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<br /> <br />Board of Adjustment <br />October 16, 2017 Meeting Minutes <br />Approved 11-20-17 <br /> <br />A Board of Adjustment meeting was held on Monday October 16, 2017 at the Heman Park <br />Community Center located at 975 Pennsylvania Ave., University City, Missouri. The meeting <br />commenced at 6:30 pm. <br /> <br />Members Present Members Absent (excused) <br />Charles Marentette, Chairperson Gary Nelling <br />Roger McFarland, Vice-Chairperson John Owens <br />Denise Anderson <br />Brian Burkett <br /> <br />Non-Voting Members Present <br /> <br />Rod Jennings, Council Liaison <br /> <br />Staff Present <br />Andrea Riganti, Director of Community Development <br />Andrew Stanislav, Planner <br /> <br />1. Approval of Minutes <br /> <br />The minutes from the September 18, 2017 Board of Adjustment meeting were approved. <br /> <br />2. Case # BOA 17-05 – 8742 Teasdale Avenue <br /> <br />Mr. Marentette introduced the variance request to construct a rear laundry room addition at <br />a legal non-conforming single family dwelling at 8742 Teasdale Avenue, maintaining a <br />minimum rear yard setback from the laundry addition of 23 feet in lieu of 30 feet from the <br />southeastern property limit, as required by Section 400.160.B of the Zoning Code for the <br />residential lot in the “SF” – Single Family Residential District. <br /> <br />Mr. Marentette read the standards for granting a variance as per Section 400.2950 of the <br />Zoning Code into the record. He asked if there were exhibits to be entered into the record. <br />Ms. Riganti entered the following exhibits: the zoning code, the variance application and <br />the public hearing notification. <br /> <br />Mr. Marentette swore in Mr. Bob Schirmer, with RSI Kitchen and Bath, 9700 Manchester <br />Rd, St. Louis, MO 63119, who requested a variance on behalf of Amy Norris and Mary Jo <br />Towle, property owners of 8742 Teasdale Avenue, to construct a rear laundry room addition <br />at a legal non-conforming single-family dwelling, maintaining a minimum rear yard setback <br />from the laundry addition of twenty-three (23) feet in lieu of thirty (30) feet from the <br />southeastern property limit, as required by Section 400.160.B of the Zoning Code for the <br />residential lot in the “SR” – Single Family Residential District. <br /> <br />Mr. Schirmer explained the request and stated that the proposed laundry room addition <br />would be an enclosure of an existing rear porch, with the rear wall to be increased eighteen <br />(18) inches to be flush with the existing rear wall of the kitchen in order to accommodate the <br />appliances. The existing footprint of the structure would remain yet be extended eighteen <br />(18) inches into the rear yard. He stated that the dwelling as it currently exists is not <br />compliant with the Zoning Code due to an irregular pie-shaped lot. The required thirty (30) <br />Page 1 of 4 <br /> <br />