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MINUTES REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MARCH 28, 1994 7 P.M. PRESENT ABSENT ALSO PRESENT Tom Brace Kay Andrews Susan Hoyt, Administrator Lee Barry Wendy Treadwell Sam Jacobs, City Council Liaison Paul Kuettel Phil Carlson, Planning Consultant Ken Salzberg Lisa Lampi (arrived at 7:30) Meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. by Chairperson Barry. Minutes of the February 28, 1994 we approved as written. REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO CHAPTER 9 -4.01 SUBDIVISION (4) OF FIFTEEN FEET THREE INCHES (15' -3 TO THE REQUIRED THIRTY FOOT REAR YEAR SETBACK, AND TO CHAPTER 9 -2.04 SUBDIVISION 1(c) OF TWO FEET THREE INCHES (2'3 TO THE REQUIRED FIVE FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK FOR 1775 ASBURY STREET. Hoyt briefly reviewed the February 28 planning commission recommendation regarding the request for a variance at 1775 Asbury by property owners, Mr. and Mrs. Wiger. She said that the commission requested that the Wigers revise their proposed construction plans by expanding their house into the sideyard rather than further into the rearyard. This would require a less substantial variance request than the one submitted. Mrs. Wiger explained that no new plans were submitted because it would not be financially feasible to expand into the sideyard and she understood that any revisions should go in this direction. And they would like to have their original variance request reexamined and approved. The Olsons, of 1780 Snelling Drive, to the rear of 1775 Asbury, said they objected because of the proximity to their rear yard and the possible invasion of their privacy. A discussion followed regarding the impact that the addition of a two story home 14 feet from the rearyard would have on the adjacent property at 1780 N. Snelling Drive. The commission also discussed the fact that the Wiger property is not unusually small in area, that there are other blocks configured in the same manner in Falcon Heights, and that there is space to expand into the