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• MINUTES <br />REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />April 27, 1992 <br />7:00 P.M. <br />PRESENT: ABSENT• ALSO PRESENT• <br />Lee Barry Ken Salzberg Susan Hoyt, Administrator <br />Len Boche Acting as Planner <br />Ed Finegan Paul Ciernia, Council- <br />Marie Furton member <br />Steve Huso <br />Carolyn Nestingen <br />Meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. by Lee Barry, Chair. <br />The minutes of the March 30, 1992 meeting were unanimously approved <br />as written. <br />REPORTS, REOUESTS RECOMMENDATIONS <br />1. Request for a variance from $9-4.01(4)[c] of the zoning <br />code for 2291 Hoyt Avenue in an R-1 zone. <br />. The property owner, George Albrecht, presented to the commission <br />his request for a 16 foot variance in the required front yard <br />setback of 30 feet to construct a double garage and eliminate an <br />existing single car garage on his property. <br />The proposed garage will replace a terrace and deck that currently <br />intrudes 16 feet into the 30 foot setback. The existing one-car <br />garage will be turned into living space and the existing driveway <br />eliminated. <br />After some discussion, motion was made by Finegan to approve the <br />variance based on the following criteria: <br />(a) Double garages are now standard for residential <br />property. Occasionally, variances are necessary <br />to meet this need on the urban lots developed in the <br />past. <br />(b) The proposed garage represents a continuation of an <br />existing setback in the front yard. <br />(c) There are examples of other similarly sited garages <br />in the nearby residential streetscape. <br />(d) Topography and landscaping prohibits the extension of <br />• the double garage to the east. <br />(e) Meets the standards for granting a variance. <br />