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Mounds View Planning Commission June 7, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 13 ________________________________________________________________________ Acting Chair Miller asked Director Ericson if Mr. Slabiak can take his request for a variance on appeal to the City Council if the Planning Commission denies this application. Director Ericson stated it is the right of any applicant to take a denied request on appeal to the City Council. Commissioner Zwirn asked Mr. Slabiak if this facility is only for the collection or will meetings or exchange of machines for value be conducted here also. Mr. Slabiak said this is only for maintaining and working on his collection to pass on later. No meetings or sales will be held from this building. There will be no storage of chemicals or paint supplies, only cleaning supplies. He restores and dismantles these machines. The chemicals he uses are the same type one would use on cars. He restores these machines to a point they look like they have been used, not to make them flawless. Commissioner Scotch asked where these pinball machines are stored now. Mr. Slabiak stated they are in their home, garage and a rental storage unit. Commissioner Scotch commented that the backyard is totally buffered by trees and the lot is lengthy. Mr. Slabiak commented he would like to place the building in back so as not to disturb neighbors or his family. He talked to neighbors and there does not seem to be a problem with the construction of this building. Commissioner Scotch asked if adding on to the home would accomplish the same goal. Mr. Slabiak restated he wants the machines removed from the home and out of reach of his children and his wife does not want them in the home. Mr. James Lund, 14035 Hillsboro Court, Savage, MN, addressed the Commission, stating he owns property to the back of Mr. Slabiak’s lot. Mr. Lund said he would like to develop the land behind into single-family housing in the future. He has waited because other developers are trying to develop to the north. He does not want to alienate his neighbor if he decides to develop his property. Mr. Lund indicted that he believes Mr. Slabiak’s intention to have the building 60 feet from the north line is plenty. His major concern is that the building will not look like a pole barn type building. He also wants to save the tree buffer. Mr. Lund is also glad Mr. Slabiak is not putting in a driveway to this building. Mr. Lund would like the plans to be approved before he begins construction. He wants to be sure the footprint is 10 feet or more from the back lot and at least 15 feet from the north line. Commissioner Hegland does not see how this can be approved, given the criteria they must follow. The only way it will fit the criteria is to increase the criteria to 2,400 square feet. He is not suggesting that be done. MOTION/SECOND: Hegland/Hull. To approve Resolution 839-06, a Resolution Recommending Denial of a variance request for 2,468 Square Feet of Accessory Storage Space at 8135 Long Lake Road; Planning Case No.VR2006-003. Commissioner Zwirn commented this was an eloquent argument pointing out that 1125 is a guideline rather than a document cut in stone. He believes there are extenuating circumstances for individuals with large lots when they need outbuildings that would normally be construed as a large outbuilding, but on a large lot it meets the liberal criteria that could be established for this.