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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PLANNING C014MISSION MINUTES' • July 17 ,' 1984' The meeting was called to order- at. 7 : 32 P .M. by Chairman .Zawislak. - . - Present for roll ,call: : Bj.or:klund,.. :Zawislak, Hansen, -Wagner =and Franzese. Absent : Bowerman and Jones . Also present: David Childs-, City Manager. Prior to the motion to approve the minutes of the, Planning Commission' s last meeting, there ensued a discussion. of the Commission's past minutes . After pointing out how well the. minutes are written, the Commission members noted- that. there were. several._places in the June 19th minutes where the- paraphrasing was not wrong, but, was not 100% accurate . Motion by Commissioner Bj.orklund and seconded by Commissioner Wagner to approve as submitted the minutes for the Planning- Commission meeting held June 19 , 1984 . Motion carried unanimously . • Commissioner Franzese will report the. July 17th Commission minutes to 'the' Council at their Julyr'2'4'th meeting. Chairman Zawislak explained -the procedure -which woul*&R-115e followed that evening in conducting the public hearings listed on the agenda. At 7 : 40 P.M. , the Chairman opened the hearing on the request from Eugene and Patricia . DeKanick, 3109. Wilson Street N.E. ., for a variance for a 3 foot sideyard setback , where a 5' foot setback is required- by City Zoning Ordinance . Mr. DeKanick proposes to construct a 2 foot X 13 ' 6" addition -to the south side of his home. The Chairman read the notice of hearing which had been published July 3rd and mailed to all property owners of record within 200 feet of the subject property . Andrew Smoka, 26.07 Townview, indicated he failed to receive the notice, however, the City Manager informed him the City Ordinance provides the hearing is nevertheless valid, especially, since Mr. Smoka was- present that evening. The City Manager reviewed the DeKan-ick' s request-, noting the concept review was held at the Commission' s last meeting, and then opened discussion by the applicant and neighbors., some of whom had indicated opposition to the DeKanick's proposal. -- r r rv- , Mr-,s .--DeKarnick. proceeded to discuss -what -had•°transpired in her attempt to find .the . definition of a bay.. A--bay would be allowed to: come with- in 3 feet. of the property line under' Section 12 , Subd. 3.2 of the • Zoning Ordinance: Mrs'. DeKanick -had first consulted her dictionary - with little satisfaction. and then spoke with. a contractor. The con- tractor indicated- the addition she desired to- construct was termed a "bay" in his business . The contractor had contacted Mr.� Childs and was told a variance was not- needed for construction of a bay. Mrs .