL. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN INFILL RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SITE. THERE IS NO LAND RELATED HARDSHIP WITH REGARDS TO THE REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCE, BUT THE REQUEST IS MINOR IN NATURE AND WILL ARGUABLY BE MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA THAN WOULD CONCURRENTLY BE PERMITTED. I MUST SAY THAT THE PROPERTY IS ALMOST SURROUNDED BY EXISTING R TWO ZONING DISTRICT, EXCEPT TO THE WEST, WHICH IS A ONE AND TO THE EAST, WHICH I THINK IS R ONE. THE PREVIOUS STANDARDS IN R-2 ZONING THERE WERE IN PLACE FOR 50 PLUS YEARS DID NOT DISTINGUISH THE LOCATION OF THE GARAGE. THUS, THE NEW ZONING REGULATIONS REQUIRE MORE SPACE. ALSO, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS [00:10:06] VACANT. THAT BEING SAID, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR CASE A 260005. OKAY. THANK YOU. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT REGARDING THIS CASE? NO, NO. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT TO THIS REQUEST? IF SO, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM. AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M ANGELA JONES KING. MY ADDRESS IS 929 CAGLE ROAD. MY PROPERTY IS WELL. THE SCHOOL'S PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY BEHIND MY HOME, AND THE SCHOOL'S PROPERTY, I'M TOLD, IS ON SEWER. BUT WE'RE ON SEPTIC TANK, SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT IF I'M AT THE RIGHT HEARING FOR THIS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN AT ALL OF THE OTHERS. BUT MY CONCERN IS WE HAVE SEPTIC TANK FIELD LINES THAT GO TOWARDS THAT ENCROACHES ON THE NEW DEVELOPING PROPERTY. WE DIDN'T PUT IT THERE AND IT'S BEEN THERE. I'VE BEEN AT THIS HOME 33 YEARS, AND WE'VE MAINTAINED THIS PROPERTY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD PUT UP A FENCE AND WELL, ACTUALLY THE PTA MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. I HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT REMEMBERS ALL OF THAT, AND HE WOULD BE WILLING TO SAY THAT AS WELL. SO MY CONCERN IS, I THINK MR. MITCHELL, HE WE HAD ALREADY TALKED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID OUR FIELD LINES DO GO ONTO THAT PROPERTY. SO WE DON'T WANT IT TAMPERED WITH OR MESSED UP WHERE IT'S GOING TO MESS UP OUR FIELD LINES THAT GO TO OUR SEPTIC TANK BY DEVELOPING ON TOP OF OUR LAND OR, OR THE LAND THAT'S CONNECTED TO OUR PROPERTY. SO THAT'S STILL A CONCERN OF MINE. SO I'M IN OPPOSITION ONLY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'VE KIND OF ACCEPTED THE IDEA THAT IF THEY'RE PUTTING HOMES THERE, BUT WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE WHERE IT MESSES UP OUR FIELD LINES THAT'S CONNECTED TO OUR SEPTIC TANK. BECAUSE IF IT MESSES THAT UP, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO. AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COULD NOT GIVE US. THEY TOLD US THAT THEY DON'T KEEP RECORDS. PRIOR TO 1980. WE WENT THERE AND THEN WE HAD THEM TO COME OUT AND PROBE OUR LAND AND THEY SAID, YES, THE FIELD LINES DO GO FURTHER OUT NOW. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CALLED ME ON FRIDAY, THIS PAST FRIDAY AND SAID HE SAID HE YOU KNOW THAT I THINK MR. MITCHELL OR THE DEVELOPERS WERE THINKING ABOUT GIVING LIKE A 15 FOOT EASEMENT, BUT HE SAID HE'S STILL NOT SURE OR MADE ME FEEL LIKE HE WASN'T SURE THAT THAT WOULD STILL BE ENOUGH EASEMENT IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF A FUTURE PROBLEM THAT COULD EXIST IF SOMEBODY DUG THE FIELD LINES UP. SO JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE DEVELOPING NEW PROPERTY. SO MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS I DON'T WANT MY, YOU KNOW, SEPTIC TANK MESSED UP BECAUSE OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW. AND MR. MITCHELL SAYS, OH, THEY SAID IT WON'T. BUT WHEN WE SPOKE WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HE