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-4- Mr. B.jorklund did not perceive ".a .real .hardship had been demonstrated through the architect' s testimony" and cautioned the Commission members that the second condition .for .granting a variance under the ordinance was that such a variance "not .be based exclusively on a • desire. to*..increase the value -or income potential of the parcel of sand. . . . " . He. said he believes..the City will face many requests with solar as a reason for an addition and urged the decision be delayed, as recommended by staff. He said hewill vote against the request because he sees no hardship whatsoever demonstrated. Mr-. Jones disagreed, saying he believes the Chairman ds interpreting the second condition incorrectly, perceiving instead, that it refers to the development of vacant land. . "Mr. Danelski -will probably never recover the entire- costs.- of the improvement" , Mr. Jones insisted, and "he could add 500 square feet to the back of his house which . would .not .be nearly as aethestically pleasing as this proposal which does an excellent job of providing the .needed living space expansion in contrast to many other remodelling jobs approved by the City which have been poorly done" . Mr. Peterson said he was not opposed to the proposal per se, but rather, urged the decision be delayed until the City. has had an opportunity to develop technical language which can be utilized to explain why the variance was granted, when other requests of this nature come in. He doesn' t believe., "the knowledge the Commission has at the present is adequate for governmental action" , and wants a firm policy developed before a decision is reached on this request, "so the City .won't' have to allow every 30 or 40 foot addi- tion which comes in just because it will have solar energy devices" . • Mrs.. Makowske took issue with the reference . to .the conditions which have to be satisfied before variances to the City ordinance can be granted, saying, "they have served the community well. over the years" and "the Village has grown the way it has because. of these conditions" . Mr. Bowerman perceived the developing of a firm policy regarding solar systems will be a long and complicated procedure and would "hazard a guess that a year from- now, we still won' t .have a policy and. will have to make these .decisions on the input we receive re- garding each variance, just as we do now" . Chairman Bjorklund said, "the policy will be established by the variances we grant,. if we don' t wait" . The Administrative Assistant stated .there is nothing wrong with necessary conditions applied to variances but that, as always , it is a matter of what each member. perceives to benecessary to satisfy the conditions. He reiterated his .earlier concern of the City having no policy at this time to govern future requests- of this nature. Mr. Bowerman .saw the hardship involved in this case as being the rising utility costs to the homeowner and the inability to make his home more livable through solar energy and concluded, "Mr. Danelski is seeking relief from these costs through this action" . He later • added, "he could build a 30 foot deck out there and we couldn't do a thing about it under the existing ordinance" . He "assumed the neighbors across the street would prefer looking at this well designed addition to roof panels or solar panels on the lawn" .