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-3- 3 3. The purpose of the proposed,.,variance is not based exclusively upon. the..desire of. 3 `a the owner.,to increase the..val ue;or income..potenti al .of the parcel . of land; and, 4. The precedent for allowin substandard Tots of a. simil.ar size had already.-p g y.• 9 established in the same neighborhood and the perceived .hardship could be :considered to have been caused :by the- City.,, and not by persons having an interest in -the j parcel of land. Motion carried unanimously. The Commission spokesman next reported that all but one of the Commissioners (Hansen had abstained) had voted to recommend the Council approve the request from Commissioner Hansen for a sideyard setback variance which would allow addition to an existing one car garage to within four feet, three inches of his west property line at 2704-32nd e Avenue N.E. , where ten feet would be required by the City Zoning Ordinance. Com- missioner Jones indicated the main reason the other Commissioners had not objected to the expansion had been that the garage would face another detached double garage and the backyards of homes which front on Wilson Street N.E. Ron Hansen was present to discuss his addition plans, which had been included in the agenda packet, and confirmed that the resultant garage would be smaller than the normal double garage and that he had a full five foot sideyard setback on the east side of his home. In response to the comments about the inaccessibility between the two garages for emergency vehicles, Councilman Marks indicated he perceived the City had never • realistically addressed that ordinance requirement since the practice city-wide had been to permit people to plant trees. and shrubbery, and even fences, on the back of 9 their lots which would make them inaccessible for emergency vehicles . There was a general concurrence that this was a valid assessment of the existing situation in St. Anthony. Motion by Commissioner Ranallo and seconded by Commissioner Marks to grant the requested five foot nine inch sideyard setback variance to the City Ordinance requirement for 15 foot sideyard setbacks to Ronald L. Hansen which would allow him to make the f garage and family room addition he proposes on his home at 2704-32nd Avenue N.E. , finding, as did the Planning Commission, that: 1 . The proposed garage addition would be adjacent to a free standing garage on the west and would not now, or likely ever, be adjacent to living quarters on that property; i 2. Permitting a two car garage would bring the structure into conformance with the City Zoning Ordinance; 3. The original purpose of the City Ordinance requiring sideyard setbacks large enough for emergency equipment and vehicles to gain access to the property would not be a valid consideration in granting this variance because, with the line of utility poles in the area behind the two garages, such access would necessarily have to be on the other side of the house; i ' 4. The purpose of the proposed variance is not based exclusively upon the desire of the property owner to increase the value or income potential of the parcel of land, since it is perceived the cost of construction would exceed what the property would appreciate because of the improvement; and, i