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-7- • 1 Motion carried unanimously. 2 3 The meeting was recessed until 9:10 P.M. when the Chair opened -the heari,r.g-:to 4 consider a request from Bryon Schroeder, 3115 Johnson Street N.E. , Minneapolis, 5 for a variance from the Zoning Ordinance setback regulations to allow construction 6 of a home at 3520 Silver Lake Road with a front yard setback of 63 feet where I the average alignment of adjacent homes is from 30 to 40 feet. 8 9 When the Chair read the notice of the hearing, no one present reported failure 10 to receive it or objected to its content. 11 12 Those present to discuss the proposal were the applicant, Wendy Clonis, 3115 13 Johnson Street N.E. ; Lee Lawrick, 3626 Edward Street N.E. ; and John Forsberg, 14 3513 Belden Drive N.E. Mr. Forsberg, whose home is directly west of the subject 15 property, said he would not oppose the City granting the setback variance as 16 long as he is provided some assurance that when the house is built on the hill 17 behind him the runoff won't cause drainage problems for his home which is between 18 five and ten feet lower. He said when he built his home in 1966, a building 19 inspector named Shaughnessy had refused to issue him a building permit until 20 he had cut his lot down to the street level and the matter had ended up in 21 court when Melba Evanson, the owner of the lots next to him on Belden and behind 22 him on Silver Lake Road, had protested the backsloping on her property. 23 24 Mr. Childs said he had been unable to discern just what happened in that case-- . 25 but couldn't personally see why a house couldn't be built on a hill as many 26 are nowdays. He said he perceived the City may have "goofed" in that case, • 27 20 years ago, and agreed with Mr. Schroeder that the error should not be compounded 28 with his property. 29 30 Mr. Larwick said he had bought this property eight years ago and, since the 31 lot tapers to the north in back, the existing embankment behind Mr. Forsberg's 32 home should not be a factor in the drainage onto his property. He said he 33 perceived that would be verified before the building permit is issued to Mr. 34 Schroeder. 35 36 Commissioner Jones commented that he agreed that the elevations should not 37 be germane to this case as= long as:-they don't`impactoon�t—he.lse,tbacks.. 38 39 Mr. Childs read that portion of the City Ordinance which would be relevant 40 to the request before the Commission and stated that he felt certain it would 41 be possible to handle the slope of the undeveloped lots in such a manner as 42 to avoid drainage problems for Mr. Forsberg or any other Belden neighbor. 43 44 Ms. Clonis gave the Commissioners a copy of the house plans and Mr. Schroeder 45 pointed out that he planned to build a one story, three bedroom rambler with 46 a tuckunder garage on the front which should cause no runoff problems for Mr. 47 Forsberg's property. He said he knew he had to do something about the sharp 4 8 slope between the properties and indicated he would be glad to show his grading 49 plans to his neighbor. The applicant said he planned to replace the rough 50 shrub line between their properties which might help somewhat. 51 • 52 The Manager's September 11th memorandum and comments about the requested setbacks 53 were taken into consideration when the recommendations to the Council were 54 prepared. 55