Oct 15, 2025 Zoning Board of Adjustment

WITH THAT, UH, WE NEED TO OPEN UP, UH, TODAY'S MEETING.

AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF, UH, GO OVER THE PROCESS FIRST.

UH, THIS IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL, UH, BOARD, WHICH HAS SOME DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS TO IT.

ONE OF WHICH IS YOU HAVE TO SWEAR IN IF YOU WANT TO TALK.

UH, I HAVE THE OATH THERE AT THE PODIUM.

UH, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, YOU NEED TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

UM, STATE YOUR NAME, HOW, HOW YOU ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM.

AND YOU COULD EITHER BE THE APPLICANT OR YOU CAN BE A NEIGHBOR, OR, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE REAL SPECIFIC, BUT JUST A GENERALIZATION AND, AND WHERE YOU LIVE.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOUR STREET ADDRESS OR STREET NUMBER, BUT JUST RESIDENT OF BEDFORD IS GOOD ENOUGH OKAY.

OR RESIDENT OF US FORT WORTH, WHERE, WHEREVER YOU'RE A RESIDENT IN, UH, WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UH, EACH ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE'LL ASK SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY STAFF TO, UH, GIVE AN ANALYSIS OF IT.

THEN WE'LL ASK THE APPLICANT TO GIVE THEIR, UH, RATIONALE, UH, OF THEIR PRESENTATION OR JUSTIFICATION FOR THE VARIANCE.

UH, AND IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE THE JUSTIFICATION, UH, TO, TO THE BOARD.

WITH THAT, WE'RE READY TO OPEN FOR THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE NOTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.

AND I'M TRYING TO FIND THAT RIGHT NOW.

APRIL 17TH, 2024.

UM, I THINK, UH, JESSE, UH, UH, SO WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS, SO IF WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.

DID YOU WANNA DO THE INVOCATION OF THE PLEDGE? THE WHAT? THE INVOCATION OF THE I'VE NEVER DONE THAT.

, DO WE DO? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT? I MEAN, WE'VE NEVER, IT'S, IT'S ON THE POSTED AGENDA, SO, OH, I'M SORRY.

I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD, I AM SORRY.

THEN, UH, IS THAT THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? OR WHAT IS THE PLEDGE? THAT WOULD BE THE PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.

WITH THAT, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS IN FACT, UM, THE MEETINGS FROM THE, UH, APRIL, 2024.

WITH THAT, UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS IN FACT THE PLEDGE OF THE ALLEGIANCE.

SO, WITH THAT, UH, FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME.

UH, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT IS I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH FREE JUSTICE FOR ALL.

SINCE I HAVEN'T BEEN IN SCHOOL FOR 50 YEARS.

IT TOOK A , IT TOOK A WHILE.

SO,

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]

AND IF WE COULD TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND, UH, WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A AYE.

THE MEETINGS FROM THE, UH, APRIL, 2024 MEETING HAVE BEEN

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APPROVED.

[2. Conduct a public hearing and consider approval of a variance request from Section 5.1.A of the Zoning Ordinance granting an accessory building to encroach on the required side yard setback of property located at 708 Monette Drive in Bedford, Texas, legally described as Lot 11 Block 9 Brook Hollow-Bedford, generally located south of Monette Drive and west of Circle Lane. (VAR 25-1) ]

WITH THAT, WE HAVE ITEM TWO ON THE, UH, AGENDA, AND THAT'S FOR VARIANCE CASE.

UH, VAR 25 DASH ONE, AND IT'S AT 7 0 8 MORTIMER DRIVE.

IS THERE SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY WHO IS HERE TO, UH, UH, GO OVER THAT? WELL? HELLO THERE.

THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM .

UM, OKAY.

SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR A CONSIDERATION OF A VARIANCE, UH, FOR A SETBACK, ENCROACHMENT ON A SIDE YARD SETBACK TO, IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT AN ACCESSORY BUILDING AT 7 0 8, UH, MONNET DRIVE.

SO HERE'S A LOCATION MAP.

IT IS GONNA BE SOUTH OF NETTE DRIVE, WEST OF CIRCLE LANE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY.

THAT'D BE THE PROPERTY WITH THE RED RECTANGLE AND THE STAR.

SO, BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY.

SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CONTAINS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH AN APPROXIMATELY 500 SQUARE FOOT DETACHED GARAGE.

AND THAT WAS PERMITTED, UH, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.

THE BASIS OF THE VARIANCE APPLICATION, UH, BEGAN WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, SPOTTING CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROPERTY WITHOUT A BUILDING PERMIT.

UM, THE STRUCTURE IS PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A FIVE FOOT SETBACK, SO A LITTLE BIT OF CONTACT.

SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FIVE FOOT SEPARATION, UH, BY THE ZONING ORDINANCE BETWEEN PROPERTY LINE AND ANYTHING THAT CAN BE BUILT.

SO YOU'VE GOTTA REMAIN CLEAR THAT FIVE FEET, THIS APPLICATION IS A VARIANCE TO ENCROACH ON THAT FIVE FOOT SETBACK.

AND AGAIN, A YES, THE VARIANCE IS REQUIRED FOR THAT.

I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.

SO THIS IS AN APPROXIMATE, UH, LOCATION OF WHERE THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE PROPOSED.

THE APPLICANT STATES THAT IT WOULD BE SET BACK A FOOT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, AND THAT'S MORE OR LESS ROUGHLY WHERE THE, THE DIMENSIONS OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE.

AND THIS WOULD BE FOR CARPORT, BY THE WAY, IF I HAVEN'T SAID THAT BEFORE.

SO HERE, SITE PHOTOGRAPHS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT, THE STRUCTURE IN QUESTION, THE FRAME OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE SKELETON OF THE STRUCTURE HAS ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED.

UM, A SUBSEQUENT BUILDING PERMIT FOR THIS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE ISSUED, UH, AGAIN, DUE TO THE ENCROACHMENT.

HOWEVER, THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS BEING MADE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GRANT A BUILDING PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION, UM, ON THAT ENCROACHED SLOT LINE.

SO THERE'S FOUR CRITERIA TO CONSIDER FOR VARIANCE.

THE FIRST BEING THAT THE VARIANCE IS NOT CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST, THAT DUE TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND LITERAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD RESULT IN A NECESSARY HARDSHIP CRITERIA THREE, THAT BY GRANTING THE VARIANCE, THE SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE IS OBSERVED.

AND CRITERIA FOUR, THAT SUBSTANTIAL JUSTICE WILL BE REALIZED BY THE GRANTING OF THIS VARIANCE.

SO IN Y'ALL'S STAFF REPORTS, UH, STAFF'S ANALYSIS OF THE, OF THE FACTS OF THE CASE, UM, IS MADE.

BUT THEN HERE WE TURN IT TO THE BOARD TO, UH, FOR YOUR FINDINGS AND DECISIONS ON THE ITEM.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO ASK? I'VE GOT ONE.

UH, THERE'S ALREADY AN OUTBUILDING, WHICH WAS THE, UH, EXTERNAL GARAGE IN THE BACK, CORRECT? YES.

THAT REAR STRUCTURE IN THE REAR, UH, AREN'T THERE, IS THIS CARPORT? IS IT CONSIDERED A SEPARATE STRUCTURE? AND I, I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY ONE WE CAN TOWARDS, ACCORDING TO OUR ORDINANCES, I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY ONE ALLOWED OUTBUILDING, SO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN THE CITY, IT, IT MORE SO GOES ON TO LOT COVERAGE.

SO, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD HAVE A 40% LOT COVERAGE.

SO EASIEST WAY 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT, YOU CAN'T EXCEED 4,000 SQUARE FEET, 2000 SQUARE FOOT HOME, 10,000 SQUARE, OR IT, IT, IT'S BASED ON TOTAL LOT COVERAGE.

NOW, THERE ARE REGULATIONS ON ACCESS, THE SIZE OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES TO NOT EXCEED MORE THAN 20% OF THE HOME.

SO IT GETS REAL TECHNICAL, BUT IN, IN ESSENCE, YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT EXCEEDING LOT COVERAGE.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THIS, THIS CARPORT STRUCTURE, IT WOULD REQUIRE A BUILDING PERMIT.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

AND IF THE BUILDING PERMIT WAS REQUESTED, UH, THE CITY WOULD'VE NOTIFIED THE APPLICANT IN FACT THAT IT WOULD BE NON-CONFORMING AND YOU WOULDN'T GET A PERMIT.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT SO THIS, IT WOULDN'T BE NON-CONFORMING BECAUSE IT, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME INTO CURRENT CODE RIGHT NOW, NONCONFORMING WOULD BE, I KNOW WHAT I MEAN IS, IS THAT IF YOU WERE ASKED TO PERMIT THIS STRUCTURE, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BEFORE IT WAS YOU WOULD NOT DO IT.

NO, NO, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO.

IT WOULD NOT BE IN CONFORMANCE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT THIS FINISHED CARPORT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE? NO.

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THE, FROM WHAT WE RECE, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE A BUILDING PERMIT THAT THAT'S WHEN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WENT OUT THERE.

UM, IT, WE HADN'T GOTTEN TO THAT STAGE OF, OF DESIGN YET.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE FOR THIS ONE.

WELL, THAT'S THE NE THAT'S THE NEXT, UH, THING.

MY NAME'S ANTHONY TAYLOR.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, ENRIQUE, UH, IS THERE SOMEBODY HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE APPLICANT? GOOD EVENING.

I'M THE RESIDENT OWNER OF THE BILL OF THE, UH, RESIDENCE THAT YOU SEE HERE.

UM, KIND OF A LONG STORY.

UH, WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT OUR CONTRACTOR AS WE RENTED, ENTERED, EXCUSE ME, SIR.

I'M SORRY.

UM, WE'LL NEED HIM TO SWEAR IN, OH, I'M SORRY.

SWEAR IN AND STATE YOUR NAME AND, OKAY.

AND THE APPLICANT AND HI, ANTHONY TAYLOR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE A SHOP, WORK ON CARS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

FIRST TIME DOING THIS.

SO, , I MIGHT BE A LITTLE SKETCHIER ALL OVER THE PLACE, UH, BUT JUST TO, IT'S, IT'S ALSO THE FIRST, IT'S ALSO THE FIRST TIME WE'VE REQUIRED THAT.

SO WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS TOGETHER, RIGHT? OH, OKAY.

UM, JUST A BRIEF HISTORY.

UH, WE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH A CONTRACTOR TO GET THE PERMITS, THE VARIANCES, WHATEVER.

UH, HIS PAR PEOPLE SHOWED UP, STARTED DOING THE BUILDING.

I ASSUMED IT WAS DONE.

IT WAS MY, MY ISSUE OF NOT CHECKING TO SEE THE PERMIT, THAT WAS IF IT WAS ISSUED OR NOT.

UH, WHEN HE GOT TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, WE STOPPED, UH, WE GOT THE, UH, VIOLATION NOTICE, AND THAT'S WHEN, UH, WE CONTACTED THE CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TO FIND OUT WHAT ANY RECOURSES WE MIGHT HAVE.

UM, ONE OF THE, THE THINGS ABOUT THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS IF HE, UH, ENRIQUE SHOWED THE, UH, UH, WHAT IS IT? THE SURVEY, UH, THE SURVEY SHOWS THAT WE DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH PROPERTY, UH, TO WORK WITH.

THERE.

THERE IS TWO DRIVEWAYS, THERE'S MINE, AND THEN THE NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR, 7 0 9.

AND, UH, WE TALKED WITH THEM.

AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS INCORPORATE A FENCE WITH THE SIDE PART OF THAT STRUCTURE.

UH, WITH THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE HAD TWO HAILSTORMS. UH, WE HAVE A CAMPER.

AND THIS WAS A, A WAY TO TRY TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, IN OUR INVESTMENT.

UH, ALSO SETTING IT BACK LIKE WE DID, UH, WAS GETTING IT OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHERE IT WAS TYPICALLY, UH, AND INCREASES THE VISIBILITY FOR THE, FOR THIS PROPERTY.

UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE, UH, THE LETTERS FROM YEAH, FROM THE NEIGHBORS, FROM OUR, OKAY.

FROM OUR SUPPORTERS.

WE HAVE SEVERAL NEIGHBORS THAT WE'VE CONTACTED AND TALKED WITH.

UH, THEY'VE SUBMITTED LETTERS TO YOU GUYS, UH, FOR REVIEW.

AND, UH, SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT VARIANCE, UH, TO GO FROM THE FIVE FOOT TO ABOUT A FOOT, FOOT AND A HALF, UH, TO PUT THE STRUCTURE UP.

AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE STRUCTURE SIDE, UH, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND PICTURE THERE, THAT'S BASICALLY GONNA TIE INTO THE FENCE.

SO IT WOULD BE A WOODEN STRUCTURE.

UH, AND WE JUST GOING TO CAP THE TOP TO KEEP THE HAIL FROM, FROM HAPPENING AND KEEP THE ELEMENTS OUT OF IT.

UM, REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THAT OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE HARDSHIP IS, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH PROPERTY THERE TO WORK WITH.

WE'RE LIMITED ON THE, THE, UH, AMOUNT OF PROPERTY.

UM, TOPOGRAPHICAL, YOU CAN SEE IT KIND OF, IT ANGLES UP AND YOU CAN SEE THE DROP ON OUR SIDE VERSUS HIS SIDE, SO THERE'S NOT JUST A FLAT, UH, PROPERTY LINE.

UH, WHAT ELSE? UM, AS FAR AS THE HARDSHIP, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY ITSELF, THE SURVEY SHOW THAT WE HAD SOME TYPE OF A, A HARDSHIP TO OVERCOME AND TRY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MANIPULATE AROUND THAT.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, NEVER DONE THIS.

I ASSUME THE CONTRACTORS, WE, YOU HAD YOUR ROOFS REPLACED, CONTRACTORS GET THE PERMITS, AND YOU NEVER LOOKED TWICE, WE ASSUME THE SAME THING, WHICH WAS, UH, NOT REAL GOOD ON OUR PART.

UM, LET'S SEE, UH, AGAIN, LETTERS FROM OUR SUPPORTERS, UH, AGAIN, PROTECTING OUR PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS.

AND THAT'S REALLY ABOUT ALL I HAVE.

UH, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ALLOWING US THE TIME TO KIND OF SPEAK AND EXPLAIN OUR SITUATION AND WHAT OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR INTENTIONS ARE.

UH, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE SOME GOOD SUPPORT LETTERS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS, AND, UH, WE WORK REAL HARD TO KEEP OUR PROPERTY, UH, YOU KNOW, WELL MAINTAINED AND, UH, VISUALLY, UH, APPEALING TO EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO KEEP, YOU KNOW,

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SO, WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS? YES, WE HAVE.

MR. YOU, YOU, UH, SAID WHILE YOU WERE SPEAKING THERE, THAT WHERE THE POST ARE ON THE OVERSIGHT ON THE, RIGHT THERE ON THE CONCRETE DRIVEWAY, UHHUH , IS THAT PART OF YOUR PROPERTY? YES.

WHERE THE POST ARE? YES.

UHHUH , THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY A FOOT INSIDE OUR PROPERTY LINE.

SO YOU'RE GONNA BUILD IT WITHIN A FOOT OF HIS PROPERTY? WELL, ATTENTION, INITIALLY WE WERE GOING TO BUILD A FENCE.

AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE FENCE LINE THAT'S IN LINE WITH THE FENCE.

SO WITH THAT, WE SET IT BACK A FOOT SO THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ENCROACHING ON HIS PROPERTY, YOU KNOW? BUT AGAIN, WITH EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE BUILDING OR THE, UH, HOUSE AND, UH, DRIVEWAY AND EVERYTHING, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FIVE FOOT, UH, ALLOTMENT.

ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT ONE.

YES, SIR.

UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE CRITERIA FOR A VARIANCE WOULD BE ARE THERE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH YOUR PROPERTY WHY YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CONFORM, UH, TO THE ORDINANCE? WELL, AND, AND I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU A, YEAH, A REAL CHANGE.

WELL, AS, AS I SAID, IF YOU LOOKED AT OUR SURVEY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY OF SETTING IT BACK FIVE FEET TO ALLOW FOR IT.

WE TRIED TO KEEP IT AS NARROW AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE AS WE'RE GONNA PUT A, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR RV IS GONNA GO UP IN THERE, CAMPER, IT'S GONNA GO UP IN THERE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT ROOM TO, TO ADJUST FOR IT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE, THE HARDSHIP PART OF IT.

WE CAN PARK IT THERE, BUT THEN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PROTECTIVE COVER ON IT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIMITED TO, TO HOW MUCH WE CAN ADJUST THE BUILDING OVER ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

AND SO WE TRY TO KEEP IT AS FAR OR AS CLOSE TO OUR PROPERTY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS WAS WITH OUR NEIGHBOR AS WELL.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH IT, HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH IT, SO.

ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

UH, WITH THAT, UH, IS I, I GUESS THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS ASK IF THERE'S COMMUNITY COMMENT.

AND IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS, THIS ISSUE, IF YOU CAN OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHAT'S THAT? OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.

