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-2- <br /> At 7 : 45 P.M. , the hearing on the request for variances for an addition <br /> to the existing Donatelle Tool , Inc. building on Chandler Drive and Fos <br /> Road was opened by the Chair, who read the notice of the hearing which <br /> had been published in the Bulletin and mailed to all adjacent property <br /> owners within 350 feet of the subject parcel . <br /> The five people present were asked whether they had been notified about <br /> the hearing and no one reported failure to receive the notice or <br /> objected to its content. Mr . Childs reported having received only one <br /> call about the proposal and that from the owners of the St. Anthony <br /> Townhomes across the street who were concerned that the addition might <br /> be planned for the vacant property to the south . Theyindicated they <br /> did not object to the proposal as made . <br /> The firm' s owners , Mike Donatelle , 1980 Haimes Street, New Brighton, <br /> and Charles Donatelle , 4008 Macalaster Drive , of Donatelle Properties , <br /> were present to answer questions about their application and the sketch <br /> and site plans for the two story addition they propose to construct on <br /> the south side of their existing manufacturing and warehouse building <br /> at 3824 Foss Road. <br /> Mike Donatelle reiterated many of the points made in the statement <br /> attached to the variance application , including the fact that the area <br /> on Foss Road, which is proposed to be landscaped , could be blacktopped <br /> to provide the required parking spaces if onsite parking should prove <br /> to be inadequate for the increase in business expected with the expan- <br /> sion. <br /> Commissioner Franzese said she was puzzled to see the City ' s Compre- • <br /> hensive Plan showing single family zoning for this area . Commissioner <br /> Bjorklund told her the planner had perceived there would be a conflict <br /> of land use in that district where industrial development had become <br /> too dense for the surrounding residential . There had been a "perfect <br /> test case" of his recommendation, the Commissioner said, when the <br /> Blanske warehouse exoansion had been proposed and, "the determined <br /> effort of a few had been completely overridden by the Council , who had <br /> set a significant precedent of allowing industrial expansion in a <br /> residential area which would be difficult not to follow in this case" . <br /> Mr. Childs indicated the property in question is zoned light industrial <br /> and the addition would not conflict with that zoning. <br /> Mike Donatelle indicated his company proposes to purchase the single <br /> family residence , which was on the property when it was zoned light <br /> industrial , for the expansion and he perceives the City would eliminate <br /> with the removal of that house , the problems associated with having <br /> residential property sited between two industrial buildings , as well <br /> as devaluation of that property with the rezoning. The size of the <br /> proposed addition had been predicated on the need to offset the costs <br /> of purchasing and tearing down the existing residential structure , <br /> Mr. Donatelle added. As they stated in their application , Donatelle <br /> Tool , Inc. is a highly automated plastic injuction molder business <br /> which the owners expect to increase with the expansion to such a <br /> degree that the present work force of six employees (excluding them- • <br /> selves) could be increased to between 20 to 25 workers . However , Mr. <br /> Donatelle indicated he anticipates the 23 parking spaces provided with <br />