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- 5 - 1 pleasing to the rest of the neighborhood. • 2 3 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner 'Jones to recommend 4 Council denial of the request from Howard Krueger for rezoning his property at 5 3631 Harding Street N.E., from R-1 (single family dwelling) to .R-2 (two family 6 dwelling) and the accompanying lot size frontage variances, finding that: 7 8 1. There was major and' significant opposition to the proposal from the 9 neighbors during the May 15, 1984 hearing which was reflected in the petition 10 of opposition signed by 80 persons from that area. 11 12 2. The rezoning would be contrary to the City's land use plans for that 13 neighborhood. 14 15 Before the vote was taken, Commissioner Bowerman suggested it might be advisable 16 to refer to the lot size deficiencies to which Commissioner Jones responded that 17 he could not accept that friendly amendment because, even if the lot met all 18 zoning requirements, in the face of all the opposition demonstrated that evening, 19 he would have voted against the request. Commissioner Bowerman withdrew his 20 amendment suggestion. 21 22 Motion carried unanimously. 23 24 The meeting was recessed at 9:15 p.m. and reconvened at 9:20 p.m., for- the public 25 hearing for a variance to the Fence Ordinance which would permit Ken Heibel to 26 construct an 8 foot 1 inch by 4 inch cedar board fence on his property at 3341 • 27 Skycroft Circle. 28 29 Commissioner Bjorklund had left the meeting during the recess. 30 31 In his May 11 memorandum to the Commission on the proposal , Mr. Childs had . 32 indicated he would recommend approval of the fence variance as requested, but 33 indicated he would have some reservations about allowing the "ornamental" 34 rafters closer than 3 feet from the property line. No objections had been 35 received from the neighbors and Mike Heibel who represented his father at the 36 hearing, indicated the next door neighbor, Maurice Hugill , 3337 Skycroft Circle 37 had voiced no objections to the plan when it was presented to him. He said Mr. 38 Hugill 's garage abuts the fence which divides his property from the Heibel 's 39 and there are no living areas on that side. 40 41 No other person was present to speak for or against the proposal and Mike Heibel 42 said his family had no intention of making a roof out of the rafters, but rather, 43 planned to keep them open for hanging plants, etc. It was also determined that 44 the grade elevations on the Heibel property were lower than the neighbors' - so 45 an eight foot fence would not look strange where proposed. Commissioner Jones 46 indicated his first impression had been that the fence would be constructed 47 right under the eaves of the house, but having been assured the eaves would be 48 at least two feet higher, concluded that an eight foot fence would probably 49 provide- a better balance in appearance than one, two feet shorter. Commissioner 50 Hansen said he agreed, adding that, if the stringers area allowed, the six foot 51 fence would probably be much more objectionable. • 52 53 Commissioner Franzese was told that, although the same application forms are 54 used for fence variances as are used for other variances, the criteria are. not 55 the .same as for zoning variances.