UH, I, IT IS NOW THE TIME, THE MEETING TO OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS, IS THERE SOMEBODY HERE WHO WISHES TO DO THAT? I SEE SOMEBODY RAISING THE HAM.

YOU WANNA COME UP HERE, SWEAR IN, IN, AND, UH, STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR AFFILIATION, AND, UM, UH, UH, BASICALLY WHAT CITY YOU LIVE IN.

UM, I, GREG REGULA DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

AND THE SETBACKS, HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HE WASN'T SURE THAT A CARPORT WOULD FIT ON HIS PROPERTY, UH, TO PUT HIS CAMPER UNDERNEATH.

UH, MY NAME IS GREG RAGULA.

I AM A BEDFORD RESIDENT, CLOSE TO, UH, THE NEIGHBOR THAT'S BUILDING, UH, THIS STRUCTURE HERE.

UM, LET'S SEE.

UM, GET MY EYES ON HERE REAL QUICK.

UH, I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE APPLICATION FOR THIS VARIANCE, UH, FOR THIS STRUCTURE.

AS IT PERTAINS TO THE PATI, UH, POSITIONING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO MAKE A PROPER EVALUATION, IT'S NECESSARY TO PROVIDE ALL THE PERTINENT INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME SO IT CAN BE PROPERLY REVIEWED BY THIS COMMITTEE.

FIRST OF ALL, THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE A CURRENT SURVEY FROM A LICENSED SURVEYOR TO CONFIRM THE ACTUAL PROPERTY LINES ATTACHED TO THIS REQUEST.

SECOND, I DON'T BELIEVE STRUCTURAL PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW, PROVIDING MEASUREMENTS DIMENSIONS FOR A PROPER REVIEW.

SO IT WOULD APPEAR THAT ON THIS PARTICULAR VARIANCE CASE, THAT, UH, THIS COMMITTEE CANNOT DO A PROPER EVALUATION WITHOUT ALL THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

SO LET ME PROVIDE SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS CASE FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.

A FEW MONTHS AGO, MR. AND MRS. TAYLOR APPROACHED MY WIFE AND I AND HER FRONT YARD TO ASK ABOUT OUR CARPORT, AND I EXPLAINED IN GREAT DETAIL THE COMPLETE PROCESS THAT YOU MUST GO THROUGH BEFORE YOU START CONSTRUCTION.

MR. TAYLOR EXPLAINED TO ME THAT HE WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS BECAUSE HE HAS AN ACCESSORY BUILDING IN HIS BACKYARD THAT HE BUILT A FEW YEARS AGO.

AFTER I EXPLAINED THE PROCESS

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HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT HE POURED HIS DRIVEWAY ON THE SIDE OF HIS HOUSE, WHICH THE DRIVEWAY GOES UP TO, OR I CAN'T REMEMBER OVER THE PROPERTY LINE.

I THEN REMINDED HIM THAT THERE WAS A FIVE FOOT SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE FOR THIS STRUCTURE THAT WOULD PROBABLY NOT ALLOW THEM TO BUILD THE CARPORT.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, THE HOMEOWNER WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THIS AHEAD OF TIME IF THEY WOULD'VE SUBMITTED THE PROPER PLANS, UH, CURRENT STAMP SURVEY FOR APPROVAL TO THE CITY BILLING DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BEFORE THEY STARTED.

SO FAR, WE HAVE A STRUCTURE BEING BUILT OVER THE PROPERTY LINES, AND IT'S TALLER THAN THE PRIMARY HOUSE.

CHAPTER FOUR OF THE CITY ORDINANCES.

ACCESSORY STRUCTURES CANNOT EXCEED PRIMARY STRUCTURES IN HEIGHT, AND THE BUILDING CODE STATES, UH, YOU CANNOT BUILD ANYTHING OVER THE PROPERTY LINE.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE NO HARDSHIPS INVOLVED IN WHAT THESE HOMEOWNERS ARE TRYING TO DO.

UH, THIS APPLICATION FOR THE VARIANCE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES HE'S SUBMITTED, A TRAVEL TRAILER CAN FIT BESIDE THE HOUSE ON THE NEWLY POURED DRIVEWAY WITH THE SIDES OF THE CAMPER.

UH, IN OR OUT, I HAVE ADDITIONAL PHOTOS THAT I CAN SHOW YOU.

WHAT I BELIEVE THE HOMEOWNER'S TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS BY MOVING, UH, THE POSTS FOR THE CARPORT OVER INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD.

THIS WILL ENABLE THEM TO OPEN UP THE SLIDES TO EITHER WORK INSIDE OR HAVE COMPANIES SLEEP INSIDE.

AND THAT'S NOT A HARDSHIP, THAT'S A LUXURY.

WITH THAT SAID, IN HIS VARIANCE APPLICATION, HE STATED HE WAS LOOKING TO STORE HIS CAMPER, UH, NOT TO JUST OPEN IT AND USE IT.

NOW, I TOO HAVE TWO CAMPERS, AND I HAVE TO STORE THEM IN ANOTHER LOCATION TO PROTECT THEM FROM HAIL DAMAGE AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO LARGE STORE ON MY PROPERTY, AND THAT'S THE COST OF OWNING A CAMPER, A BOAT, ET CETERA.

SO THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BEFORE YOU PURCHASE A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND, AND NOT TRY TO FORCE THIS BURDEN ON THE CITY AND ITS NEIGHBORS.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE FACTS OF, THERE'S A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS LIKE MYSELF, CONTRACTORS, MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, THAT TAKE THE TIME TO APPLY WITH PROPER DOCUMENTATION FOR THE REVIEW AND WAIT FOR THE APPROVAL BEFORE THEY START WORK.

AND IN THIS CASE, I BELIEVE THE OWNER KNEW, THE HOMEOWNER KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING, AND IS ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS IN THIS SENSE, UH, EXCEPTION IN CLOSING, UH, BY APPROVING ANY PART OF THE STRUCTURE, IT GOES AGAINST THE SYSTEM THAT THE CITY HAS PUT IN PLACE FOR ALL BEDFORD RESIDENCES.

IF THIS PARTICULAR VARIANCE IS APPROVED, MORE HOMEOWNERS WILL CONTINUE TO COME IN HERE WITH REQUEST LIKE THIS, IF NOT WORSE, AND MANY OTHERS WILL COME AND REQUEST THE SAME .

AND BASICALLY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES THAT SHOW HIS CAMPER IN HIS DRIVEWAY THAT CAN BE PERFECTLY PARKED.

BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE ONE THAT HAS THE OPEN ONE, IT GOES UNDERNEATH THE CAMPER.

SO HE CAN, HE CAN STORE HIS CAMPER.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT IT'S JUST THE STRUCTURE AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM IN, YOU KNOW, ENTAILS.

SO, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OKAY.

WITH THAT ALSO, UH, DO, DO WE NEED TO, UH, TAKE THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT KEEP HIM FOR AS A RECORD SINCE HE PRESENTED THEM? OKAY.

THAT'S FINE.

THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.

YOU WANNA COME BACK UP? UH, YOU ARE, YOU, YOU WERE ALREADY SWORN IN.

YOU JUST NEED TO STATE YOUR NAME.

AND I KNOW HE WAS SHOWING YOU PICTURES OF HIS, AND WE DID, WE DID CONTACT HIM.

WE SAW HIS STRUCTURE, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN HIS STRUCTURE, WHICH IS A BUTT RIGHT, RIGHT AT THE ROOF LINE.

AND IT SAT JUST LIKE MINE IS.

AND AS FAR AS THE COMMENT THAT HE MADE, THAT WE SET IT ON OUR, UH, NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY IS FALSE, IT IS STILL

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ON OUR PROPERTY.

WE SUBMITTED A SURVEY TO, TO, UH, THE CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TO SHOW THEM WHAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH.

SO THAT STATEMENT THAT HE MADE IS FALSE.

I THINK A LOT OF IT IS THE FACT THAT WE STOPPED TO TALK TO HIM, AND I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ALLOWING MY CONTRACTOR TO DO THAT.

I, I'M NOT CLAIMING THAT I'M INNOCENT ON THIS.

YES, I'VE MADE A, MADE A, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A BAD DECISION, I GUESS YOU MIGHT SAY.

BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT LOOKING TO, TO DO THIS.

IF I NEED TO ALTER IT, I WILL DO WHATEVER I GOTTA DO TO ALTER IT.

BUT AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, PROTECTS MY PROPERTY AS FAR AS HIS COMMENTS OF THAT, THAT COMES WITH THE, UH, OWNING AN RV OR WHATEVER I'M DOING, WHAT IT TAKES.

UH, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GO OUT AND STORE SOMETHING AT IT.

WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THIS, WHERE WE USED TO LIVE.

WE HAD, WE HAD, UH, PLENTY OF LAND THAT WE COULD STORE IT INSIDE A BUILDING AND PROVIDE FOR IT, UH, PROTECT IT.

BUT WE MOVED BACK TO BEDFORD BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE GREW UP.

WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1969.

WE'VE GROWN OUR, WE'VE RAISED OUR KIDS HERE.

WE WENT TO BELL, WE WENT TO CENTRAL, WENT TO BEDFORD JUNIOR HIGH.

UH, THE, UH, OBVIOUS, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AROUND HERE, THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO RETIRE IT TO.

WE CHECKED WITH OUR COM OUR NEIGHBORS, AND THEY WERE, DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THIS.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO START A TREND.

ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PROTECT OUR PROPERTY THE BEST WE CAN, AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE AND ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN OFFER OR, UH, YOU KNOW, APPROVE, WHATEVER, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING FOR A COUPLE EXTRA FE IN THE, IN THE, UH, VARIANCE FROM FIVE TO ABOUT ONE, ONE AND A HALF FEET.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO.

SO WE'RE NOT, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, UH, DISGRACE IT.

YOU CAN DRIVE AROUND THIS CITY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES THAT NEED SOME WORK, ESPECIALLY ON KING.

THERE'S A GUY THAT'S GOT RACE CARS THAT HAVEN'T MOVED IN FOUR YEARS OR BETTER, THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

OURS IS KEPT, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PROPERTY, OUR BACKYARD OR OUR FRONT YARD, IT'S, WE, I MOW IT REGULARLY.

WE WATER, WE PAY FOR THAT EXTRA WATER TO, TO MAKE SURE THE GRASS STAYS GREEN AND DOESN'T DIE AND LOOK LIKE SOME OF THESE OTHER PROPERTIES.

SO I AM ASKING FOR SOME CONSIDERATION, UH, DESPITE WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE TO SAY.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL YIELD BACK.

UM, AGAIN, I'LL ASK, IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THAT? WE'LL, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN GO INTO A DISCUSSION OF THE, UH, ISSUE BEFORE US.

SO, DOES, UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT.

MY INITIAL QUESTION WAS, DO WE HAVE A FINAL DRAWING OF WHAT THIS STRUCTURE'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE? AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT HAS BUILT THE FRAME, IS IT JUST GONNA HAVE A ROOF OR IS IT GONNA HAVE WALLS TOO? BECAUSE THE OTHER GENTLEMAN'S ARGUMENT WAS, IF, IF YOU PUT WALLS ON IT, THEN YOU'VE GOTTA ACCESS THE VEHICLE IN SOME FASHION, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DOOR.

AND, AND THEN IT GETS KIND OF CONVOLUTED AT THAT POINT.

SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA BE THE, UH, FINAL LOOK OF THIS FINAL LOOK WOULD JUST BE A METAL ROOF COVERING.

AND ON THE SIDE WOULD BE ALL WOOD TO IMITATE THE FENCE.

AND, AND IT WOULDN'T BE JUST, WE'RE NOT HAVING SIDES WITH DOORS AND ANY OF THAT COVERING STRUCTURE.

UH, THE TWO, THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO ASKED QUESTIONS REALLY GOT DOWN TO THE BASICS OF IF THERE WAS A BUILDING PERMIT APPLIED FOR IT, THERE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE PLANS THAT COULD BE EVALUATED.

UH, I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.

WE HAVE.

WHAT OTHER QUESTION? UH, LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS HERE, HOW TALL IS THIS BUILDING GOING TO BE? THERE'S STRUCTURE, IT'S ONLY 14 FEET ABOVE THE TRAILER.

IT'S ONLY 14 FEET.

YES.

BUT GIVE ME A STRUCTURE, ENOUGH STRUCTURE TO GET UNDER IT.

UH, YOU KNOW, OH, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE, AND WHAT, WHAT THIS WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE HOUSE, IT'S MUCH TALLER THAN THE HOUSE IS.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN THE, A LOT MORE THAN 14 FEET.

NO, IT'S 14 ON THE RIGHT SIDE ALL ENOUGH SO THAT THERE WAS ROOM BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE CAMPER AND THAT TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, OFF, CHECK IT OUT, GET UP THERE AND CLEAN OUT LOST NEST, WHATEVER ANGLE OF IT DOESN'T DO, DO IT JUSTICE.

AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE PROPERTY TAILS UP, SO IT DOES LOOK TALLER.

WE HAVE A SHORT ROOF.

YOU CAN'T GET IN OUR ATTIC BASICALLY ON IT IS SO SHALLOW, BUT IT DOES LOOK TALLER THAN IT.

UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

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CORRECT.

THAT'S WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY.

UH, AND SO GOING THROUGH THIS ITEM, UH, THERE ARE SPECIFIC, UH, CRITERIA FOR ALLOW VARIANCES.

UH, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD THE APPLICANT REALLY PRESENT ANY OF THOSE JUSTIFICATIONS TO, TO ALLOW A VARIANCE.

UM, THERE'S NOTHING UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.

IT'S A, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, AND, UM, I JUST, I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT HEARD ANY OF THE CRITERIA, UH, PRESENTED HERE.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE THE BOARD IN THE PAST, UH, IN TERMS OF SUBSTANTIAL JUSTICE.

WE HAVE, UH, TURNED DOWN REQUESTS FOR VARIANCES LIKE THIS BEFORE.

SO I JUST THINK IN TERMS OF BEING CONSISTENT, WE SH WE SHOULDN'T ALLOW IT.

AND AGAIN, I HAVEN'T HEARD A, A JUSTIFICATION BASED UPON WHAT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE, UH, PRESENTED HERE TONIGHT.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COMMENT OR I HAVE NO OTHER COMMENT.

MYSELF.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

A MOTION.

WHAT IS THE MOTION THAT WE VOTE ON THIS? BUT WE NEED YOU MAKE A MOTION.

WELL APPROVE.

I, I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO DISAPPROVE.

UH, I SECOND WE HAVE A SECOND.

UH, I WOULD ALSO, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO, UH, FOR THE RECORD, YOU KNOW, UH, INCLUDE IN THE MOTION THAT, UH, UH, WHY IT SHOULD BE DISAPPROVED.

LIKE THERE WAS NOT REALLY A JUSTIFICATION PRESENTED TO, TO ALLOW, TO ALLOW A MOTION TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT.

I WOULD KEEP IT WITH THE CRITERIA, THE CRITERIA, THE VARIANCE CRITERIA.

IT WAS NOT PRESENTED TO US.

SO MAKE, MAKE AN ADDEND TO THE MOTION THAT, UH, DUE TO THE, UH, STRUC STRUCTURE BEING, UH, TOO FAR, TOO CLOSE TO THE OTHER PROPERTY, IT DOES NOT GIVE THE FIVE FEET, UH, CLEARANCE FROM THE OTHER PROPERTY LINE.

AND, UH, THE, UH, HEIGHT OF IT BEING, IT LOOKS LIKE TALLER THAN THE OTHER.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS, BUT, UH, JUST WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, BUT I JUST DO THE, THE, UH, STRUCTURE BEING TOO CLOSE TO THE OTHER HOUSE BEING TAKEN FIVE FEET.

UH, WITH THAT, WHAT I UNDERSTAND, OUR MOTION IS TO DISPROVE THE VARIANCE BASED UPON IT NOT MAKING, MEETING THE CRITERIA OF THE, UH, ORDINANCE.

AND THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A JUSTIFICATION PRESENTED TO US TO ALLOW A VARIANCE TO BE MADE.

IS IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING? THAT'S RIGHT.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY? YES.

WE AGREE.

DO WE AGREE WHAT THE, OR WHAT THE MOTION IS? YES.

WITH THAT, UH, I THINK, ARE WE READY FOR A VOTE? OKAY.

I, IS THERE STILL A SECOND? I SECOND.

WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.

AND, UH, WE DID A CLARIFICATION TO VERIFY WHAT WE MEANT IN OUR MOTION.

AND WITH THAT, UH, ALL THOSE WHO FAVOR, UH, EMOTION, WHICH MEANS TO DENY THE VARIANCE, SAY AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSE, WHICH IS MEANS THAT, UH, UH, WHICH WOULD BASICALLY APPROVE THE VARIANCE.

SAY NAY, NOBODY SAYS NAY.

UH, THE VARIANCE IS DISALLOWED OR THE, THE, THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE VARIANCE IS DISALLOWED.

UH, IT'S TIME TO GO TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION, UH, 25 DASH TWO.

