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-7- <br /> • 1 The motion to amend was seconded by Commissioner Jones and passed <br /> 2 unanimously-. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 The amended motion- to table carried unanimously. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Mr. Krumm was advised that the signs were illegal , but could remain <br /> 7 until the Commission- had made a final determination which would have <br /> 8 to be acted upon by the Council. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 At 8 : 55 P.M. , the public hearing was opened to consider a petition from <br /> 11 William Flaherty for a variance which would allow construction of a <br /> 12 22 X 22 foot attached .garage on the west side of -his home at 3208 <br /> 13 Rankin Road, which would come within. seven feet of the west property <br /> 14 line . <br /> 15. <br /> 16 The Chair Pro 'Tem read the notice which had gone out to all property <br /> 17 owners within 200 feet of the subject property and had been published <br /> 18 February 9th in the Bulletin. No one . reported failure to receive the <br /> 19 notice or objected to its content. Mr. Childs reported receiving no <br /> 20 calls related to the request. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 In his February 13th memorandum to the Commission, the Manager. had <br /> 23 indicated that the west property line has been considered the rear <br /> 24 yard and therefore a setback of 25 feet is required. Other cities he <br /> 25 has worked for had a different interpretation for setbacks on corner <br /> 26 lots which would make this variance unnecessary, Mr. Childs said, and <br /> • 27 he reiterated the wording of that policy statement , which he recom- <br /> 28 mended for St. Anthony as follows : "On a corner lot , the narrow side <br /> 29 shall be defined as the front yard and said front yard, for Zoning <br /> 30 Ordinance interpretation .purposes , should not be based on the place- <br /> 31 ment of the front door of the house or street address" . <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Commissioner Bowerman said he couldn't recall that concept ever coming <br /> 34 up before and indicated he would rather continue to consider the front <br /> 35 door and. number of the house as designating the front of the house <br /> 36 so as to avoid creating a whole new set of problems . Commissioner <br /> 37 Jones agreed, saying since St. Anthony is almost completely built up, <br /> 38 it would be easier to keep the variance process for requests like <br /> 39 this one. Commissioner Bjorklund questioned how the fencing ordinance <br /> 40 would relate to the new policy . <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Mr. Flaherty; his contractor, Tim Jawor, 781 - 123rd Avenue N.W. ; and <br /> 43 Jim Koski , 3308 Hilldale, Mr. Flaherty ' s closest neighbor on the west , <br /> 44 were present to discuss the variance request. The applicant had <br /> 45 written a letter which was attached to the petition application stat- <br /> 46 ing the need for more space for family gatherings had prompted him <br /> 47 to propose to convert what is now garage and laundry space to a family <br /> 48 room and move the garage over on the Hilldale side where it could be <br /> 49 made to look like the front of the house , with brick and aluminum <br /> 50 siding. Mr. Jawor indicated the existing garage doors would be <br /> 51 replaced with gridded windows and would continue the colonial type of <br /> . 52 architecture for the rest of the house. <br /> 53 <br /> 54 Mr. Koski termed the Flaherty proposal as "a great idea which would <br /> 55 give Mr. Flaherty the living space he needed" . He indicated his house <br />