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CITY OF ST . ANTHONY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES • June 19 , 1979 The meeting was called to order at 7 : 31 p.m. by Chairman Pro Tem Rymarchick. Present for roll call: Bjorklund, Rymarchick , Sopcinski and Bowerman. Absent: Marks, Klick and Jones. Also present: Jim Fornell , City Manager Ron Berg, Administrative Assistant. Motion by Mr. Bjorklund and seconded by Mr . Sopcinski to approve as submitted the minutes for the Board meeting held May 15 , 1979 . Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Bjorklund will represent the Board at the next Council meeting to be held June 26 . At 7: 35 p.m. Mr. Rymarchick opened the Public Hearing on the request from Paul Eid, 3416 Belden Drive for a front yard depth variance to the City Zoning Ordinance for a garage and deck to be built in front of his home. The Chairman read the notice which had gone out to all property owners within 200 feet of the Eid residence and Mr. Berg confirmed that the proper notification requirements for such a hearing had been met and a $15 application fee paid. No one present reported failure to receive the notice nor objected to its content. The ap- plicant was the only proponent for his proposal . He said he is the only resident on Belden without a garage and decided in order to com- plete the symmetry of the garage with the rest of the house, a free standing deck should be added just off the dining room on the south side. Both additions will extend 10 feet beyond the front of the existing home and will require a variance of that dimension to build. Because of the slope of his backyard, Mr. Eid said placing the garage farther forward will reduce the construction costs considerably ac- cording to his contractor who had given no firm figures to support this estimate. Adjacent houses on both sides of him and down Belden are "in line with our house" , Mr. Eid insisted and most neighbors have at least six feet of shrubbery in front of their homes so the garage will protrude only four feet beyond these . Evergreen plantings the Lee' s have put in along their lot line to the street will make his addition almost impossible to see when coming down Belden from the north and he plans to plant shrubbery on the south side of his property which will make visibility on that side almost minimal . The deck addition he plans for the back of the home behind the garage will be within the required setbacks .