WITH THAT,

[3. Public hearing and consider action on a Special Exception request from Section 5.16.B of the City of Bedford Zoning Ordinance to allow a short-term rental property to be located within 1,000 feet of another short-term rental property. The subject property is located at 805 San Marcos Ln. in Bedford, Texas, legally described as Shady Brook Addition Block 26 Lot 12, generally located north of San Marcos Ln. and east of Summitview Dr. The property is zoned R-9,000 Single-Family Residential Detached District. (EXPT-25-2) ]

AND DO WE HAVE, UH, SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY TO PRESENT

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THIS? YES.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, THREE.

ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS A SPECIAL, ALRIGHT.

SO THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION FOR A RELATIVELY NEW ORDINANCE, UH, HERE IN THE CITY.

SO, BUT THIS IS A, THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW A SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTY TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF ANOTHER SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTY.

UM, SUBJECT PROPERTY IS 8 0 5 SAN MARCOS LANE.

SO HERE'S A LOCATION MAP OF THE PROPERTY.

WE'RE GONNA BE NORTH OF SAN MARCOS LANE, UH, EAST OF SUMMIT VIEW DRIVE AROUND THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE CITY.

SO, BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY.

SO SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THE CITY, UH, WERE IMPLEMENTED BACK IN 2021.

THIS INCLUDED THE REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION PROGRAM FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

EARLIER IN 2025, CITY COUNCIL AMENDED THE ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH PLACED DENSITY LIMITATIONS OR DENSITY REQUIREMENTS ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

UH, SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY PROHIBITED THEM FROM BEING LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF ANOTHER REGISTERED PROPERTY.

THE RECENT AMENDMENT ESTABLISHED, UH, DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS, DIFFERENT PROCEDURES, BUT IT ALSO ESTABLISHED A PROCESS IN WHICH PROPERTY OWNER COULD REQUEST A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FROM THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS Y'ALL TO RECEIVE RELIEF FROM THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT.

SO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE APPLICANT FOR 8 0 5 SAN MARCOS IS THE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTY WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF ANOTHER SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTY THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

HERE ARE SITE PHOTOGRAPHS.

SO THIS IS DIRECTLY LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY FACING NORTH TOWARDS THE PROPERTY FACING WEST FROM THE PROPERTY AND THEN FACING EAST FROM THE PROPERTY.

SO THIS IS OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL TRACKING MAP.

WE HAVE ALL OF REGISTERED PROPERTIES PRIOR TO THE ORDINANCE, UM, IN A MAP, ANYTIME WE GET AN APPLICATION, WE'LL VERIFY THAT IT'S OUTSIDE OF A THOUSAND FEET BY RUNNING THE DISTANCE CHECK IF THERE IS AN OVERLAP IN THE PROPERTIES, AND THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REGISTER.

HOWEVER, EIGHT 16 SPRINGDALE ROAD, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP OF THE MAP IN THE GREEN RECTANGLE, IS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION THAT IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF WHERE THIS APPLICATION, UH, IS BEING SUBMITTED FOR.

IT'S ABOUT 365 FEET ROUGHLY.

SO THERE ARE FIVE FACTORS FOR THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

UH, THE FIRST ONE IS WHETHER THE OPERATION OR SHORT TERM RENTAL IN EXCESS OF THE DENSITY LIMITATION WILL NOT ADVERSELY IMPACT THE RESIDENTIAL QUALITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH THE PROPERTY'S LOCATED.

FACTOR TWO, WHETHER SUCH OPERATION IS LIKELY TO DISRUPT ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER'S RIGHT TO QUIET ENJOYMENT OF THE PROPERTY.

FACTOR THREE, WHETHER SUCH OPERATION WILL SUBSTANTIALLY IMPACT NEARBY STREETS, INCLUDING WHETHER THE PROPERTIES PROVIDE ONLY OFF STREET PARKING.

AND FOUR, WHETHER THE APPLICANT SEEKS TO OPERATE AN ENTIRE RESIDENCE OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL, OR WHETHER THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL USE IS LIMITED TO A PORTION OF THE RESIDENCE IN FACTOR V.

WHETHER OTHER SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN EXCESS OF THE DENSITY LIMITATION ARE ALREADY OPERATING WITHIN THE BLOCK.

SO Y'ALL'S STAFF REPORT CONTAINS A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS OF THE CASE, UH, IN REFERENCE TO THE FIVE FACTORS PRESENTED, AND WE TURN IT TO THE BOARD FOR FINDINGS AND DECISIONS.

UH, DOES ANYBODY ON THE BOARD HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.

UH, YOU DID AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

SO NOBODY HAS ASKED ANYTHING WITH THAT.

UH, I BELIEVE IT'S NOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO, UH, WHO'S REQUESTING THIS, UH, EXCEPTION TO COME IN AND PRESENT.

AND AGAIN, YOU NEED TO, UH, SIGN, NOT SIGN.

WE USED TO SIGN IN, BUT BASICALLY STATE YOUR NAME.

OH, NO PROBLEM.

BASICALLY, STATE SWEAR.

UH, UM, SWEAR YOURSELF IN AND TO STATE YOUR NAME AND HOW YOU'RE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM.

AND, UH, THE CITY THAT YOU RESIDE IN.

ABSOLUTELY.

I, CLAUDIA ORANA DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

THAN 0.3% OF HOMES AND POPULATION IN IN BEDFORD ARE SDRS AT THIS POINT.

GOD, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, YOUR BEING ALL HERE.

I KNOW THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT WE MEET, UH, SO IT TAKES A LOT OF DEDICATION FROM YOU GUYS.

I REALLY APPRECIATED.

UM, I'M GOING TO, UH, ENRIQUE, DO YOU MIND PUTTING THE CRITERIA, BECAUSE I HAVE PREPARED A LITTLE BLEB, BUT IT WAS MORE EMOTIONAL.

BUT I THINK THAT YOU GUYS NEED MORE OF THE CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED.

SO IN REGARDS TO FACTOR NUMBER ONE, WHETHER THE OPERATION OF A, OF THIS, UH, SHORT TERM RENTAL WILL BE IN EXCESS.

UM, YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW MORE OF THE EXACT NUMBERS IN THE CITY, BUT MY RESEARCH, UM, THAT I DID IS LESS

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UM, SO BECAUSE THIS, UH, ORDINANCE IS BRAND NEW AND I HAVE OWNED THIS, UM, HOME, I'M NOT AN INVESTOR, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD SEPARATE ME FROM, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE AIR AIRBNBS.

I THINK THIS ORDINANCE WAS BASED ON THE FACT THAT A LOT OF INVESTORS ARE TRYING TO BUY PROPERTY AND TURN THEM AROUND INTO SHORT TERM RENTALS.

AND THIS IS MY FAMILY HOME.

UM, SO WOULD IT BE, UM, IN EXCESS OF THE DENSITY? YES, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE 1000 FEET, HOWEVER, IN THE EXTENT OF THE CITY, IT'S LESS THAN 0.03% OF THE POPULATION.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT AT THIS POINT, IF I WOULD HAVE DONE THIS WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE HOME, I WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED INTO THE ORDINANCE.

I FOUGHT MYSELF AND FOUND MYSELF TO NOT HAVE TO GO TO THIS POINT.

BUT BECAUSE OF OLDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE PA UM, HAPPENED, UM, I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS HERE.

SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW HARD COVID WAS.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I DECIDED TO DO THIS.

YOU KNOW, THROUGH COVID THREE YEARS OF 24 7, WORKING THREE YEARS STRAIGHT, I DECIDED I NEED TO BACK DOWN.

I CANNOT CONTINUE WORKING LIKE THIS.

I CANNOT CONTINUE WORKING, SUPPORTING TWO HOMES.

I NEED TO DO SOMETHING.

BACKING DOWN FAMILY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WORK.

AND IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN BOTH HOMES IN LOUISIANA AND HERE TO SEE MY FAMILY, THE HARDSHIP IS SO MUCH THAT I DO NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME FINANCES, UM, COMING IN, HELPING ME THROUGH THIS.

UM, I ALREADY APPLIED THIS, SO I'M NOT NEW TO SHORT TERM RENTALS.

WHAT I DID IN LOUISIANA, WHAT I WOULD INTEND TO DO, IDEALLY HERE, IS IMPLEMENT THAT IN MY OWN HOME.

I OWN, I LIVE IN THAT HOME.

SO I SCRUTINIZE EVERY SINGLE GUEST THAT COMES THROUGH THERE.

MY POSSESSIONS ARE THERE.

I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER NEIGHBORS AND THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT SAFETY IS AS MY BACKGROUND AS, AS A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST.

SOME OF YOU GUYS HAVE MENTIONED, UM, SEXUAL PREDATORS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

I'M A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST.

I'M A DEPUTY CORONER.

I KNOW HOW TO SCREEN PEOPLE.

IF ANYBODY, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I CAN, I CANNOT GIVE MY HOME, I CANNOT OPEN MY HOME TO ANYBODY THAT WOULD COME AND DO ANYTHING HEINOUS TO ANYBODY, MY NEIGHBORS OR MY FAMILY.

UM, SO THAT'S FACTOR NUMBER ONE ON EXCESSIVE DENSITY.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IN THE WHOLE PICTURE.

UM, IT WOULD BE IN EXCESS FACTOR NUMBER TWO, WHETHER SUCH OPERATIONS LIKELY TO DISRUPT ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.

I HAVE, UM, MY PROPERTY HAS A FENCE TO WHERE THE ENTIRE BACKYARD WILL BE OFF LIMITS TO THE, UM, TO THE GUESTS.

SO THEY CAN ONLY ENTER THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.

SO NO NEIGHBORS WILL BE DISRUPTED BECAUSE UNLESS THEY'RE IN THE FRONT, THEY CANNOT BE DISRUPTING THE BACKYARD OF THE SIDE YARD NEIGHBORS.

UM, THERE IS ENOUGH PARKING IF I OPEN THAT FENCE FOR AN EXCESS OF 10 CARS, BUT I AM PLANNING TO MINIMIZE THE PEOPLE THAT COME INTO MY HOME BECAUSE THE MORE PEOPLE, THE MORE DAMAGE TO MY OWN HOME.

SO I HAVE PURPOSELY, UM, HAD THAT FENCE TO ONLY ALLOW FOR TWO PARKED CARS IN THE PROPERTY, IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH NO, UM, IT WOULD BE NOT, IT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED FOR THE GUESTS TO PARK ON THE STREET.

I MYSELF, SOMETIMES, BECAUSE I COME IN AND OUT PARKED IN THE STREET SOMETIMES, HOWEVER, I WILL NOT ALLOW THE GUESTS TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, THEY WOULD BE DISRUPTING THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, UM, OWNERS OR THE QUIET MEN ENJOYMENT OF THAT.

UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE EXTERIOR CAMERAS AND QUIET TIMES.

UM, AND ALL GUESTS ARE GOING TO BE SCRUTINIZED.

THEY ARE GOING TO BE, UM, REQUESTED THAT THEY AGREE TO OUR, UM, HOUSE RULES.

AND WHAT I DO IN MY OWN HOME IN LOUISIANA RIGHT NOW WHEN I'M HERE IN BEDFORD, IS IF THEY DO BREAK THOSE RULES, I WANT NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENTS.

THIS IS MY HOME AND I NEED YOU GUYS AS WELL.

SO IF I SEE THAT YOU GUYS ARE VERY COMMITTED TO THE SAFETY AND PEACE AND QUIET OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I LIKE THAT BECAUSE AS I SAID, I WANT MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE SAFE, YOU KNOW, FOR MY CHILDREN, FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN, FOR MYSELF, I NEED MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE SAFE.

SO I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN ALL THIS.

UM, IN ORDER FOR ME TO NOT DISRUPT THE JASON PROPERTY OWNERS, I ALSO HAVE A LIMIT ON HOW MANY

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GUESTS I, I WILL HAVE THAT PROPERTY CAN EASILY, UM, HOUSE 10 PEOPLE IN, IN EXCESS OF 10 PEOPLE.

BUT I DON'T WANT ANYMORE IN MY OWN HOME.

I DON'T ALLOW MORE THAN FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE.

UM, AND I AM OPEN TO ANY LIMIT ON PEOPLE.

UM, USUALLY WHAT I, UM, MOST OF THE, UH, RESERVATIONS THAT I GET IN, IN MY LUA HOME RIGHT NOW IS USUALLY 2, 2, 3 PEOPLE IS SMALL FAMILIES, MEDICAL STUDENTS, RESIDENTS, UM, PROFESSIONALS THAT COME INTO THE AREA, UH, SHORT TERM.

SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN MOST AIRBNBS THAT ARE FOR TOUR.

I DON'T WANT TOURISTS IN MY HOME.

I WANT, YOU KNOW, QUIET FAMILIES WITH, UH, OR PROFESSIONALS COMING IN.

UM, WOULD IT SUBSTANTIALLY IMPACT NEARBY STREETS? AGAIN, TWO CARS MAX? NO, UH, NO BOATS, NO TRAILERS, NOTHING LIKE THAT.

TWO CARS MAX.

UM, I NEED EVERY REGISTERED, UM, BECAUSE OF, OF THE TYPE OF WORK THAT I DO, I NEED TO KNOW WHO'S GONNA BE IN MY HOME.

SO EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE VERIFIED BY ID.

I PLAN ON HAVING AN EXTERIOR CAMERA TO VERIFY THE ID AND THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON.

UM, AND ALSO ANOTHER LAYER OF SAFETY WILL BE THE ACCESS CODE TO THE DOOR IS CON IS THE ACTUAL PHONE NUMBER FOR THE PERSON.

SO I KNOW WHO THAT PHONE NUMBER BELONGS TO, UH, WHO IS GETTING IN THERE AND WHO'S NOT.

SO TONS OF LAYERS OF SAFETY, NOT ONLY FOR YOU, UH, BUT ALSO FOR MYSELF.

UM, WHAT IS FACTOR FOUR? UH, WHETHER I WOULD OPERATE INSIDE YOUR RESIDENCE, I DON'T WANT TO OPERATE THE ENTIRE RESIDENCE.

I WANT TO, UH, PURPOSELY BLOCK AN AREA, UH, SIGNIFICANT AREA OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE I WANT TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF GUESTS.

UM, ONCE AGAIN, I NEED SOME OF MY PRIVATE STUFF TO BE IN THERE.

SO, UM, I AM BLOCKING THE ENTIRE BACKYARD.

THERE'S NO BACK BACKYARD.

I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A HUGE LIABILITY TO ME TO OPEN THAT BACKYARD, UH, WITH STEPS AND ALL THAT TO, UM, TO GUESTS.

SO I WILL CLOSE, UH, DOWN THE BACKYARD, BUT ALSO A PART OF THE RESIDENCY FOR MY OWN PRIVATE USE.

UM, AND WHETHER OTHER SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE IN EXCESS OF THE DENSITY.

I GUESS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ALREADY.

IF IT'S FEET WISE.

YES.

IF IT'S CD WIDE, NOT REALLY.

UM, I HAVE OWNED THIS HOME THROUGH COVID IS WHEN I DECIDED TO BUY IT, TO BE NEAR MY FAMILY HERE.

UM, BECAUSE I HAVE BACKED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AFTER COVID.

I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUSTAIN TWO HOMES TO BE ABLE TO BE WITH MY FAMILY AT THIS POINT UNLESS I GET SOME MONEY OUT OF THEM.

SO I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

I KNOW, UM, YOU GUYS ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.

I AM TOO.

YOU KNOW, I, I DO SEE A LOT WITH THE LINE OF WORK THAT I DO.

SO I'M REALLY DEDICATED TO KEEP EVERYTHING SAFE FOR EVERYBODY.

I'M NOT AN INVESTOR AT ALL.

THE GUESTS THAT ARE COMING TO MY HOME RIGHT NOW IN LUCIANA ARE ACTUALLY REALLY KEEPING MY HOME SAFE.

UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I HAVE NONE.

I I'VE ACTUALLY GOT A QUESTION, QUICK QUESTION, AND THAT IS, UH, ARE THERE ANY UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD JUSTIFY THE VARI? UH, I'M NOT VARIANCE.

THE, UH, THE, UM, I GOTTA GET THE, THE CORRECT TERM EXCEPTION.

THE EXCEPTION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS, UM, I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS TODAY IS THAT WE HAD HAD, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO, FOR BREAK-INS INTO THE HOME.

MY HOME NOT BEING OCCUPIED ALL THE TIME, ACTUALLY INCREASES THE CHANCES OF CRIME, I BELIEVE.

UM, I THINK THAT, UH, THE NEIGHBORS IN LOUISIANA WILL TELL YOU THAT BY REALLY SCRUTINIZING THE GUESTS THAT I DO GET HERE.

AND AS I SAID, I'M TAILORING TO PROFESSIONALS, MEDICAL STUDENTS, RESIDENTS, UM, AND SMALL FAMILIES, NOT TO THE REGULAR TOURIST, UM, THAT COMES IN AND OUT TO PARTY.

THIS IS NOT A PARTY HOME.

UM, THEY WILL NOT HAVE A BACKYARD.

THEY WILL NOT HAVE A POOL.

THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE FUN THINGS THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY COME TO PARTY, UH, WILL NOT BE ALLOWING, UH, ONE DAY STAYS AND NOT WEEKEND.

UM, FRIDAY STAYS TO MINIMIZE PARTYING.

UM, I THINK JUST BY MINIMIZING THIS, THIS MAKES IT DIFFERENT FOR THE, FOR THE PROFESSIONAL AND THE PRO PROFESSIONALS TO BE, TO BE IN THIS AREA.

UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M TAILORING IN LOUISIANA AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING TO DO UP HERE.

AND HOPING THAT THE CRIME, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD PROTECT MY HOME BY ACTUALLY

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AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WHEN I WASN'T THERE, THERE WAS A LOT MORE, YOU KNOW, UM, TROLLING AROUND AND STUFF.

SO I THINK, I'M HOPING THAT HAVING IT OCCUPIED, IT WOULD MAKE IT SAFER.

UH, IT IS NOW TIME TO OPEN THE MEETING TO, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT.

SO IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TO, UH, SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME, UH, TO THE, UH, TO, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WE CALL THAT NOW.

PODIUM.

PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM, SWEAR YOURSELF IN.

STATE YOUR NAME, UH, HOW YOU'RE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, AND, UH, WHAT CITY YOU LIVE IN.

HI, MY NAME IS LAURA WIMBERLEY.

UM, I, LAURA WIMBERLEY DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

UH, I LIVE AT 24 0 9 SUMMIT VIEW, WHICH IS THE, UH, CROSS STREET TO HER.

SO SHE'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, SHE'S, CAN I SEE THAT MAP AGAIN? IS THAT POSSIBLE TO GET THAT MAP BACK UP? OKAY.

I, I LIVE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, THAT NUMBER 24 0 9, AND I BELIEVE THE HOUSE 800 IS A RENTAL.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? BECAUSE I THOUGHT I SAW THAT.

BUT, UM, ANYWAY, 8 0 5.

SO I'M 24 0 9.

OUR PROBLEM IS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A RENTAL UP THE STREET FROM US THAT'S NOT ON THIS MAP.

AND, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE GIANT MONSTER TRUCKS PARKED ON OUR STREET.

AND WHEN YOU GO TO TURN ON SUMMIT VIEW, UH, IT'S ALWAYS A CHANCE BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE LANE THAT YOU CAN TURN INTO AND IT'S GOING UPHILL AND YOU CAN'T SEE.

SO, UH, AS FAR AS CARS BEING ON THE STREETS AND STUFF, WE'RE ALREADY HAVING ISSUES WITH THE HOUSE DOWN THE STREET.

UM, UH, THE HOUSE ON AT 800, THAT GUY, UH, RENTER CAME OUT AND WAS SHOOTING, UH, DOING ARC WELDING AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

AND I WALKED OUT AND THERE WERE SPARKS FLYING 10 AND 12 FEET IN THE AIR.

MY DOGS WERE BARKING.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST A MESS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE HAS THE LEGAL RIGHT TO DO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT SHE SAYS SHE'S WANTING TO DO WHEN SHE GOES TO RENT.

UM, MAYBE SHE DOES, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WHEN WE'VE LIVED IN OUR HOME FOR 20, 20, 28 YEARS, AND SINCE THESE RENTALS HAVE COME IN, WE HAVE HAD, UH, THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH NEIGHBORS.

AND I WAS TOLD BY A DETECTIVE, WE WERE ONE OF THE SAFEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN ALL OF BEDFORD.

AND SINCE SOME OF THIS HAS CHANGED, WE HAVE HAD DRUGS.

WE'VE HAD A DRUG GUY ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME HANGING ON MY DENTIST MAILBOX.

UM, AND I WENT OVER AND AS I WAS DRIVING BY AND THE GUY'S LIKE STEPHANIE, AND APPARENTLY HE HAD CLIMBED OVER THEIR FENCE FROM DOWN THAT STREET.

SO THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES COMING IN WITH SOME OF THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIES THAT ARE MOVING IN, BUT ALSO THE RENTAL ISSUES TOO.

SO I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THIS.

I, I FEEL BAD FOR HER, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANNA BE ABLE TO SELL MY HOUSE.

I WANNA BE ABLE TO SELL IT FOR ITS MARKET VALUE NOW, AT LEAST, UH, THAT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A CRIME PRESENCE OR ANYTHING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THAT.

AND THAT'S, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BY HER WORD AND WE DON'T KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE.

AND THE CHILD MOLESTER LIVED AT 800 AND YOU, THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STREET.

AND SO THOSE KIDS WERE COMING BY THAT HOUSE EVERY DAY.

SO YOU, YOU CAN'T TELL ME, YOU KNOW, WHO ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE.

I TAKE IT.

WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THE PERSON SPEAKING? OKAY.

UH, DOES ANYBODY ELSE, UH, YES, GO AHEAD.

YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN SWORN IN, BUT JUST STATE YOUR NAME.

UM, CLAUDIA ARIANNA.

UM, THOSE ARE VERY VALID, UM, CONCERNS.

HOWEVER, THIS, THOSE ARE MISSING CONCERNS WITH A LONG-TERM RENTAL.

UM, I THINK THAT WE HAVE, WELL, WITH A LONG-TERM RENTAL, WE WOULD HAVE A ONE YEAR PERSON THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE PROBLEM WITH A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.

I CAN KICK THIS PERSON NO PROBLEM.

ANY, ANY GIVEN DAY.

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO, TO, IF I COULD THE, THE PUBLIC NEEDS OR THE APPLICANT NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

UM, THE CAR OCCUPANCY FOR TWO VEHICLES IN THE DRIVEWAY.

AND NOT THE PUBLIC.

OKAY, PERFECT.

SO THOSE ARE VERY VALID.

UM, I LIVE, I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE MONSTER TRUCK, UH, UH, AS WELL.

AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO LIMIT THE,

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ONLY IT IS LEGAL THROUGH, UM, RENTALS TO HAVE OUTDOOR CAMERAS SUPPORTS FOR PRIVACY.

YOU CANNOT HAVE INDOOR CAMERAS.

BUT EVERYTHING THAT I NEED TO CONTROL IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY THE, UH, TO KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR PHONE, TO THEIR IDS, AND WITH THE IDENTIFICATION THROUGH THE EXTERIOR CAMERA.

SO WE CANNOT KNOW WHO OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR IS.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE A ONE YEAR RENTER THAT IS WORSE THAN ONE.

THEY STAY IN ONE DAY.

SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST CHING IT REGARDLESS, EVEN IF IT'S SOMEBODY LIVING THEIR YEARS, WE ARE CHING WHO'S NEXT TO US.

AND I THINK THAT BUILDING A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVING A VERY ACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, I HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED IN MY OWN HOME.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I DON'T WANT MY HOME TO BE VACANT BECAUSE MY CAR WAS VANDALIZED IN ONE OF, OF, OF THE TRIPS THAT I HAD TO TAKE WHEN I CAME BACK.

MY, MY CAR WAS VANDALIZED.

I THINK THAT IF THERE WAS ANYBODY IN THE HOUSE, IT WOULD'VE BEEN LESS OF A CHANCE.

UM, THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SAY ONE MORE TIME? YEAH.

COULD YOU WAIT? IF, IF YOU WANNA COME BACK AND JUST WAIT.

AND AGAIN, THE IDEA IS TO, IS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND NOT NECESSARILY, AND YOU CAN ADDRESS THE BOARD BY ISSUE, BUT NOT THE PERSON THEMSELVES.

UH, AM I DOING THAT CORRECTLY? OKAY.

UM, AGAIN, AND THEN I HAD ONE OTHER CONCERN.

WHEN YOU OPEN THIS UP TO SINGLE OR SHORT TERM RENTALS, CAN WE NOT AT SOME POINT OR CAN SHE NOT AT SOME POINT THE OWNER, UH, MAYBE A FUTURE OWNER, WHO KNOWS, TEAR THE BUILDING DOWN, TELL IT, TEAR THE HOUSE DOWN, PUT A COUPLE OF LITTLE DUPLEXES IN THERE, OR AN APARTMENT IN THERE.

'CAUSE THAT ALL FALLS UNDER, UH, SHORT TERM RENTALS, CONDOMINIUMS, TOWN HOMES, ANY OF THAT.

SO THAT, I MEAN, I'M, THAT'S A QUESTION I HAVE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THANK YOU.

SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WANTED TO COMMENT AND AGAIN, SWEAR YOURSELF IN AND, UH, PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION.

I, ROBERTA TIDWELL DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, UM, TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

RAISE HIS FAMILY IN MY HOUSE.

I MOVED TO BEDFORD IN 2010 WITH TWO SMALL KIDS AS A SINGLE MOM.

I LIVE ON BEN TREE LANE.

I RENTED A HOUSE THERE.

I RENTED A HOUSE DOWN THE STREET.

I RENTED A HOUSE A BLOCK OVER AND I BOUGHT THE HOUSE I ORIGINALLY RENTED.

UM, BEDFORD HAS BEEN AMAZING FOR ME AND MY KIDS.

IT'S BEEN MY BOY.

UM, BOTH MY CHILDREN GRADUATED FROM TRINITY AND, UM, ARE DOING VERY WELL IN LIFE OUTSIDE OF HEB.

BUT MY STREET, I KNOW I'M NOT IN THIS STREET, BUT I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT THE SHORT TERM RENTALS.

THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME IS NOW A SHORT TERM RENTAL.

THERE ARE PEOPLE IN AND OUT ALL THE TIME.

UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND, MY NEIGHBOR AND I, WELL SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS, THERE WAS NO LESS THAN SEVEN LOW RIDER TRUCKS.

TWO FLATBED TRAILERS THAT BROUGHT THE TRUCKS IN, CARS IN AND OUT ALL NIGHT LONG.

I WORK, I'M A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT AT 3 45 ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT UP ALL NIGHT WITH ALL THE NOISE.

UM, IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.

MY KIDS ARE NO LONGER IN MY HOUSE.

I'M THE ONLY PERSON THERE WITH MY DOG AND IT IS VERY UNNERVING.

AND I HAVE A CAMERA.

IT DOESN'T DO ME ANY GOOD, RIGHT? WHEN I'VE GOT 10 PEOPLE OUT IN THE FRONT YARD, FIVE PEOPLE IN THE FRONT YARD SMOKING CIGARETTES THAT CAN DO IT IN THE BACKYARD.

AND I DON'T WANNA BE A KILLJOY, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU, I'VE BEEN VERY OPEN-MINDED TO IT AND IT IS RUINING OUR STREET A LITTLE BIT.

WE'VE HAD CARS ALL UP AND DOWN THE STREET.

PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T KNOW.

I DO KNOW MY NEIGHBORS.

IT'S WHY I CHOSE TO BUY IN BEDFORD AND IT'S WHY I CHOSE TO LIVE ON BEN TREE BECAUSE I HONESTLY THINK IT'S THE BEST STREET IN ALL OF BEDFORD.

BUT, UM, I JUST ASK THAT YOU REALLY CONSIDER WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE YOUR COMMUNITY THAT I CAME INTO IS, IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY THAN FROM WHERE I CAME IN DALLAS.

AND I JUST HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO YOUR BEDROOM COMMUNITY WITH YOUR PEOPLE AND YOUR FAMILIES.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA KEEP PEOPLE HERE.

YOU KNOW, MY SON WANTS TO BUY MY HOUSE ONE DAY FROM ME AND, UM,

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BUT, UM, NOT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE SHORT TERM RENTALS, EVERY OTHER HOUSE, EVERY TWO BLOCKS, PEOPLE IN AND OUT THAT ARE, ARE NOT, UM, GOOD FOR WHY I CAME HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO MY 2 CENTS.

ARE THERE, YEAH.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE TO COMMENT? WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON.

AND AGAIN, SWEAR YOURSELF IN AND IDENTIFY ALEXANDRA NESS.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA Z VENICE.

I LIVE ON THE BLOCK.

UM, MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE OVER THERE.

WE LIVE JUST ACROSS THE STREET.

GOOD AFTERNOON, BY THE WAY.

UM, IT IS A RELATIVELY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE ONLY LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AND CHANGE.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE BUILT A VERY STRONG COMMUNITY WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, WHO I WOULD SAY WE KNOW VERY WELL.

I CAN'T CLAIM THE WHOLE BLOCK.

IT'S A LONG BLOCK.

HOWEVER, EVERYONE IN OUR DIRECT VICINITY, I CAN SAY HELLO TO CALL BY NAME, ASK HOW THEY'RE DOING, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR LIFE.

UM, AND I'M PROUD TO CALL BEDFORD MY HOME 'CAUSE YOU'LL HEAR CHILDREN PLAYING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

IT'S RELATIVELY QUIET, BUT IT IS INTERRUPTED OFTENTIMES BY, UM, THE THUMPING OF THE SPEAKERS THAT COME FROM THAT HOUSE ON THEIR CAR.

UM, WHICH AS MENTIONED HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO.

SO THAT WAS ALARMING.

UM, BUT OFTENTIMES I'LL WALK THE DOG THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE ABILITY TO FEEL SAFE ALL HOURS IS PARAMOUNT.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE SCHOOLS IN THE DIRECT VICINITY AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN ON OUR BLOCK, SPECIFICALLY WHO WALK TO SCHOOL OFTENTIMES ALONE OR WITH THEIR PARENTS, UM, PAST THAT HOUSE.

UM, AND SHORT TERM RENTAL MEANS MORE PEOPLE.

IT'S MORE OF A REVOLVING DOOR.

SO THOUGH, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN KICK THEM OUT SOONER, UM, IT'S THE FREQUENCY OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE.

IT'S NOT A STABLE RENTER.

UM, I AM A FULL-TIME RESIDENT.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE IN THAT HOUSE.

IT OFTEN SEEMS VACANT.

UM, BUT MY QUESTION TO HER SCREENING ABILITIES GO TOWARDS WHAT IS A PHONE NUMBER? VERIFY YOU CAN GET A BURNER PHONE AT WALMART, I THINK.

I DON'T KNOW ACTUALLY.

BUT, UM, BUT WITH THE SCREENING, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IS IT A BACKGROUND CHECK? IS THAT REQUIRED? BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN VERIFY A PHONE NUMBER AND GET A TEXT TO A, A PHONE OR DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT, UM, I THINK I KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS PRETTY WELL AND THEY'RE ALL GOOD PEOPLE.

AND I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY WITH A TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY OF KNOWING THAT IF I NEED SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, I CAN TRULY GO TO ANY OF OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.

ALTHOUGH I WOULD CHOOSE NOT TO WAKE UP THE ONES WITH CHILDREN IF I COULD AVOID IT.

BUT I KNOW THAT I COULD DO THAT IF I REALLY NEEDED TO.

I KNOW THAT I COULD GO TO OUR NEIGHBOR WHO HAS A NEWBORN WHO'S ONLY FOUR MONTHS OLD, AND I WOULD QUIETLY KNOCK, EVEN THOUGH THEIR DOG WOULD PROBABLY WAKE HER UP BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE.

BUT IT'S, IT'S A COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT THAT BLOCK IS.

IT'S SOMEBODY, IT'S PEOPLE I CAN GO TO AT ANY HOUR AND JUST ASK THEM FOR ANYTHING I NEED, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS.

SO THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

UH, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE TO SPEAK? I SEE.

LET'S JUST GO FROM, UH, MY LEFT.

THE, THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK.

AND BY THE WAY, EVERYBODY WILL GET A CHANCE TO COMMENT.

I LOUIS BEST MIND, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO AFFIRM AND TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

I KNOW THEM BY NAME, THEY'RE GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS LUIS ANI.

I JUST HEARD FROM MY, UH, DARLING WIFE.

SHE'S A LITTLE MORE ELOQUENT THAN ME, SO PLEASE, UH, BEAR WITH ME.

UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING BACK TO THE STREET MAP.

UH, THE LARGER ONE, THE OTHER ONE, THE NEXT ONE WITH THE GREEN ONE.

OH, UM, I LIVE ON THIS MAP.

I KNOW THE HOMEOWNERS AT 8 0 1.

I KNOW THE HOMEOWNERS AT 8 0 4.

I'M SORRY, NOT 8 0 9.

YES.

8 0 9 8 13 8 17, 8 21, 8 25, AND MANY MORE DOWN THE STREET.

UM,

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UM, I DO NOT KNOW, UH, THIS HOMEOWNER VERY WELL.

I'VE MET HER TWICE.

UM, AND THAT IS ABOUT IT.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I COULD SAY, UM, ABOUT THIS APPLICATION.

UM, PUBLIC RECORDS SHOW THAT SHE OWNS A MINIMUM OF THREE PROPERTIES.

UH, ONE OF THOSE IS IN NEW LIST THAT I'VE HEARD IS ALSO A RENTAL.

UM, I'D ALSO WANNA MENTION, AND MOST OF THOSE HOUSES, THEY ARE CHILDREN, MOSTLY SMALL.

THERE'S A MINIMUM OF 21 CHILDREN ON OUR BLOCK ABOUT TO BE 22.

