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" 5I111 _ . WT On July 1, 1986, Mr. Maurice Mccollar came before the Lake Elmo City Council in public hearing for the purpose of variance to the Lake Elmo City Code to construct an attached garage. Based on the the testimony and other evidence adduced at the hearing, the City Council makes the following: �aEi�i�}fi[ebYi]aia1:L�� 1. That public notice was duly sent and published. 2. That there is no written consent or agreement from the neighbors regarding the attached garage. 3. That the McCollar property consists of two contiguous parcels. The northerly parcel (House No. 8034) consists of 0.12 acres and the southerly parcel (House No. 8042) consists of 0.46 acres. The combined total area is 0/58 acres. 4. That since all of the contiguous land is considered one parcel in the Code, the property in question contains two principal structures. 5. That the garage is proposed to be located 81 feet from the MOHW where 100 feet is required, although the garage is to be located behind the house as viewed from the lake. 6. That the site plan shows the garage will be 95 feet from the street - - only 30 feet is required. 7. That the site plan states that the proposed additions will be about 23 feet above the lake which exceeds the minimum building elevation. 8. That ordinarily the septic system is not evaluated for a garage, but in the case of very small lots, a garage and driveway may occupy land which might be used for an alternate drainfield site. McCollar stated that the sanitary septic system was brought up to Lake Elmo standards in 1965 or 1977. 9. That Mr. McCollar's argument that a garage in Minnesota is taken for granted does not establish a hardship and that the house in question has been without a garage until the present without any clear hardship rsulting therefrom. 10. That economic consideration alone cannot serve as the basis of a hardship.