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• 1 -3- ' 2 3 Variance f.or Corner of 37th Avenue N,.-E-. and Roosevelt Tabled 4 .5 'At 7 :52 ' P.M the - hearing• on the above- was opened by the Chair who. read .6 :aloud .the notice .of the hearing which had been. published in the . June 3 , 7 1987 ' Bulletin and mailed , to all property owners of record within 200 8 feet of the subject property. No one present 'reported failure to- 9 -receive the notice or objected to its content. 10 11 Applications for variances .for: 12 . 13 -lot size of 5,648 square feet where 11 ,000 square feet are 14 required for a single family home and 14,000 square feet for a 15 duplex; 16 17 -minimum house size of 988 square feet where 1,000 square feet 18 is required; 19 20 -setback from 37th Avenue N.E. of 14 feet where 30 feet are 21 required on both sides of corner lots. 22 23 Staff report: -Mr.- Childs June 12th. memorandum indicating the lot in 24 question to be a "lot of record" in existence before 25 the Ordinance was adopted; •26 27 -advised that case law had indicated denying an owner 28 the use of his land. could be expected to have strong 29 legal implications related to "taking" ; 30 31 -told Commissioner Madden he did not feel that the same 32 thing would be true of the 12 foot wide lot on 33rd 33 which had once been a utility easement; 34 35 -recommended approval as long as the driveway is off 36 Roosevelt Street; 37 38 -indicated the lot was zoned R-2 (two family dwelling) 39 but the Council had rejected this option in 1979 be- 40 cause of too little space but had not foreclosed the 41 option of a single family dwelling being erected; 42 43 -pointed out on a plat map that, although most the lots 44 on the same side of Roosevelt were 45 feet wide, those 45 across the street were only 40 feet wide; 46 47 -said the blueprints in the agenda packet were only an 48 example of the type of house which would be built- on 49 the- lot since the garage would have-to be constructed 50 on the Roosevelt side. If . a deck .is added, it would 51 have to be built on -,the east side; 052 53 -told the Chair this was one of- those cases .where the 54 south setback would be interpreted to be the side yard.