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Page -3- April 4, 1979 <br />the house he has been looking at costs about $18.00 per sq. ft. and it did not include <br />the lot, carpet, furnace or basement or transportation to the lot. Mr. Rehbein said these <br />houses would be put on a full basement. The model house would be built with a garage to <br />show the prospective buyer how it will look with a garage. <br />Mr. Rehbein said he would have restrictive covenants regarding garages, he did not want it <br />to be an eye sore. <br />Mr. Shearen asked Mr. Mobley if the room sizes met the City ordiance and Mr. Mobley said, <br />Yes. He explained he saw the houses Mr. Rehbein is planning to build and he would wager <br />no private contractor could build a better quality house and explained the procedure of <br />building this house. The structability of these houses .are far better than any house being <br />built in this City at this time. He explained the construction in detail. <br />Mr. Shearen said the qualdity of construction will be up to the building inspector and is <br />not the concern of this Board. <br />Mr. Johnson asked how many models Mr. Rehbein had and noted all models looked pretty much <br />the same. Mr. Rehbein said they will be custom built to what the _,owner wants. They will <br />all be different. <br />Mr. Reinert wanted more information about why the forefathers asked for a 1,000 sq. ft. <br />size limit and Mr. Shearen said tax base primarily. Mr. McLean said it was also an average <br />of what was being done in the surrounding communities. <br />Mr. Rehbein read from the Metro Survey that 58% of the cities require from 720 sq. ft. He <br />noted he was on the Planning and Zoning Board when the present ordinance was established <br />but now trends are for smaller homes to use less energy. <br />Mr. McLean said this is a good point. If the decision is to go to a smaller square footage <br />make it for the entire City. Mr. Rehbein said he did not agree, try it first before you <br />change the entire City. <br />Mr. Shearen said he is in favor of dropping square footage. Maybe by next Monday, Mr. Locher <br />can tell the City how to accomplish this. <br />Mr. Reinert felt you can not deal with one situation one time and another situation another <br />time. There should be some uniformity. <br />Mr. McLean said covenants are policed by the land owner not the City. He felt covenants <br />did not work very well. <br />Mr. Shearen asked Mr. Mobley if average permits issued by this City are larger than our <br />minimum code. Mr. Mobley said 60% are holding to the minimum and 40% are over the minimum. <br />Mrs. Schwankl asked if those that are over the minimum are built by people who have previously <br />owned a home and built, up an equity. There was no answer. <br />Mr. Shearen said the point he is trying to bring out is that not all the houses are goint <br />to be the minimum sizes. Mr. Mobley said this is correct. <br />Mr. Reinert said based on the $18.00 per square foot quoted by Mr. Rehbein, if the code is <br />reduced to 860 sq. ft. vs. 1,000 sq. ft. you are only saving about $2,500.00. Mr. Rehbein <br />said,yes on the cost of the house only, the $18.00 did not include basement, lot etc. He <br />said he could drop the 860 sq. ft. plan but hoped could get approval of the 24' x 40' house <br />or 960 sq. ft. <br />Mr. Reinert asked Mr. Rehbein what he figured his square foot cost would be. Mr. Rehbein <br />