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3 1 neighbor or any one else. 2 3 Motion carried unanimously. 4 5 At 8:40 p.m. , the Chairman opened the public hearing on the request to rezone 6 the -property at 3631 Harding Street N.E. , from R-1 (single family residence) to 7 R-2 (two family residence) and for the lot size and width variances necessary 8 to construct the proposed duplex on that site. He read the notice of the 9 hearing which had gone out to all property owners within 350 feet of the subject 10 property and none of the 14 persons present reported failure to receive the 11 notice or objected to its content. The Manager indicated he had received only 12 two calls related to the proposal , both in opposition. 13 14 The Commission had, at their last meeting, unanimously given conceptual approval 15 to the Krueger proposal subject to the approval of the neighbors, perceiving 16 that the proposed structure had been so well designed that it would be hard to 17 distinguish from other single family dwellings and it would be built next to 18 another duplex. 19 20 In his May 11 memorandum, the Manager had reiterated that, in addition to 21 rezoning the property a variance would be required, since the lot is 10,400 22 square feet where the Ordinance requires 12,000 square feet, and is only 80 2 3 feet wide, where a width of 85 is required. He had also informed the Commission 24 that the adjacent property owner, Harvey Herzog, 3627 Harding Street N.E. had 25 changed his mind about the proposal , which he now opposes. 26 27 The eight people who spoke all indicated they were opposed to rezoning the 28 Krueger property for rental property, primarily because of the bad experiences 29 they had with the tenants and maintenance of a duplex in the neighborhood. 30 They told various stories of problems with the large number of cars parked 31 outside the duplex all the time, the transient tenants who showed little 32 consideration for the neighbors in their living habits which made the residence 33 a general nuisance for the neighborhood, and downgraded the property of the 34 other residents. 35 36 Mae Gerard, 3621 Harding Street N.E. , said when she had complained about the 37 uncut grass she had been told by the City it had to be ten inches tall before 38 they would do anything about it. She and Carl Jarva, 3632 Harding Street N.E., 39 questioned why, if the zoning was wrong, the request had gotten to the point of 40 a public hearing. They were told every property owner has the right to make a 41 zoning proposal -and the hearing that evening was the second step in that process 42 which had been set up in the Zoning Ordinance. When Mr. Jarva asked why Mr. • 43 - Spel lman's request -for -a duplex a few years ago had gone no further than the----- 44 concept review, Commissioner Jones told him that, when that applicant for 45 rezoning realized there would be so much neighbor resistance, he had decided 46 'not to pursue the matter further, since to do so, would involve the payment of 47 an application fee for the public hearing which, in this instance, Mr. Krueger 48 had paid in advance of this hearing. 49 50 Rick Werenicz, 3610 Harding Street N.E., told Mr. Childs the reason he had gotten 51 so few calls about the proposal had been because Mr. Werenicz had canvassed the 52 neighborhood and secured 80 signatures on a petition which "strongly opposed the 53 rezoning proposal", which he then read to the Commission. Those signatures 54 represented 56 households along Belden, Coolidge, Edwards, and Harding and Mr. 55 Werenicz said, only four of the 60 he contacted had indicated they would be in