SAID HE DOESN'T THINK THAT IT WOULD TAMPER WITH IT. THAT WAS A LITTLE UNSETTLING FOR ME BECAUSE HE COULDN'T GIVE ME AN ABSOLUTE. HE JUST ASSUMES THAT HE CAN KIND OF PINPOINT WHERE IT MIGHT BE, BUT HE COULDN'T GIVE ME AN ABSOLUTE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH A 15 FOOT EASEMENT, IF THEY GRANTED THAT, WHICH IS STILL, YOU KNOW, OKAY, FOR THEM TO DO THAT, IF IT WOULD NOT, YOU KNOW, TAMPER WITH MY, MY FIELD LINES, BUT, YOU KNOW, WOULD IT TAKE MORE OF AN EASEMENT IF THE PROPERTY LINE FIELD LINES GO LOWER THAN THAT TOWARDS THEIR PROPERTY, BUT IT DOES ENCROACH ONTO TO THAT NEW PROPERTY. SO THAT'S WE'VE KIND OF DETERMINED THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT. BUT WHOEVER THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS, HE TOLD US THAT THE FIELD LINES GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FENCE. WELL, THEY'RE WANTING TO MOVE THE FENCE BACK TOWARDS MY PROPERTY LINE, BUT WE'VE MAINTAINED THIS PROPERTY FOR 33 YEARS. WE'VE CUT THE KUDZU, THE I MEAN, THE FENCE THAT'S THERE HAD CUT THROUGH IT, EVEN TORE DOWN A PART OF THE FENCE. SOME FENCE PART IS UP, SOME IS DOWN. YOU KNOW, GOPHERS WERE ALL IN THE LAND. THEY NEVER CUT. IF THEY CUT IT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN TWO TIMES IN THE 33 YEARS THAT I'M AWARE OF BECAUSE WE'VE CUT THE THE GRASS, WE'VE CUT, YOU KNOW, TREATED THE KUDZU. WE'VE WE'VE DONE ALL OF THAT OURSELVES. MY HUSBAND AND I, YOU KNOW, AND THE NEIGHBOR THAT'S DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO ME. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN TO ME AND TO OUR [00:15:06] FAMILY. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 33 YEARS. MY KIDS NOW ARE GROWN. THEY'VE GONE TO HILLVIEW SCHOOL. WE'VE LOVED THE SCHOOL. IT'S A LOT. YOU KNOW, WE WERE THINKING COULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITH THE PROPERTY. BUT IF WE HAVE TO ACCEPT FOR A SINGLE HOME FAMILIES, THAT'S FINE. JUST DON'T TAMPER WITH OUR LINES. THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE US TO HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE. AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THOSE LINES END. THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR US, AND NO ONE CAN FIND OUT. WELL, WHEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAME OUT, HE PROBED THE LAND AND HE SAID, I THINK HE THOUGHT THAT THE FIELD LINES DO GO ON TO THE NEW PROPERTY. AND HE DID SAY THAT. AND HE SPOKE SUPPOSEDLY WITH MR. MITCHELL, BUT HE DID TELL ME HE DID. AND HE JUST SAID, I THINK THAT THEY DON'T. AND THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S NOT EXTREMELY COMFORTING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, KNEW EXACTLY. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE RECORDS. WE JUST DON'T. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO GET THOSE RECORDS FROM BECAUSE THEY DON'T KEEP IT. WE HAD THEM TO SEARCH. WE'VE GONE ALL OVER HERE. WE WENT TO THE LIBRARY. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE EVERYWHERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS PROBLEM. AND IF THEY DEVELOP PROPERTY ON TOP OF IT, AND WE JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FIELD LINES, WITH OUR SEPTIC TANK, AND HE PUTS THE FENCE COMING BACK TOWARDS MY HOME. WE CAN'T GET TO THE THEY CAN'T EVEN FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE NOW THAT FIELD LINE WOULD BE ONTO THEIR PROPERTY. SO, SO THE FENCE WOULD THEN DIVIDE WHERE WE CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE IF IT WAS BECAUSE THEY'RE ON SEWER AND WE'RE ON SEPTIC TANK. SO IF YOU HAVE A FENCE THERE AND OUR LINES GO BEYOND THAT FENCE, WHAT DO WE DO? AND ALSO, IF THEY DID GRANT AN EASEMENT, WHO TAKES CARE OF THAT PROPERTY? I MEAN, WE'VE DONE IT. I MEAN, WE DON'T NECESSARILY MIND DOING THAT. BUT WHO NOW WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT EVEN WITH THE WITH THE GRANTING OF AN