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PUBLIC HEARING - VN-176 December 13, 1977 - 8:.24 P.M. Request: ZlN-1'76, Council approval of variance for less than requited side yard setback = Ap~alicant: Pletscher .Greenhouses, Inc. `Location: 64~. 41d Highway 8 Z~ninq: I-1 and I-2 Attachments.: 1. Applicat-ion 2. See enclosed site 'and landscape plans- Ordinance Requirements: The New Brighton zoning code states that. in industrial dis riots a minimum 1S foot side yard setback is required. Discussion: As can be seen from the enclosed site plans, Pletscher Greenhouses would like to construct a two°stall loading garage on .the north end of their existing building. The proposed `garage addition would: be 10-;feet from heir: north or side yard .property line, thus the reason for this request-. The applicants reasons for xequest-ing. he ,variance are as follows 1: The garage so situated .permits flowers and plants to be loaded directly from the `c"ogler ar~d flower arranging area... _ 2. They haue found it impossible to maintain a proper working temperature, for employees in the retail area when trucks and`: vans are being loaded during winter months`: 3. Meeting the.- 15 foot- setback would. require than the .entrance doors be visible .from Old Highway 8,'exposed: to a northwest-wind: and the-interior would be: too ama11 for of f is ient truck load ing. 4. The property immediately-to_the north is owned by;the father-of this variance applicant. As in any uarianee application., we have discussed possible location alternatives but. the applicants-have indicated that given the location of their cooler and present retail area, this is the only rea lis is place- -for the load ing garage Screening of the proposad garage is not possible as the l4 foot remaining setback area is needed fora driveway. An agreement ' could possibly be reached. to provide additional screening pn t the applicants father's property if this were feltnece sary.