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7 -4- • 1 No one present objected to having this done and the hearing was closed at 8:22 2 P.M. . 3 4 Before a motion"was made, the Manager confirmed for Commissioner Jones '_benefit 5 that -the ordinance permitted .a deck to protrude -to within 20 feet of the required 6 rear yard setback. 7 8 Motion by Commissioner Bowerman and seconded. by Commissioner Jones to recommend 9 the Council - grant the request from Bernard- B.lanske for preliminary plat approval 10 for the parcel he owns at the southeast corner of Silver Lake Road and Silver 11 Lane generally described as the Blanske Addi.tion.or that part of Lot 1. except 12 the east 137.8 feet lying north of Lot 2 and its extension west being in south 13 Lot 1 Block 1 , which would allow -the developer to construct the 8 townhouses on 14 his property which was rezoned for that purpose in November, 1985. In recom- 15 mending plat approval , the Commission recognizes the parcel in .question has a 16 total area of only 31 ,919 square feet, which i-s 81 square feet short of the area 17 required by the Ordinance for- the project, but considering this to be insignificant 18 when compared to the total concept, recommends that- the Council further grant 19 a variance for the 81 square feet,' finding that: 20 21 1 . One of the reasons for the area size deficiency was that the property owner 22 had deeded to the community, at no cost, to the City, land for a right hand 23 turn on the corner of- Silver Lane and Silver Lake Road; and 24 25 2. No opposition to the townhouse project had been expressed since that concept had 26 first been proposed. • 27 28 Motion carried unanimously. 29 30 At 8:30 P.M. the Chair Pro Tem opened -the hearing to consider the request from 31 Rick Johnson, 3306 Belden .Drive, for three adjustments to the Johnson Manor and 32 Belden Terrace listed in the notice of the hearing which had been published in the 33 July 2nd Bulletin and sent to all property owners of record within 350 feet of 34 the subject property. No one present reported failure to receive the notice or 35 objected to its content. 36 37 In his memorandum related to the matter, Mr. Childs had advised the Commissioners 38 that staff was recommending approval of three requests explained by Mr. Johnson 39 in the July 3rd letter he had attached to -his application for subdivision/plat 40 approval . '. E 41 42 Mr. Johnson reiterated many of the points he had made in that letter, telling 43 Commissioner Madden that it had been h.is own lack of understanding that tennis 44 courts had to run north and south which had resulted in his having to deed an 45 additional 18 X 60 foot piece of land from Outlot B to the Homeowners Association 46 to complete the construction of the courts. He also explained that the City would 47 need an additional ten. foot easement on the south side of Lot 'l -to service the 48 storm sewer extension for Johnson Manor and the applicant indicated it had been 49 necessary for him to transfer the' 495 square foot pie shaped piece of land from 50 vacant Lot 10 to Lot 11 to correct a setback error he had made when he constructed 51 an addition to his existing garage too close to his property line. +, • 52 53 Frances (Frenchy) Von Dell , 3312 Belden Drive, was present to express his concerns 54 about the type of house which was going to be built on Lot 10, saying he "didn't 55 think it would fit in with the other homes along Belden Drive. " Mr. Von Dell 56 also questioned- why the notice of the hearing had indicated the tennis courts on