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Attach. F <br /> 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 1(c) 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 />