EASEMENT. BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THE EASEMENT THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT WILL TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. IT'S JUST HYPOTHETICAL THAT WE THINK THAT THAT MAY BE THE CASE OR THAT'S WHAT HE KIND OF IMPLIED TO ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. MITCHELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STEP FORWARD AND ADDRESS THIS? PLEASE GIVE US YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS, YOUR HOME ADDRESS. MY NAME IS JIMMY MITCHELL. AND MY DATE? YOU WANT MY ADDRESS? 354 SHILOH LANE. AND THAT'S IN TALLADEGA. GOD'S COUNTRY. AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS. I UNDERSTAND THIS LADY'S PROBLEM. AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND I'M A BUYER. I DON'T OWN THAT PROPERTY. OKAY. I'M GOING. I WENT TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THEY PUT A FOR SALE SIGN ON IT AND WE'VE NEGOTIATED A PURCHASE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I COME INTO THE PICTURE. ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANYONE TO BUY ANY PIECE OF PROPERTY IS TO GET TITLE INSURANCE, RIGHT? IF THERE IS AN ENCROACHMENT FROM ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY ON TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THE TITLE INSURANCE IS HAS A BLEMISH IN IT AND IT HAS TO BE CORRECTED BEFORE YOU GET CLEAR TITLE. SO THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HERE. WHAT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE A SMALL ITEM, BUT THE TITLE INSURANCE IS GOING TO REQUIRE THAT NO ENCROACHMENT BE ON THAT PROPERTY. OKAY, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THIS TRAIN. NOW AS FAR AS HER FEELINGS, I MET WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR AT THE PROPERTY. WE FOUND TWO EXISTING OWNERS ON THE ADJOINING LOT THAT ADJOINS HERS. WE TOOK SOME ORANGE PAINT AND SPRAYED THEM SO THEY COULD BE EASILY SPOTTED. THEN WE WENT ON TO HER PROPERTY AND HE TURNED AROUND AND LINED UP THOSE TWO CORNERS, AND IT APPEARED THAT HER FIELD LINES WERE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, FAR OVER ON HER PROPERTY FROM THAT LINE. OKAY, HE IS GOING TO BE AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION WHEN THEY REVIEW THE THE ZONING. HE PLANS TO ATTEND THAT MEETING AND TESTIFY AS TO WHAT HE SAW OUT THERE. OKAY. BUT HIS THE JUDGMENT HE REACHED WAS THEY WERE NOT ON THE SCHOOL PROPERTY, BUT THEY WERE AWFUL CLOSE. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THAT CLOSE. BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO GET A SEPTIC TANK PERMIT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER DONE IT. I'VE DONE ABOUT A THOUSAND OF THEM. THEY REQUIRE A SURVEYOR OR AN ENGINEER TO GO TO THAT PROPERTY, DRILL HOLES ON THE PROPERTY AND RUN A WATER [00:20:06] TEST TO DETERMINE THAT THAT THAT THE SOIL WILL ABSORB THE WATER. THEY WILL THEY REQUIRE A DRAWING OF THE SITE PLAN SHOWING THE HOUSE, THE SEPTIC TANK AND THE FIELD LINES. AND ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE ON THE PROPERTY, OKAY. OR THEY WON'T APPROVE IT. THEY WON'T EVEN ALLOW YOU TO PUT IT IN. SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT ON YOUR PROPERTY. AND THEN WHEN THE INSTALLER GOES OUT TO INSTALL THE TANK, HE HAS TO LEAVE THE TANK UNCOVERED AND THE FIELD LINES UNCOVERED SO HE COULD SEE THEM. SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT GOES OUT THERE, THEY LOOK AT THOSE FIELD LINES, THEY SEE WHERE THEY ARE, THEY CHECK THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEY INSPECT THE SEPTIC TANK. NOW THAT DON'T MEAN THEY'RE PERFECTLY GOOD, BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL YOU CAN DO TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROBABILITY IS THEY'RE GOING TO WORK. OKAY, SO THEN YOU COVER ALL THAT UP. NORMALLY THEY KEEP THOSE RECORDS FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THEY