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Planning Commission Meeting April 17 , 1990 Page 14 1 had produced a "hop scotch pattern of homes sticking out in front of 2 adjacent structures in the same blocks . " He said even in this block 3 none of the homes which have shorter front yard setbacks jut out in 4 front of the homes adjacent to them. 5 6 Commissioners Faust and Franzese indicated for the record that they 7 went along with that intrepretation. 8 9 Chairperson Madden indicated he now perceived it was up to the Commission 10 to recommend either acceptance or denial of the variance request or 11 to table. 12 13 When Commissioner Hansen said he was still not clear on what had trans- 14 pired between the applicants and the City staff , Mr. Burt reported his 15 own history of events by saying he : 16 17 *had not viewed the structure which was moved from Roseville but 18 had been assured. by Mr. Hamer that doing so was a common practice in 19 St. Anthony as long as the structure and siting met all the City codes 20 and guidelines; 21 22 *was not aware that footings other than for the structure placement 23 presented in Exhibit A had been approved until Mr. Hamer mentioned it 24 to him and he started looking at the Ordinance and raising some questions 25 with the Public Works Director; 26 27 *thought this was shortly before Mr. McNulty returned from vacation 28 and voiced his objections to the placement of the garage which resulted 29 in the applicant being requested to bring his plans into the Manager ' s 30 office which he did March 23rd; 31 32 *researched the office files but did not find anything which would 33 shed further light on the intent of the language of the 1'973 Ordinance 34 dealing with front yard setbacks which both he and the City Attorney 35 agreed was not clear as to whether the greater of the 30 foot or the 36 equal distance between adjacent properties should prevail; 37 38 *there was agreement that the ordinance language needed intrepretation 39 and that the process should start with the Planning Commission. 40 41 Mr. Burt complimented the applicants on the way they had cooperated with 42 the City since that time working closely with Mr. Hamer and keeping him 43 informed on any further actions they were taking related to the project. 45 He said he believed the couple were really trying to solve the elevation 46 Problems on the west side, because ".drainage has to be contained on the 47 Pirino property so it doesn ' t adversely affect other properties . " The 48 City Manager indicated he could only speak about non conforming front 49 yards on which a record had been kept like Mr. Hances' on Silver Lake 50 and had to rely on Mr. Hamer's recollections over the 30 years he has been