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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 7, 1984 PAGE 2 M/S/P Mazzara/Morgan - To appoint Jim Bjorkman as the Washington County EMS Representative and Dick Sachs as the first alternate to this position. (Motion carried 3-0). 7. City Engineer's Report A. Public Hearing for James Beers at 3235 Lake Elmo Avenue for side yard setback. Pursuant to published notice, this public hearing was opened at 7:30 in the city council chambers. The council reviewed Mr. Beers' proposal to construct a 16' x 22' garage on the north side of his lot, parallel to 32nd Street, and his request for a variance to the side year setback requirement of 25'. The council reviewed the building official's report in which he indicates that due to a private driveway at the back of this lot and the septic area in the back yard, the proposed garage location is the only location a garage would fit on this lot. He further indicated that Mr. Beer's garage is set back deep enough so that the line of vision interference is not a problem. The garage would be placed 4' from his property line and 24' from the existing curb line of 32nd Street. The building official recommended approval of this requested variance because of the hardship on the property for a garage location and the ability to maintain safety for the traffic in the area. There were no objections from surrounding property owners and the public hearing was closed at 7:35 P.m• M/S/P M/S/P Morgan/Fraser - To approve the side yard setback variance for James Beers at 3235 Lake Elmo Avenue for the construction of a detached garage. (Motion carried 4-0). B. Public Hearing for David Alford at 8080 Hill Trail N. for shoreland permit and (4) variances. Pursuant to published notice, this public hearing was called to order at 7:52 p.m. in the council chambers. Richard Arney, an attorney representing Mr. Alford, asked the City Council to reconsider their denial of Mr. Alford's original application. He feels that the records should be clear as to the existing situation. He feels that the 30' of lakeshore property that this land is on would be totally useless if Mr. Alford was not allowed to rebuild. He further stated that, to his knowledge, none of the abutting neighbors objected to these variance requests. He suggested that the sewer system problems be solved by including this home in the 201 Program, and asked that the city work together with Mr. Alford in coming up with a solution so that this property can be used. Mr. Arney stated that this re -application is identical to the original application, but that Mr. Alford is open to any suggestion from the city staff as to what he could do to comply with the city ordinance and asked the council to delay in making their decision until Mr. Alford had conferred with the city staff.