MUST BE DESTROYING RECORDS FROM OLDER SUBDIVISIONS. AND THIS SUBDIVISION GOES BACK AT LEAST 20 YEARS OR SO, MAYBE MORE. NOW, AS FAR AS WHAT DOES SHE DO IF HER FIELD LINES FAIL? AND THAT CAN HAPPEN FROM LOTS OF REASONS. USUALLY IF IT FAILS BECAUSE OF THE SOIL NOT ABSORBING THE WATER, IT DOES THAT WITHIN A YEAR OF WHEN THE SEPTIC TANK WAS PUT IN, NORMALLY, A BIG HEAVY TRUCK DRIVING OVER THEM DAMAGES THEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHILE IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WHAT DOES SHE DO IF THEY FAIL HER FRONT YARD, AS BEST WE CAN TELL, HAS NO FIELD LINES IN IT AT ALL. SO ALL THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO IS CONNECT TO THE SEPTIC TANK, GO AROUND AND PUT SOME FIELD LINES IN HER FRONT YARD. NOW, WHETHER THAT WORKS OR NOT, WE DON'T KNOW. SHE'D HAVE TO HAVE IT PERFECT IF THAT SITUATION CAME UP. HER ALTERNATIVE IS TO GET TOGETHER WITH HER NEIGHBORS, AND THIS IS WHAT I WOULD DO, AND EXTEND THE SEWER LINE UP THE SIDE STREET AND BACK UP IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE. THE SEWER IS ONLY ABOUT TWO, THREE, 400FT FROM HER PROPERTY, AND THERE ARE TWO, AND THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO OTHER HOUSES THAT COULD BE SERVED BY THAT SEWER. SO THE NEIGHBORS COULD GET TOGETHER AND THE SEWER UP THERE IF THEY HAD TO. BUT THAT'S YOU KNOW, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THE SEWER IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SOLVE IT THAT WAY. BUT SHE DOES HAVE HER FRONT YARD. SHE COULD PROBABLY PUT FIELD LINES IN HER FRONT YARD IF SHE DID HAVE A PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT SHE HAS A PROBLEM. AND THE EASEMENT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT WAS SOMETHING I TOLD THE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR. I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD PUT A 15 FOOT EASEMENT ACROSS THE BACK OF THE LOT, AND WHAT I WAS GOING TO PUT ON THAT EASEMENT WAS NO ONE CAN EXCAVATE THIS AREA SO THAT SOMEBODY DIDN'T GO BACK AND ACCIDENTALLY DAMAGE HER FIELD LINES. THEY'RE RESTRICTED TO STAY 15FT AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. THAT'S WHAT THAT EASEMENT WILL SAY. JUST NO EXCAVATION IN THE LAST 15FT. THERE'S NO REASON TO DO IT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DOUBT WHOEVER BUYS THIS HOUSE WON'T EXCAVATE IT ANYWAY. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT. THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE ASSURANCE THAT SOMEBODY DIDN'T GO BACK THERE DIGGING AND THEN ACCIDENTALLY GO OVER THERE AND DAMAGE HER FIELD LINES. SO THAT'S A PROTECTION FOR HER. AND IF SHE PUTS HER FENCE BACK ON THE PROPERTY LINE, THAT WON'T HAPPEN ANYWAY, BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE FIELD LINES. NOW, THE FIELD LINES WHERE THE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR MARKED THEM WAS ABOUT THAT FAR FROM HER PROPERTY LINE ONTO HER PROPERTY LINE. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST TEN FEET OVER THERE, BUT IT WASN'T. BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NOW, THE WAY HE DETERMINED THE LOCATION OF THE FIELD LINES WAS WITH A PROBE. SO HE PROBED IT. HE DIDN'T GO TAKE A SHOVEL AND DIG A HOLE. HE PROBED IT. AND AND THESE INSPECTORS DO THIS ENOUGH TO WHERE THEY KNOW WHEN THEY HIT A FIELD LINE AND WHEN THEY DON'T. I MEAN, THEY DO THIS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIME. SO I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH HIS INSPECTION OF THAT AND THE WAY HE PROBED IT AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE NOT ON THE SCHOOL'S PROPERTY. OKAY. AND PROTECTION. SHE CAN MOVE THAT FENCE AND PUT IT UP. THE SCHOOL HAS NO OBJECTION TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS ANY OF THAT FENCE TO HELP THEIRSELF TO IT AND MOVE IT AND PUT IT WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT IT. BUT IF I WERE