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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes April 18, 1995 Page 10 1 found Mr. Cartalucca's fence post and used it as the marker. He indicated this fence post was one 2 foot in from the property line. He expressed concern in regards to drainage. He reported since 3 the new home was built at 3919 - 31st, there has been a bad water problem. He stated he had 4 mentioned it to Larry Hamer before the final grading and it improved slightly but there is still 5 water in his garage and water four to six inches deep in Ms. Moncada's back yard. He questioned 6 if the proposed raise in the grade would make the problem worse. 7 Chair Bergstrom closed the public hearing at 8:30 P.M. 8 In response to Commissioner Makowske,,Momson reported the City did request the property to 9 face Townview instead of Silver Lake Road in an attempt to reduce congestion on Silver Lake 10 Road. The driveway is currently off Townview and the City did not want another driveway 11 added to Silver Lake Road. He indicated the survey will be double checked. 12 Commissioner Gondorchin indicated he was in favor of the project and that the survey issue 13 should be verified. He felt it very advantageous for the property to face Townview as it was 14 hazardous to pull out onto Silver Lake Road. He indicated 27 feet was a good amount of 15 distance between the two homes. He felt the builder had put a lot of effort in to be sure the 16 homeowners were not looking directly at the Moncada property. He felt the project would 187 increase the valuation of her home rather than decrease the value. 18 Commissioner Horst stated the Commission needs to look at housing and lots over the long term. 19 If houses are being built which are larger than the lot is designed to handle, the builder will be 20 asking for a variance. This may begin to happen more and more as the city is redeveloping. He 21 indicated his concern that if the City begins to grant variances to meet contemporary standards, 22 they may get away from the size houses the city has now. He indicated he didn't want to set a 23 trend that every new house would get a variance. He also indicated he believed the City 24 Engineer would handle the drainage problem. 25 Commissioner Faust indicated he felt mixed housing was good and would strengthen the area. 26 He didn't feel an 1800 square foot house was too large by today's standards. He indicated 27 feet 27 between the houses was a good distance. He felt this development would be an enhancement to 28 the city. He stated he saw no problem with the variance and that the builder needed to have 29 something solid in order to sell the house. 30 Commissioner Franzese indicated there was more of an issue than what would look good on the 31 lot. She indicated the Commission needed to look at the legal conditions for granting a variance. 32 She stated there was no reason to grant a variance as the lot was buildable without a variance. 33 Commissioner Faust stated he was not sure that the lot was buildable, with building ordinances as far as square footage, depths, and sizes of rooms. The resulting house would be long and 5 narrow and without the flow it may result in a public safety, fire hazard.