AS YOU ALL COULD PROBABLY TELL MY WIFE IS DUE SOON.

, UM, THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES I KNOW OF FOR SURE.

UM, THERE REALLY ISN'T A LOT TO DRAW PEOPLE INTO BEDFORD FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL.

UM, IT'S, WE ARE KIND OF CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT, BUT THERE'S A LOT CLOSER AIRBNBS THAT ARE PRETTY CHEAP.

UM, AND THERE AREN'T VERY MANY PUBLIC ATTRACTIONS.

UH, THE ONLY PUBLIC ATTRACTION ON OUR STREET WOULD PROBABLY BE THE SCHOOL THAT'S, UH, DOWN THE STREET.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE 21 KIDS.

UM, I KNOW SPECIFICALLY ONE OF 'EM RUNS PAST MY HOUSE EVERY MORNING ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL.

HE PASSES BY THE HOUSE IN QUESTION.

UM, HE RUN, HE GOES TO SCHOOL.

UH, ANYWAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH MY CHILD COMING, I WOULD NOT WANT A SHORT-TERM RENTAL THAT CLOSE AND ALLOW MY CHILD TO WALK THEMSELVES TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.

AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE HOMEOWNER WHOSE CHILD DOES THAT, AND THEY WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT EITHER.

UM, SO, UH, ALSO SOMEBODY IS ALREADY LIVING THERE ON AND OFF, UM, AT LEAST ABOUT EVERY WEEK OR SO.

UH, THERE'S A CAR THERE FOR A FEW DAYS.

SO SHE DOES HAVE A WAY, UH, SUPPOSEDLY TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE REGULARLY.

UM, LIVING AT THE HOUSE.

UH, THEY LIKE TO PLAY THEIR MUSIC PRETTY LOUD.

UM, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS, UH, ON THIS, AT THIS PROPERTY.

AS SHE MENTIONED, SHE DOES LIKE TO LEAVE HER CAR ON THE STREET SOMETIMES.

UM, SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT HER CAR HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO.

THAT IS TRUE.

THAT IS THE ONLY CRIME I KNOW OF ON OUR BLOCK IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, UM, THAT I PERSONALLY KNOW OF.

I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY OTHERS AS WELL.

UM, BUT HER CAR, ALL FOUR TIRES WERE SLASHED AND ALL WINDOWS WERE BUSTED OUT.

UM, SO I, IT SEEMS KIND OF WEIRD THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN JUST FOR ONE PERSON ON A BLOCK AND NOBODY ELSE.

SO IF THERE, SHE HAS ALREADY BROUGHT CRIME TO OUR STREET, UH, IN THAT ASPECT, UM, I COULD ARGUE THAT THE ONLY THING LEFT OVER FROM COVID THREE YEARS AGO WERE THE WONDERFUL INTEREST RATES THAT I WAS NOT PART OF, WHICH I WAS.

UM, I WOULD ALSO, UM, LIKE TO SAY, SHE MENTIONED HAVING MULTIPLE HOMES IN LOUISIANA.

UM, AND SHE ONLY MENTIONED ABOUT RENTING ONE OF 'EM.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE DOES WITH THE OTHERS.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAS OTHERS.

LIKE I SAID, I ONLY KNOW OF THREE PERSONALLY.

UM, SHE REGULARLY HAS MANY CARS IN THE STREET.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WEEK THAT SHE, THIS MEETING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LAST MONTH, SHE HAD A VIOLATION FOR A CAR THAT WAS ON THE STREET FOR ABOUT THREE, FOUR DAYS.

UM, COULD HAVE BEEN TWO RIGHT AROUND THERE.

UH, BUT IT WAS TICKETED FOR A DAY AND A HALF.

UM, SOMEBODY SAW IT, THEY LOOKED AT IT AND THEY JUST WALKED BACK INTO THE HOUSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHOSE CAR IT WAS.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

UM, ALSO SHE MENTIONED THAT SHE WOULD REGULATE HOW MANY PEOPLE COME IN.

SOMEBODY CAN SAY THEY HAVE THREE PEOPLE.

UM, BUT I MEAN, I'VE SAID I HAD THREE PEOPLE AND THERE WERE ACTUALLY FOUR OF US.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T COUNT SOME.

UM, SO, UH, ONE OTHER THING THAT I NOTICED IS THAT, UH, SHE MENTIONED THAT THEY, THE GUESTS WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE BACKYARD.

UM, JUST AS A SHEER FIRE HAZARD, I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ENOUGH GROUND TO MAYBE, UH, DENY THIS AS WELL.

UM, IF THERE WAS A FIRE, WHICH THAT HOUSE HAS BURNED DOWN ONCE BEFORE, UH, BEFORE SHE BOUGHT IT, UM, THAT THAT COULD BE A PRETTY BAD HAZARD FOR SOMEBODY.

UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING BACK TO THE ACTUAL REASONS THOUGH.

SO, UM, FOR FACTOR NUMBER ONE, SHE DID A GOOD JOB OF DISCUSSING THE FIRST HALF.

HOWEVER, UM, SHE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL QUALITY, BUT NOT A LOT.

AS I'VE KIND OF LAID OUT FOR YOU, THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS AS THIS WOULD GREATLY AFFECT THE RESIDENTIAL QUALITY, NOT ONLY OF MYSELF, I'M ASSUMING TO BE CHILD AND MY WIFE, MY NEIGHBORS, MY FRIENDS, UM, BUT ALSO OTHER PEOPLE AROUND US.

AND AS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED AS WELL.

UM, FOUR, NUMBER TWO, UM, THE QUIET ENJOYMENT OF, UH, THEIR PROPERTY.

WELL, THEY ALREADY VIOLATE THAT, SO I DO NOT THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE A GOOD PERSON TO BE SUITED TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T GET VIOLATED IN THE FUTURE.

UM, SO I COULD KEEP GOING ON THESE, I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AND ALLOWING OTHERS TO SPEAK.

UM,

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I KNOW I HAVE A PREGNANT WIFE, SO I WILL, UH, LET SOMEBODY ELSE TAKE IT FROM HERE.

BUT THAT IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME.

UH, THANK YOU.

RESPOND TO SOME, UH, YOU CAN'T RESPOND TO HIM.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK TO THE BOARD.

YES, I WOULD LET THE PUBLIC HEARING COMPLETE.

AND THEN AT THAT TIME, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT, A CAN COME BACK.

UM, THANKFULLY WE HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY HERE TO HELP US, UH, MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE CORRECTLY.

YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANYTHING AFTER THE REST OF THE PUBLIC HAS PRESENTED, JUST, JUST AS A KIND OF LIKE TIMELY BASIS.

SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN COMMENT ABOUT ANY OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THAT TIME.

YOU WILL BE GIVEN A, A CHANCE TO REBUT REBUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY? THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK? WE HAVE SOMEBODY OVER HERE.

, IF I COULD JUST AS THIS GENTLEMAN IS COMING UP IN THE EFFORT OF TIME, IF THOSE THAT DO WANNA SPEAK, UH, ON THIS ITEM, IF YOU WANNA START LINING UP BEHIND THAT WAY, WE WILL GO A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

I MARK LOCKWOOD DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

MY NAME IS MARK LOCKWOOD.

I LIVE AT 8 0 8 SAM MARCUS ACROSS THE STREET FROM HER AND LIVED THERE FOR 33 YEARS.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, ALLOWING AN EXCEPTION TO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD UNDERMINE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE AND ZONING OR, OR, UH, ZONING BOARDS ARE GENERALLY NOT ALLOWED TO GRANT VARIANCES BASED ON APPLICANT'S FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR CON CONSEQUENCES.

BUT I DON'T LIKE WHAT I'VE SEEN GOING ON IN THAT HOUSE SINCE THEY MOVED IN.

THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT CARS.

SHE'S BEEN THERE SOME OF THE TIME.

THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT CARS THERE OTHER TIMES.

AND SHE IS UP HERE TELLING YOU WHAT SHE WANTS YOU TO HEAR TO APPROVE HER ORDINANCE.

NO, SHE SAYS IN HER LETTER THAT, UH, IN HER REQUEST THAT UNTIL RECENTLY HER, HER SON, HIS WIFE AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN LIVED IN THE HOME DUE TO FINANCIAL STRAINS.

THEY HAD TO DOWNSIZE APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AGO.

I CONTINUE TO USE THE PROPERTY WHEN VISITING THEM.

I MEAN, IF THEY HAD TO DOWNSIZE, THEY'RE NOT THERE.

NOW.

WHO IS SHE VISITING? I MEAN, JUST, HER STORY IS MADE UP TO TRY TO GET YOUR APPROVAL FOR THIS BECAUSE SHE IS AN INVESTOR.

SHE HAS MULTIPLE PROPERTIES AND AS FAR AS THE STREET PARKING, SHE SAYS ONLY THREE CARS WILL BE ALLOWED AND NO STREET PARKING.

THEY HAVE A ONE DRIVEWAY, ONE CAR DRIVEWAY LANE, AND TWO CARS CAN FIT IN IT.

AND BEFORE THE LAST BOARD MEETING, BEFORE IT WAS CANCELED, THERE WAS A BIG SUBURBAN THAT WAS PARKED THERE FROM THE SATURDAY BEFORE THE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, I MEAN, YEAH, BEFORE THE MEETING ON SATURDAY, THE 17TH.

THE CAR WAS PARKED THERE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE IT WAS STILL THERE.

THE DAY THE MEETING, I WAS GONNA BRING THIS UP AT THE MEETING LAST TIME BEFORE IT WAS CANCELED 'CAUSE OF THE NON QUORUM.

THEY DIDN'T GET MOVED UNTIL THE, UH, PROBABLY THURSDAY.

BUT THE POLICE C CAME OUT AND PUT A WARNING ON IT.

YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO ALLOW PARK MORE THAN 24 HOURS WITHOUT MOVING IT.

AND THE POLICE CAME OUT SEVERAL DAYS.

I CALLED BECK AND IT WAS STILL THERE.

AND THEY SAID, UH, IT SAID THE DISCRETION OF THE OFFICER BECAUSE THEY ALLOWED SOMEBODY TO PARK THE CAR AND GO OUTTA TOWN.

SO HER STORY IS NOT FOR ME.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE TO SPEAK? HELLO, MY NAME IS MARSHALL WIMBERLEY.

UH, I, MARSHALL WIMBERLEY DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

UH, SO JUST A FEW STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS AREA.

I TAKE IT YOU'RE, UH,

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A RESIDENT OF BEDFORD.

OH, UH, I AM THEIR SON.

I HAVE BEEN MOVED OUT OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD FOR EIGHT MONTHS.

HOWEVER, I CAN STILL ATTEST TO THE QUALITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU, YOU CAN, YEAH.

BUT IT, IT, UH, THE REASON IS, IS GO TO BASICALLY TRACEABILITY OF IF SOMEBODY QUESTIONS WHAT WAS SAID.

THEY IN FACT CAN FIND, THEY CAN LOCATE YOU.

SO WHAT, WHAT CITY DO YOU LIVE IN? CITY OF HURT.

SO JUST A FEW, UH, STATEMENTS.

FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING AND FROM WHAT SHE TALKED ABOUT, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO UNDERMINE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC TRUST.

SHE HAS SOME GOOD SAFETY, UH, PRECAUTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUT IN PLACE.

THEY'RE GOOD, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE REST OF US.

AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART, IS THE NEIGHBORS.

IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S THE FACT THAT WE CAN GO TO BED AT NIGHT AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE NEW NEIGHBORS DOWN THE STREET THAT WE JUST MET A WEEK AGO.

AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, THE NEW NEIGHBORS DOWN THE STREET THAT WE MET A WEEK AGO.

AND ONCE AGAIN, IN A MONTH AND A MONTH AND A MONTH AND A WEEK, AND EVERY THREE WEEKS, WE CAN'T DO IT.

IT UNDERMINES OUR SAFETY.

IT UNDERMINES OUR PEACE OF MIND AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE KNOW WHO ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE.

WE ARE GOOD TEXANS, GOOD CITIZENS OF BEDFORD.

WE LIKE TO KNOW WHO OUR NEIGHBORS ARE, BUT WE CANNOT GET TO KNOW EVERY SHORT TERM RENTER THAT COMES THROUGH THIS AREA.

WE CAN'T NOT IN THAT HOUSE.

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STREET IS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THEY USE THAT STREET SPECIFICALLY TO WALK UP AND GO HOME WHERE THERE ARE KIDS, LITTLE KIDS.

THAT IS A, THAT'S A TERRIBLE BREACH OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE CHILDREN.

AND UNLESS SHE IS THERE ACTIVELY MONITORING HER CUSTOMERS, I'M NOT HEARING THAT SHE CAN 100% WITH 100% ABILITY ENFORCE HER RULES.

ANYBODY CAN DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S SCARY, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY.

EVERYWHERE, ANYBODY CAN DO ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.

SO INVITING THIS MANY PEOPLE INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS A RECIPE FOR SOMETHING BAD TO HAPPEN.

AND IT ONLY TAKES ONCE.

IT ONLY TAKES ONE.

AND WE DON'T EVEN WANT THE ONE.

UH, IT OPENS UP THIS MAJOR RISK TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT IS, THAT IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN.

UH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I DO HAVE QUESTIONS THAT I DO HAVE IS WHAT ABOUT THE GUESTS OF GUESTS? 'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW GUESTS HAVE GUESTS, MULTIPLE PEOPLE OF MULTIPLE PEOPLE COMING INTO THAT HOUSE, WHETHER IT'S FOR A PARTY, A GET TOGETHER, WHATEVER.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO HAVE, SHE SAID, A MINIMUM OF SOMEWHERE AROUND FIVE TO 10.

SO IF GUESTS OF GUESTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 15 TO 20 IN A HOUSE AT A TIME FOR A NIGHT, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE COOL.

WE DON'T WANT THAT.

THAT'S A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD ALL THE TIME.

ALL THE TIME.

YOU CAN WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREETS AT NIGHT AND NOT HEAR HARDLY ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE BIRDS.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE THAT I HUMBLY ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IS, DOES THIS LOWER ADJACENT PROPERTY VALUES, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALSO REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT.

I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I YIELD ANYBODY ELSE SPEAK? WE HAVE ANOTHER HELLO, MY NAME.

MY NAME IS JUDITH WILLIAMS. I, JUDITH WILLIAMS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

I'M A BEDFORD HOMEOWNER AND RESIDENCE AND, AND A RESIDENT FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

AND I WOULD POINT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE HERE THAT THE ENTIRE BASIS OF HER ARGUMENT, FOR AN EXCEPTION TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, IS HER PERSONAL JUDGMENT AND ABILITY TO SCREEN RENTERS.

BUT WHEN SHE, LET'S SAY SHE MOVES TO HER OTHER HOME IN LOUISIANA OR CELLS, AND THIS SUPPOSED GOOD JUDGMENT, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE IS COMPLETELY OPERATIVE, BUT SUPPOSE IT IS, THEN THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE.

SO THAT SEEMS A RATHER FLIMSY BASIS TO GRANT AN EXCEPTION TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT I WOULDN'T THINK HARDSHIP WOULD BE, EXCUSE ME, THE INABILITY TO AFFORD MULTIPLE HOMES.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A HARDSHIP, BUT PLEASE BE AWARE THAT AN ARGUMENT BASED ON THE JUDGMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, IS NOT A GOOD REASON TO GRANT AN EXCEPTION.

THAT WOULD STILL APPLY, WERE THAT JUDGMENT REMOVED FOR WHATEVER REASON.

OFF ACCESS, TONS OF, FOR YOU GUYS THAT LIVE AROUND THERE, KNOW THAT, UM, PLENTY, PLENTY OF WINDOWS, UM, ARE AVAILABLE.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO COMMENT WITH THAT? UH, I THINK THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, HAVE SOME, UH, FEEDBACK OR, OR REBUTTAL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND, UM, I TAKE THOSE VERY, UM, TO HEART.

UM, IN REGARDS TO THE FIRE HAZARD, WITH THE BACKYARD BEING

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AND OF COURSE, BEFORE ANY OF THIS IS APPROVED, UM, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH INSPECTION.

SO I'M NOT GONNA DECIDE IF IT'S A FAST FIRE HAZARD OR NOT.

THE CITY OF BEDFORD IS, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE CRIME, YOU KNOW, IT BAFFLES ME THAT THE NEIGHBORS SAY THAT THEY ALL KNOW EACH OTHER AND THAT THEY ARE THERE TO REPORT CRIME.

BUT WHEN MY CAR WAS VANDALIZED AND WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THAT STUFF, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, UNTIL I CAME BACK AND HAD TO CALL THE POLICE AND THERE WAS ANOTHER CAR THAT WAS VANDALIZED THE SAME DAY, NOT MY PROPERTY, UM, THAT IT WAS NOT REPORTED.

BUT YET, WHEN A FRIEND LEFT THE CAR THERE AND MISTAKENLY TOOK THE CAR, THE KEYS WITH THEM, HONEST MISTAKE THAT ANYBODY WOULD'VE DONE, THEN VERY EASILY CALL THE POLICE ON THAT.

