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Community Development Director Frolik replied that the first agreement was that the Konzaks <br />would offset the fence one to two feet from the property line. <br /> <br />Councihncmber Cook inquired if the City agreed to allow the fence to be placed.on the lot line or <br />only six inches from the lot line. <br /> <br />Community Development Assistant Anderson explained that there was an agreement with the <br />Konzaks that they would attempt to install the fence one to two feet from the property line. <br /> <br />Mr. Konzak stated that initially they had been asked to think 'about a one.to two foot setback, but <br />they always told City staff that their intention was to locate the fence as close to the property line <br />as possible. If they were to place the fence one to two feet from the property line they would. <br />have to cut down a significant number of trees. The location of the fence varies from six inches <br />to one foot. <br /> <br />Councihnember Elvig stated that he spent a fair amount of time on the issue. The issue before <br />them has to do more with the materials used, but he felt very strongly that there was an <br />agreement regarding a setback and therefore staff agreed to allow the electric fence so in his <br />mind, setback becomes an issue before the Council as well. He stated that staff may not have <br />agreed with the electric fence if they were told that the fence would be placed right on the <br />property li ne. <br /> <br />Councilmember Strommen stated that the ordinance allows for Other materials to be approved by <br />the zoning adniinistrator and if that is the case could the approval be contingent upon certain <br />things. <br /> <br />City Attorney; dood~ich replied yes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Cook stated that it was his understanding that staff did not enter into an <br />agreement rega*ding a setback. <br /> <br />Community DevelOpment Assistant Anderson replied that there was language in the agreement <br />that stated th~ ~onZaks would attempt to reach a one to two foot setback. <br /> <br />Councilmember Cook inquired if that was done where it was reasonable. <br /> <br />Community Development Assistant Anderson replied no. He explained that there was space tO <br />shift the fence ilSward somewhat. <br /> <br />Councilmemb;er~ Kurak stated that she did not think it was unreasonable to require a setback of <br />one to two feet~ How the fence may impact trees on the property is more of an issue for the <br />landowner. She was not sure why they would need to have three live wires because she owned <br />horses and only-had one live wire. She noted that she could agree with a wire fence because it is <br />very costly to construct a wood fence around such a large parcel, but the setback of six inches is <br />not enough. Ms. Kurak stated that she would be opposed to approving a wire electric fence that <br />close to the property line. <br /> <br />Mr. Konzak replied that the original reason for the three electric wires was to prevent a horse <br />from going over or under a fence. They had a 30-foot setback before and the neighbors moved <br />stuff onto his prbperty up to the 30 feet. Because there is such abuse of people dumping stuff on <br /> <br /> <br />