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2- -The rear yard of the property is much lower than the house and street levels.. There are steep banks immediately behind the house and adjacent to 7th St. NW. Construction of a detached garage would not be `a preferable alternative as it would have to access onto highly travelled 7th Street, would require a variance also, andwould be expensive because it would have to have its floor level at street grade-but would be' constructed at 'a point where ground level is about 12' below street grade according to the applicant. The present house and garage presently project closer to 7th Street than other houses to the west on that street but it is not especially noticeable because they are separated by a street and some trees To the east of the Johnson house is a row of large trees also coming out close to 7th St. and beyond those are County'Ditch No. 2 and the Polynesian Village complex. The trees at the Johnson's rear lot line have already established a visual Barr-ier_to the east so that extending the garage closer to the street should create no problem in that direction. The only potential problem relates to blocking the view of the intersection for traffic heading west on 7th St. NW and for traffic coming out of Emerald Drive where the driver is looking to the east. It does not seem that extending the garage will create any problem in this respect and there are already a fence and a tree blocking view in this area. There have been no reported accidents at this intersection since the first of this year and the Police Department was not aware of any particular problem at this location in prior years. Planning Commission Consideration (9/17/74): The Chairman read the background discussion. The applicant, Kenneth Johnson, was present to answer questions. It was noted that the applicant has an illegal fence located in the 7th Street right-of-way which was blocking the view at the intersection. It was also noted that this fence was located at the top of a steep bank and that were it moved back to the property line, the bank would present a hazard to pedestrians walking in the boulevard. Mayor Bromander asked about the size of the present garage.