UM, SO NEIGHBORS, LET'S BE NEIGHBORS, RIGHT? IF THERE'S GONNA BE CRIME, LET'S REPORT CRIME.

IF, YOU KNOW, DON'T BLAME THE VICTIM.

WHEN MY CAR WAS VANDALIZED, TIRES WERE NOT SLASHED.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM.

THE WINDSHIELD WAS, UM, SMASHED.

AND WHEN I CALLED THE POLICE TO REPORT THAT, THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE, UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO NOT MY, YOU KNOW, NOT TO BLAME THE VICTIM HERE.

UM, HOW TO DEAL WITH GUEST OF GUEST OF GUESTS.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT I HAVE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY.

I AM NOT AN INVESTOR.

AGAIN, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GO TO 10 O'CLOCK IN ULI TOMORROW, I DO HAVE A LONG-TERM RENTAL, UH, PROPERTY THERE THAT I HAVE TO EVICT A LADY.

I AM NOT AN INVESTOR.

AFTER 10 OUT OF 12 PAYMENTS THAT SHE HAS NOT DONE, I HAVE FINALLY SAID I NEED TO LET GO OF HER.

SO I'M NOT AN INVESTOR.

I AM SOMEBODY THAT IS, UM, IN THAT HOME WHEN I SAID MY SON HAD TO DOWNSIZE, YES, HE HAD TO DOWNSIZE TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH ALL THIS PROPERTY.

SO MY FINANCES IS REALLY NOT A MATTER OF THIS SPORT.

I THINK THAT'S BEYOND, I MEAN, IF, IF I HAVE WORKED SUBSTANTIALLY TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOMES AND I'M NOT ABLE TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT, I THINK THAT THAT'S BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THIS CONVERSATION HERE.

UM, SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE COUNTED TOWARDS ME, THE ABILITY FOR ME TO WORK, WORK, WORK TO BUY PROPERTY AND NOT ABLE TO AFFORD THEM ANYMORE AT THIS POINT.

UM, IN REGARDS TO THE MULTIPLE CARS OUTSIDE, YES, UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE I BOUGHT THIS HOUSE, UM, WE HAD MULTIPLE THINGS GOING IN THAT HOME.

UH, ONE OF WHICH, UH, SEWER WATER STARTED COMING OUT OF, OF, OF THE FLOOR.

SO MULTIPLE CARS HAVE HAD TO COME UP THERE AND PARK UP THERE IN CITY OF BEDFORD, ACTUALLY, UH, IF YOU CAN SHOW THAT PICTURE, CITY OF, UH, BEDFORD WAS WORKING THERE.

SO IF YOU SEE ALL THAT STUFF THAT CITY OF BEDFORD WORKING, SO KEN, KEN, UM, ONCE AGAIN, NEIGHBORS ARE SEEN FLOODING IN THAT HOUSE.

CITY OF BEDFORD, NOT CALLING UNTIL I ACTUALLY COME HERE.

I THINK IT WOULD'VE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN THERE WHEN IT, UM, THE QUESTION REGARDING, UM, WHO'S GONNA WATCH THE HOUSE WHEN I'M NOT THERE? HAVE A VERY CLOSE RETIRED, UM, FRIEND THAT IS WILLING TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD GIVE HER PURPOSE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT HOME.

I HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD, A NEIGHBOR THAT ACTUALLY, UH, CURRENTLY SINCE I OWN THE HOME, WALKS, WALKS BY THERE AND MAINTAINS THE YARD.

UM, AND AS I SAID, MY SON AND HIS FAMILY ARE HERE IN TOWN, SO I'M NOT GONNA ASK MY SON TO GO THERE OVER TIME BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY HE HAS LITTLE KIDS.

BUT I DO HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT HAVE KNITTED IN THE, UH, IN HERE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EYES IN THE PROPERTY.

UM, PLEASE CALL THE POLICE IF YOU SEE SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE, PLEASE DO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T BLAME THE VICTIM.

UH, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON.

I, TYLER WATSON, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, UH, TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

SO HELP ME GOD.

UM, I TOO AM A RESIDENT OF SAN MARCOS LANE, IF YOU WANNA SHOW THE MAP.

I'M JUST TWO HOUSES DOWN FROM 8 0 5, SO EIGHT 13.

UM, JUST LIKE A LOT OF THE OTHER, UM, RESIDENTS OF THE STREET, I KNOW EVERYBODY ON THE BLOCK.

I KNOW THEM, I KNOW THEIR KIDS.

UM, I'VE NEVER ONCE MET, UM, THE OWNERS OF 8 0 5.

SO A COUPLE OF THE POINTS THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

I'VE LIVED THERE FOR FOUR YEARS NOW.

UM, IT IS A FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I PLAN TO PROBABLY GET ENGAGED SOON AND, UM, HAVE A FAMILY OF MY OWN.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO RAISE A FAMILY ON THE BLOCK, GO TO THE SCHOOLS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, AND NEVER,

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NEVER ONCE HAS THE INDIVIDUAL COME INTRODUCED HERSELF TO ME.

NEVER ONCE HAS SHE, UM, COME AND TALK TO THE OTHER NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE SHORT TERM RENTAL.

I WOULD THINK IF I'M GOING TO BE IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE, I MIGHT GO GET, YOU KNOW, OTHER NEIGHBORS THOUGHTS ON THE IDEA.

UM, IT JUST WAS KIND OF THROWN OUT THERE.

WE GOT THE NOTICE.

UM, AND THAT WAS THAT.

SOME QUESTIONS I DO HAVE WOULD BE, HOW LONG DOES IT PLAN TO BE A SHORT-TERM RENTAL OF THE YEAR? I KNOW SHE HAS ANOTHER PROPERTY IN LOUISIANA THAT SHE SPENDS SOME TIME AT.

SO IS IT 50 50, 75, 25? UM, SO THAT HAS ONE QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE.

UM, AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE EXCEPTIONS ONE THROUGH FIVE, UM, I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS THROWN OUT THERE.

UM, I DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF THE FACTORS WERE TRULY MET 100%.

I THINK THERE WERE SOME IDEAS AND THOUGHTS THROWN OUT THERE FOR EACH OF THEM, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK EACH FACTOR WAS ADDRESSED FULLY.

SO I WANT THAT TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

UM, AND ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SIGNATURES, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A COPY OF THOSE? OKAY.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET I THINK, 25 SIGNATURES, YOU KNOW, ON THE BLOCK THAT STATE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FULLY AGAINST THIS, UH, SHORT TERM RENTAL.

ANYBODY ELSE? IF THERE IS NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, WE'RE READY TO GO TO THE NEXT STAGE, WHICH IS, UH, DISCUSSION, PUBLIC HEARING.

OH, WE NEED TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPLIED, BUT WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GO TO A DISCUSSION PHASE.

SO I THINK, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, DOES ANYBODY HAVE COMMENTS OR NO OBJECTION.

TO ME, UH, I THINK THE ISSUE BEFORE US IS WHETHER, UH, WHETHER THE DENSITY OR THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT WAS MET OR NOT, AND WE'RE HERE BECAUSE IT WASN'T MET AND WHETHER THE APPLICANT PROVIDED, UH, THOROUGH JUSTIFICATION, UH, TO GRANT A SPECIAL, UH, UH, EXEMPTION.

UH, A I I PERSONALLY DON'T SEE ANYTHING UNIQUE ABOUT THE PROPERTY.

UH, IT LOOKS LIKE A, YOU KNOW, LIKE A TYPICAL PROPERTY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH RELATIVELY CLOSE, UH, SETBACKS.

AND, UH, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M GOING FROM.

SO, YOU KNOW, CHAIRMAN, SO THE DISCUSSION REALLY IS, IS HE IS, HAVE YOU HAD, WERE YOU PRESENTED WITH ENOUGH INFORMATION TO JUSTIFY AN EXCEPTION? RANDY, YOU HAD A COMMENT? I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT YOU WAS THROUGH, UH, I JUST GO MAKE A MOTION.

WELL, WHEN READY, LET, LET, I'LL BE READY FOR, FOR MOTION.

BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO KEEP ASKING PEOPLE TO GIVE 'EM, YOU KNOW, A, A COMMON THEME IS TO LET EVERYBODY COMMENT WHETHER I AGREE WITH A COMMENT OR NOT.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT MATTER, BUT EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO COMMENT, RIGHT? SO IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS, WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION.

MAYOR, CHAIRMAN, I MAKE, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DENY THE, UH, PROPERTY, UH, IT DOES NOT MAKE THE CITY ORDINANCE AT 1000 FEET DISTANCE BETWEEN, UH, UH, SHORT TERM RENTALS.

OKAY? AND I TAKE IT THAT WE HAVEN'T, WITH THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN PRESENTED WITH A JUSTIFICATION TO ALLOW AN EXCEPTION.

THAT'S THE SECOND PART OF, THERE WAS NO JUSTIFICATIONS IN, IN THAT, UH, THAT I, THAT I COULD HEAR.

AND I THINK WITHOUT THE, WITH THEM NOT MEETING THE THOUSAND FEET ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, UH, WITHOUT ANY JUSTIFICATIONS, I, I, UH, MAKE A MOTION.

WE DENY WE HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION.

I SECOND WE HAVE A SECOND.

UH, ARE WE NEXT? I BELIEVE ON THE AGENDAS WE DISCUSS, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION? WE CAN JUST VOTE.

SO WITH THAT, WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO DENY THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION.

SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE SAY NAY MOTION IS GRANTED.

AND THAT MEANS THAT THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION IS NOT, UH, APPROVED.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, SO DOES ANYBODY REQUIRE A BREAK? DO YOU NEED TO GO SEE YOUR DAUGHTER? I'D LIKE TO GO OUTSIDE AND WARM UP.

UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA,

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THE SPECIALIST.

WE GENERALLY DON'T HAVE, LIKE, WE GENERALLY DON'T HAVE BREAKS OR RECESSES.

GENERALLY IF SOMEBODY HAS TO TAKE A BIO BREAK, UH, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.

EXCEPTION CASE 25 DASH THREE.

WITH THAT, COULD WE TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I JUST ASKED.

OH, YES.

UH, WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY COULD.

SO, UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE A SHORT 10 MINUTE BREAK? THANK A MOTION.

WE TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK.

ANYBODY, ANY SECOND ? I SECOND WITH THAT.

UH, LET'S TAKE A BREAK FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND GET BACK.

UH, I BELIEVE, UH, WE, UH, UH, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE BACK.

WE DID HAVE ONE ALTERNATE WHO HAD TO LEAVE FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO REOPEN THE MEETING, UH, TO DEAL WITH, UH, UH,

[4. Public Hearing and consider action on a Special Exception request from Section 5.16.B of the City of Bedford Zoning Ordinance to allow a short-term rental property to be located within 1,000 feet of another short-term rental property. The subject property is located at 2812 Jasmine Ct. in Bedford, Texas, legally described as Meadow Wood Addition Block 11 Lot 6, generally located east of Murphy Dr. and southeast of Jasmine Ct. The property is zoned R-7,500 Single-Family Residential Detached District. (EXPT-25-3) ]

AND WITH THAT, IS THERE SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? ALRIGHTY.

THIRD TIMES THE TERM.

ALRIGHT.

SO THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION FOR A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BE PERMITTED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF ANOTHER SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTY.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 28 12 JASMINE COURT ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE CITY.

SO THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN THE, WITH THE RED STAR.

IT'S, UH, EAST OF MURPHY DRIVE A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF HARWOOD ROAD, AGAIN, ON THE CITY'S NORTHEAST SIDE.

IT'S LOCATED AT THE END OF A CUL-DE-SAC COURT.

UH, AGAIN, BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY.

SO, CITY COUNCIL, UH, ADOPTED AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION INSPECTION PROGRAM IN 2021 FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

EARLIER IN 2025, CITY COUNCIL AMENDED SAID ORDINANCE TO PLACE DENSITY REQUIREMENTS ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

SO THAT ESSENTIALLY PROHIBITED THEM FROM BEING LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF ANOTHER REGISTERED PROPERTY.

THE RECENT AMENDMENT ESTABLISHED A PROCESS IN WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNER COULD REQUEST A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FROM THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS HERE TO RECEIVE A RELIEF FROM THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT.

SO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE PRESENT FOR 28 JASMINE COURT, AND THEY ARE THE ONES REQUESTING SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO BE REGISTERED AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL WITHIN THE THOUSAND FOOT RADIUS OF ANOTHER SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTY.

HERE ARE SOME SITE PHOTOGRAPHS.

HERE'S LOOKING STRAIGHT AT THE PROPERTY, LOOKING NORTH FROM THE PROPERTY SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THEN A LITTLE BIT A WAYS, AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S IN A COURT, UM, THIS IS A VIEW FROM DOWN THE STREET FACING INTO THE COURT.

THE HOUSE WOULD BE RIGHT IN THE, UH, MIDDLE RIGHT SAN RIGHT HAND SIDE.

SO AGAIN, HERE'S OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL TRACKING MAP THAT WE UTILIZE FOR THESE PROPERTIES.

AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ABOUT 830 FEET NORTH OF ANOTHER REGISTERED PROPERTY ALONG MEADOW WOOD LANE.

AND SO THAT'S THE PROPERTY THAT IS TRIGGERING THIS A THOUSAND FOOT DISTANCE ON THIS PROPERTY.

FIVE FACTORS ARE GIVEN FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.

THE FIRST, WHETHER THE OPERATION OF A SHORT-TERM RENTAL IN EXCESS OF THE DENSITY LIMITATION WILL NOT ADVERSELY IMPACT THE RESIDENTIAL QUALITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH THE PROPERTY'S LOCATED.

WHETHER SUCH OPERATION IS LIKELY TO DISRUPT ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER'S RIGHT TO QUIET ENJOYMENT OF THE PROPERTY, WHETHER SUCH OPERATIONS WILL SUBSTANTIALLY IMPACT NEARBY STREETS, INCLUDING WHETHER THE PROPERTY PROVIDES ONLY OFF DUTY PARKING, AND WHETHER THE APPLICANT SEEKS TO OPERATE THE ENTIRE RESIDENCE OF A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, OR WHETHER THE SHORTTERM RENTAL USE IS LIMITED TO A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AND FACTOR V, WHETHER OTHER SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN EXCESS OF THE DENSITY LIMITATION ARE ALREADY OPERATING ON THE BLOCK.

SO A BRIEF ANALYSIS ON THE FIVE DIFFERENT FACTORS IS PROVIDED IN Y'ALL'S PACKET.

UM, SOME HISTORY AND BACKGROUND ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL, UM, BASED ON STAFF'S RESEARCH AND OTHER, OTHER ITEMS IS IN Y'ALL'S STAFF REPORT.

SO I YIELD MY TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS IS THERE? SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.

SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

IS THERE AN APPLICANT HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE APPLICATION FOR THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION? AND PLEASE, UH, SWEAR IN STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR, UH, CITY OF RESIDENCE.

UH, I, MARY ANNUS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO GOD HELP ME.

UM, SO I AM THE OWNER, ME AND MY HUSBAND.

WE ARE THE OWNERS OF 28 12

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JASMINE COURT.

UM, WE APPLIED FOR THE SHORT TERM RESIDENCE FOR THIS HOUSE.

WE CURRENTLY LIVE IN COLVILLE, AND WE WERE LOOKING TO MOVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND WE CAME FROM MASSACHUSETTS.

SO DOUBLE MOVING WILL NOT BE, YOU KNOW, REALLY COMFORTABLE FOR MY BOYS.

UM, SO WE WERE LOOKING THAT, OKAY, SO INSTEAD OF LEAVING THE HOME CLOSED, WHY NOT? WE JUST LIKE DO SHORT TERM RENTAL.

WE STAYED IN SHORT TERM RENTAL WHEN WE CAME TO TEXAS, UH, LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.

SO WE KNOW HOW AIRBNB OR VRBO OR ALL THOSE SHORT TERM RENTAL APPLICATIONS WORK, WE HAD TO SUBMIT OUR SOCIAL SECURITY, OUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, EVERYTHING.

THEY DID A BACKGROUND CHECK FOR US.

UM, SO IF WE ARE GONNA LOOK AT THE FACTORS, UM, IN THE BEGINNING YOU SAID IT'S LESS THAN A THOUSAND FOOT.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MEASURE THE A THOUSAND FOOT, LIKE DO WE GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSES BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST LIKE 840 OR 830 FEET? SO IF IT'S A DRIVING DISTANCE, I BELIEVE IT WILL BE A THOUSAND FOOT.

BUT IF LIKE A STRAIGHT LINE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE, UM, MEASUREMENTS LIKE WORK.

UM, SO IF IT'S LIKE A DRIVING DISTANCE, I, I BELIEVE WE ARE MORE THAN A THOUSAND FOOT.