HER, I'D PUT THE FENCE THAT FAR ONTO MY PROPERTY. THEN I'D KNOW NOBODY WOULD DAMAGE MY FIELD LINES, BECAUSE HER FIELD LINES ARE ABOUT THAT MUCH FURTHER OVER ON HER PROPERTY. OKAY. THANK YOU, BUT SHE'S NOT FULLY AWARE OF WHERE HER FIELD LINE ENDS ON YOUR PROPERTY. WHERE ARE THEY? WHAT? WHERE HER FIELD LINES END. YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU HAD THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COME OUT THERE AND DETERMINE WHERE HER FIELD LINE ENDS, [00:25:02] RIGHT. BUT SHE'S NOT SURE OF THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. UNLESS SHE WANTS SOMEBODY TO DIG A HOLE IN HER BACKYARD, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE MUCH MORE THAN WHAT THE GUY DID. NOW, WHAT HE DID, WHAT HE DID WAS WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT NORMALLY DOES TO VERIFY THE LOCATION OF FIELD LINES. SO THIS MAN KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING. HE'S NOT GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND SAY, I THINK IT ENDS RIGHT HERE, UNLESS HE'S GOT GOOD REASON AND EXPERIENCE AT DOING THIS TO BACK HIM UP. SO I'M PRETTY COMFORTABLE. THEY DON'T COME ON OVER THERE. OKAY. STEP FORWARD. IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION PLEASE. AND THIS IS NOT IN OPPOSITION OF YOU, MR. MITCHELL. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM, BUT THE SAME PERSON THAT CAME TO PROBE OUR LAND IS THE SAME PERSON THAT HE SPOKE WITH. HE SAID HE BROUGHT BACK OUT, AND A NEIGHBOR ACTUALLY SAW HIM IN MY YARD. AND THEY DIDN'T ASK PERMISSION. THEY JUST CAME IN AND DID WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO. SO HIS NAME IS MR. ROBERT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHAT HE TOLD ME, I SPOKE WITH HIM TWICE FRIDAY AND YESTERDAY EVENING AND IT MADE IT SEEM LIKE HE SAID, I DON'T THINK YOUR YOUR FIELD LINES WILL BE TAMPERED WITH. I DON'T THINK THAT JUST DOESN'T GIVE ME COMFORT BECAUSE HE'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FROM SOME OF HIS EXPERIENCE, IT MAY SHOULDN'T BE, BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT ENDED. THAT'S WHAT I GATHERED FROM HIM. AND I CALLED HIM BACK TO BE SURE BEFORE I CAME TO THIS HEARING, JUST TO BE CERTAIN. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, HE CAN'T TELL ME EXACTLY WHERE NONE OF US KNOW. YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO SEARCH FOR THINGS. I SAID, I'LL CALL THE JUST THE PREVIOUS, THE MORTGAGE COMPANY, WHOEVER MAY HAVE A BLUEPRINT, WE JUST DON'T KNOW. AND ALL I'M CONCERNED WITH IS JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS OUR LIVELIHOOD, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT LIKE THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BE SO WILLING TO BE ON SEWER AND PAY A BIG SEWER FIELD, YOU KNOW, FEE, THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE THAN TEN HOUSES COULD BE 15 HOMES THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THAT. IF EVERYBODY WAS GOING TO DECIDE ON THAT, THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT THAT MANY NOW IN MY HOUSE, MY KIDS ARE GROWN, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVE A NEW GRANDBABY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT. BUT WE HAVE LIVED THERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. SO I AM CONCERNED IF HE TOLD ME EXACTLY, AND THIS WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM AND NO PROBLEMS WOULD COME TO THAT FINE. BECAUSE MR. MITCHELL ONE DAY CAME TO MY PROPERTY AND ALMOST BLOCKED ME. I ALMOST HIT HIS CAR TRYING TO COME OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. HE WAS TRYING TO JUST, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT WHAT HIS DEVELOPMENT PLANS WERE. SO I TAKE THAT CONVERSATION AND HE WAS SAYING THAT, OH, THEY'LL NEVER TOUCH YOUR PROPERTY, THAT, YOU KNOW, I GOT ALL THAT ON TAPE. