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4- The minister told the .Chair he was certain the building committee would be amenable to providing opaque windows for the Sunday school rooms because that would prevent the children from being distracted during class . Commissioner .Bowerman indicated he was having trouble .making a decision on the proposal without seeing what actual elevations, exterior finish and roof line would be provided. - Mr. Jones said he was sorry he had not brought the elevation drawings which he had presented at . the July 19th meeting, back to this hearing , but assured the Commis- sioner that the building would be designed to match the fascia and roof line of the existing building as closely as possible. The elevation of the building above grade, he said, would be 24 feet 8 inches . Gundrun. Hodenfield, 1401 Mooney. Drive; Mary Jane Johnson, 3132 Silver Lake Road; and Paul Stewart, 3085 Old Highway 8, indicated they would be in favor of granting the permit but chose not to speak further to the issue at that time . Donald Esau., 3505 —36th Avenue N.E. , read his prepared statement in which he reiterated his own and his neighbors ' objections to the construction of the addition on the south side of the existing build- ing and requested the City not compound what he perceives to be the original error in permitting the church to construct the existing building perpendicular to the adjoining homes on the south and only 15 feet from the lot line on that side at the same time the elevations • of the church property were elevated approximately eight feet above the residential lots adjacent to it. `He contended the proponents could not accurately indicate on the application form that the proposed addition would not be "detrimental to the health, safety, and general welfare" of at least two of the neighbors since he believes both he and the Antczaks would suffer decreased property values as a result of the addition and a personal loss to his family of the benefits of the new familyroom and deck he had added to the back of- his home not fore- seeing an addition would be made to the existing church building . Mr. Esau then indicated he saw no relevance in the tradeoff of property 20 years ago to the current proposal and told the Commission members he has always considered th'e cottonwood tree on the church property to be a real nuisance- and had intended asking that it be cut down. Commissioner Bowerman told Mr. Esau having homes in the City built perpendicular to each other and-.with less than- 15 foot side yards is not unusual at all and the church could have built within five feet of the lot line under the City ordinance. He said his home on Croft Drive in which he lived for 15 years was only 72 feet from the lot line and his neighbors back yard was also perpendicular to his . Mr. Esau still insisted the back yard setback requirement should have been applied in a case like this . Erling Weiberg,' 3409 - 36th Avenue N.E. , read the written statement from Larry and Sandy Antczak, who live directly south of the church • at 3501 - 36th Avenue N.E. , who were away on vacation, in which they reiterated the objection they had made during the July 19th hearing to the expansion which, in their view, was "too large and too close to single family dwellings; could only intensify the water runoff problems