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were going to be granted, the City should consider changing its standard rather
than granting variances.
MSP (Ziebarth - Pickar) to deny the request of Gene Tomas for a five way split and
to have the land platted into four lots because of the failure to see the hard -
ship involved. A development agreement must also be entered into.
A rollcall vote was taken:
Councilmember Ziebarth - aye
Councilmember Hodges - nay
Councilmember Rowley - aye
Mayor Pickar - aye
Mayor Pickar stated that the reason he had voted against the five lot split was
that he failed to see the hardship involved. Councilmember Rowley stated that
she had also failed to see the hardship.
Mayor Pickar closed the public hearing and reopened the general meeting.
MID - AMERICAN AUTO, INC. - SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND LICENSE REVIEW
Mayor Pickar stated that the reason the operators of Mid - American Auto had been
called in was because of complaints about the way their operation was being run,
such as the number of cars on the premises, the number of junk cars, traffic and
so forth.
3 ayes,
1 nay
Mrs. Gestic, 8161 Spring Lake Road stated that the fences surrounding the business
did not do an adequate job since she could look out her kitchen window and see
their junk piled high enough to be visable over the fence. She also stated that
customers were parking along the edge of the woods on her property line and turning
around in her driveway. She also stated that there was considerable noise and
that several junk cars were visable. She also stated that she had a vacant lot
next to Mid - American and was concerned with the lot being devalued and having
trouble selling it.
Gary Gestic stated that he was Mrs. Gestic's son and lived across the street and
expressed concern that they would not be able to sell the vacant lot due to the
auto lot. He also stated that people were turning around in his driveway and
that considerable debris was visable from his yard. He also stated that he felt
there were excessive cars on the lot for the square footage and pointed out that
in winter the cars were moved out to the street while the lot was being plowed,
which caused congestion on the street.
Mayor Pickar read the report that Staff had put together, listing the violations,
such as junk vehicles, junk parts outside the building and congestion due to the
excessive number of vehicles.
Jeff Getz identified himself as co -owner of Mid- American Auto and stated that they
were moving the inoperable cars out of the lot as fast as they could but that
sometimes there was a buildup of them until they could be moved. He also pointed
out that the fence they have is 6.5', which is the maximum allowable and that he
did not feel the neighbors could see over the fence since they were the same