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR IT RIGHT NOW, I CAN ACTUALLY LET YOU HEAR IT. IT'S NOT VERY LONG. IT COULD BE THREE MINUTES LONG. IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT CONVERSATION. BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED, THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL IT IS, IS JUST WHERE DO THE FIELD LINES END? IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BUILD ON TOP OF THOSE LINES? AND THEN WHEN MISS, I THINK IT WAS LASHUNDA SCALES AND ALL OF THE PANEL WAS HERE FROM THE COMMISSION, SHE SAID DEVELOPERS CANNOT BUILD ON PIPINGS AND FIELD LINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY CANNOT DO THAT, YOU KNOW, SO I'M JUST CONCERNED. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY OR TO DO. AND THEN WHO MAINTAINS THAT HE WAS SAYING THAT, LET'S SAY IF THAT EASEMENT WAS GRANTED AND SOMETHING DID HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, BUT WE CAN DO WE MAINTAIN THE LAND, DO THE NEW PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN THE LAND OF THE EASEMENT, WHO ACTUALLY IS NOW TO MAINTAIN THAT LAND AS WELL? SO LOTS OF QUESTIONS, I PROMISE YOU. JUST LOTS OF QUESTIONS. WE'VE NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE BEEN VERY COMFORTING AND SAFE. I'VE NEVER HAD ANY ROBBERS OR ANYTHING AND THAT I KNOW OF. SO IT'S JUST BEEN A PEACEFUL PLACE AND NOW IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT BALL GAME. WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND WE NEED GUIDANCE FOR THAT AND CONCERN WITH ME ABOUT THAT SAME THING, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY OF US THAT ARE ON SEPTIC TANK IS STRANGE THAT THEY PUT THE THE SCHOOL ON SEWER, BUT THE HOUSES BEFORE IN BETWEEN. I MEAN, THE SEWER IS IN BETWEEN TWO SEPTIC TANKS, BASICALLY TWO ONE ROAD HAS A SEPTIC TANK, THEN YOU'VE GOT THE SEWER, THEN YOU GOT ANOTHER ROAD RIGHT BEHIND IT ON SEPTIC TANK. SO IT'S VERY ODD THAT IT'S THAT WAY JUST SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE EASIEST THING TO JUST CHANGE EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEWER JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE WANTING TO DEVELOP NEW PROPERTY. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MITCHELL. THE INSPECTOR HAD INDICATED TO ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE AT [00:30:05] THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING WHEN THEY MAKE THE DECISION ON THE THE ANNEX, I MEAN, THE REZONING. SO I WILL CALL HIM PERSONALLY AND ASK HIM, IS THERE A WAY FOR HIM TO DETERMINE TO HIS SATISFACTION THAT THEY'RE NOT ON THERE SO HE CAN SAY THEY'RE NOT ON THERE? OKAY, I'LL DO THAT. THE. THERE WAS ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON. I HAVE A MAP HERE, BY THE WAY, THAT SHOWS WHERE THE SEWER IS, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. I BROUGHT THIS MAP WITH ME. THE SEWER IS ACTUALLY OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCHOOL PROPERTY. AND IT'S EVIDENT BECAUSE THERE'S MANHOLES THERE. IF THEY WANT TO LOOK AT IT, YOU'LL LOOK RIGHT HERE IS THEIR HOUSES. AND IF YOU SEE THAT LINE RIGHT THERE, THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE STREET THAT'S GOT A S, THAT'S THE SEWER. AND THE GREEN DOTS ARE MANHOLES. SO IT STOPS RIGHT HERE. WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? WHO DID THIS? AND MICHAEL, SHOULD THIS BE POSTPONED IF HE'S GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE COMMISSION ANYWAY. NO. I MEAN DID YOU GO FORWARD WITH THE THE QUESTION OF THE LOT WIDTHS. OKAY. YOU WOULD JUST BE YOU WOULD JUST BE APPROVING CONTINGENT FOR REZONING. OKAY. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO ANYWAY. MAY I APPROACH AND POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS ON THERE, WHETHER WHO DOES. MR. HUTCHINSON CAN'T DO THAT. OKAY. IF YOU YOU'LL SEE THE GREEN DOTS, RIGHT? THE GREEN DOTS ARE MANHOLES, RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. RIGHT. SHE'D HAVE TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO GO OUT THERE. