MINUTES
CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD
WYLIE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX
2000 Highway 78 North, Wylie, Texas 75098
Regular Business Meeting
September 21, 2000
7:00 p.m.

A quorum was present and notice was posted in the time and manner required by law.

Board Members Present:
Jim Chaney - Chairman
Dwight Lancaster - Vice Chairman
Ty Paul
Steve Repasky

Staff Members Present:
Dale Jackson - Building Official

Board Members Absent:
Erick Gray
George Ross
Frank Spingola

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

No participation.

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order at 7:05 by Chairman Chaney.

Approval of meeting minutes from January 25, 2001 meeting.

Ty Paul made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Dwight Lancaster seconded the motion and it was approved by a unanimous vote of 4-0.

1. Consideration of a variance from section 22-394 of the City of Wylie Code of Ordinances which states:

"No fence shall be constructed between the building line and the front property line and/or street side building line for corner lots for residential buildings facing the side street, except for ornamental type fencing on side yard property lines built between the building line and front property line."

The Variance is requested by Darren Lunn for the property located at 418 W Jefferson Street.

Chairman Chaney asked Building Official Jackson to explain the variance request to the Board. Mr. Jackson stated that Mr. Lunn's lot is a corner lot. The ordinance states that a fence cannot be located beyond the front building line or beyond the building line adjacent to a side street. A fence existed on Mr. Lunn's lot for a number of years. The fence has non-conforming or grandfather rights. However, Mr. Lunn removed the fence last year and recently decided to erect a new fence a year after the old fence was removed. The ordinance would have allowed him to repair the existing fence, but it does not allow him to construct a new fence that violates the requirements of the new regulations.

Mr. Darren Lunn presented his case to the Board. He stated that he intends on selling the property and that in order to sell the property, he must erect a new fence. The fence existed for a number of years and did not cause any problem. The fence was in much disrepair and he did not have the money to replace it. So, he removed the fence. A number of fences exist within the subdivision that also violate the ordinance. Some of those fences were recently constructed. If those fences were allowed to be constructed, he felt that his fence should be allowed as well.

After some discussion among the member of the Board, Dwight Lancaster made a motion to approve the variance as requested. Steve Repasky seconded the motion and it was approved by a unanimous vote of 4-0.

 

2. Discussion regarding the use of CSST gas piping in the City of Wylie.

Dave Tharp, Regional Sales Manager for Gas Tite made the presentation to the Board. He stated that CSST has been approved by most cities in this area. The product has a good track record for performance. He also stated that at the last meeting, comments were made that there were problems with the installation of the product in the City of Garland. The next day he contacted Mr. Al Duffy, the Assistant Building Official for the City of Garland to find out what problems existed and what could be done to rectify those problems. Mr. Duffy was unaware of any problems regarding the use of CSST piping in the City of Garland.

Charlie Hall of Westway Sales also spoke to the Board. Mr. Hall stated that millions of feet of CSST piping has been installed in the United States and that not one documented loss of property or life exists because of a problem with CSST piping. He requested that the Board approve the use of CSST piping in the City of Wylie.

After much discussion among the member of the Board and some questions of Mr. Tharp and Mr. Hall, Steve Repasky made a motion to table the item to the next Construction Board meeting. Chairman Chaney seconded the motion. The motion failed with a vote of 2-2 with Steve Repasky and Chairman Chaney voting in favor of the motion and Ty Paul and Dwight Lancaster voting in opposition.

Dwight Lancaster made a motion to approve the product. Ty Paul seconded the motion. The motion failed with a vote of 2-2 with Ty Paul and Dwight Lancaster voting in favor of the motion and Steve Repasky and Chairman Chaney voting in opposition.

Dwight Lancaster made a motion to defer approval or denial of the use of the product to the City's building official. Ty Paul seconded the motion. The motion failed with a vote of 2-2 with Dwight Lancaster and Ty Paul voting in favor of the motion and Steve Repasky and Chairman Chaney voting in opposition.

Chairman Chaney announced that since they were unable to come to a decision because of the deadlocked voting, the item would be placed on the May Construction Code Board agenda.

There being no further business, a motion to adjourn was made by Mr. Paul. Mr. Lancaster seconded the motion. The motion was approved by unanimous vote. The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

_________________________________  Jim Chaney, Chairman

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