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11 1 Ms. VanderHeyden indicated she and Mr. Childs had visited the site •2 several times before he left on vacation and seen for themselves that 3 there are many homes and garages on the lake with less setbacks from the 4 road than the requested 13 feet. Chair Wagner said he had also noted 5 the very irregular patterns of setbacks along that street. 6 - Applicant - Edward Hance, 2401 Lowry Avenue N.E. 7 *reiterated many of the points in favor of the variance he had stated 8 in his October 27th letter, copies of which had been included in the 9 Commission's agenda packet along with copies of the Rice Creek Watershed 10 District permit; letters from homeowners on both sides of the property 11 indicating they had no objections to the proposed garage addition; list 12 of neighbors who had been sent notices of the hearing; and a picture of 13 a van parked in the garage area. Site and elevation sketches of the 14 house and garage had also been provided. 15 *said houses in the area which have garages much closer to the street 16 are primarily on Silver Lake Terrace and Silver Lake Court, the two 17 streets on either side of his property; 18 *indicated the site of the proposed garage is 13 feet from the right- 19 of-way at its east corner and 17 feet from the right-of-way at its west 20 corner, but the garage structure would be 31 feet from the roadway; 21 *pointed out that his next door neighbor, Ken Solie, 2817 Silver Lane, 02 also got a variance from the City to build within 20 feet of the right- 3 of-way; 24 *said because the lake in front of his home has a bay area, his lot 25 is one of the shortest in an area of very irregular sized lots which 26 provided quite unusual circumstances for building a home because the 27 houses face the lake, but the Ordinance considers their front yards to 28 be next to the road; 29 *indicated that if he had provided the required setback along Silver 30 Lane, his home would have been substantially out of alignment with all 31 the homes next to him on the lake, which would have spoiled his 32 neighbors' view of the lake; 33 *told the Commissioners if he had been allowed to use the normal rear 34 yard setback rule, which is 25% of the total lot length, i.e. , 37 feet 35 for the garage, he wouldn't have had to apply for a variance from the 36 roadside; 37 *added that in measuring the roadside setbacks of other homes in the 38 same area, he had found five homes on Silver Lake Terrace with 39 structures less than 20 feet from the roadbed itself; 40 *told Commissioner Brownell that if the variance weren't granted, he 41 would have to construct the garage substantially shorter and would 40 probably not be able to house his cars because the non-conforming