The Mobile City Board of Adjustment took action on multiple zoning applications at its Jan. 6 meeting. Below are the outcomes recorded during the public hearing portion of the meeting. Where the transcript did not name a mover or record a roll-call tally, the outcome is reported as described by the chair or staff.

Votes at a glance

- Application 6634 (24100 Du Bois Street) — special exception for a 160-foot telecommunications tower: approved. Condition: maintain existing vegetation buffer to the west; fire-department access must be provided (20 ft access; 13.6 ft turnaround).

- Application 6635 (same facility, related variances for height, setback, landscaping) — approved with condition to maintain existing buffer to the west.

- Application 6592 and related case numbers (Azalea Road day-care extension) — extension of previously approved variance: approved. Applicant submitted additional life-safety and parking materials; revenue/business-license coordination remains outstanding.

- Application 6643 (Kimmy Care Daycare, Cypress Business Park) — amended site variance to allow new building and one additional classroom: approved with conditions. Conditions require staff verification of applicable parking ratio for day-cares and confirmation of landscaping with the city arborist prior to final permits.

- Application 6641 (16 Kirby Street) — variance to allow an open carport within a 5-foot side-yard setback: approved based on findings of fact; applicant described a freestanding open carport attached visually to an existing slab/structure.

- Application 6642 (560 Shady Oak Drive) — applicant not present; board voted to hold over the item for 30 days to allow applicant to appear and present.

- Applications 6644 / 6647 (1 Spring Hill Court; city engineering capital project) — approved. Item involved city engineering work (retaining wall relocation) that encroaches into private side yard; owner easements obtained and replacement fencing/shed/carroll arrangements discussed.

- Application 6645 (industrial site, 660 Dunlap Drive and related parcels) — renewed variances for buildings taller than 100 feet to accommodate modular shipbuilding: approved. Applicant indicated phase-one civil work is under way and building construction to follow.

Other board business and staff reports

- Staff reported that two appeals had been filed from the previous month’s approvals (one involving a storage building and another involving a village/warehouse location). Several matters handled by the planning office are pending in state appellate court and trial courts; staff summarized ongoing litigation timelines and noted appeals must follow the established notice process.

- The board postponed election of officers until a meeting with a fuller complement of members present.