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-4- the variance approval be subject to: Provision of "(21 tot play areas; the landscaping required: by R-3 zoning; and a provision for an easement for sidewalks, not to exceed six feet in width, along Silver Lake Road, should the City decide .they are necessary for the public health or safety. This motion was then amended by the motion of Mr. Jones and seconded by Mr. Enrooth, to add to the findings that approval is recommended because- Cl) the particular physical shape of this parcel and the extent of the right of way required for Silver Lake Road, and that granting the front yard variance of 8 .5 feet will permit amore attractive configuration for the grouping of. the 22 units; (2) the purpose of the variance is not to increase the value of the property . to -the owner since he proposes to construct only 22 units where 25 could be built on that site under City ordinance, and; (.3) the grant- ing of this variance is intended to alleviate the hardship for the owner created by the large roadway easement along Silver Lake Road. and the general recessionary conditions- of the economy. Voting on the amendment: Aye: Makowske, Enrooth,. Bjorklund, Jones and Peterson. Nay: Sopcinski. Motionto amend carried. Mr. Sopcinski ' s vote was propmpted by his questioning whether a hardship was created for the owner since.. he could have sited the same buildings on the parcel without a variance opting to move the buildings closer to Silver Lake Road only as a concession to the residents on Penrod. The amended motion carried unanimously. The Public Hearing on the conditional use permit and variance petition from Sid Johnson necessary for the construction of seven townhouses on. the lots located at the northwestern corner of 37th Avenue 'N.E. and Chandler Drive was opened at 9 :37 P.M. Mr. Enrooth left the meeting temporarily at this time. Mr. Berg confirmed that all necessary fees, publication, mailings and notices had been accomplished, and there was no one present -who stated they failed to receive the notice or objected to its contents. Mr. Berg presented the site plans for the proposal and .reiterated the recommendation made in his May 16th memorandum that the City would have greater control of the use of the property if a conditional use permit were issued under the present R-4 , zoning, instead of rezoning the property to- R-3 for-the-townhouses.