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1 *Don Zebro down the block who had put in the original footing <br /> 2 would be consulted regarding the adequacies of footings and the dep <br /> 3 to frost for putting on a second story and he. knew he would probabl <br /> 4 have to double the studs for that addition; <br /> 5 *the elevations of Silver Lane would determine the floor height <br /> 6 of his new garage. <br /> 7 Opponent — Delite B. Hogan, 4024 Penrod Lane (across the street to <br /> 8 the southwest of the Tomas house) <br /> 9 Ms. Horan told the Commissioners: <br /> 10 *from what she had observed, "Mr. Tomas for all intents and <br /> 11 purposes, was operating a plumbing business out of his home and <br /> 12 still has three vans which are never in the garage because "their <br /> 13 business stuff is all in the garage and is loaded every morning; <br /> 14 *their cars are all over the driveway and the streets; <br />-- --- 15 - - __*the neighborhood is losing -its residential- status- because--the <br /> 16 people who live to the left of her repair cars and also have cars <br /> 17 parked all over; <br /> 18 *another neighbor down the line has his business in his home <br /> 19 as well; <br /> 20 *she had lived there only three years but couldn't believe who <br /> 21 is going on there; <br /> 22 *she doesn't want to live in a neighborhood like this one and <br /> 23 questioned why these activities were allowed; <br /> 24 *she believed property values would go down if the City <br /> 25 continued to let these businesses operate in a residential area. <br /> 26 The complainant told Commissioner Franzese it appeared to her that <br /> 27 the Tomas vans were intended for business use. She said cars are <br /> 28 brought all the time to the house next door for sanding, painting, <br /> 29 etc. which she was certain was not , allowed in a residential <br /> 30 neighborhood. When Commissioner -Hansen asked whether she had <br /> 31 complained to the City, she told him she was constantly calling about <br /> 32 the dogs running loose in the neighborhood and was "tired of <br /> 33 calling. " She said the only reason she was at the hearing was <br /> 34 because she was worried that with the addition., the Tomas business <br /> 35 was going to be expanded. <br /> 36 Hans told the complainant the Commission's purpose that evening <br /> 37 was not to enforce the Ordinance which forbids running a business <br /> 38 out of a home, but only to consider a variance for a garage <br /> 39 addition. <br /> 6 • <br />