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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY • PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES August 111, 1986 1 The meeting was opened at 7:32 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Chair 2 Franzese. 3 4 Present for roll call : Hansen, Madden, Wagner, Franzese, and Werenicz. 5 6 Absent: Jones (_arrived at 7:37 P.M. ) and Bowerman (arrived at 7:38 P.M. ) . 7 8 Also present: David Childs, City Manager. 9 10 Motion by Commissioner Madden and seconded by Commissioner Werenicz to approve the 11 minutes for the Planning Commission meeting held July 15, 1986, with the following 12 change: 13 14 Page 5, Line 17: Substitute "to" for "from" between "land" and "Lot 11 ": 15 16 Motion carried unanimously. 17 18 Chair Franzese will represent the Commission at the Council 's August 26th meeting 19 where .the minutes of this meeting would be considered. 20 21 At 7:35 P.M. the Chair opened the hearing to consider the request from Roger Bona, 22 5236 Horizon Drive, Fridley, for a- variance.to allow the construction of a 14 23 foot by 40 foot addition to the north side of the existing Amoco Service Station at 24 2812 - 27th Avenue N.E. with an 11 foot setback from the north property line where 25 the City Zoning Ordinance requires 30 feet. She read the notice of the hearing 26 which had been published in the August 6th Bulletin and mailed to all property 27 owners of record within 200 feet of the subject property. No one present reported 28 failure to receive the notice or objected to its content, and, as he had reported 29 in his August 15th memorandum, the Manager reiterated that staff had received no 30 calls either for or against the request. 31 32 Mr. Childs reported neither his memorandum nor the notice of the hearing had 33 indicated that the .applicant was proposing-a two story addition as indicated on 34 the site plan the project architects had distributed that evening. The Manager 35 verified that the existing station setback of 25 feet on the north side had been 36 grandfathered in with the new Zoning Ordinance and commented .that he perceived 37 the changes Mr. Bona .had made i.n the proposal he had withdrawn in January would 38 keep the building farther away from Kenzie Terrace. 39 . 40 Commissioner Jones arrived at 7:37 P.M. 4 2 The Manager reiterated his memorandum assessment that the triangular shape of the 4 3 station property certainly provided the "unusual circumstances" the City finds to 44 Justify a variance since the configuration of the site "left the owner without a lot • 45 of choices for expansion" and Mr. ' Childs indicated he perceived there was no question 4 6 of overdevelopment involved in this request. He also told the Chair that the 47 Building .Code rather than. the Zoning Ordinance deals with the placement of storage tanks.