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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY- PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES February 19, 1985 1 The .meeting was called to order by Chair Franzese at 7:30 P.M, 2 3 Present for roll call : Franzese, Bowerman, Madden, Bjorklund, Hansen, and Wagner. 4 5 Absent: Jones. 6 7 Also present: David Childs, City Manager; .and Larry Hamer, Public Works Director. 8 9 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Wagner to approve as 10 submitted the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting held January 15, 1985. 11 12 Motion carried unanimously. 13 14 Commissioner Wagner will report the minutes of the meeting at the February 26, 15 1985 Council meeting. 16 17 As stated in the Manager's February 14th memorandum to the Planning Commission, the 18 request from Rosemary and Victor Munayco to allow a non-conforming fence to remain • 19 at 3507 Edward Street N.E. had been tabled at the Commission 's January 15th meeting 20 to get the. Public Works Director's observations about the condition of the fence 21 after the April 26th tornado and through the summer. 22 23 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Bowerman to remove 24 from the table the Munayco January 23, 1985 petition for a variance to retain the 25 six foot non-conforming fence in their front yard. 26 27 Motion carried unanimously. 28 29 Mr. Hamer testified that he had talked to Mr. and Mrs. Munayco after their fence 30 was damaged by the April 26th tornado and when nothing had been done about the 31 poor condition of the fence by the end of the summer, had written them a letter 32 telling them they would require a variance to reconstruct the fence and suggesting 33 that they contact the City as to the procedures they must follow.. The Public Works 34 Director said the next time he visited the property he observed the fence had been 35 put back up in a very unsatisfactory manner with materials which did not match the -- —36-origi-nal-cons-truc-tion-and-with-the-nor-th-por-tionTeaning-ower what he-per-cei-ved-to 3 7 be was the neighbor's property. He was unable to get verification from the Munayco's 38 as to where their property line was, Mr. Hamer said. As to whether only the damage 39 to the non-conforming front yard .fence should have been considered in making such a 40 determination, the Public Works Director told the Commissioners his department 41 i'ssues building permits for fences as one unit and not for front and back portions 42 of the structure. .43 44 Most of the back yard fence, but only a few panels 'in front were blown down by the • 45 storm, •Mr. Hamer said, and he affirmed for Commissioner Bjork.lund that he considered 46 the damaged section constituted "more than 75% of the total fence", which he had 47 told the property owners made their front yard fence non-conforming to the City 48_ fence ordinance, since. it was more than four feet tall .