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-6_ i 1 At 8:-50 -P.M.- , .the,. Chairman opened .the hea-r.i:ng; on.the..request•from 'Eliza bet h -Johnson,i 2 3601 ,Stinson Bou-levard; N.E. for subdi-vi's on .without.-platting and a- variance to 3 .-. al l ow a spl i t of the. exi sting .50 X 239.25 foot lot..-i n.to two .Lots, 50 X 120 feet i n . 4 — size (6,000. square feet- each), -one to be retained as- a. residence for Mrs. Johnson 5 and the other, .fronting on. Roosevelt, to be develoPed for. a. single family residence- 6 The City Ordinance requires a minimum width of 75 feet and a total size of 9,.000 7 square feet each, but the new lot would be buildable according to the Ordinance.' 8 9 The notice of hearing which had been published in the August 8th Bulletin and sent 10 to all property owners of record within 200 feet of the subject property was read 11 by Chairman Zawislak. No one present reported failure to receive the notice or 12 objected to its content. 13 14 The Manager reiterated the points about the request he had made in his August 16th 15 memorandum, including the fact that the prospective buyer for the vacant lot which i 16 would be created intends to build a home there, which would meet all the Ordinance 17 setback requirements. He told those present he had received no comments from the 18 neighbors about the proposal . 19 20 Research of the property background indiates some evidence that at one time the 21 existing 50 X 239 foot lot had been platted for a street, which the City had 22 decided against building. 23 24 Commissioner Bjorklund requested specific instances of 50 foot lots and was told 25 there are many in that same neighborhood, including the one which the Commission 26 had approved for construction by Mike Pribula at 3231 Roosevelt. I 27 • i 28 Joseph Maas, who introduced himself. as Mrs. Johnson's agent from Century 21 Realty, 29 indicated Joseph Mezzenga, who was present, had the prelininary plans fora home j 30 on the empty lot if the lot split is approved. 31 32 C. C. Huang, 3540 Roosevelt, who lives next door to the Johnson property, said he 33 would like to see just what kind of a house would be going up next door. Although 34 it was pointed out that the City does not customarily require such documentation for 35 a lot split, Mr. Mezzenga said he would be glad to show the "tentative" plans he 36 had with him, drawing Mr. Huang 's attention to the fact that the front yard setback ' 37 of 30 feet and all side and rear yard setbacks would be maintained in accordance 38 with the City Ordinance. 39 40 When Mr. Huang indicated he was interested in finding out who owned the retaining 41 wall between properties, Mrs. Johnson, who was accompanied by Cindy Larson, 8309 Zane 42 Avenue North, responded by telling him that the previous owner of his property had 43 built the retaining wall without which his building "would probably fall down" . 44. Mr.. Huang raised no objections to the proposed split and the hearing was closed i 45 at 9:03 P.M. 46 47 Motion by Commissioner Hansen and seconded by .Commissioner.. Wagner to recommend the. .. 48 Council grant the request from Elizabeth Johnson, 3601 Stinson Boulevard N.E. , for 49 subdivision without platting and a variance to allow the split of an existing 50 50 X 239.25 foot lot fronti.ng .on both Stinson Boulevard and Roosevelt Street N.E. , 51 into two lots which would be approximately 50 X 120 feet .in size and .a total of . 52 6,000 feet each where the City Ordinance requires 75 foot frontage and 9,000 square • 53 feet for a single family dwelling, which would result in the retention of the exist- 54 ing residence fronting on Stinson Boulevard and the creation of another buildable 55 lot fronting on Roosevelt Street N.E. The Commission finds in recommending this 56 action be taken, that: