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o,~~ A ,D s- : jj ~z,~ p1 Public Hearing ~D-~ Variaizce, VP~'R=143 August. 12, _175 Request: VN~-143, request to allow construction of a 5~ toot privacy fence extending into front yard with.-setback of no less than 68 feet from front property line At~~lcant: :William Sherman Lc-cation: 2163 29th Ave. NEST Discussion: The property in question has its ..side lot line abutting.,.one of the `busier streets in the City, Mississippi Street, and the applicant wishes to erect a fence in order, to buffer himself from the `noise and activity of that. street. -At .the present time, the lot across 2.9th Ave, to the west is undeveloped and the.. property to the: east abutting. the property, in question is also undeveloped., The property to the east has a small strip zoned R-2 immediately adjacent to the applicant's property which was apparently intended at one "time to be developed with a row of housing,. however,. this parcel is joined to a larger area farther to the east which is zoned commercial. In the past, development applications that have been made to .the City.. in'this area .have included the area immediately adjacent to the ,applicant's property as .part of the larger area in the development plans. What this implies is the possibility that the area immediate l~ - to the east would not be built on with a typical single family horse or a duplex with the 30 foot setback but might be part of a larger development, perhaps, having somewhat larger setbacks. In thia case, the existence of a fencejetting out beyond the 30-foot setback on Mississippi Street would be less of a problem. -The fence is, however, allowed a 15 foot setbac;{ from Miss. Street under Code and whether .the variance is granted or not, the applicant could have a fence in this location. The variance itself pertains simply to the extention of the fence, forward of the front line of the house into the front yard. In this case, the applicant's house sits farther back than the house immediately to the south and it is the applicant's intention to only extend the fence as far forward as the front of his neighbor's garage. This would then help to maintain the continuity of alignment dawn the street. The house has a very large setback. from 29th Ave. and the fence, as proposed to be located, would-not interfere at all with adequate sight distance at the intersection of 29th A.ve. and Mississippi. Street.