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e4 i <br /> -3- <br /> v <br /> 7 <br /> 3. The purpose .of..the proposed variance is not based exclusively upon the desire of <br /> • the owner to- incr.ease.the value or :income potential. of the parcel of land; and, <br /> 4. The precedent :for. al-Towing substandard lots -of a: similar size had already been <br /> established in the same neighborhood and the. perceived hardship could be considered <br /> l to have been caused by the City, and not by persons having an interest in the <br /> parcel of land. <br /> 1 <br /> Motion carried unanimously. <br /> The Commission spokesman next reported that all but one of the Commissioners (Hansen <br /> had abstained) had voted to recommend the Council approve the request from Commissioner <br /> Hansen for a sideyard setback variance which would allow addition to an existing one <br />-:� car garage to within four- feet, three inches of his west property line at 2704-32nd <br /> Avenue N.E. , where ten feet would be required by the City Zoning Ordinance. Com- <br /> missioner Jones indicated the main reason the other Commissioners had not objected to <br /> j the expansion had been that the garage would face another detached double garage <br /> and the back yards of homes which front on Wilson Street N.E. <br /> Ron Hansen was present to discuss his addition plans, which had been included in the <br /> agenda packet, and confirmed that the resultant garage would be smaller than the <br /> normal double garage and that he had a full five foot sideyard setback on the east <br />{ <br /> side of his home. <br />' In response to the comments about the inaccessibility between the two garages for <br /> i. emergency vehicles, Councilman Marks indicated he perceived the City had never <br /> • realistically addressed that ordinance requirement since the practice city-wide had <br /> been to permit people to plant trees and shrubbery, and even fences, on the back of <br /> their lots which would make them inaccessible for emergency vehicles. There was a <br /> general concurrence that this was a valid assessment of the existing situation in <br /> St. Anthony. <br /> Motion by Commissioner Ranallo and seconded by Commissioner Marks to grant the requested <br /> five foot nine inch sideyard setback variance to the City Ordinance requirement for <br /> 15 foot sideyard setbacks to Ronald L. Hansen which would allow him to make the <br /> garage and family room addition he proposes on his home at 2704-32nd Avenue N.E. , <br /> finding, as did the Planning Commission, that: <br /> 3 <br /> 1 . The proposed garage addition would be adjacent to a free standing garage on the <br /> west and would not now, or likely ever, be adjacent to living quarters on that <br /> property; <br /> 2. Permitting a two car garage would bring the structure into conformance with the <br /> R City Zoning Ordinance; <br /> 3. The original purpose of the City Ordinance requiring sideyard setbacks large <br /> enough for emergency equipment and vehicles to gain access to the property would <br /> not be a valid consideration in granting this variance because, with the line of <br /> utility poles in the area behind the two garages, such access would necessarily <br /> have to be on the other side of the house; <br /> 4. The purpose of the proposed variance is not based exclusively upon the desire of <br /> the property owner to increase the value or income potential of the parcel of <br /> land, since it is perceived the cost of construction would exceed what the property <br /> would appreciate because of the improvement; and, <br />