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COUNCIL MINUTES November 27, 2017 DRAFT 4 able to respond. The city engineer remarked that there are driveways in the city that do not meet the 133 standard and there are driveways that have been altered to meet it. 134 135 Council Member Kusterman said he watched the Planning and Zoning Board meeting to understand 136 better how they came to their decision. He heard an impassioned plea from the homeowner at that 137 meeting. While he doesn’t like to set precedent by ignoring the regulations, he did hear about the 138 lack of intent in this situation; it was an accident and he doesn’t think it will cause a swell in 139 nonconforming driveway construction. He thinks this is one the city can let go, with the stipulation 140 that a permit be taken out (Ms. Larsen added that a permit and penalty for the work has been paid 141 already). 142 143 Mayor Reinert remarked that things change, such as it being more common to have a three car garage, 144 so maybe it’s time to take a look at the regulations. It’s a topic for discussion at a future work 145 session. 146 147 Council Member Rafferty suggested that the city engineer mentioned that some individuals have had 148 to change their driveway to meet regulations. He recognizes though that some driveways are 149 concrete, some are asphalt and some are even gravel and there would be a big difference in making 150 changes. Is there information on what types of driveways have been changed due to error? City 151 Engineer Hankee first noted that she’s aware that other communities do restrict driveway width (even 152 narrower in some cases) in order to balance green space and for aesthetics. Mayor Reinert said that 153 the question would be part of the future discussion. 154 155 Council Member Maher remarked that given the expense of having a concrete driveway installed, she 156 has a hard time understanding that people would risk not doing it correctly. She would be more 157 comfortable granting a variance when a homeowner makes an error as opposed to a contractor. 158 159 The homeowner addressed the council. The work was done by her father and she trusted that he 160 would do it correctly and with a permit. The instructions to the workers was actually to remove and 161 replace the driveway; she attributes some confusion perhaps to the fact that she removed some 162 landscape rock on the sides of the driveway. There was no intent to enlarge the driveway but she’d 163 prefer to leave the concrete as is. 164 165 Council Member Kusterman moved to approve Resolution No. 17-130 as presented. Council 166 Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 167 6B) Consider Resolution No. 17-131 Approving a Variance to Allow for the Minor Subdivision 168 of a Portion of Outlot A, Lino Air Park North – City Planner Larsen presented information to the 169 council on the variance request: 170 171 - Unique situation at 345 Carl Street with an Outlot A platted in 1977; 172 - The outlot (2 feet wide, 1200 feet long) is known as a spite strip (to prevent development of the 173 property); 174 - The adjacent parcel is to be purchased (vacant) for development of a single family home; 175