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Motion by Commissioner Anderson, seconded by Commissioner Surma, to approve the <br />following minutes as presented: Planning Commission Work Session Minutes dated September <br />9, 2018; Planning Commission Meeting Minutes dated September 9, 2018; and Planning <br />Commission Meeting Minutes dated October 4, 2018. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Bauer, Commissioners Anderson, Surma, Gengler, <br />and Onyambu. Voting No: None. Abstain: Commissioner VanScoy. Absent: Commissioner <br />W oestehoff. <br />5. PUBLIC HEARINGS/COMMISSION BUSINESS <br />5.01: Public Hearing: Consider a Variance Request to Allow an Addition to an Existing, <br />Detached Accessory Building Nearer the Front Lot Line than the Home at 17630 <br />Nowthen Boulevard NW (Project No. 18-157); Case of Richard and Shirley Watson <br />Public Hearing <br />Chairperson Bauer called the public hearing to order at 7:02 p.m. <br />Presentation <br />City Planner Anderson presented the staff report stating the City has received an application from <br />Richard and Shirley Watson (the "Applicant") for a variance to allow an addition to a detached <br />accessory building to be nearer the front property line than the home on the property generally <br />known as 17630 Nowthen Boulevard NW (the "Subject Property"). The Subject Property is <br />approximately 1.70 acres in size and City Code restricts the siting of detached accessory <br />buildings to the side or rear yard of a lot when under two (2) acres in size. The existing building <br />is 728 square feet, and the proposed addition is 728 square feet; the proposed building would be <br />1,456 square feet. <br />Citizen Innut <br />Commissioner VanScoy questioned what the maximum size allowed was for accessory <br />structures. <br />City Planner Anderson reported the applicant would be eligible for 2,400 square feet of total <br />accessory structure for the space and right now the site would have approximately 2,000 square <br />feet. <br />Richard Watson, 17630 Nowthen Boulevard NW, explained he built his home 50 years ago and <br />added the detached garage years later. He explained the new garage would allow him the space <br />to have a woodshop. <br />Planning Commission/November 1, 2018 <br />Page 2 of 12 <br />