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Applicant says accessory building helps manage PTSD and flooding
Summary
Chris Gardner told the Draper appeals hearing that the outbuilding plays a role in his mental-health routine and that the pad and structure have reduced flooding on his lot and nearby properties; his counsel submitted therapist documentation and urged the officer to consider hardship beyond pure economics.
Chris Gardner described to the hearing how the accessory structure on his property supports his daily life and coping with post-traumatic stress disorder. Gardner said he has slept poorly for a year, cares for a two-year-old son and built the structure to serve multiple uses, including providing a private space and storage for neighbors who also use it. “I have severe problems mentally,” Gardner said, explaining the structure was intended to help him function and to provide a place for others he helps.
Gardner and his counsel also described site work: a concrete pad, a corrugated pipe and a pump that together addressed chronic drainage on the northwest corner of his lot. Hutchins told the hearing that the pad and subsequent building "mitigated flooding problems for mister Gardner and his neighbors." Counsel said electrical conduit was in place from the initial build and that moving or demolishing the building would be practically and financially burdensome for Gardner.
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