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Planning & Zoning Board <br />May 14, 2003 <br />Page 3 <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br />intent of the ordinance should not preven t the owners from making practical design <br />choices. <br />Chair Schaps asked if the existing garage wa s 26 feet deep. Ms. Keller replied it was 20 <br />feet, with six feet of entryway. <br />Chair Schaps asked how many feet wide the ga rage would be if they stayed within the <br />ordinance. Ms. Keller replied the original plan they had was a three-car garage with three <br />stalls out in front, but now they decided to do a double-deep garage in back, which would <br />add six additional feet. <br />Chair Schaps asked if they had considered a ny other way to do this. Ms. Keller replied <br />they were making the decision knowing what the possibility of the road was in the future. <br />She stated they would be responsible for ma king this choice. She pointed out there were <br />many homes in the City with a 30-foot setb ack. She noted there were no plans at this <br />time to even expand the road. She indicated if they had the entrance to the garage in the <br />back of their property, they would have to remove trees and the driveway would cut right <br />through their yard. She noted they also had to upgrade their septic system, which would <br />also limit their garage expansion. <br />Mr. Rafferty asked if they were only going to have two doors facing the front. Ms. Keller <br />replied that was correct. <br />Mr. Rafferty stated he believed they could make their plan work without having to need <br />this variance. Ms. Keller stated 20 feet for a garage was not workable and they were <br />banging their doors on the side of th e garage when they opened them. <br />Mr. Lyden stated he did not believe the ro ad would ever go thr ough and the reason the <br />Zoning Ordinance existed was to protect the publ ic, and in this case the only one affected <br />was the homeowner. He stated he saw no r eason how expanding the garage six feet to <br />the south would impact the public good. <br />Mr. Tralle asked if the ro ad was proposed when they bought the home. Ms. Keller <br />replied she was informed the road might be expanded when they bought the home in <br />1986 and it was on a ten-year plan. <br />Mr. Tralle stated he agreed with Mr. Lyde n and he could not see the road going through <br />any time soon. He noted they could plan thin gs and say they were going to do them, but <br />if it was obvious it was not going to happen, they had to realize that. <br />Mr. Hyden asked if this was at one time a 30-foot setback. Ms. Gretz replied she was <br />able to determine that back to 1992, collec tor streets required a 40-foot setback and <br />before that the Ordinance quote d a 30-foot setback from the st reet, not differentiating if it <br />was a collector street. <br />Mr. Hyden asked what were they suppose to go by. Ms. Gretz rep lied they dealt with <br />what they had now and hoped it was the best way to go.