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Planning Commission Meeting April 17 , 1990 Page 12 1 not been aware that the applicants were going to"jack up their house 2 or turn the house 180 degrees around so their living room faces right out 3 on our deck now. " 4 5 He said he perceived the Pirino ' s were taking an 11$800 . 00 gamble" by 6 proceeding with their project before the hearing. He reiterated that. 7 he had been led to believe before he left that although the new house 8 couldn ' t be put lenghthwise on the smaller lot that the structure would 9 have the same frontage as his own . 10 11 The former St. Anthony Mayor indicated that during his time in office 12 a 30 foot front yard setback was considered the absolute minimum with 13 existing houses to be kept at the same setback as the houses on either 14 side. He insisted that was the way it was up until 1973 and said he 15 thought the ordinance developed that year .intended to keep the same 16 intrepretation. Mr. McNulty added that he had left his Florida number 17 with his son who stayed in his home while he was on vacation and it would 18 have been very easy for the Pirino ' s to check any changes with him by phone . ) 19 20 Mr. McNulty had made his own drawings of the three properties affected by 21 the changes and reported he had contacted Mr. Burt and Mr. Hamer as soon 22 as he saw the footings for the garage after he returned from Florida. 23 He commented that if the garage goes in as proposed what he would now have 24 would be 85 foot property with over 60 feet without a breeze or a view. 25 He said even though the Pirino' s property values might be raised he 26 "perceived the rest of the block' s would go down. " He questioned whether 27 there might not have been a time while he was gone when the applicants 28 could have sought more input from the neighbors and City. He also 29 indicated :- it was his personal opinion that "the Building Inspector_ 30 was too busy with his other duties running maintenance to do a decent 31 job of inspection. " 32 33 Mr. Burt had provided the Commissioners with drawings illustrating the 34 various front yard setbacks in that block as well as a copy of a letter 35 from the cement contractor on the job. 36 37 When Mr. Pirino showed photos of 10 different properties in the Village 38 which illustrated examples of homes which were sited substantially forward 39 from adjacent properties, Mr. McNulty acknowledged that there had been 40 a number of non-conforming front yard setbacks which had been grandfathered 41 in with the 1973 Ordinance. 42 43 Ruby Shun, 2913 33rd Avenue N. E, , said she would have no objections to 44 the new home next to her which she thought was "nice" as long as the 45 grading on her side is done correctly so she wouldn ' t get water in her 46 basement. She said she certainly didn' t want the garage on her side of 47 the house. 48 49 Majda Bren, 2916 33rd Avenue, directly across the street from the Pirino 50 property; indicated she had no objections to the garage being placed