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q-,y July 12, 1978 Page 3 p~Avenue and Knollwood Drive and easements of record, if any. l 7 Officlal Rose rep~rted that onty 90 feet are given for the corner lot, while 100 feet are required, but both lots meet area requtrements and havn water and sewer available. The xoning plan denotes R-1 designation. Offtcial Rose recormended that the appllcaat change the plan and develop the interiar 1ot to an 80 foot width, which would a11ow 100 feet for the corner lot, and thus require no variances. Dick Marrow introduced himself as the attorney for Mrs. Fiege and asked for a few minutes to call his client and see if stie would agree to moving the lot lines. MSP (Giazer-Blanchard} to tabte the item to allow time for a phone call ta the appticant. 5 ayes ' YARIANCE REQUES7 - HARSTAO-TUDD CONSTRUCTION - 8385 GROVELAND COUR7 Official Rose reported that the applicant has placed footings for a house to be located 25' from the rear lot 'line, and has requestad a 5' variance, as the reyuire~ setback is 30'. Official Rose stated that the zoning is R-1 si~.gle family, and the setback requirement fqr both front and rear yards 1s a minimum 30' in R-1 districts. The home located to the east of the lot, with the same rear lot 11ne, is tocated 34' off the lot 11ne, and the house requesting the variance is located 35' from the front pro- purty tine and 25' from the rear. The total setback beCween the two hanes would be 59', with 60' requir~d, Official Ro,e added that the lot is only 90' deep. f~~Officiai Rose explained thati the code violat9on was fuund at thc time of the footing ti+-~'nsppctionoand was a result of the applicant mislrterpreting the ordinance, tM nkinq that a 35' front setback was required. He added that a hardship for aaproval must be stated. Officie] Rose a]so explained that most of the lots-in the deve7opment are very deap, and all ~he other houses are sa~ back 36'. Mr. Todd stated that 1t was a misinterpretation on their part of how iarge a setback was required. Commiss9on Member Foss re~ained the meeting at thi5 time. Comnission Member Quan asked if the 7ot meets the square fuotage requlrement. Ufficial Rose replied that it does. Camnission Member Glaxer pointed out that if the house was required to be moved forward, 't would not be in conformity with the front yard setback of the other hanes in the area. MSP (Glazer-BTanchard) ta grant the varlance request of Harstad-Todd Construction, at 8385 Groveland Court, to al7ow a variance of 5' on hhe setback of the rear property iine. This variance 1s granted because there does nat seem to be any practical alter- natives, since if the structure were moved to allow the 3tl' setback, the house would be auC of 71ne with the front yard setbacks of the rest of the hanes ia ths development. 6 ayes ' "~ ~omnission Member Quan stated he had noticed an erosian problem, sucb as turned up ~~~;iirt, which he would like to see addr~essed. Commission Member Burmeister ssked what type of erosinn it was and where. Commisaion Mem4er quan ctarifled that it was potential erosipn, since the turned up dirt could wash in the street during a rain. i