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-12- 1 Nay: Franzese, Jones and Bowerman: 2 3 Motion failed. 4 5 Commissioner Jones explained his .vote by saying the information that Standard's 6 pumps had been closer to the .street than the proposed pumps would be had caused 7 him to reevaluate his opposition, perceiving that if the City permitted those 8 pumps to stay in that location, it might be-permitting the continuation of an 9 existing hazard. The Commissioner indicated he .wondered if the Amoco request. 10 might, in fact, be increasing the safety on that corner. 11 12 Mr. Filippi told him Amoco 's pumps would- actually be 35 feet from the curbline on 13 Silver Lake Road and Commissioner Bowerman commented that he perceived that infor- 1 4 mation should answer. the concerns about a .car careening off the street into the 15 pumps. The Commiss-ioner also disputed the-findings in the motion related to the 16 hardship which must be proved-which Commissioner Bowerman indicated he perceived 17 had been satisfactorily addressed in .the statement: Amoco 'had made on the back of 18 their application. 19 20 Commissioner Bjor.klund indicated- he..perceived there were some on the Commission 21 who did not believe the hardship had been satisfactorily addressed by the pro- 22 ro22 ponent and he persisted in his belief that granting the requested variances would 23 intensify the traffic on that alreadydangerous corner and would not be a service 24 to the community. He reiterated that he recognized that Amoco could build their 25 station without the variances, but said he wanted them to do so without the 26 blessings of the City. The Commissioner .indicated he perceived that by forcing • 27 the downsizing of the number of pumps, the. City might even be increasing the safety 28 of that area. 29 30 Mr. Filippi said he .sensed that' it was the pump location that made the difference 31 in how the Commission voted, and said. that, although Amoco was removing all the 32 pumps on the 37th Avenue side of. the station, they would now be willing to slide 33 the proposed pumps back five feet to comply with the Ordinance, if the canopy 34 can be retained as proposed. 35 36 Motion by Commissioner Bowerman and seconded by Commissioner Hansen to recommend 37 the City Council grant the request from -Amoco Oil Company for a 10 foot setback 38 variance from .the 30 foot setback required in the City Ordinance which would allow 39 . the construction of 'a canopy in conjunction with the construction of a new gas 40 station to be located .at 3700. Silver Lake Road, finding that the following state- 41 ments which the proponent had included in their December 26, 1984 application 42 for the variance addressed the hardship aspects required to be considered in 43 granting this variance: 44 45 1 . On this lot several factors combine to create the conditions necessitating 46 a.-variance from the front yard setback requirements on Silver Lake Road. 47 The frontage on 37th Avenue N.E. (,118.8) is extremely narrow for the combined 48 side yard and front yard. setback requirements of 50 feet. The only other 49 manner in which this facility could be situated (rotating the site plan 90 50 degrees)- is impractical due .to the front yard setback from 37th Avenue N.E. 51 andthe steep drop off to the railroad tracks. Also, the bridge over the 52 tracks restricts the access to Silver Lake Road in such a manner to create 53 poor on-site traffic circulation. The lot tapers from south to north, thus 54 at the front yard setback from 37th Avenue N.E. , the lot is narrower than the 55 frontage indicates.