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Discussion followed. <br />• Commissioner Boche asked if the garage was downsized to 780 sq. <br />feet would Mr. Brace remove the additional length from the <br />northside or the southside of the garage. <br />Mr. Brace responded that he assumed that Mrs. King would prefer <br />that the additional length came off the southside of the garage. <br />Commission Barry said that to bring the garage closer to the way <br />it was originally configured on the site would require taking the <br />additional length off the northside of the structure. <br />Mr. Brace confirmed that the south wall of the new garage was in <br />the same location as the south wall of the old garage. The new <br />garage wall was one foot closer to the east and three feet closer <br />to the westside property lines. <br />Commissioner Salzberg said that he would like to discuss the <br />issue as though a variance was being requested prior to the <br />construction of the garage. He said that given the variance for <br />the 760 foot garage at 1427 West Idaho, he would be inclined to <br />approve a variance for the 780 sq. foot garage at 1433 West <br />Idaho. <br />Commissioner Boche asked if the commission could legally grant <br />• the variances for the garage with the conflicting information <br />from the two appraisers. Attorney Bachman responded that the <br />commission could do that with appropriate findings. <br />Commissioner Boche stated that the worst of the three <br />alternatives was a compromise - downsizing the garage to 780 sq. <br />feet. He said that the commission should either enforce the code <br />or admit a mistake and that not a great deal more of the backyard <br />was consumed by the new garage. This did not mean that he liked <br />the garage, but he found the middle alternative the least <br />attractive position. <br />Commissioner Kuettel said that as a new commissioner he spent <br />hours reviewing the materials and driving by the garage at <br />various times. He said that had a request for a variance come up <br />prior to the construction, he would not approve it. However, <br />this was after the fact of a city error which made a tremendous <br />difference, and that he agreed with Mr. Boche that the middle <br />alternative was the worst one. He suggested approving two of the <br />three variances, but possibly conditioning the use of the <br />attached garage as part of the approval. <br />Chairperson Barry said that he differed from Commissioners Boche <br />and Kuettel, that he felt the middle alternative, downsizing to <br />780 ft was appropriate. He agreed that the non-conforming garage <br />was not Mr. Brace's fault. He said looking at the city as a <br />• <br />