The Board of Public Works & Safety met on July 21, 2026, at 10:00 AM at New Albany City Hall. The meeting addressed several permit requests, utility repairs, a fiber optic encroachment permit, special events, and administrative items.
So you have a cost of things. Well, I was saying there's some other charts to show us what's the second one. That's the one. Which is not a good thing. And then you'll see how far you're going to go on. Oh, come on. You're going to be cheaper to do that. Good morning. Call O July 21st, 2026 meeting of the Board of Public Works and Safety. Again, with pledgeable agency. Do you want to address the board if not on the agenda? There's a sign in cheat podium. Sign in, we'll call when you later meet. John Craft. Curved cut request, K with Drive. Yes, please. For the record, John Kraft of the law firm of Young Lynnerson Kraft, 126 West Spring Street in New Albany appearing on behalf of Al Cardoso. I believe Mr. Thompson has been to this site, but uh ultimately the request is for a second curb cut. Uh and this lot, lot 33, uh 2700 uh is the address on Cape Wood Drive. The the reason being is the individuals currently have five cars. Uh and if you've been to the site, uh you'll notice that this sits on a call-de-sac. Uh the result tends to be that uh we apply for a variance through the Board of Zoning Appeals and appeared before the Board of Zoning Appeals on July the second uh to get the variance and certainly it's uh the chicken and egg routine. Uh uh Board of Zoning Appeals indicated, well, you need to go to the Board of Public Works first and then deal with it uh through the Board of Public Works asking for that second curb cut. Uh we are here today asking for that, and certainly uh what happened with the Board of Zoning Appeals on July the second uh is they tabled the matter uh in order to address uh us to appear before the Board of Public Works in order to get the second curb cut and then ultimately if that being approved and meeting the requirements of the ordinance as to paving that, meeting the requirements uh specifically as it relates to the definition of a driveway under the terms of the New Albany City zoning ordinance. Uh I'll take any questions you may have, but uh ultimately it's try to keep uh the number of cars. These folks have five, keep the number of cars off the street. Uh if you've been to the site, you'll notice that they're already there, uh parked cars. Uh I went to the site today that we're zoning appeals hearing, and there were two cars already parked there, and my clients were not part of those two cars. So we're here today asking for a second curb cut in order to uh for lack of a better way to say it, approve this uh second curb cut and then ultimately pay that uh pursuant to the terms of the zoning ordinance. And I did do a side visit and have photo for the board to look at uh the second driveway is requesting is the driveway to gravel driveway that has the white vehicle parks in it. So was he not aware that he needed permission to do this? No, ma'am, he was not it was only after Mr. Thompson visited that uh he became aware of that. Can it get Johnny if they get two cars in that driveway and not block that sidewalk? I've been there. Um I can't say depending upon the size of the car is going to make that determination, but when you have five, it's a little difficult to deal with it. That property has a garage as well? Yes, ma'am. One or two cars. Uh it's one car if I'm not mistaken. Okay. How far back's that go on? All the way around the house. All the way back here. Oh, shoot. Is that the new one that goes all the way back? The new one go all the way back, or is that a new one? Yeah, no, the the one for the house just goes to the garage. Uh and there's not room for a second vehicle in that driveway without blocking the sidewall.