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it _7- 2 - r.esidences, which would�:allow : a -home ,to be constructed' on the 5 ;648 3 ' square* foot lot- on 'the. southeast ,corner of 37th Avenue and. Roosevelt 4 Street N.E. and a setback variance -to the Ordinance requirement for -30 5 foot setbacks on corners which would allow a reduced size house to .be 6 constructed. 16 feet from .the- 37th -Avenue property line. . The Council 7-further agrees. with the -Planning Commission that the following 8 conditions be imposed on the - granting of these variances: 9 1 . that, in response to -.the neighbors ' concerns about drainage, 10 a 20 foot drainage easement be maintained on the east side 11 of the property; 12 2 . that the easement papers and information on the title be 13 submitted for the City Attorney' s review; 14 3 . that no vegetation higher than 3-1/2 feet be planted along 15 37th Avenue from Roosevelt Street to the eastern edge of 16 the house; and 17 - 4 : that no curb cut off 37th Avenue N.E. be,:allowed. 18 In granting these variances, the Council finds, as did the Planning 19 Commission, that: 160 *other uses of the lot seem to be limited; 21 *the extent of the variance request presented at -this time differs 22 greatly from the variances for a duplex which were denied in 23 1979 ; 24 *all three conditions required by statute .to be satisfied affirma- 25 tively before these variances can be granted have been satis- 26 factorily addressed by the applicant in his petition. 27 Motion carried unanimously. 28 29 Commissioner -Wingard was thanked for his report. He remained for the 30 discussion. of damage to basements, which had resulted from the. -inability 31 of the City' s storm and sanitary sewer systems to handle the 9 inch 32 rainfall which fell in -a short time during the storm the metropolitan 33 area had experienced the. evening of July 23 , 1987 . - 34 Residents ' ' Complaints Are Heard 35 Allen and Cris Kremer, 2829 Coolidge reported they had installed a 36 waterproofing system 'on their. home which "had worked beautifully" during . 37 the storm,, but had . sewage..backing .up into their basement and ruining 38 that newly decorated area. Mr. Kr:emer - reported :his--wife had canvassed 9 the four, blocks around their. home -and f.ound--:21,- of::-.the .30 homeowners . whose names .appeared on the listing the .Kremers presented, _ had . 41 experienced sewage backup into their basements. : The homeowner