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-3- Mr. 3- Mr. Sopcinski commented that after viewing the homes along Belden, it appeared that all the others had, with similar topography, managed uniformity of front yard setbacks . He did not feel it had been demonstrated that it would be a hardship to add five feet to the back of the addition to bring it in conformance with the City require- ments and since they are of secondary consideration to Mr. Eid, be- lieved that the "protruding decks will unbalance the rest of the neighborhood and do not appear to be in the best interest of the next door neighbor" . He also saw a height of ten feet as too high for the garage. Mr. Bowerman agreed there had been no great hard- ship deminstrated and Mr. Bjorklund felt any hardship would be outweighed by the potential damage. He cited his own difficulties in jogging down the street with cars parked on the street and on driveways blocking visibility and he asked whether "once you get a variance for a deck, can it be transferred to an enclosed room?" , to which Mr. Fornell responded, "Any structural projection can be enclosed without a variance" , based upon past practice . Mr. Rymarchick gave the history of the City' s granting variances saying most of them have been for odd-shaped lots , lots remotely located or with unique topography and said he did not feel it would be any great hardship to fill in the back for the addition , viewing cost as not being a viable hardship in this case . No action on the part of the City to make changes had caused Mr . Eid to make this improvement, and Mr. Rymarchick did not believe the City ordinance should be varied for mere convenience. • Motion by Mr. Sopcinski and seconded by Mr . Bjorklund to recommend to the Council that they not approve the petition for the front yard variance for the property at 3416 Belden Drive, which will permit the addition of a new garage and deck set ten feet forward of the present house line because: 1. The physical surroundings , shape and topographical conditions of the parcel of land involved does permit the garage front to be in line with the house, the only hardship being added foundation expense over that if the lot were level. 2. The adjoining property has similar topographical conditions with garages attached to the houses . 3. The City ordinance does not create an unusual hardship. 4 . Homes on either side of Belden between 33rd and 34th Avenues are within the prescribed front yard setbacks . Before voting, Mr. Bjorklund offered an amendment which would address the question of safety, but when Mr . Sopcinski did not find this • \acceptable, withdrew his suggestion and the motion passed unanimously. Mr. Doug Jones arrived at 8 : 20 p.m.