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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • May 26, 1998 Page 5 1 and he too did not have concern with the sideyard setback but questioned why the house was 2 placed so far back on the lot. The Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend 3 approval of the sideyard variance of 1.5 feet. 4 Motion by Faust, second by Marks to approve the sideyard setback variance of 1.5 feet for 3613 5 Edward Street as it meets all three requirements of granting a variance and the exact same 6 conditions exist currently as did in May of 1997 when a previous variance was granted. 7 Motion carried unanimously. 8 2. David Newgaard, for 3123 Silver Lake Road;Lot Width Variance Request. 9 Commissioner Kaczor reported a public hearing was held to consider a request by David 10 Newgaard for a lot width variance. Mr. Newgaard has acquired this lot due to the passing of his 11 mother and he would like to sell the lot. The lot, which is zoned residential, is 66 feet wide, 12 rather than the required 75 feet wide, and is not currently a buildable lot. There was discussion at 13 the Planning Commission to include a condition of approval that upgrades be made to the 14 property he owns next to this house but it was determined that this could not be done. The 15 hardship in this case is that the Ordinance which requires a width of 75 feet was codified after 16 this lot was split to a width of 66 feet. 0 Momson stated that technically the lot is grandfathered in. The Council has granted a variance 18 previously in this type of situation but typically there is a plan submitted for a house on the lot. 19 The problem with not having a plan is that there may be subsequent variances required. 20 Ranallo suggested that the applicant wait until a plan is submitted and all the requirements can be 21 addressed at one time. 22 Cavanaugh suggested that the owner may not be able to sell the property without assurance that 23 he will receive the variance. He noted that many lots in this area are this size and asked if any 24 neighbors had attended the Planning Commission meeting. 25 Commissioner Kaczor noted that in this specific area there are two older homes, an empty lot, 26 and another older home on the corner. He reported that there had been discussion at the Planning 27 Commission meeting that in the future three of those lots could be combined and split to result in 28 two standard lots. 29 Cavanaugh noted there are a lot of old homes in this area. He questioned how this might affect 30 the future development of that whole area. 31 Faust stated that if the Council considers the lot buildable, it will give assurance to the person the seller wants to market the property to. But if the Council approves this request, it may give undue assurance to a potential builder. Faust stated he believed approval of this request was