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. Mounds View Planning Commission March 18, 1998 Regular Meeting Page 3 Chair Peterson returned the floor to the Commission for questions and comments. Commissioner Miller asked what the encroachment had been of the home that previously occupied the lot. Inspector Dorgan told the Commission the previous home had been 19.1 feet from the property line. Commissioner Brasaemle thanked Preferred Builders for the time and effort that was put in to researching, at his request, other home plans for the site. Commissioner Obert suggested building an oversized two car garage, to comply with the building foot print requirements, as opposed to an undersized three car garage. Mr.Westerlund answered by saying an oversized two car garage would be very close in size to an undersized three car garage. Commissioner Brasaemle stated a 44' wide house with a two car garage still has a • problem because the house itself has to be 10'from the side property line, the garage only has to be 5' from the side property line. So the problem is not the garage, the problem is the width of the house. The house with no garage at all would still require a four foot variance. Commissioner Stevenson stated he was inclined to vote in favor of the variance because the City knew the lot was undersized when they bought it. It was also known that a variance would be required to make the property workable within the EDA requirement that a 1900 square foot home be built on the property. Motion/Second: Peterson/Miller to approve the version of Resolution No. 532-98, Approving a Four Foot Variance to the Required 30-foot Front Yard Setback. Commission Obert stated his agreement with Commissioners Brasaemle and Stevenson, except for one point; that point being this particular development does not fall under the City's Housing Replacement Projects. Chair Peterson suggested as part of the Whereas statements, on Page 2, language should be added to the second Whereas that says, "No new corner lots would be platted with this substandard size." The only situations that would not apply would be already existing properties that are substandard and the home on the property was going to be totally replaced. • The Commissioners agreed.