4-22-26 Zoning Board of Adjustment

City of Des Moines Zoning Board of Adjustment · April 23, 2026

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Opening and staff introductions

Announcement

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Chair Mel Pins opened the meeting, introduced board members (Heather Ann Rowe; Julian Neely; Marlys Jones; Tom Decio; Rhonda Cedillo; Mel Pins; expected member Dave Gare), and named city staff who would assist (Gary Guidelock, legal counsel; Bert Dross, deputy planning administrator; Chris Hilesgaard, zoning enforcement officer; Frank Dunn, senior city planner; Michelle Wall, meeting moderator). Chair reviewed quasi‑judicial procedure and hearing rules.

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The Des Moines Zoning Board of Adjustment met to review a consent agenda, a proposed 109-foot communications tower, a request to restore replacement rights for two mobile-home lots, a monument sign appeal at Merle Hay Road, and a variance/conditional-use request for a neighborhood convenience store. Several appeals were approved and others denied; board elected officers and adjourned.

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