AND ACTUALLY MY QUESTION FOR THAT SPECIFIC POINT, IF WE WERE MORE THAN A THOUSAND FOOT, WILL THIS, LIKE OTHER FACTORS LIKE REGARDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SAFETY AND ALL THAT, WILL THAT BE IN FACTOR? LIKE WILL THAT BE CONSIDERED OR WILL I JUST GET THE EX LIKE APPROVAL FOR THAT? UM, IF WE WERE TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER FACTORS, UM, WHETHER IT'S GONNA DISRUPT THE ADJACENT OWNER'S RIGHT TO QUIET ENJOYMENT OF THEIR PROPERTY, AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR PROPERTY, IT'S A CUL-DE-SAC AND WE HAVE LIKE, THE HOUSE IS ON THE INSIDE.

IT'S NOT LIKE ON ON THE STREET THERE HAVE, WE HAVE A DRIVEWAY THAT HAS SPOTS FOR TWO CARS IN THE GARAGE, EXCUSE ME, THE GARAGE, UM, CAN HOLD TWO CARS AS WELL.

AND IT'S A WHOLE FENCED HOUSE.

SO IF WE ARE INSIDE, I DON'T THINK WE CAN LOOK INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY OR ANYBODY IN THE NEIGHBOR'S CAN LOOK INTO OUR HOUSE.

UM, LOOKING INTO FACTOR NUMBER THREE, UH, IMPACTING NEARBY STREETS OR ANY OF THAT, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A CUL-DE-SAC.

IT'S A VERY, VERY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE WOULD LOVE TO KEEP IT AS QUIET AS THAT.

UM, THERE IS NO TRAFFIC, THERE IS NO CARS COMING IN AND OUT.

UM, I'M SORRY.

CAN YOU GET FOUR AND FIVE? UM, WHETHER I WOULD LIKE TO UPGRADE IT AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL OR IS IT LIKE, AS A PORTION AS OF RIGHT NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL AND IF IT'S IN EXCESS OF THE, UH, DENSITY LIMITATIONS? I DON'T THINK SO.

I HONESTLY DON'T THINK THAT THERE ARE THAT MANY HOUSES THAT ARE RENTALS IN THE AREA.

THAT'S WHY I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE WILL BE AFFECTING ANY OTHER SHORT TERM RENTALS.

IN TERMS OF SAFETY WISE, LIKE I MENTIONED, I MYSELF, WHEN WE CAME HERE, WE HAD BACKGROUND CHECKS DONE FOR US.

AND THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT WE WILL BE DOING THROUGH THE, UM, PORTALS, THROUGH THE OFFICIAL PORTALS LIKE AIRBNB.

SO THEY WILL PUT THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY, THEY'LL PUT THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE.

WE HAVE CAMERAS OF COURSE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE AND ON THE BACKYARD.

UM, WE DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY TROUBLE TO THE NEIGHBORS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVE THAT WE ARE ALSO GOOD CITIZENS AND WE ARE ALSO WORTHY OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THAT'S IT.

UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO GIVE MY USUAL QUESTION MM-HMM .

ARE, IS THERE ANY UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS PROPERTY THAT WOULD JUSTIFY AN EXEMPTION? SO IT'S ON A CUL-DE-SAC, SO IT'S NOT AFFECTING THE NORMAL TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD.

THERE WON'T BE ANY LIKE EXCESS CARS COMING IN AND OUT.

JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME TO SPEND LIKE A DAY OR TWO, WHETHER IT'S FOR LIKE A MEDICAL CONFERENCE OR ANY MEETING OR ANYTHING THAT MAKES THEM COME OVER TO STAY IN OUR HOME OR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WOULD USUALLY RENT A CAR.

I DON'T THINK PEOPLE

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WOULD COME IN WITH RVS OR LIKE BOATS OR LIKE ANYTHING THAT BIG THAT WOULD BLOCK THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SOMETHING THAT WE WILL NOT ALLOW AS WELL.

WE HAVE QUIET HOURS, WE HAVE ENFORCEMENT FOR NO PARTIES.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE NOISY TO OUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL.

ARE THERE ANYBODY WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU.

UH, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TO SPECIFICALLY TO SPEAK FOR THE APPLICANT OR ARE WE LOOKING AT, UH, ARE WE READY FOR THE GENERAL OPEN UP FOR A GENERAL COMMUNITY COMMENT? OKAY.

SO SINCE I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY COME UP TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK AS PART OF THE APPLICANT, UH, WE ARE NOW READY TO OPEN UP FOR COMMUNITY COMMENT.

AND IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK SPEAK FOR THIS? AND I WOULD, I WOULD ACTUALLY ASK IF THERE'S MULTIPLE PEOPLE IF YOU CAN KIND OF, UH, GET IN LINE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN CUT DOWN THE, UH, THE, UH, TURNOVER TIME WITH THAT.

PLEASE, UH, SIGN IN.

I SHOULD SWEAR YOURSELF IN AND STATE YOUR NAME.

I ROGER GIBSON DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN, IN SUBJECTS OF, OF WRITING, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF FALLACIES ON THIS ONE THAT TO ME JUST STAND OUT.

MY NAME'S ROGER GIBSON.

I'M HERE WITH MY WIFE SHELLY.

WE LIVE AT 28 0 8 JASMINE COURT, WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.

UM, WE'VE LIVED THERE 37 YEARS, IT'S OUR STARTER HOUSE.

UM, WE DIDN'T PLAN TO, UH, STAY IN OUR STARTER HOUSE 37 YEARS LATER.

AND I CAN PRETTY MUCH SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND ATEST THAT PRACTICALLY EVERYBODY I, UM, KNOW FROM MY WORK AND FRIENDSHIP, THEY MOVED ON TO BIGGER HOUSES AND, AND, UM, BIGGER PROPERTIES AND STUFF.

AND WE STAYED THERE.

AND THERE'S REASONS THAT WE STAYED THERE THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

WHEN SHELL AND I FIRST STARTED LOOKING FOR A HOME, OUR STARTER HOME, I THINK THIS WAS PROBABLY THE THIRD OR FOURTH PROPERTY THAT WE LOOKED AT.

AND AS SOON AS WE SAW THAT PROPERTY AND, AND WE WALKED THROUGH IT, WE KNEW IT'S WHERE WE WANTED TO BE.

IT WASN'T THE HOUSE.

THE FIRST THING WAS THE CUL-DE-SAC SELF.

THE SECOND THING WAS THE BACKYARD.

THE BACKYARD WHERE ONE OF THE FOUR PROPERTIES IN THE CUL-DE-SAC THAT, UH, IS ON THE CORNER.

SO WE HAVE A LONGER BACKYARD, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT AN INGROUND PULL IN THERE AND WE STILL HAD A, A REMAINING YARD THAT'S PROBABLY BIGGER THAN MOST OF THE OTHER HOUSES ON, ON THE CUL-DE-SAC.

WE, UM, SO IN ORDER WE CHOSE THE CUL-DE-SAC, WE CHOSE THE YARD, THE BACKYARD WE CHOSE THEN THE SCHOOL AND THE PARK, WHICH WAS IN WALKING DIS I MEAN SHORT WALKING DISTANCE, COUPLE MINUTES AND THEN THE HOUSE.

UM, OVER THE YEARS, SHELLY AND I, WE TRIED DESPERATELY TO HAVE A GIRL.

WE ENDED UP WITH FOUR BOYS.

GOD SAID, IT'S NOT HAPPENING.

WE FINALLY RAISED THE WHITE FLAG AND WE'RE NOW A FAMILY OF SIX.

SO WE TURNED AROUND AND WE CONVERTED THE GARAGE INTO TWO MORE BEDROOMS TO MAKE IT A FIVE TWO.

UM, I MENTIONED THAT WE PUT IN THAT POOL AND A FEW YEARS AGO, ALL OUR KIDS HAVE GRADUATED AND WE, UM, IT'S BECOME MORE OF A HEADACHE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

AND I'M, WE TALKED ABOUT TAKING IT OUT AND THE FIRST CONTRACTOR TOLD ME, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

YOU KNOW, YOUR VALUE HAS LIKE TRIPLED ON THAT POOL.

AND I LOOKED IT UP AND HE WAS ACCURATE.

BUT A YEAR LATER, THIS PAST OCTOBER, WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT POOL TAKEN OUT.

WHY? BECAUSE SHELL AND I FIGURE WE'RE GONNA DIE IN THAT PLACE.

I DON'T MEAN TO BE MORBID, BUT THAT, THAT CUL-DE-SAC IS OUR HOME.

AND IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR US, US AND WE'VE BEEN THERE 37 YEARS.

WE'RE, WE ONLY GET THE SILVER MEDAL.

JEANIE BACK HERE'S BEEN 42 YEARS AND ANOTHER COUPLE HERE'S BEEN 32 YEARS.

I MEAN, WE HAVE 111 YEARS, BUT BETWEEN JUST THREE FAMILIES UP THERE.

AND, UM, THIS, THIS IS UPSETTING FOR US BECAUSE SETTING ASIDE THIS ORDINANCE FOR A SECOND, SHELLY AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A CONFLICT IN THE 37 YEARS WE'VE LIVED THERE, NEVER WITH A SINGLE NEIGHBOR.

WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH A LOT OF 'EM.

AND NOW WE'RE AT ODDS.

AND THESE SEEM, WHEN I FIRST MET THEM, WHEN THEY FIRST SHOWED UP AND I WALKED OVER AND INTRODUCED MYSELF, I SPENT ABOUT 20, 25 MINUTES WORKING WITH NADIR ON HIS POOL AND STUFF.

AND I WENT BACK AND TOLD SHELLY AND THEN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, I'M EXCITED.

I THINK IT'S GONNA, UH, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE GOOD.

AND THEN, AND THEN THIS.

AND NOW, NOW WE'RE AT ODDS AND I THINK THIS ORDINANCE IS WEAK.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO WRITE THE ORDINANCE, BUT I THINK IF YOU HAVE INPUT, I THINK THIS ORDINANCE IS IN SEVERE NEED OF BEING REVISITED.

AND I HAVE A

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THIS ORDINANCE BASICALLY ALLOWS IT WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHEN REALITY, IT SHOULD PROHIBIT IT WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, SHE'S ALMOST MADE SOME OF MY POINTS FOR ME ON THIS CUL-DE-SAC THAT THERE'S NO TRAFFIC.

THERE'S NINE HOUSES ON OUR CUL-DE-SAC, BUT IN REALITY, THE TWO ON THE END, THEY EXIT ONTO MURPHY DRIVE.

THAT LEAVES SEVEN, THOSE SEVEN FAMILIES, THIS BEING ONE OF THEM.

SO THAT LEAVES SIX OF US.

WE HAVE 10 VEHICLES THAT USE THE CUL-DE-SAC 10 FOR THOSE SIX FAMILIES, ONE OF THOSE PARKS ON THE, ON THE STREET, THE REMAINING, THE REMAINDER IN THE GARAGES OR, OR IN THE DRIVEWAYS.

VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC.

OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE HAD STREET HOCKEY BASKETBALL.

IF YOU GO OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL SEE THE MARKINGS ON, YOU CAN PROBABLY STILL SEE THE MARKINGS ON THE PAYMENT THAT ANOTHER PARENT MADE WITH CHILDREN NOW FOR KICKBALL.

AND THOSE KIND OF ACTIVITIES CAN OCCUR ON THIS LITTLE CUL-DE-SAC BECAUSE TO HER POINT, THERE IS NO TRAFFIC.

I MEAN, WE, WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S A LIE.

WE DO GET A, I I WOULD URGE YOU, YOU, YOU'RE ADDRESSING THE BOARD AND NOT THE APPLICANT.

OKAY? BECAUSE YES, BECAUSE WE REALLY DO NOT WANT CONFLICT AMONG NEIGHBORS.

I, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M HERE IS I DON'T WANT CONFLICT EITHER.

AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN THROWN UPON US.

UM, BUT TO MY POINT, THE, THE NO TRAFFIC EXAMPLE THAT WAS GIVEN IS EXACTLY ONE OF THE REASONS I'M STANDING HERE IS BECAUSE WE WERE ALL, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THINGS ON THIS CUL-DE-SAC THAT YOU CAN'T DO ON A NORMAL STREET AND STUFF.

AND THERE'S NOW TWO FAMILIES THAT HAVE CHILDREN.

WE HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, ANOTHER ONE FAMILY HAS GRANDCHILDREN.

AND THIS SORT WAS ALL THIS IN THE CHAOS.

UM, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE THREE WEEKS OF SEPTEMBER THAT THEY RENTED THIS PLACE OUT.

I MENTIONED WE HAVE 10 VEHICLES FOR THE CUL-DE-SAC.

I COUNTED 11.

NOW, IN FAIRNESS, OVER THOSE THREE WEEKENDS, IN FAIRNESS, ON ONE OF THOSE WEEKENDS, TWO VEHICLES SHOWED UP AND THEN SOME SHORT TIME LATER, THEY WERE, THEY WERE GONE.

AND NEW VEHICLES SHOWED UP THAT STAYED THERE FOR THE, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY FOR THREE WEEKS, THREE WEEKENDS, WE'VE ALREADY GOT MORE VEHICLES THAT ARE SHOWING UP ON OUR CUL-DE-SAC.

THEN THE RESIDENTS HAVE USED.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S THREE WEEKENDS IN SEPTEMBER.

AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT SHELLY AND I WERE, WERE TALKING ABOUT AND HAS BEEN PREVALENT THROUGH ALL THESE YEARS IS WE'RE KIND OF ANONYMOUS TO THE REST OF THE CITY.

WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT WHEN THEY DRIVE DOWN A, A, UM, A REGULAR STREET, YOU SEE ALL THE HOUSES AND THE CARS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

WE DON'T GET THAT WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF INSULATED AND PROTECTED.

AND THIS, THIS THROWS ALL THAT.

IT BECOMES VOID EVERY WEEKEND.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE NEW STRANGERS LIVING RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO US.

AND YES, THERE ARE GOOD AIRBNB RENTALS PEOPLE, BUT THERE'S ALSO BAD ONES.

AND THERE'S ALSO THE INDIFFERENT ONES.

AND I'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE INDIFFERENT ONES ON OUR CUL-DE-SAC.

THE SECOND GROUP, ONE GUY PARKED, GOT OUT WITH HIS WI, I ASSUME HIS WIFE, SMALL CHILD PARKED RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE BASKETBALL GOAL ON THE STREET.

AND THE NEXT MORNING THERE'S THE SMALL TISSUE OF TRASH THAT I PICKED UP FROM IN THE, IN THE SAME EVENT, THE CARS THAT PARK IN THE, IN THE, THEY DID PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY.

THERE'S THE COKE CAN CRUMPLED UP.

COKE CAN WASN'T OURS, WASN'T JEANIE WHO LIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HIM.

SO I'M MAKING AN ASSUMPTION IT WAS PROBABLY THE GROUP, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE INDIFFERENT PEOPLE.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BAD? WAS IT TWO WEEKS AGO LUBBOCK HAD THE SHOOTING IN THE, UH, SHORT TERM RENTAL, 20-YEAR-OLD KID KILLED 18-YEAR-OLD AND 16-YEAR-OLD INJURED.

THAT WAS, THAT WAS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS IN LUBBOCK.

UH, MY GUESS IS RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PROBABLY IN AN UPROAR THERE.

THEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, DALLAS IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS HAS HAD ONE.

YOU LOOK AT FACTOR ONE AND FACTOR TWO, HOPEFULLY BETWEEN THE GROUP THAT WAS HERE BEFORE IN OUR GROUP.

AND, AND THE LADY THAT, UH, SPOKE IN THE FIRST GROUP THAT SHE, SHE WASN'T WITH SAN MARCOS, BUT SHE'S WITH THE, SHE'S NEXT DOOR TO THE, AND I JUST MET HER TONIGHT.

SHE'S NEXT DOOR TO THE HOUSE.

THAT'S, THAT REQUIRES THE EXEMPTION HERE.

AND YOU, YOU HEARD HER SPEAK TO WHAT SHE'S HAVING TO DEAL WITH.

IF I CAN MAKE ONE SUGGESTION,

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IF ANYBODY EVER DOES TALK TO THE COUNCIL AND PROPOSES A REVISION, I THINK THE ORDINANCE SHOULD AGAIN, PROHIBIT WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS AND SOME THINGS, AND GRANTED I'M BIASED, BUT A CUL-DE-SAC SHOULD BE AN AUTOMATIC.

YOU GOT THE ZERO LOT LINES.

I MEAN, THEY'RE RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

THEY SHOULD BE AUTOMATICS.

AND THEN YOU GOT THE SCHOOLS, LIKE THE SCHOOL THAT WE WALK TO TO PICK UP OUR CHILD, SPRING GARDEN ELEMENTARY.

YOU GOT HOUSES, RIGHT, RESIDENTIAL HOUSES RIGHT THERE.

I WOULD THINK FOR SAFETY ALONE, YOU DON'T WANT SHORT TERM RENTALS RIGHT THERE.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT I SAW THAT WOULD RESTRICT THAT.

I DON'T, I KNOW YOU'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.

UH, IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE TO COMMENT, WISHES TO COMMENT? COME ON.

UH, HI.

MY NAME'S RHONDA LALA.

I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

SO HELP ME GOD.

UM, I'VE LIVED IN BEDFORD FOR SINCE 1983.

MY FAMILY OWNS ABOUT FIVE HOUSES, UH, WITHIN KIND OF THE AREA.

