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1 Sundland commented that if he were Mr. Wirtz, he would certainly be 2 a lot happier to have the addition attached to the house rather than the • 3 rear of the lot. 4 Applicant Warned About What Could Happen if He Builds So Close to His 5 Property Line I 6 When Marks observed that Mr. Tomas would only have 11 feet of driveway 7 in which to park vehicles much longer than that, Mr. Tomas indicated he 8 recognized that would be a problem he has to contend with because "the 9 City has every right to plow snow on their right-of-way. " He also 10 indicated he perceived it might be advisable for him if he ever sold the 11 property, to warn the buyer that there was every chance the City crews 12 would be plowing the driveway in or vehicles parked in the driveway 13 might get hit by plowing equipment. 14 The applicant also told Makowske he clearly understood the extra s 15 bedroom he was adding for his mother could never be rented out to anyone 16 outside the family._ .17 Mr. Zebro indicated he was present that 'evening because he had gone 18 through a similar problem when he had added to his own garage and a 19 neighbor had opposed the addition because "her realtor had advised her 20 not to sign any papers. " However, the Mayor and Building Inspector at 21 that time had decided to grant him the variance for the garage in spite 22 of that opposition. Mr. Zebro indicated that when Mr. Tomas had told 23 him what had happened at the hearing, he had advised the applicant to • 24 go to the council with his application for variance because he 25 "personally believed that neither in his own or Mr. Tomas' case, should 26 one person's opinion prevent a homeowner from doing what he wants with 27 his own property. " 28 Mr. Fisher told the Council he was the "neighbor who lived across the 29 street next to the woman who had opposed the variance. " He said he was 30 also the neighbor "who allegedly had a car repair business in his 31 garage. " The proponent said that was not true and explained that: 32 *he is an electronic engineer for a company in Chaska and has nothing 33 to do with cars; 34 *he is divorced and returned to his home only two months ago when he 35 had been awarded the house and custody of his two sons who had 36 previously lived with their mother; 37 *his ex-wife had let the boys do pretty much whatever they wanted to 38 do, including having parties when she was away, which had probably 39 irritated Mrs. Hogan. 40 In relation to the requested variance, Mr. Fisher stated he had no 41 problems with what Mr. Tomas proposed to do with his property because 42 "his cars have always been tucked away and not an eyesore for me. " 10 •