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f <br /> -2- <br /> 1 Mr. McGinn was accompanied- to the meeting by two neighbors who chose.. <br /> 2 not to speak on the request. The Manager indicated receiving no calls • <br /> 3 on the request and the hearing was closed at 7: 45 P.M. for Commission . t <br /> 4 consideration. f <br /> 5 f <br /> 6 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Jones .to <br /> 7 recommend Council approval of the request from Mike McGinn, 4021 Fordham ' . <br /> 8 Drive, to subdivide .without platting, .Lot .9 , Block 4 , Mounds View Acres ? <br /> 9 (*described as 4017 Fordham-Drive) into two single family residential <br /> 10 lots, approximately 62. 25 feet wide by 296 feet in length, totalling ! <br /> 11 18, 400 square feet each, and to grant the necessary variance to' the `City <br /> 12 Zoning Ordinance which requires a minimum lot width of 75 feet, finding <br /> .13 that: ; <br /> 14 � 1 <br /> 15 1. No opposition to the request was demonstrated at either the May 15th <br /> 16 or June 19th considerations or through communications with City staff. ', <br /> lg2. The applicant had secured the signatures of his neighbors on a docu <br /> 19 ment which indicated approval of the proposed lot split and variance. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 3. The unique physical attributes of this property and the adjoining I <br /> 22 lots, as well as the fact that the property to rear remain un- <br /> 23 developed along with the fact that a precedent for similar lot <br /> 24 splits exist in Mounds View Acres and on the adjoining properties <br /> 25 where quality homes have been constructed by the applicant. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 4. Platting the property would be expensive and cumbersome. • .` <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Motion carried' unanimously. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 At 7: 53 P.M. , the Chairman read the notice of the hearing to consider <br /> 32 a petition from Mike Pribula, 3570 Buchanan Street N.E. , to allow the <br /> 33 construction of a 36 foot wide single family home on the 50 foot wide <br /> 34 by 125 foot long vacant lot at 3231 Roosevelt Street N.E. , which would <br /> 35 require a one foot sideyard variance to the City Ordinance requirement <br /> 36 for 15 foot sideyard setbacks . The notice had been published June. 6th <br /> 37 and mailed to all property owners of record within 200 feet of the <br /> 38 subject property . No one present reported failure to receive the notice <br /> 39 or objected to its content. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Mr. Childs confirmed that the lot is a vacant lot of record which is con- <br /> 42 sidered by the City to be buildable under Section 12, Subd. 1. 2 of the <br /> 43 Zoning Ordinance . The Manager reported receiving no objections to th_e _ <br /> 44 request, except a call from the neighbor to the south who felt much <br /> 45 better when she learned of the 10 ' setback on the south side and that' , <br /> 46 the garage .would also be on the north side. Mr. Pribula indicated he <br /> 47 was building the home for his own use. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 The sideyard setbacks would -be 10 feet on the south, leaving- 15 feet <br /> 50 between houses, and 4 feet on the north, leaving 19 feet between houses, <br /> 51 according to Mr. Pribula who indicated there is a .house across the <br /> 52 street very similar. to _the one he wants to.build. He also told the Com- <br /> 53 missioners that the existing trees on his property. would not interfere- <br /> 54 with his constructing the home as he proposed. .. Mr. Childs indicated'' the <br /> 55 proposed structure would be in alignment with the homes on each side <br /> 56 which are approximately 25 and 22 feet from their front property lines. <br />