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-2- Motion by Mrs . Makowske and seconded by Mr. Bjorklund to table action on the proposed initiation of an ordinance amendment to establish tanning booths as a conditionally permitted use . until the�'nekt scheduled Planning Commission meeting. Motion carried unanimously. The Commission then agreed to hold an informal discussion on the concept with the applicant if he appeared later in the evening. At 7 : 44 P.M. the Chairman opened the public hearing on the consideration of the petition for variances to the City Zoning Ordinance which would be required for the proposed senior housing on the vacant lot at approximately 2651 Kenzie Terrace , by reading the notice of the hearing which had gone out to all property owners within 200 feet of the site . No one present indicated failure to receive the notice or objected to its contents . Mr. Berg told Mrs . Makowske a hearing on variances only requires notification of neighbors within 200 feet , while the previous hearings on a similar proposal required notification within 350 feet because a rezoning was involved at that time. He confirmed the application fee had been paid and reported he had attached to the notice a letter to the residents informing them that this is a scaled down .version of the proposal made in 1980 which had narrowly failed to receive HUD financing. Only one resident, Virginia Kieffer, 2613 27th Avenue N.E. was present. As he had informed the Commission in his April 16th memorandum, Mr. Berg reiterated the variances for building height, unit density and unit floor area which will be required for the proposed 60 unit building. The project is now planned to include 44 one bedroom units of 540 square feet each, 15 efficiencies which are 415 square feet, and one two bedroom caretaker apartment. The unit .sizes have been pared down to adhere to HUD guidelines , a copy of which Mr. Berg gave to Mr. Bjorklund. Archie Fjeld and Mary Gabler, representing the sponsoring organization' s Board of Directors ; Robert Giere of the Eberhardt Company , its financial consultant; and Jack Boarman , the project architect, who had discussed the proposal with the Commission during the CDBG hearing March 16th, were again present to answer questions regarding the Northeast Senior Federation's proposal , including how much tax revenue the City could anticipate. collecting in accordance with Title II subsidized housing regulations . Mr. Giere estimated the taxes. would total $24 ,000 , or from $300 to $400 per unit, a year, for the project. Mr. Fjeld replied to the Commission' s concerns with the downgrading of the dwelling unit size by telling them the federation would have preferred providing units which would conform to the City ordinance requirements for one bedroom units , with no efficiencies at all, but the plans had to be redrawn to match the monies which can be expected to be granted under the new HUD regulations . Ms . Gabler reported local HUD officials are in agreement with the federation assumption that there is little or no market for efficiencies and urged City officials to indicate their support for that stand to the • area HUD office.