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Minutes for the Board of Zoning Meeting of Thursday, March 13, 2025 Chair Weidt called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. PRESENT: Arcand, Petty, Weidt. ABSENT: None. STAFF: Rachel Juba, Community Development Director Max Gort, Associate Planner Approval of Minutes for the BOZA Meeting of November 14, 2024 Board Member Petty made a motion, seconded by Board Member Arcand to approve minutes for the meeting of May 23, 2024. All ayes. Motion carried. Public Hearing: Julie and Greg Manning, 4938 121st Street North – Variance request to allow for an attached garage and car port to have an area of 2,336 square feet, where an area of 1,678.75 square feet is allowed by ordinance. Associate Planner Gort provided a background on the request submitted by Julie and Greg Manning for their property located at 4938 121st Street North. allow for the construction of a 2,336 square foot attached garage and car port, where 1,678.75 square feet is allowed by ordinance. Attached garages are allowed to have a size of 1,000 square feet, plus 25 percent of the amount by which the footprint of the principal building exceeds 1,000 square feet. The garage is proposed to have an area of 1,920 square feet, and the car port is proposed to have an area of 416 square feet, totaling 2,336 square feet. The attached garage and car port would be located on the south side of a proposed 3,697 square- foot house. The property is two acres in size, located in the Large-Lot Single-Family Residential zoning district (R-1), and is within the Acres of Bald Eagle development. In order to meet the criteria of approval for a variance, the applicant must demonstrate that there ar e practical difficulties in meeting the ordinance standard , and that the requested variance is keeping with the spirit and intent of the ordinance. To determine practical difficulties, the requested variance must be a reasonable use of the property, must be due to unique circumstances of the property not created by the landowner, and not disrupt the character of the area. T he request is a reasonable use because the applicant is proposing to have a larger attached garage than construct the allowed garage area and accessory buildings. The applicant has agreed to not construct any accessory buildings on the property as a condition of approval for the variance. The property is unique in that it is surrounded by other parcels on nearly all sides, and the construction of accessory build ings and associated driveways would create more of a visual impact on neighboring properties. The c haracter of the area will not be disrupted by the variance, as the property is buffered from view of the road by the parcel to the south,