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-2- She pointed out that there had been no objections to the house from any of the neighbors, and made reference to the problems she had encountered in building this same house on 37th Avenue N.F. &. Silver Lake Road. The. Public Hearing closed at 8:10 P.M. Dlotion by Mr. Letourneau, seconded by Mr. Marks to recommend a denial of the request for a 5 foot side yard variance by Mrs. Dale Michaelhoff to build a 68 ft. house on the 78 ft. lot at 360+ Downers Drive because the proposal does not comply with the zoning ordinance as to size and the City had refused other similar requests in the past. Voting on the motion Aye: Marks. Johnson; Letourneau, McGinn and Bowerman Nay: Kronk and Hiebel Motion carried. Mr. Johnson said he would be unable to represent the Board at the Council meeting October 22nd and T,Ir. Letourneau agreed to take his place. The Chairman then extended the invitation from the Mayor to the entire Board to attend the Council Meeting at 9:00 P.M. e Public Hearing on the Bernu Construction Company request for a sign variance was not held since no one appeared. to present .the request. Mr. Fornell said that although a representative of Bernu Construction Company had been at the Council meeting when the public hearing was ordered and had been in touch with Mr. Lekson in the interim, there was some doubt whether an official notice had been sent to the Bernu Company and that filing fee for making an application had not been paid. Mr. Hiebel and Mr. Johnson felt the Board did not have adequate specifications of the sign. Mr. Kronk was concerned with the expense of holding another public hearing. Mdtion by Mr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Letourneau to table action on the request for a sign variance for the Midwest Professional Bldg. until the applicant properly notified and the proper administrative procedures are followed. Motion carried. Mr. Fornell told the Boaxd that the proprietor of the Village Inn Cafe did not want to pay the filing fee for application for a sign variance as long as it was not reimburs- ible if he did not receive a sign variance. He had stated his intentions of consulting his attorney on the legality of the fee. The variance would alloy a sign identifying his cafe to be placed on the roof of the Union 76 station which is on the Kenzie `I_rr. side of the same building. The Planning Board was unable to act on the matter because it had no application and following a discussion of the relationship of the amounts charged for applications for variances in R-1 and R-2 districts and from the sign ordinance, the following motion was made. Motion by Mr. Bowerman, seconded by Dir. Johnson to recommend to the Council that the relationship between fee schedules for variances be examined so there can be reasonable Equity among them. Motion carried. Mrs. McGinn told of plans being made for a joint Council/Planning Board dinner meeting in December. Motion by Mr. Masks, seconded by Dir. Kronk to adjourn at 8:55 P.M. Motion carried. Helen Crowe, Secretary 1