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MINUTES <br />. REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />FEBRUARY 28, 1994 <br />7 P.M. <br />PRESENT ABSENT ALSO PRESENT <br />Tom Brace Kay Andrews Susan Hoyt, Administrator <br />Wendy Treadwell Lee Barry Peter Bachman, Attorney <br />Paul Kuettel Lisa Lampi Sam Jacobs,' City Council Liaison <br />Ken Salzberg <br />Meeting was called to order at 7 p.m. by Salzberg in the absence of Chairperson <br />Barry. <br />Minutes of the January 24 meeting were approved as written. <br />REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO CHAPTER 9-4.01 SUBDIVISION (4) OF FIFTEEN <br />FEET THREE INCHES (15'-3") TO THE REQUIRED THIRTY FOOT REAR YARD <br />SETBACK, AND TO CHAPTER 9-2.04 SUBDIVISION 11c1 OF TWO FEET THREE <br />INCHES (2'-3") TO THE REQUIRED FIVE FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK FOR 1775 <br />ASBURY STREET. <br />Administrator Hoyt explained that Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Wiger would like to <br />remodel their home and garage at 1775 Asbury Street. The Wiger lot is 96' wide <br />and 75' deep with a square footage of 7,545.. Because the lot is shallow, a <br />variance- in the thirty foot rearyard setback is required for the proposed <br />construction. <br />Hoyt said three neighboring property owners have responded. The property <br />owners at 1780 N. Snelling Drive expressed concern that a two story addition 14 <br />feet from their property line will infringe on the privacy of their rear year and will <br />have a negative impact on the resale value of their home and so they would <br />oppose granting of the variance. The resident at 1789 Asbury said that without <br />additional information on the exterior house plans she could neither support nor <br />object to the variance request at this time. The property owner at 1770 N. Snelling <br />Drive indicated the variance request does not affect him because his property is not <br />contiguous to the Wigers and, therefore, he has no objection to it. <br />Hoyt introduced Mr. Phil Carlson, City Planning Consultant, who had reviewed the <br />variance request. Mr. Carlson explained that the variance is requested by the <br />Wigers in order to accommodate expansion plans for the kitchen, living room, <br />dining room, and upstairs bedrooms and they believe it necessary to extend west, <br />encroaching on the rear yard, instead of south into an available lot area.. A side <br />• yard setback variance is also requested to replace the existing 18' wide garage to <br />