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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION JANUARY 13, 2000 Rossow expressed concern about school bus access to the home and the fact that ahandicapped-accessible school bus will tie up traffic on Little Canada Road for a minimum of 4 minutes when dropping off clients who utilize wheelchairs. It was pointed out that the building will front the parking lot at the corner of Little Canada Road and McMenemy Road and the school bus could utilize the parking lot. David Collova reported that he owns the adjacent property and asked how much traffic would be utilizing the lower parking lot. Schmidt reported that there will be 5 employees in the office during normal daytime business hours. She also reported that the clients using the respite home usually are dropped off during the daytime hours. A drop-off takes approximately 15 minutes and will likely occur from the upper parking lot. Keis noted that the crux of the issue is the variance and again suggested that the Commission give the applicant an indication on the variance. However, he felt the matter needed to be tabled so that the City Engineer can work with the applicant on the ponding issue. Duray felt there was no hardship present to justify the variance. Knudsen asked if there was any non-financial basis for a variance. The City Planner replied that the Commission would have to find a special condition that is unique to the property and that creates a hardship with putting the property to a reasonable use. The Planner suggested that the narrowness of the property may be a special condition. Knudsen suggested that the narrowness of the lot as well as the need to comply with ADA regulations would create a unique situation for this development. Therefore, he was willing to support a variance. Montour noted that the 15-foot setback is not being met on one corner of the building. Montour suggested that the need for a storm water holding pond may effect the entire layout of the property. Barraclough felt that the use proposed was a good use of the property; and felt that given the Federal funding of the project, the property will be well maintained. 11