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-7- 1 The motion to amend was seconded by - Commissioner Jones and passed 2 unanimously . 3 -- 4 The amended motion to table- carried unanimously. 5 6 Mr. Krumm was advised that the signs were illegal, but -could remain 7 until the Commission had made a final determination which would have 8 to be acted upon by the Council. ' 9 10 At 8 : 55 P.M. , the public hearing was opened to consider a petition - from 11 William Flaherty for a variance which would allow construction of a ==1,2-•22 X 22 foot attached garage on the west side of- his home. at 320.8 13 Rankin Road, which would come within seven feet of the west property 14 line . 15 "1-6' The Chair Pro Tem read the notice which had- gone out to- all property 17 owners within 200 feet of the subject property and had been published 18 February 9th in the Bulletin. No one reported failure to receive the - -19 notice or objected to its content. Mr. Childs reported receiving no 2.0 calls related to the---request. 21 22 In his February 13th memorandum to the Commission , •the Manager had 23 indicated that the west property line has been considered the rear 2-4 yard and therefore a setback of 25 feet is required. Other cities he 23 has worked for had a different interpretation for setbacks on corner 26 lots which would make this variance unnecessary , Mr. Childs said, and 27 he reiterated the wording of 'that policy statement, which he' recom- 28 `mended for St. Anthony as follows : "On a corner lot , the narrow side 29 shall be defined as the front yard and said front yard, for Zoning 30 Ordinance interpretation purposes , should not be based on the place- 31 ment . of the front door of the house or street address," . . 32 33 Commissi.oner_ Bowerman said he couldn ' t recall that concept ever coming 34 up before and indicated he would rather continue to consider the front 35 door and number of the house as' designating the front of the house 36 so as to avoid creating a whole new set of problems . Commissioner 37 Jones agreed, saying since St. Anthony is almost completely built up, 38 it would .be easier to keep the variance process for requests like _ . ___-39 this one. Commissioner Bjorkl.und. questioned how the fencing ordinance 40 would relate to the new policy . : . 41 42 Mr. Flaherty; his contractor, Tim Jawor, 781 - 123rd Avenue N.W. ; and 43 Jim Koski , 3308 Hilldale, Mr. Flaherty's closest neighbor on the west , 44 were present to discuss the variance request. The applicant had . 45 written a letter which was attached to the petition application stat-. 46 -ing the. need for more space for family gatherings had -prompted- him 47 to, propose to convert what is now garage and laundry space to a family 48 room and move the garage over on the . Hilldale side where it could be 49 made to look like the front of the house , with brick and aluminum "50—s`iding-. Mr.'• Jawor indicated- -the existing garage doors-would be 51 replaced with gridded'windows and would. continue the ..colonial type,_of • 52 architecture for the -rest of the house. 53 54 mr:: Koski termed. the Flaherty proposal. as ".a- great_ idea .which would 55 give Mr'..Flaherty the living space he needed" . . H6� indicated his house