The Greenville Board of Adjustment met on March 24, 2022, at 6:00 PM in the City Council Chambers. The meeting included approval of minutes, two public hearings, and a continuation of a variance decision. All votes were unanimous.
If you all will remember back with me, Mr. McKinnon placed his objection on the floor about uh how portions of the minutes were composed. Uh they have been noted, vetted, represented, and at this time I'll seek a motion for the approval of the minutes for December the 16th 2021. So moved. All right. We have a motion by Miss Bellis and our second. Second. We have our second. Very good. I'm sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, this is much different than the virtual meeting. All right. All right. All those in favor. Right? Say aye. All those that oppose. I guess the ayes have it. Will that suffice? Yeah, it's listen. It's been quite some time since I've ridden the bike. Now we're going to move on to draft minutes for last month, February the 24th. Uh seek a motion for the approval of those minutes. Mr. Chairman. Yes, sir. I may have a full briefly. Certainly. With regard to the February 24th, uh 22 minutes. I would recommend to the board the need for correction over on page uh 28 regarding the uh wording of the abstention. Um it currently states Mr. Cohen made a motion to approve the petition with the recommended conditions by city staff. Mr. Pertle seconded the motion and it failed. Vote 5 to 2, 5 no, and 2 yes, including one abstention perdle. So a couple of things with regard to an abstention. Number one, our rules of procedure for the board of adjustment does not specifically address abstention voting. Um I will say for sake of uh uh explanation, the historic preservation commission's rules and the uh planning and zoning commission's rules state that a an abstention is an affirmative vote. So then you go back to well, what should control that particular issue. Uh the rules of procedure for the board of adjustment do not does not also specify the Roberts Rules of Order is the specific parliamentary procedure for the board. However, it is used like a as a guide. When you look at Robert's rules of order, uh it's treated two different ways depending on the on the interpretation. One would be that the abstention vote is essentially a non-vote, meaning that it does not count at all. The second would be that it's a negative vote. So based upon uh consultation with the city attorney, the city attorney would recommend that it would be reflected that um that it would be included as a a uh non-vote. So I would recommend that the amendment that the uh minutes be approved with the amendment of Mr. Cohen made a motion to approve the petition with the recommended conditions by city staff, and Mr. Pertle seconded the motion and it failed. Vote five to one, comma five no and one yes per end with one member abstaining from voting.