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-3- 1 packet to show that a house would, indeed, fit„along with a copy of a Surveyor's 2 Certificate dated April 26, 1982, and Mr. Childs' April 11th memorandum to the 3 Commission related to the proposal . 4 .5 Councilmember Makowske and her husband, Don, whose home north of the Stafford 6 property is identified as Lot 18, . in the Survey, were present to .discuss several 7 questions and concerns they had about the subdivision. The Councilmember gave 8 some historical background of how the property had become one parcel . She said 9 in 1964 the Highway Department took a big chunk of Lot 20 for Highway 88 and 10 the land leaving a parcel less than the 13,000 square feet the City.ordinance 11 required at-that time for a corner .lot and the undersized portion was attached 12 to Lot 19 when the house on that property was sold twelve years ago. 13 14 The Councilmember said it was her own observation that because "the hill distorts 15 the view, a driveway- on the south side of Lot 20 close. to the turn around could 16 be quite dangerous She suggested the driveway either be sited on the north l 7 side of that lot or perhaps, even a common driveway might servebbothooftthe 18 proposed structures. 19 20 Another question Councilmember Makowske indicated she had was what had been done 21 with the well and cesspool which she knew had been on the property originally 22 and the Councilmember said her greatest concern was that, according to the site 23 drawings they had been provided, it appeared the fence which had been on the 24 property when she and her husband bought the house appeared to be at least six 25 inches over their property line. Beverly Stafford showed the couple a revised 26 survey of the Stafford's property which indicated the Makowske fence was right • 27 on the property line. 28 29 Robert Markuson, who indicated he lived right across the street at 2900 Rankin 3p Road, related the different methods for which the Staffords had told him they 31 were going to use their property from duplexes to a retirement home for them- 32 selves. He and Leonard Erickson, 2904 Rankin Road, related the problems they 33 had with young renters in the house which had been torn down whom they termed 34 to be "hooligans" . The two neighbors speculated that the Staffords might be 35 building the homes for rental purposes which could mean a repetition of their 36 problems. Mr. Erickson said the property owners had "never taken care of the 37 property in the past and probably wouldn 't again, if the homes were rented out" . 38 They agreed that it would. be very dangerous to try to back out of a driveway so 39 close to the corner.- 40 i 41 Chair Franzese told the neighbors it was not within the domain of the City to 42 govern whether property owners rent or live in the homes they build but was the 43 City' s responsibility to assure those properties would not .-pose-- a safety hazard 44 for the neighborhood. She also pointed out that once the homes are up, that 45 site could no longer be used as a gathering place for young people. 46 47 Mr. Childs told Councilmember Makowske any questions about the existence of a 48 well or cesspool on the property would be handled by the Building Inspector 49 before the building permits are issued. When Mr. Markuson noted the window in 50 the basement which was shown on the highway side of the home on Lot 20, he 5 1 questioned whether that might be used to advertise the couple's real estate • 52 business which they might conduct from their home, the Manager told him the City i 53 doesn't issue permits for businesses in residences. Mr. Stafford indicated he 54 would have no problem with siting the driveway for Lot 20 on the north side and 55 Councilmember Makowske indicated she perceived the proposal was "fine" now that 56 the question of the fence had been resolved.