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-3- • 1 The Manager reported the only call he had gotten related to the proposal had come 2 from Mr. Gottwalt who lives just west of the property in question, whose only 3 concern had been. whether the home going up next to him would be architecturally 4 compatible with his own and other homes -in--that neighborhood and, after seeing 5 the plans -which were included in the agenda packet, had said he had no problem 6 with the variance because he perceived the proposed home would be more in keeping 7 with the neighborhood than the "modern- type" home he feared -might be erected 8 there. 9 10 Commissioner Jones indicated he perceived that, with an additional five foot 11 of space between the alley pavement and the property line, the new home would 12 still be 25 feet from the alley. 13 14. Both applicants were present and Mr. Nesser showed -the plans for the home which 15 had ween reproduced in the agenda packet reporting his neighbor to the east, 16 Robert Knox, had .told him he would have no problem with the City granting the 17 necessary variance. Ms. ` Clancy commented that she perceived it would be prefer- 18 able to build the house in line with the other houses on the street rather than 19 to move it forward to meet the rear yard setback requirements. 20 21 Jerome Hanson,' whose home at 2800 Murray Avenue N.E i.s across the alley from the 22 applicants' property, told the Commissioners hi-s only concern was that the exist- 23 ing swale which -controls the flow of water between the Gottwalt and Nesser 24 property from the alley not be altered to the extent that it caused drainage 25 problems for him or added. to the problems with flooding some -residents on 26 St. Anthony Boulevard are already experiencing every time there is a heavy rain. ® 27 Mr. Childs—assured Mr. Hanson that the City would see to it that even if the 28 ditch had to be moved one way-or another, the existing drainage flow would not be 29 altered with the new construction. 30 31 When Commissioner Madden asked whether it was possible that portions of the fence 32 on the property east of this .lot might project beyond the- property line, Mr. 33 Nesser told him he planned to •have' a .survey made before construction is started 34 and any problems in that regard would become very evident from the markers which 35 would be .installed. ,The Commissioner then indicated he 'believed the 23.8 foot 36 long and 28 foot wide dimensions quoted by Mr.- Nesser for his double garage was 37 certainly a- "reasonable" garage size for the house he was going to build. 38 1 39 Motion by .Commi,ss,ioner Jones andseconded by Commissioner Bowerman to recommend i 40 the Council grant a five foot variance to the City ordinance requirement of 25 41 foot rear yard setbacks for the construction of the home and attached garage 42 proposed by James Nesser -and Cheryle Clancy at 2801 St. Anthony Boulevard, 43 finding that: 44 45 1 .. Where the City only requires 30 foot front yard setbacks, the average aligh- 4 6 'merit„of homes along St. Anthony Boulevard is 40 .feet and to move the structure 47 forward to allow the required setback to the rear would place this home out 48 of alignment; 49 50 2.. The applicants had agreed to maintain the existing swale on the west side of 51 the property and normal -inspections by the City after the construction and + • 52 landscaping is completed would confirm that no drainage change had been made; i 53 54 3. There were no neighbor objections to the variance and, in fact, the next door 55 neighbor indicated to staff..that he approved of both the plans for the house 56 and its siting; and