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-2- will provide him with. a greater living area at the same time it will • leave -.his view of the lake unobstructed. .The. Chairman '.read letters of approval of the project from neighbors, Johanna .Lucious ,. 2821 Silver Lane, and Andrew .Szurek, 2809 Silver Lane. Mr. Jones reported he had .talked with another neighbor to the west,: Floyd Rissell, 2805 Silver Lane, who had no 'objections to the garage addition as proposed. No one else was present to speak for or: against the proposal. and the public hearing was closed at 7 :44 P.M. for Commission action. Mr. Jones said he believed the turnaround driveway- planned by Mr. Solie "is. almost mandatory on- that winding street .where there is so much speeding traffic" . He pointed out that,. even with the garage, Mr. Solie- will have 39, feet of front yard to the street. Mrs. Makowske wondered whether the older garage structure to the west, which is within 10 feet of the neighbor 's front lot line, might not be removed later leaving this proposed structure out of line with the rest of the street. Mr. Sopcinski told her there are three or four more structures to: the west . which are not within the required setbacks and there does not seem to be uniformity of front yards along that street. Motion by Mr. Sopcinski and seconded by Mr. Bowerman to recommend Council .approval of the petition for variances from Kenneth Solie • for the property at 2817 Silver Lane to permit the siting of the proposed garage addition to within 20 feet of the front yard lot lines as shown- on the site plans (which were initialed by Mr. Bjorklund) finding that; (1) the existing City ordinances, which were adopted after 1955 when the structure on the property was built, do not permit upgrading that structure to standards now enjoyed by the surrounding structures and (.2) the topography of the property being lakeshore, the addition of the garage to the front of the structure would reduce the costs of enlarging the house and at the same time tend to improve the aesthetics of the surrounding area. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Berg then told the Commission, Central Engineering Co. was seeking a .building permit for an additional building to their. existing- fac- ilities at 2930_ Anthony Lane which will require no variances . No plans for the addition had been reported to the City, when a temporary " permit was sought for an office..trailer to be maintained on the site until the new addition is built. This permit was: to expire in September and an extension applied for if the new addition was not started by that date. Al Goetsch of the engineering firm and Foster W. Dunwiddie of Miller- Dunwiddie, Architects , were present to discuss the site plans for the proposal with the Commission members . Mr. Goetsch said he anticipated the bids for the project to be taken in October. City staff had reviewed the plans and found conformance with all. City ordinances regarding setbacks but Mr. Berg had some questions regarding the adequacy of the parking proposed. Mr. Goetsch told him there are