This meeting is being transcribed and summarized.

Good evening.

Welcome everyone to the nineteenth Board of Adjustment Meeting.

Can you please do roll call?

Yes, sir.

Mr.

Galloway.

Here.

Mr.

Carter.

Here.

Mr.

Jenkins.

Here.

Miss Denny.

Mr.

Simpson.

Here.

Ms.

Hudson.

Here.

Mr.

Cusick.

Here.

Thank you.

That's seven present.

Thank you.

Seven present.

We have a quorum.

Introduction of staff, please.

Good evening, everyone.

My name is Jesse Lindenberg.

I'll be presiding as hearing officer for tonight's meeting.

To my left is Mark Kennedy, our IT specialist, and down at the end, we have Mr.

Fred Townsend, the legal counsel for the board.

Furthermore, there shall be no cross examination of witnesses permitted during the public hearing, but the board can ask the applicant questions after any opposition if necessary.

As a courtesy to other participants in this hearing, a maximum of five minutes will be allotted to any person who wishes to provide testimony.

The chairperson of the board has the discretion to allow additional time if deemed to be necessary.

To make statements when your application is called and for the record, please give your name, address, and allow our attorney to swear you in prior to providing testimony.

Copies of any written statements or exhibits used during the hearing should be presented for identification so that they may be included in the permanent record.

The procedure on each variance application will be as follows.

The legal notice will be read on each case prior to the receipt of testimony.

There will be a brief explanation of the application by the staff.

The board will then receive testimony from all of those in favor of the application, followed by testimony of those who may be opposed.

Once those persons in favor and those in opposition have had an opportunity to speak, the hearing on the application will be declared closed.

Decisions on all applications heard this evening will be made by the board during the business meeting following the public hearing.

However, you are not required to remain after the public hearing once your request has been heard and closed.

During the business meeting, the board will consider all information of record.

A common vote of four members of the board shall be required to make a decision on each application.

If you do not wish to wait for the business meeting later this evening, you may call the Kent County Planning Department tomorrow between 8 a.m.

and 5 p.m.

at 302 744 2471 to learn of the board's ruling.

All applicants will receive written notification of the board's decision.

This notice may not be mailed until after the next scheduled meeting, but if approved, you are welcome to apply for any necessary permits prior to receiving this by mail.

Please keep this decision in your records for both you and all future property owners.

The public notice for this evening's hearing was published on Thursday, March 19th in the Delaware State News.

In addition, all of the subject properties were posted with a sign prior to the hearing to further notify the public of the nature of the applications.

Thank you.

Thank you.

This time we'll have statement by counsel.