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. I THINK THEY DID. BUT IF SHE WANTED TO HAVE SOMEBODY DIG IT, SHE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT. THAT'S JUST THE THE GREEN DOTS AND ALL. BUT LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE JUST PROVING THE. YEAH. THE ONLY QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS IS, IS THE COUNTY TAX THE CURRENT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. Y'ALL LOOKED AT ENOUGH. COMMENT FOR THE RECORD. HERE YOU GO MICHAEL. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH REGARDING ADVERSE POSSESSION WHICH HAS BEEN HINTED AT BUT NOT REALLY GOT OUT. BUT THE TECHNICAL TERM IS ADVERSE POSSESSION. YOU CANNOT CLAIM ADVERSE POSSESSION AGAINST GOVERNMENT OWNED PROPERTY. OKAY. IF YOU COULD HALF OF THE WEST WOULD PROBABLY BE OWNED BY SOME SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW. SO YOU CAN'T CLAIM ADVERSE POSSESSION. SO THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WANT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OR ARE ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S BEEN SAID OR OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. JOHN KANE, ANGELA HUSBAND THE GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS, SIR. I WAS THERE WHEN HE PROBED THE PROPERTY. HE PROBED AND FOUND A FIELD LINE. BUT THERE'S NO TELLING HOW FAR THE FIELD LINES HAVE TO BE LEFT, AND THEY KIND OF RUN ON A DIAGONAL POINT. THERE'S NO FURTHER HOW MUCH FURTHER WHERE HE PROBED. IT GOES BACK TOWARD THE INTO THE SCHOOL PROPERTY. HE PROBED IT LIKE IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT CROSS THE LINE, BUT IT STILL COULD GO FURTHER OUT INTO THAT SCHOOL PROPERTY GOING ON A DIAGONAL. WHO HE JUST SHOWED ONE LITTLE POINT, BUT HE'S PROBABLY GOING FURTHER BECAUSE THEY CAN'T RUN ACROSS THE PROPERTY LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT'D BE GOING DOWNHILL AND FIELD LINES CANNOT RUN DOWN HERE. THEY HAVE TO BE SHOT LEVEL. YES, SIR. YOU HAVE TO BE LEVEL. OKAY. THE WATER GET INTO THE FIELD LAND AND SEEP INTO THE GROUND WHERE THEY CAN'T GO DOWN HERE. SO HE JUST HAD THAT ONE POINT, BUT I BELIEVE IT PROBABLY STILL GOING TO GO FURTHER INTO THE SCHOOL PROPERTY. THE FEELING OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. I THINK AT THIS POINT THOUGH THIS IS AN ISSUE Y'ALL WOULD TAKE UP. SO THIS WE ARE JUST ZONING VARIANCE. SO THAT'S I DON'T THINK IT REALLY HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH. YEAH. RIGHT. SO IS THAT CORRECT. SO NOW IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE TO SPEAK, IS THIS THE SAME ISSUE. I KNOW ZONING VARIANCE SO FORTH. RIGHT. AND [00:35:09] NAME AND ADDRESS MA'AM. MY NAME IS YOLANDA COLEMAN. I LIVE AT 953 EGRET DRIVE. I AM ON THE WEST ADJACENT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. I'M ALSO SPEAKING FOR MISS APRIL SMITH, WHO IS HAVING A FAMILY EMERGENCY RIGHT NOW AT 952 EGRET DRIVE, WHO ALSO ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME AND ALSO ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY. NOW HE KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME INDIFFERENCES ABOUT THE ENCROACHMENT IN THE PROBLEM, AND WE WOULD LIKE THE COUNTY TO SET THOSE BOUNDARY LINES FOR HIM BEING ON OUR FENCE LINE. I MEAN, SAYING THAT OUR FENCES IS NOT UP TO CODE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 70 YEAR OLD PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN THERE. AND WE'VE I'VE BEEN IN MY PROPERTY A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS. AND SO IT'S MISS SMITH AND WE JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE, JUST LIVING THEIR LIFE ON THEIR HOME, IN THEIR HOME. SO THESE TECHNICALITIES WE'RE LEARNING AS ALL THE CHANGES IS APPROACHING, NOTHING AGAINST THE CHANGES BECAUSE IT IS NEEDED, BECAUSE WE NEED TO GROW AND NEED TO PROGRESS THAT, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE ENCROACHED ON. WE DON'T WANT OUR FENCE LINES BEING TRAMPLED ON JUST FOR A COUPLE OF FEW FEET OF EXTRA PROPERTY. AND WE WANT THAT BOUNDARY LINE SET BECAUSE ONCE I PUT THE PRIVACY FENCE UP, WHATEVER HE DOES ON HIS SIDE TO GET THINGS ROLLING, I DON'T WANT IT COMING ON MY END. AND SO DOES MISS SMITH AS THE SAME AS WELL. