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-3 • 1 Mr. Nelson indicated he would like to add 61-, feet to the south side of his existing 2 garage to :make getting in and out -of the cars easier,::but said he would "�be happy 3 to get only six".: He acknowledged that the Pearsons:occasionally experienced water 4 problems in -their,-back yard and reiterated the plans he had proposed in his appli- 5 cation to prevent his addition -from-adding to those -problems. These included 6 sloping the concrete retaining wall lip in such a manner as to force the runoff 7 from his property to the rear of his own property and away from the Pearson's 8 residence which is 14 feet away from his own south property line. Mr. Nelson also 9 indicated he could install a hydraulic pipe which would assure the water would 10 stay on his property. 11 12 Mrs. Pearson read a prepared statement which included her disappointment that 13 "since we built in the City in the 50's, yards have become so small , you could 14 exceed your lot line with almost two swipes with a lawn-mower". Commissioner i 15 Bjorklund agreed this was a common complaint with older residents who had moved to 16 St. Anthony to get "elbow room". Mrs. Pearson told how her backyard is consistently 17 flooded whenever there is a heavy rain and she said she is concerned that with more 18 building. and driveway, there would be less areas to absorb the moisture. With 19 more driveway on her side, the complaintant said she wondered where the snow from 20 the Nelson's yard would be blown. 21 22 Mr. Nelson responded that he believed the hydraulic pipe should keep the runoff 23 from the Pearson 's yard and indicated he has no intention of blowing snow towards 24 the Pearson 's property. 25 I • 26 -The -applicant told Commissioner--Franzese he could cite no- hardship except that he 27 has no place to park the three vehicles he now owns, but Mr. Nelson concluded by 28 saying, as he had -stated in his application, .that he would drop his proposal if 29 his neighbors objected. 30 31 The hearing was closed at 8:07 P.M. 32 33 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Bowerman to table 34 action on the Nelson garage expansion request until such time as the neighbors can 35 come to some agreement regarding the project. 36 37 Motion carried unanimously. 38 39 . At 8: 10 P.M. , the Chairman opened the public hearing to consider the petition from 40 Jerry Isaacs and Associates, 357- East Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul for variance from 41 parking and setback requirements of the City Zoning Ordinance which would allow 42 conversion of the Northgate Motel , 2526 Highway 88, into a 19 unit office con- 43 dominium complex. 44 45 Chairman Zawislak read the notice of the hearing which had been published in the 46 August 8th Bulletin and had gone out to all property owners of record within 47 200' feet of the subject property. No one present indicated failure to receive 48 the notice or objected to its content. 49 50 In his August 16th memorandum, the Manager had- described the .proposed project and 51 ,..-, -indicated that, because of site constraints, the new- owner of the motel property • 52 would be seeking to provide- only 66 parking stalls, where the City Ordinance re- 53 quires 74, with a certain number of those stalls to be, % X 19 feet to accomodate 54 the more common compact cars, rather than the 9 X 19.foot. required in the Ordinance 55 forstandard size automobiles.