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1 -4- <br /> • <br /> 2 was told by. the City Manager that the Planning Commission had <br /> 3 taken into consideration the fact that .the: proposed addition, <br /> 4 would only -be continuing a legal non-conforming- use which <br /> 5 would place the new structure no closer to the `-street than <br /> 6 the existing house already is; and <br /> 7 -the roof line would be turned around to have the gable end <br /> 8 facing the street which, it seemed, would provide a very <br /> 9 attractive building when it' s completed; <br /> 10 -was also told there would be over 21 feet left on the east <br /> 11 side when the addition is finished. <br /> 12 Proponent: Robert Fickle was present but did not speak. . <br /> 13 Council Action <br /> 14 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to grant a >16 foot 6 inch variance <br /> 15 to the City ordinance requirement for 30 foot front yard setbacks to <br /> 16 allow Robert and Susan Fickle to construct the addition to the east side <br /> 17 of their existing home at 2614 - - 30th Avenue N.E. shown on the sketch <br /> 18 attached to their variance petition. In granting the variance, the <br /> 19 Council finds, as: did the Planning Commission, that: <br /> 20 -the existing house is a legal non-conforming use and the proposed <br /> 21 addition would not additionally encroach into the required front <br /> 22 yard setback; <br /> 23 -it appears the addition would be a definite improvement to the <br /> 24 appearance of the property; <br /> 25. -the variance would permit an addition which would fit a reasonable <br /> 26 floor plan; <br /> 27 -the addition would be behind already established front yard sight <br /> 28 lines in that block; <br /> 29 -all three conditions required to be satisfied affirmatively before <br /> 30 a variance can be granted have been met with this proposal and had <br /> 31 been satisfactorily addressed by the -petitioners in their appli- <br /> 32 cation; <br /> 33 -no one spoke against the variance during either the June 16 Plan- <br /> 34 ning Commission hearing or June 2.3rd. Council consideration and <br /> 35 staff reported receiving no calls or letters in opposition to the <br /> 36 . addition prior to either meeting,. <br /> 37 Motion carried unanimously. <br />