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-5- • •1 In his November 16th memorandum recommending approval of the plat, Mr. Childs had 2 indicated that, although the interior lots would be between 70 and 73 feet in 3 width, where the Ordinance requires 75, and the corner lot would be a little-under 4 the required 11 ,000 square feet, he: pereeived the variance would be a good com- 5 promise with the underlying lots, most -of which would be buildable under the City 6, Zoning Ordinance even. though .they are only 50 feet wide. If the number_of lots 7 were cut down= to--six, the resulting lots would average 12,000 square feet, which 8 would exceed the 9,000 square feet ordinance requirement and nearly double the 9 recommendation of the Metro Council for the provision of affordable housing, the 10 Manager said. 11 12 John Hertog, as well as his two brothers, Leo and Ronald, who live in the same 13 area, were present to discuss their plans for redeveloping the tract of land on 14 which the family had operated Hertog Floral , Inc. until it had been severely 15 damaged by the tornado in April . John Hertog told the Commissioners his family 16 plans to tear down all the existing structures on that parcel , including the 17 octoganal store building on the southeast corner of 33rd and Edward, but would 18 continue to operate the floral sales business out of the seasonal structure on 19 the west side for at least one more growing season. This non-conforming building 20 would, of course, be removed just as soon as the homes across the street are 21 built, the petitioner said, and he added that the plans at this time are for the 22 family to sell the seven lots individually. 23 24 Commissioner Bjorklund observed that most communities now require drainage ease- 25 ments be dedicated across new developments and he recommended five foot easements 26 be retained across the seven lots so underground utilities could be put in or 27 drainage problems corrected without neighbor objections. He said the easements 28 would be invisible to the lot owners who could plant ..or -put up fences over them_ ,?29:-the same as the rest of_th_01r__ property. 30 31 No neighbors were present for the discussion and the hearing was closed at 9:00 P.M. 32 33 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Wagner to recommend 34 Council approval of the prelininary platting of the seven lot subdivision of 35 Hertog Gardens between 32nd and 33rd Avenues N.E. on Edward Street N.E. , as pre- 36 sented in the sketch plan drawn up by Lot Surveys Company, Inc. , contingent upon 37 the provision of a five foot preimeter drainage/utility easement across the project, 38 finding that: 39 40 1 . Many similar lots with smaller frontages, depth, and land area have been 41 platted and developed in the same neighborhood; 42 43 2. The proposed plat would eliminate 50 foot lots which conform to the City Zoning 44 Ordinance in an even lesser degree; 45 46 3. The plat would to a large extent eliminate a legal , but non-conforming use in 47 this residential area; 48 49 4. No objections to the proposed platting were raised either before or during the 50 hearing by any of the neighbors who had been notified about the hearing. 51 .. 52 Before the vote on the motion was taken, Commissioner Jones made a friendly amend- 53 ment to the motion to include the condition that future utility lines for the project 54 must be installed underground. 55