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1 Madden indicated that, although he now knew the ordinance had nothin 2 to say about it, was still concerned about adding ,another curb cut 3 Silver Lane. He said there are only 8 curb cuts in 85 one 4 hundredths of a mile on the south side of that street in St. Anthony, 5 whereas Penrod Lane, which is three tenths of a mile, has 15 curb 6 cuts on the east side, indicating to him that Penrod is a better 7 street to have curb cuts than Silver Lane which is such a high 8 volume traffic street. 9 The Commissioner said he had nothing positive to say about the 10 request and instead perceived the problem to be that Mr. tomas' 11 property was just not large enough to accommodate all the vehicles, a 12 trailer and a boat, and the "various and sundry junk he has laying 13 around there. " Commissioner Madden questioned what use the applicant 14 would make of his new garage if he doesn't use the one he has now 15 for parking cars. He agreed with Commissioner London that the 16 Commission had to take into account the report of a neighbor who is. 17 there every day. 18 Werenicz said he had no strong feelings either way but was leaning 19 towards denial . - -He sympathized with the - neighbor_-but wondered if 20 another garage might not clear up her view of the property. The 21 Commissioner said he was more concerned about the new garage 22 encroaching on the neighbor's property to the east. 23 Commissioner Werenicz indicated he doubted whether the irs 24 question in the application should have been answered in t 25 affirmative because he could see no "undue hardship" but rather " 26 inconvenience" would result "should the ordinance be strictly 27 enforced. " 28 WaW er agreed, .saying he personally had some reservations about 29 whether any of the three questions deserved an affirmative answer. 30 He said his only reason for considering a recommendation for 31 granting the variance would be that it: might help. to decrease the 32 number of vehicles in the yard. 33 Franzese reiterated that she .-thought a wrap around garage might add 34 to the appearance of this property more than .a detached garage. She 35 reported another house with two garages in her own neighborhood which 36 looked very good. However, she also wondered whether three more 37 stalls would do much to alleviate the problem since the applicant had 38 testified he didn't use the existing garage to park any of the 39 vehicles which are all over the lot now. 40 The Commissioner said she had three children driving and another 41 about to drive and could sympathize with Mr. Tomas's situation, but 42 at the same time she had always been aware of her neighbor's rights 43 and had tried not to be a nuisance. 44 Hansen reiterated that the Commission was not considering a 45 conditional use permit with this request and said he didn't consid� 10