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-5- The Council accepted the Commission's unanimous .recommendation- related to the con- struction of 29 units of townhouses on the Walbon property by Brighton Development • Corporation. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Makowske to grant the following variances to the City Zoning Ordinance which would permit the development of the property at 3242 Old Highway 8 for the Old Highway 8 Redevelopment Project, as pro- posed by the Brighton Development Corporation during the March 19, 1985 Planning Commission hearing on the proposal : 1 . A 20 foot. setback from 33rd Avenue N.E. for one unit (_30 feet required); 2. A 24 foot setback from the west property line adjacent to 3612-33rd Avenue N.E. (30 feet required); 3. -A 25 foot --setback from the west property line for 8 units located adjacent to 3209, 3213, 3217, 3221 Croft Drive N.E. (_30 feet required); and 4. A 1.0 foot setback from Old Highway 8 to the east of two units (30 feet required) ; 5. A density variance .to allow 29 units, where 27.5 are allowed by Ordinance. The Council grants these variances, as recommended by the Planning Commission, on the condition that there be noise abatement construction, including 2 X 6 walls; triple glazed windows; and significant insultation for the two units facing Old Highway 8, where only 10 foot setbacks would be allowed. • In granting these variances, the Council finds, as did the Planning Commission, that: 1 . All three questions on the application form, which are required to be answered affirmatively, have been done so with this proposal ; 2. The physical attributes of this property make it unique in regard to shape and topography; 3. The project would eliminate a legal , non-conforming use of long duration; 4. Expression of opposition to the higher density necessary to make the project work was minimal during the various hearings held by the City on the project; and 5. No opposition to the variances requested for the project was expressed during the March 19th Commission hearing or the April 9th Council determination related to the proposal . Motion carried unanimously. The Council had also taken into consideration the Commission's recommendation related to the allocation of Year XI CDBG funds when they had designated the uses of those funds at their April 2nd meeting. The February Financial Report was ordered filed. • At 8:00 P.M. , the Mayor opened the public hearing on the proposal that the City issue a maximum aggregate principal amount of $950,000 in Industrial Development Revenue Bonds to finance the costs of acquisition, renovation and equipment of an approximately