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07 April 2025 Board of Adjustments Meeting


• Summary: Requesting reduction of minimum lot width criteria in vicinity constructed before the existing ordinance was in place; the alleyway was assumed to have also been abandoned; explaining the buildings also built in this area,  creating a mutual hardship for the property owner and the city.


• Location and Time: El Chico City Hall, 120 El Chico Trl., Ste A, Willow Park, TX 76087, 6PM

Meeting Page (agenda packet, minutes) / WPC Audio TBD * Minutes approved during the next meeting.

• Latest Update:​ 04 April, 2025

• The purpose of the Board of Adjustment is "to make special exceptions to the terms of the zoning ordinance." Texas Local Government Code. Local Gov’t Code > Title 7 > Subtitle A > Chapter 211 > Sec. 211.008 Board of Adjustment






Agenda

1. Discussion & Action: for Approval of Board of Adjustment Minutes for December 11, 2023.


2. Public Hearing: To Consider A Request For A Variance To Sec.14.06.014(B)(4) Of The Zoning Ordinance For Reduction Of Minimum Lot Width Requirements In The Commercial/I-20 Overlay District on 0.759 Acres Situated In And Being All Of Lots 11 & 28, A Portion of Lots 10, 12, 27 And 29, A Portion of a 20’ Alley In Block 58 And A Portion Of Block 70 Adjacent To Said Lots, In The Addition Of El Chico, City Of Willow Park, Parker County, Texas.

Public Hearing: To Consider A Request For A Variance To Sec.14.06.014(B)(4) Of The Zoning Ordinance For Reduction Of Minimum Lot Width Requirements In The Commercial/I-20 Overlay District On 0.759 Acres Situated In And Being All Of Lots 11 & 28, A Portion Of Lots 10, 12, 27 And 29, A Portion Of A 20’ Alley In Block 58 And A Portion Of Block 70 Adjacent To Said Lots, In The Addition Of El Chico, City Of Willow Park, Parker County, Texas.

• Background: [None]

Applicant: Jewel Ann Lynch 114 Burkburnett Dr. Weatherford TX 76087

Property Owner: Lynch Family Trust 5177 E. I-20 Service Rd. Willow Park TX 76087


 3.  Discussion & Action: To Request For A Variance To Sec.14.06.014(B)(4) Of The Zoning Ordinance For Reduction Of Minimum Lot Width Requirements In The Commercial/I-20 Overlay District On 0.759 Acres Situated In And Being All Of Lots 11 & 28, A Portion Of Lots 10, 12, 27 And 29, A Portion Of A 20’ Alley In Block 58 And A Portion Of Block 70 Adjacent To Said Lots, In The Addition Of El Chico, City Of Willow Park, Parker County, Texas.

• Background: The applicant, Jewel Ann Lynch, and property owner, Lynch Family Trust, are requesting a variance for to Sec.14.06.014(b)(4) of the zoning ordinance for reduction of minimum lot width criteria stated in the Commercial/IH-20 Overlay: Chapter 14, Sec. 14.06.016(b)(4):

Zoning standards. Are set accordingly unless specified otherwise in this chapter (the more stringent applying).

(1) Maximum height: Not to exceed forty (40) feet.

(2) Minimum lot area: Not applicable.

(3) Minimum gross living area: Not applicable.

(4) Minimum lot width: One hundred (100) feet.

(5) Minimum lot depth: One hundred (100) feet.

(6) Front yard setback: Twenty-five (25) feet.

The applicant is requesting a variance to reduce the 100’ required lot width for Commercial zoning to allow a minimum width of 80’ for the subject lots. These lots can never comply with the 100’ requirement, rendering them useless, as they are sandwiched between long-standing existing buildings which are non-conforming, built across several lots. It is speculated that the existing buildings and developments in this vicinity were constructed before the existing ordinance was in place. In addition, per minutes from City Council Meeting on December 10, 1984, the alleyway was assumed to have also been abandoned, explaining the buildings also built in this area.

Without approval of this variance, the property owner is unable to sell the property, and rendering its commercial development is impossible, creating a mutual hardship for the property owner and the city.

• Exhibits:













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