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<br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />V. Report from City Council Liaison <br />Councilmember Jacobsen provided the Commission with an update from the City Council. He noted <br />the Council recently held a worksession meeting to discuss the 2021 preliminary budget. He discussed <br />the recent Primary Election and noted there was a 2000% increase in absentee ballots. He commented <br />on how the upcoming General Election would be impacted by COVID-19 and encouraged people to get <br />out and vote. He reported the City received $1.74 million in CARES Act dollars to cover COVID-19 <br />expenditures. He discussed how the City would also be used to provide small business grants. He <br />encouraged residents to continue to support local businesses. <br />Chair Nichols-Matkaiti asked if candidate bios or a candidate forum would be held prior to the General <br />Election. Councilmember Jacobsen anticipated the local newspaper would print candidate bios. He <br />noted CTV always does a candidate speak out. He indicated the League of Women’s Voters may have a <br />difficult time holding a forum. <br />VI. Public Hearing <br />1) Variance and Site Plan Review: Request from Capital Partners Management and their tenant, <br />Wilson Wolf, for a full fifteen-foot variance from a required side yard setback in the I-1 zoning <br />district to allow for the construction of a new employee patio which would include a <br />permanent BBQ and pergola – 2100 Old Highway 8 – PID 17-30-23-41-0003. <br />Assistant Director of Community Assets and Development Gozola reported Wilson Wolf is a tenant of <br />the Industrial building at 2100 Old Highway 8 which was constructed up against the property’s <br />northern side yard setback to maximize useable area on the south side of the lot. A service door on <br />the north side of the building provides access to the WilsonWolf cafeteria & break room, and they <br />would like to improve that amenity by adding an outdoor patio with a pergola and permanent BBQ <br />station adjacent to the door. The patio would take up the entirety of the setback, and would be <br />approximately 19 feet from the surface of the future roadway planned to serve the Murlowski <br />property to the north. It was noted the site has space in front of the building for the proposed patio. <br />Staff provided further comment on the request and recommended denial of the Variance and Site <br />Plan Review, based on the following findings of fact: <br />1. Allowing a new improvement within the entirety of a required setback absent special <br />circumstances is not in line with the intent of the zoning code. <br />2. As zoning is intended to implement the vision of the Comprehensive Plan, not following <br />zoning provisions, as requested by this application, is in conflict with the Comprehensive <br />Plan. <br />3. Seeking to build within the entirety of a required setback when other viable alternatives <br />exist for a proposed improvement is not a reasonable request. <br />4. The plight of the landowner, a desire to build within a required setback, is created by the <br />landowner.