WE ALL ARE HOMEOWNERS.

UM, AND WE ARE NOT DIRECTLY CLOSE TO THE JASMINE COURT, ALTHOUGH WE ARE WITHIN PROBABLY LESS THAN HALF A MILE.

UM, MY NEIGHBOR AND I ARE HERE TOGETHER LIVING ON BENT TREE.

WE LIVE CAT CORNER FROM A SHORT TERM RENTAL THAT SHE MENTIONED.

UH, LIKE THIS LAST WEEKEND THERE WAS, I, I THINK I COUNTED EIGHT TRUCKS, TWO FLATBEDS, UH, CARS COMING IN AND OUT WITH VERY, VERY LOUD RAP MUSIC WITH TERRIBLE WORDS.

UM, YOU KNOW, GOING, GOING KIND OF ALL NIGHT LONG.

AND SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE DECENT SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

I MEAN, I'M HONESTLY, I'M PRETTY DISAPPOINTED THAT BEDFORD HAS ALLOWED THEM.

I FEEL LIKE I'M LIVING NEXT TO A MOTEL.

UM, AND UH, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY DISAPPOINTING TO ME.

AND I WILL SAY MY EL ELDERLY PARENTS LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

THEY ALSO HAVE A POOL AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF PARTIES THAT HAPPEN.

CRAZY LANGUAGE.

I HAVE TODDLER GRANDKIDS AND I REALLY HAVE TO WATCH THEM BECAUSE OFTEN I GUESS IF THE PARTY GETS TOO LOUD IN THE BACKYARD, THEY MOVE INTO THE FRONT YARD.

WE'VE HAD AS MANY PEOPLE AS 20 SMOKING AND DRINKING OUT IN THE FRONT YARD.

THEY'LL KIND OF STOP AND WATCH US AS WE WALK BACK AND FORTH.

I WAS TAKING CARE OF MY ELDERLY AUNT'S HOMES ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE, UH, HOUSES DOWN ALSO ON A CUL-DE-SAC.

AND I JUST REALLY DIDN'T FEEL SAFE BECAUSE CONVERSATION WOULD STOP AND I WOULD JUST BE TRACKED BACK AND FORTH.

AND THEN ALSO I FELT LIKE IT WAS KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SHE WASN'T HOME.

UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES CARS ARE PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND I'M CATTYCORNER THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY FREQUENTLY IN FRONT OF MY PARENTS' HOME.

MY PARENTS HAVE KIND OF, THEY'RE IN THEIR EIGHTIES THAT KINDA RETREATED INTO THEIR OWN HOME BECAUSE IT'S NOT COMFORTABLE TO BE IN THEIR BACKYARD ANYMORE.

AND, AND GRANTED, YOU KNOW, WE ALL WANTED TO GIVE IT A, A SHOT AND HOPE THAT, THAT IT WORKED OUT FOR THE BEST.

IT SOMETIMES IT'S OKAY, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S NOT.

AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF AN OUTLIER WITH THAT.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, THEY HAVE TO GIVE THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND THEY HAVE TO BE VETTED EVEN AS SHORT TERM RENTERS.

BUT THEN YOU GET INTO THE FRIENDS OF THE FRIENDS.

AND AS A FORMER FOSTER PARENT AND ADOPTIVE PARENT OF SOMEBODY WHO'S EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ABUSE, THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL TO ME.

AND YOU JUST CAN'T VET ALL OF THAT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE TO SPEAK? YES, I'M JUDITH WILLIAMS, LONGTIME BEDFORD HOMEOWNER AND RESIDENT.

DO I NEED TO SWEAR AGAIN? UH, I CAN DO IT.

QUEST.

I, JUDITH WILLIAMS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

SO HELP ME, GOD, I I HEARD NO SPECIAL CONDITION OR CIRCUMSTANCE TO MERIT AN EXCEPTION.

EVEN THE SCREENING CRITERIA FOR RENTERS THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS JUST THE GENERIC AIRBNB CRITERIA, WHICH ARE KNOWN TO BE INSUFFICIENT, TO BLOCK PROBLEMATIC TENANTS.

I THEREFORE URGE THIS PANEL TO DENY THIS EXCEPTION REQUEST.

I SEE SOMEBODY ELSE IS COMING UP TO SPEAK.

THAT'LL BE THE LAST ONE.

'CAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO HOME.

UM, I'M JEANNIE BRADY.

I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

SO HELP ME, GOD, I LIVE AT 28 17 JASMINE COURT, THE OTHER SIDE.

AND, UM, I'M GONNA MAKE IT SHORT BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID IS SO TRUE ABOUT HAVING STR IN BEDFORD.

IT'S REALLY A SHAME, BUT THAT'S A FIGHT FOR ANOTHER DAY.

UH, WHAT I WANNA SAY AS FAR AS GRANTING THE EXCEPTION, UH, ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE

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FIRM, NOT FLEXIBLE.

IF WE SET THAT, AND I'M TOTALLY THANKFUL THAT THEY DID IMPLEMENT THE THOUSAND FOOT, BUT IF THAT'S OUR RULE, THAT'S OUR RULE.

I'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED, AS ROGER SAID, BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY RENTED.

AND I DID TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE PARKING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET MAIL FOR LIKE THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS BECAUSE ONE OF THE CARS WAS PARKED IN FRONT.

SO I ASKED ABOUT IT, UH, WHY AREN'T THEY USING THE GARAGE? THOSE ARE TWO SPACES.

AND UH, HE SAID, WELL, WE CAN'T KEEP CHANGING THE CODE.

OKAY, SO THERE'S NO ROOM ON A CUL-DE-SAC.

IF YOU GO DOWN MURPHY, YOU'LL SEE A MAILBOX HERE ALL THE WAY OVER THERE IS ANOTHER MAILBOX.

SO YOU HAVE AN OPEN STREET WITH US.

IT'S LIKE IF SOMEBODY SNEEZES NEXT DOOR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CLOSE.

WE LIVE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

SO I I'M JUST ASKING THAT ENFORCEMENT BE FIRM, NOT FLEXIBLE.

THERE'S NO HARDSHIP HERE.

UM, IF HAS TO BE, THEN THEY SHOULD LIVE ON SITE.

THEY SHOULD BE A HOST ON SITE AND IF NOT, THEY CAN SELL BECAUSE IT'S A QUIET CUL-DE-SAC.

WHOEVER THOUGHT IT'D BE A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE AN AIRBNB ON A QUIET CUL-DE-SAC, IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE.

BUT IF THEY WANT, THEY CAN SELL.

IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO LONG TERM.

AND, UM, THERE ARE NEW HOUSES ACROSS FROM ST.

MICHAEL AND THEY CAN BUILD THERE.

BUT ANYWAY, I DON'T WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE, BUT I JUST SAY, IF WE HAVE THIS RULE, LET'S KEEP IT.

THEIR STRICTER LAWS, THEY'RE STRICTER ENFORCEMENTS.

UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON WHO WANTS TO COMMENT AGAIN, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COMMENT AFTER HER, I, YOU KNOW, PLEASE GET IN LINE.

DO I NEED TO SWEAR BACK IN OR AM I GOOD? UH, I THINK YOU'RE GOOD, BUT YOU DO NEED TO RESTATE YOUR NAME AND, AND ROBERTA TIDWELL.

I LIVE IN BEDFORD.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY SINCE I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A MEETING AND I WAS KIND OF LIKE PERSONAL THE TIME BEFORE, I JUST KIND OF WANNA LOOK AT YOUR FACTORS.

AND I TOO AGREE THAT IF YOU HAVE THE RULE, IT'S A THOUSAND FEET.

IT'S A THOUSAND FEET.

I LOVE THE IDEA OF, UM, THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE FIRST TALKING ABOUT IT SHOULD BE HARDER TO GET ONE THAN EASIER OR TO APPLY FOR AN EXCEPTION.

AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND IT SAYS, NUMBER ONE WILL NOT ADVERSELY IMPACT THE RESIDENTIAL QUALITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT HAS IN MIND, GUARANTEED.

NUMBER TWO, OPERATION IS LIKELY TO DISRUPT THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.

3 45 IN THE MORNING.

I'M UP, I TEACH SCHOOL.

I'M UP ALL NIGHT LONG.

I DON'T GO BACK TO BED.

I DEAL WITH ALL THE CARS HUMMING AROUND MY HOUSE, ALL HOURS.

TIRES IN THE FRONT, THE FLATBEDS, IT'S, WE HAD ONE TIME THERE WAS RENTERS AND THEY WERE IN THE POOL IN THE BACK CUSSING A STORM UP.

YOU COULD HEAR 'EM EVERYWHERE.

UM, IT'S JUST A NIGHTMARE IF YOU LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT.

AND IT DOESN'T BOTHER THE HOMEOWNER WHO'S MAKING $1,200 FOR FOUR AND FIVE DAYS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

THEY'RE NOT LISTENING TO IT.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO HEAR IT.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CARS RACING UP AND DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST MAKING, THEY'RE MAKING THEIR MONEY AND THEY'RE MOVING ON.

AND I HAVE THE NUMBER OF THE GUY WHO OWNS THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET AND I WAS INFORMED TONIGHT, I'M JUST GONNA START CALLING THE POLICE, I GUESS.

AND THEY CAN DEAL WITH IT AND THEY CAN CITE THEM.

I THINK THAT'S THE RULE.

MAYBE SOMEONE CAN CLARIFY ME WITH THAT.

NUMBER THREE, WHETHER SUCH OPERATIONS WILL IMPACT THE NEARBY STREETS.

IT DID THOSE, UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE HUGE CAR TRAILERS, TWO OF THEM TOOK UP OUR STREET AND THE CROSS STREET FOR PROBABLY AN HOUR WHILE THEY LOADED AND UNLOADED TRUCKS.

CAN YOU GO TO NUMBER FOUR? UM, I, I JUST THINK THE STRS ARE BAD.

I CAME IN WHEN I MOVED TO BEDFORD AND I RENTED AND I, I WAS SHORT $75 EVERY MONTH BECAUSE I WANTED MY KIDS IN A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WORKED A SECOND JOB JUST SO THAT THEY COULD BE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES WITH THAT.

AND I, I FEEL LIKE IT, IT, THE SHORT TERMS ARE NOT OUR ANSWER OUT HERE.

UM, AND YOU'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE DENSITY, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I HIT THOSE FACTORS BECAUSE I WAS EMOTIONAL EARLIER.

'CAUSE I REALLY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T AGREE, COME TO MY HOUSE.

I LIVE AT 30, 37 VENT TREE LANE.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME AND HANG OUT AND LISTEN TO THE GARBAGE.

I PROMISE YOU'LL GO HOME FAST.

THANKS.

IS IS THERE ANY OTHER, UH, COMMUNITY COMMENT? UH, OKAY, THERE IS NO OTHER COMMUNITY COMMENT.

I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.

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UM, OKAY.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING FROM MY NEIGHBORS AND FROM FELLOW PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN BEDFORD.

UM, BUT THIS, LIKE, THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE WERE SOLELY TO THE CARS THAT ARE MOVING IN THE CUL-DE-SAC.

NOBODY MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE INSIDE.

SO YOU'RE STATING THAT WE HAVE 10 CARS IN THE CUL-DE-SAC, WHICH MAKES SENSE.

IF WE ARE FOUR HOMES, EACH HOME HAS TWO CARS.

I'M NOT COUNTING THE OLDER CHILDREN'S CARS.

SO EVEN IF I LIVE THERE, I HAVE TWO CARS MY SON WILL BE DRIVING IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.

SO THAT'S AN EXTRA THREE CARS.

IF THE ISSUE IS CARS, THERE IS SPACE FOR THE CARS.

THERE IS A GARAGE WITH TWO SPOTS INSIDE.

THERE IS TWO PARKING SPOTS ON THE DRIVEWAY.

NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO PARK.

THERE'S A FIRE HYDRANT ON ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

BY LAW, NOBODY'S ALLOWED TO PARK THERE.

AND THERE'S MY POSTOP POSTAL'S OFFICE.

I MEAN LIKE POSTAL BOX, I MEAN MY POSTAL BOX ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SO PARKING ON THE ON THE ROAD IS NOT PERMITTED.

PARTYING IS NOT PERMITTED.

I BELIEVE WHEN WE CAME AND WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN BEDFORD, THE REVIEWS, LIKE I TOLD YOU, I CAME FROM MASSACHUSETTS AND WE MOVED TO TEXAS A MORE CONSERVATIVE PLACE.

UM, WHICH IS WHY WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY HERE.

THE LAWS THAT ABIDE ALL OF US ARE THE ONES THAT IF I DO ANY, LIKE ANY VIOLATIONS, I WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE TO CALL 9 1 1.

IF I SEE ANY VIOLATIONS ON MY PROPERTY, I'M GONNA CALL 9 1 1.

IF ANY OF MY NEIGHBORS SEE ANY VIOLATIONS ON MY PROPERTY, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO FIND THEM CALLING 9 1 1 FOR ME, EVEN IF I'M NOT LIVING THERE.

SO IT, I'M LOOKING FOR THE SAFETY OF MY NEIGHBORS AND MYSELF BEFORE EVEN LIKE LOOKING FOR THE PROFIT THAT'S COMING BEHIND THAT.

AND THAT'S IT.

ROGER GIBSON 28 0 8 JASMINE COURT.

UH, I SEE, UH, IT WOULD BE REALLY BE GOOD NOT TO GET IN A REBUTTAL BACK AND FORTH.

UH, IF, IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL OR NEW COMMENT, GO AHEAD AND AND COME UP.

I URGE YOU TO BE QUICK.

I UNDERSTAND.

I WANNA GO HOME TO YOU.

SO WHEN I MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE TRAFFIC, IT WASN'T JUST RELATED TO THE TRAFFIC.

THE TRAFFIC HAS PEOPLE IN IT.

AND THERE WAS A COMMENT I MADE EARLIER ABOUT THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE THAT RENT AND THERE ARE BAD PEOPLE THAT RENT AND THERE ARE INDIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT RENT.

AND UM, WHEN THIS CAME UP, I DID CONTACT SOMEBODY IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA THAT I KNOW THAT DID SR.

THEY RENTED OUT, THEY DID THE AIRBNB FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND THEY QUIT IT.

AND I ASKED THEM WHY AND THEY SAID ABOUT EVERY THREE IN 10 WAS A PROBLEM FOR 'EM.

THEY WERE MAKING MONEY, BUT THEY STOPPED IT BECAUSE ABOUT THREE IN 10 WERE A PROBLEM FOR 'EM.

AND IT WAS OVER MORE PEOPLE COMING ON SITE THAN WERE SUPPOSED TO, WHICH INCLUDED MORE VEHICLES, WHICH INCLUDED MORE NOISE.

UM, I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE, THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WILL COME IN ON THESE SITES, IF I UNDERSTAND RIGHT.

I HAVEN'T VERIFIED IT, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT IF YOU GO ON THE SITE WHERE THIS RENTAL IS, UM, THEY'RE ADVERTISING UP TO NINE PEOPLE IN A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH.

THAT SEEMS PRETTY HIGH.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, AND THEN, AND THEN, AND I'LL FINISH WITH THIS NEXT, UM, JUNE, UH, THE CITY OF ARLINGTON IS GONNA BE HOSTING THE, UH, UH, SOME OF THE WORLD CUP GAMES.

AND I HAVE JOKED WITH MY WIFE.

I'M NOT SURE IF WE'D BE BETTER SERVED IF WE GET THE WINNING TEAM FANS OR THE LOSING TEAM FANS.

I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE'S GONNA BE MORE, UH, TOLERABLE.

NEXT DOOR.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME UP AGAIN.

AGAIN.

UH, I BELIEVE WE'RE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS SOMEBODY REALLY WANTS TO COMMENT, THINK THEY CAN ADD ANYTHING.

I SEE NOBODY UP TO THE PODIUM.

SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND, UH, OPEN FOR BOARD DISCUSSION.

I WOULD, AGAIN, I THINK THE, I THINK THE ISSUE WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IS, UH, SINCE, SINCE IT'S NOT ALLOWED BY THE ORDINANCE, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE ORDINANCE AND ASK IF WE IN FACT HAD A JUSTIFICATION PRESENTED TO US BY THE APPLICANT.

AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHAT OUR DECISION SHOULD

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BE AND WHAT OUR WHAT OUR, UM, DISCUSSION SHOULD BE ABOUT.

I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT OPEN.

IS THERE, IS THERE ANYBODY YOU WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE BOARD? OKAY.

YOU READY FOR MOTION? I, OH, FIRST WE GOTTA FIR FIRST WE HAVE TO ASK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.

SORRY, I DIDN'T, COULDN'T HEAR YOU.

NOBODY WISHES TO DISCUSS.

SO WE ARE OPEN FOR A MOTION.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I, I MOVE THAT WE DENY THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION ON ACCORDING TO THE CITY ORDINANCE OF 1000 SQUARE FEET FOR SEPARATION OF THE PROPERTIES, UH, WITH NO SPECIAL REQUEST FOR SPECIAL REASON FOR THIS PROPERTY.