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-5- • 1 indicated they had a prospective buyer who had 2 not :been told about the .Nelson'.s plans for a 3 garage but no purchase agreement had yet been 4 signed. 5 6 Neighbors Who Were Not. Opposed But . Had 'Some Concerns .About ,.the 7 - Project % 8 9 Leroy Genaw, 3404 Roosevelt Street N.E. (next to Mrs. Ittner ' s 10 property) : 11 12 -noted the procedures followed that evening were a lot more 13 formal than when he had served on the Planning Commission 32 14 years ago; r 15 16 -said 15 yard setbacks were also required at that time but most 17 people could only afford one car so single garages were common- 18 place; 19 20 -speculated that the double garage on Bjorklund' s property had 21 been built along with the house in 1954 ; 22 23 -stated that the fact that he had not signed the petition approv- 24 ing the garage addition had not meant he was opposed' to it, but 25 rather, • 26 27 -said because he had lived next door to Mrs. Ittner for so . 28 many years,- he was interested in what she wanted done; 29 30 -suggested a delay of a month or two on the Nelson' s part might 31 not be out of order. 32 33 Lou Novak, 3412 Roosevelt Street N.E. 34 35 -said he had originally only come to listen to what was said at 36 the hearing, but 37 38 -thought the- drainage problem could be remedied by draining the 39 runoff from the eaves down the driveway; 40 41 -expected there might -be less problems after the construction 42 than there- had- been in the past; 43 44 Commissioners ' Responses to the Variance Request 45 46 Werenicz -was concerned about leaving only 7 feet between the 47 overhangs on the Nelson and Ittner homes because of 48 the potential for two rather than just one fire if 49 either caught fire; 50 51 wasn' t clear. in his own mind how, he would vote on the • 52 request because he- peceived with all the houses on 53 that street with single garages., the City might end up 54 with. "houses on top of houses" if the precedent for 55