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-6- 2. Granting the variance would still provide for total building separation of 25 .5 and 20 .5 feet. • 3. No opposition was received from the neighbors . 4. Approval is contingent upon the proposed home not aggravating the existing drainage conditions of the area. Motion carried unanimously. Chairman Zawislak opened the hearing, at 9 :16 P.M. , to consider a petition for a variance to the City Zoning Ordinance requirements which would. allow Gary Dooner, 2920 Silver Lake Court, construction of an addition resulting in the need for a front yard variance of 12 feet. A 30 foot front yard setback is required by City Ordinance and Mr. Dooner is proposing an 18 foot front yard setback. The Chairman read the notice which had been published July 3rd and mailed to all adjoining property owners of record within 200 feet of the subject property. No one present reported failure to receive that notice or objected to its content and the Manager reported receiving no -objections to the request. The Manager made note of the odd shape of the Dooner ' s lot and cited this as a justification for a hardship. He stated that while the average alignment does not allow the setback Mr. Dooner proposes , the average .neighborhood setbacks are substantially less than 30 feet and other variances have been granted, setting a precedent for the request. As with the preceeding two variance requests , some of the • preliminaries had been completed on this request at a concept review the previous month. He indicated Mr. Dooner had submitted three neighbor' s signatures approving the request. Mr. Dooner was present to speak for his request and said that his neighbors had encouraged him to build the proposed additions , stating that the reasons for this encouragement were the noise, dust and amount of traffic traveling on Silver Lake Road. He also noted several precedents had been set for this request. There had been no changes in Mr. Dooner 's request since the concept review the month before and the public hearing was closed by the. Chairman at 9 :20 P.M. for Commission consideration and action. There was no one present to speak either for or against the proposal. Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Wagner to recommend the Council grant a 12 foot front yard setback variance to allow construction of an addition on the home of Gary Dooner, 2920 Silver Lake Court, finding that: 1. The lot is unique by its odd shape. 2. The property is located on a false cul-de-sac adjacent to a high traffic street with dust, noise and visibility problems . • 3. The proposed addition would reduce the impact of the road on the neighborhood.