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• Mr. Tousley said the owners of the above mentioned building were not interested in selling him the additional land he requires for expansion of his operation. Without these improvements Mr. Tousley feared he would not be able to stay in business . Mayor Miedtke said it is his intention to continue opposing variances for set backs to the recently adopted zoning ordinance and said he felt the applicant' s reasons for requesting the variances were not unique enough to justify the amount of encroachment beyond the allowed set backs which the request involved. Councilman Stauffer although she seconded the motion to approve the variances later said she had trouble with allowing the building to be expanded to the lot line and agreed with Mayor Miedtke that the Council was going to find it difficult to deny similar requests if they persisted in granting variances . Councilman Haik arrived at 7 : 45 P.M. Councilman Sundland said the problems Mr. Tousley was having with OSHA regarding his present operation was one of the reasons he would move approval of the request. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to grant the variances which will allow Roger Tousley to make the additions he proposes to his car wash at 3725 Stinson Boulevard for the reasons • outlined by the Planning Board during the Public Hearing April 19 , 1977 when they recommended approval of the request. Voting on the motion: Aye: Sundland, Sauer and Haik Nay: Miedtke and Stauffer Motion carried. William R. Dircks of Berger Transfer and Storage, Inc. , 3720 Macalaster Drive, discussed his request for a warehouse addition to his company's building on 37th Avenue N.E. , which will be constructed with 2 .78 feet of the lot line to the east. His application for a further expansion of the warehouse addition than he had previously been granted had gained Board approval in a 5 to 1 vote taken during the Public Hearing on the expansion April 19, 1977. Concern about the proposal was expressed by L.S. Frank, 2845 Joppa Avenue South, a Vice President of Galaxy Enterprises Company, whose Autotraac Diagnostic Center is built on the common lot line with Berger. He was afraid that if the new addition should extend farther to the front than his building it might cause problems for cars being backed out of his garage since the overhead doors are so close to the lot line. Henry Murlowski, builder of the proposed addition, indicated on the plan that such would not be the case. • Some Council members shared the concerns of the Board regarding the Fire Marshal's opinion that the proximity of the two buildings would present (2)