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preferable to grant some amount of variance to the Rogers Lake setback and maintain the standard 40-foot setback from the County right-of-way. The recommendation is to grant a 100- foot variance to the 200-foot ordinary high water mark setback and a 1 O-foot variance to the 50- foot County road setback. Citizen Input Brian and Laurel Jones introduced themselves as the future owners of the lot in question. Mr. Jones noted that there is a one year deadline to get a building permit before the variance expires and requested the variance expiration be extended two or three years since they are not certain they will be in a position to build within a year. Mr. Jones provided the background to their request for a 125-foot variance and 75-foot setback, or a 25-foot setback from the proposed new rule. He noted the map on display identifies the setbacks for houses on this end of the lake in the City of Ramsey. He provided details of each property, noting one house is 40 feet from the lake and only two are set back more than 100 feet and are located closer to the road. He pointed out the location for their future house and noted it is an irregularly shaped triangle lot so an additional 25 feet would provide them with more options to site the house. He stated this is consistent with other houses on this lake and would set no precedence since this is the last buildable area on the lake. Board Member Brauer asked if they have already purchased the lot. Mr. Jones explained that they have joint ownership with the family and purchased a 25% share of it from the estate five to six years ago. Now they want to split it apart and his sister-in-law will own the larger portion and they will own this portion. The variance is needed in order to split it since they do not know the value of the lot until it is determined whether it is buildable. He stated the 100-foot setback recommended by staff would provide a buildable lot but the additional 25-foot setback (total of 125 foot) would provide them with more options on where to site the house. Motion by Chairperson Nixt, seconded by Board Member Johnson, to close the public hearing. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Board Members Johnson, Brauer, Kociscak, Reeve and Watson. Voting No: None. Absent: None. The public hearing closed at 7:15 p.m. Board Business Chairperson Nixt called the Board of Adjustment meeting back to order at 7:15 p.m. Chairperson Nixt asked for rationale behind staff's recommendation of a 100-foot setback. Board of Adjustment/November 7, 2002 Page 3 of 7