Good evening, everyone.

Uh the Board of Appeals hearings for Wednesday, October the 7th, 2026 is here by call to order.

At 6 p.m.

I'll ask our board administrator, please call the roll.

Chair Bulware.

Present.

Vice Chair Johnston.

Present.

Board member Stan.

Present.

Three

members present at roll call.

Thank you.

Are there any announcements?

No, Mr.

Chair.

Alright.

The Board of Appeals in-person meetings and your hearings continue to operate virtually using alternative public participation options, including utilization of digital technology or teleconferencing.

Virtual hearings are recorded and transcribed during the meeting, so please state your name for the record each time you speak.

For

clarity and transcription, please do not speak over another person.

If you wish to speak, please raise your hand to be called upon, and I will call upon you in turn.

Our criteria for granting appeals involving variances.

The particular uniqueness and peculiarity of the specific of the specific property causes a zoning provision to impact disproportionately upon that property.

Such a strict application of the provision will result in peculiar and unusual practical difficulties to the owner of the property.

Such variance is the minimum reasonably necessary to overcome the exceptional physical conditions.

Such variants can be granted without substantial impairment to the intent, purpose, and integrity of the general plan or any area of master plan, sector plan, or transit district development plan affecting the subject property, and such variants will not substantially impair the use and enjoyment of adjacent properties.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a variance may not be granted

if

the practical difficulty is self-inflicted by the owner of the property.

All of these criteria must apply.

If

the board determines that it needs to seek technical assistance from any other governmental agency, we shall do so.

Their

approval of variants is not a guarantee that further review will not be necessary by any other government authorities.

And following the approval of a variance, a building permit must be obtained.

Before any building permits will be processed by the county permits office, a copy of the board's written order must be presented.

Approval of any variants is contingent upon the development of the property in compliance with the board's approved site and elevation plans.

And

with that, we'll call our first case on our agenda this evening for a new variance.

Yes.

Okay.

Could you please state your name and your address for the record?

Yes,

Ruben

Soto

Gomez.

512 Lisa Avenue Odinton, Maryland 21113.

Thank you.

And our board administrator will swear you

in.

Good evening.

Do you solemnly swear or affirm under the penalties of perjury to interpret accurately, completely and impartially, and to refrain from null and disclosing confidential privilege information obtained while serving the proceeding?

And acknowledge that you will also stay under oath for cases v 2726 and v-40 2020 26.

Good evening.

I do for the record.

Ruben Sotogom is certified Spansion Chopper.

Thank you.

Thank you.

This request for a variance of 10,368 square feet net lot area and five to six lot width to obtain a building permit for the construction of a two-story framed single dwelling, single family dwelling with a basement, an open deck, a covered front porch, and a driveway at 1100, Queen Anne's Avenue, Beltsville.