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-3- Mayor Sundland expressed some concern about the sizes of garages which would be • built with the 32 townhomes on the site. Several townhome owners in the City had expressed their wish to have had bigger garages at their presently owned townhomes. Commissioner Bjorklund responded that the Commission had not discussed that concern, but did discuss the rezoning proposal at length. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to pass the first reading of Ordinance 19857001 which would rezone the 2. 5 acre Walbon property at the southwest corner of Old Highway 8 and 33rd Avenue N.E. from R-1 , single family residential , to R-3, multi -family residential . The Old Highway 8 Redevelopment/ Tax Increment Plan would provide 32 townhomes on the site, as proposed by the tentative developer, Brighton Development Corporation, and the Council finds, as did the Planning Commission, that: 1 . The proposed plat met with the general agreement of the neighbors following their review of the proposal ; 2. No one spoke against the rezoning; 3. The proposed development would eliminate the legal non-conforming, industrial/ commercial type of land' use now in existence on the property; 4. Rezoning does address a stated conflict of land users in that area which had been identified in the City' s Comprehensive Plan; and 5. The Comprehensive Plan further recommends that the medium density housing be developed for this area. Motion carried unanimously, The Commission representative indicated there had been a lengthy discussion con- cerning the request from Amoco Oil Company for a 15 foot setback variance for installation of a canopy and a five foot setback variance for the pump at their station on the southwest corner of Silver Lake Road and 37th Avenue N.E.. Repre- sentatives from Amoco Oil Company were present to outline for the Council their proposed plans for the station. Commissioner Bjorklund explained that after much discussion, the Commission had recommended approval of the request. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to grant the request from Amoco Oil Company for a 10 foot setback variance from the 30 foot setback required in the City Ordinance which would allow construction of a canopy in con- junction with the construction of a new gas station to be located at 3700 Silver Lake Road, finding, as did the Planning Commission, that the following statements which the proponent had included in their December 26th, 1984 application for the variance, addressed the hardship aspects required to be considered in granting this variance. 1 . On this lot several factors combine to create the conditions necessitating a variance from the front yard setback requirements on Silver Lake Road. The frontage on 37th Avenue N.E. (118.8) is extremely narrow for the combined side yard and front yard setback requirements of 50 feet. The only other manner in which this facility could be situated (rotating the site plan 90 degrees) is impractical due to the front yard setback from 37th Avenue. N.E... and the steep drop off to the railroad tracks. Also, the bridge over the tracks restricts the access to Silver Lake Road in such a manner to create poor on-site traffic circulation. The lot tapers- from south to north, thus at the front yard set- back from 37th Avenue N.E. , the lot is narrower than the frontage indicates .