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1 Madden indicated that, although he now knew the ordinance had nothing <br /> • 2 to say about it, was still concerned about adding another curb cut on <br /> 3 Silver Lane. He said there are only 8 curb cuts in 85 one <br /> 4 hundredths of a mile on the south side of that street in St. Anthony, <br /> 5 whereas Penrod Lane, which is three tenths of a mile, has 15 curb <br /> 6 cuts on the east side, indicating to him that Penrod is a better <br /> 7 street to have curb cuts than Silver Lane which is such a high <br /> 8 volume traffic street. <br /> 9 The Commissioner said he had nothing positive to say about the <br /> 10 request and instead perceived the problem to be that Mr. tomas' <br /> 11 property was just not large enough to accommodate all the vehicles, a <br /> 12 trailer and a boat, and the "various and sundry junk he has laying <br /> 13 around there. " Commissioner Madden questioned what use the applicant <br /> 14 would make of his new garage if he doesn't use the one he has now <br /> 15 for parking cars. He agreed_ with Commissioner London that the <br /> 16 Commission had to take into account the report of a neighbor who is <br /> 17 there every day. <br /> 18 Werenaaz said he had no strong feelings either way but was leaning <br /> 19 towards denial. He sympathized with the neighbor but wondered if <br /> 20 another garage might not clear up her view of the property. The <br /> 21 Commissioner said he was more concerned about the new garage <br /> 22 encroaching on the neighbor's property to the east. <br /> 23 Commissioner Werenicz indicated he doubted whether the first <br /> 24 question in the application should have been answered in the <br /> • 25 affirmative because he could see no "undue hardship" but rather "an <br /> 26 inconvenience" would result "should the ordinance be strictly <br /> 27 enforced. " <br /> 28 agreed, saying he personally had some reservations about <br /> 29 whether any of the three questions deserved an affirmative answer. <br /> 30 He said his only reason for considering a recommendation for <br /> 31 granting the variance would be that it might help to decrease the <br /> 32 number of vehicles in the yard. <br /> 33 nanzese reiterated that she thought a wrap around garage might add <br /> 34 to the appearance of this property more than a detached garage. She <br /> 35 reported another house with two garages in her own neighborhood which <br /> 36 looked very good. However, she also wondered whether three more <br /> . 37 stalls would do much to alleviate the problem since the applicant had <br /> 38 testified he didn't use the existing garage to park any of the <br /> 39 vehicles which are all over the lot now. <br /> 40 The Commissioner said she had three children driving and another <br /> 41 about to drive and could sympathize with Mr. Tomas's situation, but <br /> 42 at the same time she had always been aware of her neighbor's rights <br /> 43 and had tried not to be a nuisance. <br /> 44 Hansen reiterated that the Commission was not considering a <br /> 45 conditional use permit with this request and said he didn't consider <br /> • 10 <br />