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All of the Board members agreed this hearing should be.continued.
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MR. ROY MOVED, SECONDED BY MR. VISSER, TO CONTINUE V-42-78 TO JULY 19,
1978 WITH NO CHANGES TO BE MADE TO THE EXISTING STRUCTURE UNTIL THAT
MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. fir. DeMers said he would like to make a copy
of their plans and send it to the City.::
'i`V,44'78 NORM.DANIELSON - Variance from required rear yard setback at 18120
�' ndo.ver_ St. RS-12 )
This application was for a variance of 5' from the required 25.' rear
yard setback. This home was purchased by the applicant when it was
90% completed, at which time it came to the attention of the Staff
that the houses were not built to comply with the original subdivision.
The house is setting at an angle to the rear yard with part of it 20'
from the rear line and the rest 25' from the rear line. It appears
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that at the time the foundation was put in there was an error in
measuring the corner of the foundation to the property line. Mrs.
Luster said this was not a rezone and there were no unique building
conditions in the area. It is a wooded site with a slight slope.
She said if the variance were not granted it would .be necessary to saw
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off the corner of the house. The situation was not created by actions
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of the applicant and she felt it would be detrimental to the home and
the property not to grant the variance, while it would not be detrimental
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to any of the neighbors to grant it. There are no homes directly to
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the rear of this house and it is well buffered by a wooded area. She
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felt it was a minimum variance to make reasonable use of the land and
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would create no safety problems to adjoining properties, and she
.recommended approval of the application. The public portion of the
hearing was opened.
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The applicant said the problem was discovered when they were surveying
the property and found a property line went right through the southerly
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5' of a house to the north and in trying to correct that problem they
had to redo the short plat, and that short plat approval was subject
to granting of this variance. It was discovered that the builder missed>
the setback by 5' when the construction was done in 1975. Mr. Danielson
said the lot contains 13,212 sq. ft. and the property to the rear is
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vacant land which has a lot of evergreens on it, as does his property.
He said those trees buffer his house from.all of the surrounding houses.
The public portion of the hearing was closed. Mr. Roy said he did not.
see any other solution to the problem than that proposed and Mr. Hatzen
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buhler felt this was a minimum variance MR. ROY.`MOVED,,SECONDED.,.BY MR ..
HATZENBUHLER, TO APPROVE V-44-78 BECAUSE hT;.MEETS''THE-,VARIANCE CRITERIA
AND-WOULD:NOT'BE DETRIMENTAL'TO THE'HEALTH,`SAFETY,`AND�WELFARE OF THE"'>
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NEIGHBORHOOD. MOTION CARRIED. A short recess was announced, during
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which time Mr. Visser departed.
V-45-78 JOHN L. WALLACE AND DAI4IEL E. STABER - Variance from street standards
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for access easement for slope on access easement) approximately 320'
from northwest corner of 74th Ave. 11. and 172nd St. S.W. (RS-20)
Mrs. Luster said this application was to allow a 19.950 slope instead of
a 140 slope as recommended by the City. It was not a rezone. The
property in this area is steep and the access easement is steep --approximately
200. She said it would be difficult to redesign the driveway area and r
meet the 140 requirement. The problem was created by the topography.
The applicants decided on the location of the easement, -but the slope of
the property is approximately the same on either side. The access ease-
ment allows access to the Staber, Wallace, and McClinnock properties.
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