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City Planner Anderson presented the staff report stating the City has received an application from <br />Frank and Dorothy Frederick for a Variance to the required setback for a driveway on the <br />property located at 17209 Tungsten Street NW. The applicant is requesting a variance to allow a <br />new concrete driveway to be installed up to the side lot line (extending a line event with the front <br />wall of an attached garage) and to continue use of an existing gravel surface along the side of the <br />attached garage for parking purposes. Staff reviewed the request in detail with the Commission <br />and recommended approval of the variance to the driveway setbacks for a portion of the <br />driveway but not the entire length of it. He commented that staff approved of the 41 -foot length <br />of the variance as requested by the applicant. <br />Citizen Input <br />Frank Frederick, 17209 Tungsten Street NW, explained that he purchased his home last August <br />and noted he was planning to upgrade his driveway. He discussed the turning radius required to <br />park his motorhome alongside his garage and requested the 41 feet be approved by the Planning <br />Commission. <br />Motion by Commissioner VanScoy, seconded by Commissioner Bauer, to close the public <br />hearing. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Levine, Commissioners VanScoy, Bauer, Maul, and <br />Nosan. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Andrusko and Brauer. <br />Chairperson Levine closed the public hearing closed at 6:29 p.m. <br />Commission Business <br />City Planner Anderson stated the drainage and utility easement required an encroachment <br />agreement. He reported that the applicant was aware of this fact and staff would work with him <br />to prepare the agreement, which would be reviewed by the City Council. <br />Motion by Commissioner VanScoy, seconded by Commissioner Bauer, to adopt Resolution #15- <br />07-164 approving Findings of Fact #0949. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Levine, Commissioners VanScoy, Bauer, Maul, and <br />Nosan. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Andrusko and Brauer. <br />Motion by Commissioner VanScoy, seconded by Commissioner Maul, to adopt Resolution #15- <br />07-165 approving a Variance to allow a portion of the driveway to be up to the side lot line on <br />the property located at 17209 Tungsten Street NW contingent upon executing an Encroachment <br />Agreement with the City and amended by the applicant's Site Plan dated July 9, 2015. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Levine, Commissioners VanScoy, Maul, Bauer, and <br />Nosan. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Andrusko and Brauer. <br />Planning Commission/July 9, 2015 <br />Page 5 of 8 <br />