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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 14, 2005 Mike Murphy, 601 East County Road B-2, appeared before the Council and reported that there are some additional issues that he would like to review that were not considered at the Planning Commission. Since that meeting, Murphy indicated thaC he has reviewed the City's mission statement. He noted the clause in Che mission statement that indicated the City will strive to apply its regulations in a fair and consistent manner. Murphy pointed out thaC in 1995, twenty houses were built in Little Canada. One of those houses, 2437 Sunset Court, was constructed with a horseshoe driveway, and later a third curb cut was added. Murphy indicated that the City Administrator informed him that the Building Official at the time chose not Co apply this ordinance to this particular site. The City Administrator objected to this comment, and informed the Council that he informed Mr. Murphy that the Building Official missed the second curb cut and this was an obvious mistake on the part of the Building Official. Murphy noted that the plans for 2437 Sunset Court were submitted reflecting a horseshoe driveway, and this got missed by the Building Official. Murphy stated that since 1980 when the City Code was adopted limiting single-family properties to one curb cut there have been six houses constructed with horseshoe driveways. Five of these were put in without approval, and one was missed by the Building Official. He also noted one additional horseshoe driveway, and noted that a Variance was granted for the Vermeesch home on County Road B-2. Murphy reviewed the site plan for his property showing the proposed horseshoe driveway. He pointed out the large pine tree on his property that will be incorporated into a landscape island adjacent to the driveway. Montour asked about the scale of the drawing. Murphy indicated that the scale may look somewhat deceiving, but indicated that each curb cut would be 24 feet in width. Murphy pointed out that since the Planning Commission meeting, he has learned that one of the member of the Planning Commission has a horseshoe driveway. Blesener noted that it appears from City records that this driveway existed prior to the 1980 Code was adopted. Murphy indicated that prior to the adoption of the 1980 Code, there were seven horseshoe driveways in the City, all of which existed without any problems. Murphy suggested that in applying the City's Codes in a fair and consistent manner, a recommendation against his Variance request does not seem fair and consistent. In continuing his review of the City's mission statement, Murphy pointed out that the statement indicates that City beautification is encouraged.