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4 <br /> 1 submitted , finding that the request meets the three <br /> 2 statutory requirements for a variance; that the variance <br /> 3 will not cause any traffic obstructions or safety or <br /> 4 visibility problems in the alleyway; that it conforms to the <br /> 5 City ' s preference for indoor storage of vehicles . <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Yea: Brownell , Franzese , Hansen, Werenicz <br /> 8 Nay: Faust, Madden, Wagner <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Motion carried. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 <br /> 13 SHARON-LEE CLARKE, 3305 EDWARD STREET NE, SETBACK VARIANCE <br /> 14 <br /> 15 The hearing opened at 7 : 52 p.m. with no one present <br /> 16 reporting failure to receive the notice of hearing or <br /> 17 objecting to its content . <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Assistant VanderHeyden reported that Sharon-lee Clarke, who, <br /> 20 owns the lot at 3305 Edward Street NE, plans to build a <br /> 21 house on the property but requires an 11 . 43-foot variance to <br /> 22 the back yard setback requirement in order to build a 12 by <br /> 23 9 . 33 foot three-season porch. Assistant VanderHeyden <br /> 24 explained that the applicant plans to build a one-level <br /> 25 house , due to health considerations for her mother . Because <br /> 26 of the configuration of the lot and house plans , and in <br /> 27 order to allow for the 30-foot front yard setback, only the <br /> 28 minimum 25-foot setback would remain in the back yard after <br /> 29 construction of the house . <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Assistant VanderHeyden informed the Commission that she had <br /> 32 received two letters from neighbors in support of Ms . <br /> 33 Clarke' s request, and distributed copies of those letters to <br /> 34 the Commission. The Commission joined in Assistant <br /> 35 VanderHeyden' s commendation of the applicant for approaching <br /> 36 the Commission with her request before constructing the <br /> 37 porch rather than after . <br /> 38 <br /> 39 In response to a question by Chairman Madden, Assistant <br /> 40 VanderHeyden answered that there is a retaining wall on the <br /> 41 east property line of the lot . Chairman Madden then <br /> 42 inquired as to the back yard setbacks of neighboring houses . <br /> 43 Mr . and Mrs . Doug Bulthaus , 3309 Edward Street NE, <br /> 44 volunteered that the house owned by the Farrells borders the <br /> 45 tennis court , and that the Farrells ' house is approximately <br /> 46 15 feet farther back than their own house . In reponse to a <br /> 47 question by Commissioner Faust , Mr . Bulthaus answered that <br /> 43 there is a water drainage problem in the area . Chairman <br /> 49 Madden confirmed that water appears to drain from the south <br /> 50 to the north in that area . <br />