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT THE COUNTY TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE ISSUES. SO WE WILL HAVE ANY ISSUES LATER ON ON ALONG THE LINE. AND THERE WILL BE MORE LITIGATIONS AND SO FORTH. OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. I APPRECIATE IT, MISS PHYLLIS BROWN AND SHE LIVES. I KEEP FORGETTING HER HOUSE NUMBER. I SEE, I THINK IT'S 850 EGRET DRIVE. SHE STAYS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF MR. MCDANIEL'S PROPERTY THAT'S NEARBY. SHE WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT THE HILL THAT HAD TO BE MADE FLAT. IT FLOODS UP THERE. SO SHE WANTS TO KNOW IF ANYTHING'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING ABOUT THE FLOODING, BECAUSE IT FLOODS ON THE TOP OF THE HILL. YEAH, BECAUSE IF YOU MAKE IT FLAT, IT USED TO FLOOD A LOT UP THERE AND COME DOWN, SHE SAID. AND TO HER PROPERTY, THE WATER COMES DOWN, HER PROPERTY, WATER RUN DOWN HILL. SO IF HE THEY HIT IT OFF. YEAH. SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WATER COMING DOWN BECAUSE ALSO BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO THOSE DITCHES ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN DOWN NARROW ROAD. ALL THAT WATER DOESN'T ALWAYS GO NOWHERE TO GO. AND IT GOES DOWN TO THE. YES, MA'AM. WELL, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND ALL, BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT OUR BOARD DECISION. WE'RE JUST STRICTLY HERE ON ZONING VARIANCE. RIGHT. BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING Y'ALL COULD ADDRESS AND FIND OUT FROM ANOTHER COMMITTEE, PROBABLY. THANK YOU THOUGH. I'M GOING TO DO WHAT I CAN AS MUCH AS I CAN, BECAUSE I CAN'T LEGALLY DO MUCH. BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO GO BACK OUT THERE AND TAKE A SHOVEL AND MAYBE DIG UP, SEE IF THAT'S THE END OF THE FIELD LINE, OR IF IT KEEPS GOING. AND BECAUSE THE TITLE HAS TO BE CLEARED, UNDERSTAND THAT THAT FIELD, I CAN'T BE ACROSS THAT PROPERTY LINE AND HAVE CLEAR TITLE. SO WE GOT TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE. I'M GOING TO DEAL WITH IT TO THE POINT THAT THE LEGAL EAGLES AT THE TITLE COMPANY SAY WE. OKAY, WE'LL ENSURE YOUR TITLE. RIGHT. OR YOU WOULD HAVE I USED TO BE ENTITLED. YOU'D HAVE A CLAIM AGAINST YOU. YEAH. THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO WE GOT TO GET THE TITLE. YEAH. BUT THAT, THAT IS YOU KNOW, AND I HOPE Y'ALL WORK IT ALL OUT FOR BOTH SIDES RIGHT NOW. LET US JUST ADDRESS THE ZONING VARIANCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED NOW. YES. OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. OR IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD? MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL CONTINGENT UPON THE PROPERTY BEING REZONED TO. I SECOND THE MOTION. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, THEN. THE VARIANCE HAS BEEN GRANTED BASED ON THAT CONTINGENCY. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALSO IT'S IT'S K IT'S KA-2600005. I DIDN'T SAY THAT. OKAY. WHERE IS IT. IS THAT NOT WHAT WE SAID? I JUST MADE IT. OH, IT WAS JUST IN CASE. OH OKAY. HAVE ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW [Additional Item] [00:40:02] THE CASE MATERIALS AND MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 23RD, 2026 HEARING THAT WERE SENT TO US ELECTRONICALLY? YES, YES. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 23RD, 2026 HEARING? I MAKE A MOTION, MADAM CHAIR, TO APPROVE SECOND, A MOTION. OKAY, THEN. THE MINUTES HAVE BEE * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.