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I I I Council Meeting Minutes September 26, 1995 Page 4 Public Hearing. continued Mr. and Mrs. Flekke, owners of Lot 2, plan to construct a home on the new lot with a 30 ft. front yard setback. The existing homes along 23rd Ave. in this neighborhood were built more than 40 years ago and are located on 270 ft. deep lots with 60 ft. front yard setbacks. Mattila researched many City files and ordinances, but could not find evidence of a 60 ft. frontyard setback requirement or covenant in this area. The neighbor to the south would like to see any home constructed on the lot to have a 60 ft. front yard setback to match existing setbacks. Mattila said the current minimum setback requirement is 30 ft., however, staff would prefer the Flekkes place the new home in such a fashion as to compliment the established setback line of 60 ft. Howard Siebert, neighbor to the south, feels the setback consistency should be preserved. Mattila could not find the zoning ordinance in effect at the time these home were constructed, but does not feel the setback requirement was 60 ft. because the City has carried through a 30 ft. setback throughout many other ordinances. Mattila feels most likely the contractors followed a pattern of 60 ft. setbacks in this neighborhood. Mattila noted that a resident could construct an addition to the front of their home up to that 30 ft. setback. Larson verified that the homes on the east side of 23rd Ave. are setback 30 ft., and the homes on the west side are setback 60 ft. Siebert said the reason the east side homes are setback 30 ft. is that their backyards drop off suddenly. Lorraine Peterson, 669 - 23rd Ave., lives on the east side and feels constructing a home on the west side with a 30 ft. setback would take away from the neighborhood's architecture and landscaping. She feels that if the applicant built the home with a 40 ft. setback this would help the situation. Gunderman confirmed that Mattila's recommendation is that he would encourage the applicant to build the home further back, however, the City can not enforce this. Shirley Flekke, 2321 - 7th St., intents to build a home with its garage even with the garage on the corner. The home would be setback from the garage to create a step effect to blend in well with the neighborhood. She feels setting the home back further could create drainage problems because of the steeper elevations of neighboring properties. She added that a 12-15 ft. lilac hedge which sits near the southern lot line would help to camouflage the home. There were no further comments from the audience. Motion by Williams, seconded by Samuelson, to CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 4 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried. Hearing was closed at 7:55 p.m. Mattila showed the location of the lilac hedge. Williams said it appears that this hedge would screen the new home from properties to the south. Mattila added that if the home were built 10 ft. from the southern property line, this would allow the hedge to grow and provide privacy for both owners. Public Hearing Minor Subdivision Moe-Flekke/PL220 Report 95-171 Resolution 95-085