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i MINUTES PUBLIC HEARING AMERICAN SHELTER REQUEST FOR VARIANCE BERNWOOD ADDITION N0. 2 & 3 MAY 26, 1982 Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers Eggert, Larson, Ciernia and Chestovich. Also present were Clerk Administrator Barnes, Engineer Lemberg and Attorney Swanson. None. Mayor Warkentien opened the Public Hearing at 8:00 P.M. on American Shelter's request for approval of a preliminary plat and variance request for the Bernwood Additions Nos. 1 thru 5. Legal publication of the public hearing was published in the Sun Newspapers on Wednesday, May 12, 1982. Harold Westin, Harold Westin and Associates, presented Bernwood Additions No. 2 and 3, which is now a combination of the previott~ additions of Bernwood Additions Nos. 1 thru 5. This is the same number of lots (64), just a difference in the numbering of the additions. This plan has been approved unanimously by the Planning Commission at their May 3, 1982 meeting. The variances proposed for these Additions are proposed under City Ordinance 64, Article 16.4 and Ordinance 60, Article 7.2. There is a change in the size of the buffer zone due to a discrepancy in two land surveys covering two pieces of land. Therefore, instead of a 50 foot buffer zone, it contains 42.52 feet. The plat now conforms to the existing stakes and existing lots which was somewhat different from the official land surveys since they feel the stakes put there 20 years ago have more credibility than the legal survey, which was a variance from those stakes. The variances approved by the Planning Commission involve changes in the lot sizes from a width at the setback line of 75 feet to widths varying from 50 feet to 64.9 feet and the cul-de-sac lots, which are on a curving circle, will have varying widths to accommodate the special geometry. The setbacks on the lots are per code except that zero lot lines will be used. The City Planner agrees with the use of zero lot lines in developing this area. The back lot setbacks will be 20 feet instead of 30 feet in all cases, which will accommodate the depths between the lots from front to back. The average density per acre is 5.6 dwelling units per acre, which under the code for single family housing is 4.36 dwelling units. By comparison, on Tatum Street, 5.73 dwelling units per acre presently exists. He then makes reference to storm water and a request from the City Engineer that the lots drain approximately from the midpoint on a north/south line. They will drain both from the east toward Tatum and toward Prior to keep the elevations of the area so that the sanitary sewer lines will drain properly because of the shallow depths in some areas. The last variance requested that the cul-de-sacs use 52 foot right-of-ways instead of 60 feet. Mr. Westin points out that the utilities are sufficient according to a report submitted by the City Engineer°s Office. As far as the traffic is concerned, the traffic can be carried on Prior to Larpenteur but the . PRESENT ABSENT HAROLD WESTIN