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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 25, 1995 Page 6 1 In response to Marks, Mr. Beach indicated it is normal for a house to conform to the 2 shape of the lot but there is the privacy issue and also the square footage issue with this 3 lot. 4 Marks questioned if it would be more appropriate to wait until there is a buyer, as they 5 may want to lay the house out differently on the property. He indicated he felt Mr. Beach 6 had been very responsive to the neighbor's concerns but he was concerned for the person 7 who would actually be living in the proposed home. 8 Mrs. Moncada stated she was not satisfied with the proposal. She indicated the house did 9 not conform to the lot as it was required to face Townview and the lot was shaped for the 10 house to face Silver Lake Road. 11 Mayor Ranallo showed Mrs. Moncada the plat and explained the different options to her 12 in detail. 13 Enrooth stated the City had caused the problem by requiring that ingress and egress 14 points be off Townview. IMarks indicated a precedent had been set when granting the variances for 3112 Silver 16 Lake Road. 17 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to approve the front yard variance of fifteen feet; 18 the ordinance requires 30 feet, backyard variance of twelve feet; the ordinance requires 25 19 feet, and the lot area variance of 440 square feet; the ordinance requires 11,000 square 20 feet, for 3111 Silver Lake Road, on the basis the diagram and footprint presented by Mr. 21 Beach be followed as he presented it here, as there is an undue hardship due to the 22 physical surrounding shape, topography, and conditions of the parcel, the proposed 23 variance is based not exclusively on the desire to increase the value or the income of the 24 potential parcel but would correct extraordinary circumstances that apply to other 25 properties in the vicinity or zoning district, the difficulty in this hardship is due to City 26 Ordinance, in regards to public safety this would represent the best use of the property 27 placement of the house versus placing it on Silver Lake road, verification of the survey of 28 the parcel, drainage issue of property addressed by the City Engineer, and the property 29 cleared of any remaining non-conforming structures. 30 Motion carried unanimously. 31 32 Chairman Bergstrom reported he had been a member of the Planning Commission for 33 two years and had recently been appointed as Chairman. He indicated he felt the R4 Planning Commission should be more involved with planning issues regarding the City 5 of St. Anthony. He reported he was trying to instigate a process within the Planning 36 Commission to (#1) Think about being more into the planning end of things, (#2)