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-4- plant, parking on the street might become necessary . She questioned • whether the .applicants had demonstrated clearly enough-what hardship they would suffer if they provided the amount of parking required by the City Ordinance. The response from several Commission members was that the City trucks had been servicing the Foss Road lift station and that the proponents had inciated there would be adequate space on their property to provide the necessary onsite parking, if and when, it is needed. Commissioner Wagner indicated he. perceives adequate parking might be provided with parallel parking in the existing lot. He also said he had noticed the only people who park on the street now are residents from across the street. Mrs. Makowske told Commissioner Franzese she has frequent business dealings with another business in- that area and has never noticed a parking problem. Commissioner Jones said the City has historically granted parking variances .where adequate space is available for future parking and has always preferred grass over blacktop whenever possible . Commissioner Bjorklund indicated he perceived no land use problem with the proposal since the precedent for industrial development had already been set and the Foss Road setback .had been established for the "steel building" : He saw the unique topography of the triangular shaped parcel and the adjacent property as justification for granting- the requested variances . When Commissioner Jones told him they had both gone to school with Mike Donatelle, Commissioner Bjorklund said he had not recognized the appli- cant, probably because he had not seen him for about 18. years . The consensus was that this association. would not present a conflict of interest for either Commissioner. Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Zawislak to recommend the Council grant all three variances requested for the expansion of the Donatelle Tool, Inc. , 3824 Foss Road finding that: Cl) Granting the five foot sideyard setback variance to the ordinace requirement for 35 foot sideyards along Foss Road would bring the proposed addition into alignment with the adjacent building to the south .which has the same five foot variance , and constructing the building to match that variance would be aesthetically pleasing and should not interfere with traffic since setbacks of this nature have already been established for that neighborhood. (2) Noting the unique triangular shape of both the subject and the adjacentparcel to the west, the Commission finds there would be long distances between the subject proposed building and the adjacent structure; between. any proposed adjacent building and the proposed .subject building, and to the Chandler Drive right-of-way which is at an angle with this sideyard area and therefore, rec- ommends the Council grant the requested 9 foot sideyard variance to the City requirement for 15- foot sideyard setbacks for the addition. • (3) In recommending a six parking stall variance be granted, where 29 are required for that property, the Commission recognizes that the