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` -2- Mr. Sopcinski and other Board members regarding drainage after • the new roadway and driveway are installed, Mr . Hansen answered by telling them the road will be tipped and the driveway curved enough and a swail and retaining wall would be provided to in- sure natural flow from the street to the lake . Mr. Hansen also informed them that his basement will be constructed 12 feet above the lake level and that the entire area to Apache will be flooded before his basement. Although the other homes on the cul du sac might very well not be in conformance with the City Zoning Ordinance , Mr. Berg said their non-conformance had probably been grandfathered in since he could find no record of any variances on the lots in question being granted. In his memorandum of April 12 , he had responded to the variance petition by saying the City staff had no objec- tions with the current proposal . The hearing was closed by Mr. Marks at 8 p.m. for Board considera- tion of the request. The minutes of the Board ' s January 16th recommendation for approval of the original proposal for the dwelling were reviewed for Mr. Rymarchick, who questioned whether the same findings could be found for the current request . Mr. Klick agreed with him that hardship could not be justified in the current proposal . Mr. Fornell answered Mr. Sopcinski ' s concerns regarding the City ' s • responsibility towards potential problems with drainage when the driveway is raised, by telling him the City controls the grade of all lots through the grading permit. Mr. Jones, who is a neighbor of Mr. Hansen, said he foresaw no problems with the proximity of the proposed structure and the existing Hansen home since the living and family rooms of the latter face in the other direction. It was agreed that whoever purchases this house will be aware of the proximity although there is more space than required by ordinance between the structures . Mr. Jones also reported no objections to the proposal from the owner of the adjoining house most affected by the new structure, Dr. Good, who he said saw the structure as providing him shelter from the northwest winter winds . Mr. Bjorklund expressed his opposition to the proposal by saying there will only be room on the proposed driveway to park one or tcao cars while the average residence in the City is at least 40 feet from the street since most roads are not built within the City 's right of way, as is Silver Lake Terrace . He coupled this objection with his belief that the City had already been more than lenient in the variances they had already granted for the originally proposed s-.:ructi:re and disagreed that this was a unique situation. He concluded by saying, "It ' s the old story of wearing us down" . • 9