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Mounds View City Council October 24, 2016 Regular Meeting Page 4 1 Mayor Flaherty discussed how the City completed abatement procedures. 2 3 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8644 4 Adopting a Special Assessment Levy for Administrative Offense Charges and Nuisance 5 Abatement Charges. 6 7 Council Member Mueller asked if the action taken this evening was a matter of public record. 8 Finance Director Beer stated this was the case. 9 10 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 11 12 D. 7:00 p.m. Public Hearing to Consider Resolution 8640, Considering an 13 Appeal of the Planning Commission’s Denial of a Variance, for property 14 located at 7790 Eastwood Road. 15 16 Planner Sevald stated the applicant, Value Homes, LLC, had requested a Variance to the front 17 yard setback for the property at 7790 Eastwood Road. The minimum front yard setback in the R-18 1 district is 30’ unless homes on the same side of the street have a greater setback (54’ in this 19 case). The variance request was due to the hardship of a private drainage easement which 20 reduced the developable area of the lot. It was noted the Planning Commission conducted a 21 Public Hearing on September 7, 2016 but a quorum (2/3’s or 5 of 7 members) was not present to 22 approve a Variance. The Public Hearing was tabled and the Planning Commission denied the 23 Variance application at their October 5, 2016 meeting, which led the applicant submitting the 24 appeal to the City Council. He reported the applicant was not able to be in attendance this 25 evening and has requested action on this item be tabled to the November 14, 2016 City Council 26 meeting. 27 28 Mayor Flaherty supported this item being continued to allow the applicant to be in attendance. 29 30 Mayor Flaherty opened the public hearing at 7:29 p.m. 31 32 Marissa Rajas-Johnson, 7851 Sunnyside Road, stated she spoke at the Planning Commission 33 meeting and wanted to speak again. Her main concern was that the applicant stay within the 34 City’s setback requirements. She understood the developer could still build on the property but 35 would have to adjust his floor plan. She expressed concern with the drainage easement on this 36 property and how it flooded several weeks ago. 37 38 Marilyn Ebbs, 7790 Greenwood Drive, stated she has lived in this neighborhood for the past 55 39 years. She was concerned about the water drainage as well and did not want to see her neighbors 40 flooded. She recommended that all homes along this street be built according to code, as has 41 been done by every other homeowner on the street. 42 43 MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Meehlhause. To Continue the Public Hearing and Appeal of the 44 Planning Commission’s Denial of a Variance, for property located at 7790 Eastwood Road, to 45