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Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Trites Rolle, Brauer, Cleveland, <br />Hunt, Levine, and Van Scoy. Voting No: None. Absent: None. <br />The public hearing was closed at 7:10 p.m. <br />Commission Business <br />Chairperson Nixt called the regular meeting of the Planning Commission back to order at 7:10 <br />p.m. <br />Mr. Bob Hamborg, applicant, stated he appreciates the City taking the time and effort to work on <br />this request. He did not arbitrarily pick the size for this structure; he owns a rather large boat and <br />has some other items he would like to put inside instead of storing them outside. Mr. Hamborg <br />presented photographs of his property and the proposed location for the structure. Mr. Hamborg <br />stated he has been using the barn structure on his property for storage for 12 to 13 years, which <br />he now uses for repair of their vehicles. That structure is filled up to where he needs to pull <br />everything out of the way when he wants to get to the lift. Mr. Hamborg explained the boat that <br />he would like to store inside is a shared venture between he and his brother. He has tried to keep <br />the location of the accessory structure behind the neighbor's current outbuilding. He poured the <br />slab to try to get the building accomplished this fall, and went strictly off the plan that the <br />surveyor gave him for the correct level for proper drainage. Mr. Hamborg explained with the <br />proposed width of the structure he will have the ability to fit his snowmobile trailers and have a <br />little space on the side and down the middle to walk between them. The proposed length will <br />allow just enough room for his truck and the boat to fit in the structure. From the street there is a <br />knoll, which reduces the visibility of the structure. Mr. Hamborg explained 10 foot walls are <br />needed on the structure because the boat is so tall, but he has found the shortest pitch rafters that <br />he could, and the structure should be less than 15 feet tall. His argument to the Commission is <br />that he needs the requested amount of space to store the vehicles and equipment he has, and that <br />he did not just arbitrarily create the size for the structure. The other thing that drives his <br />accessory structure size up so high is that they built a large garage, but the house is not that large. <br />Chairperson Nixt asked what size the lot would need to be to justify the requested size for the <br />accessory structure. <br />Assistant Community Development Director Frolik replied the lot is approximately 1 to 1 %2 <br />acres short to qualify for this size structure. <br />Chairperson Nixt commented the applicant could still accomplish his objective of storing the <br />boat and trailer with a smaller structure, but he would not be able to store anything else. <br />Mr. Hamborg replied he has a tractor he would like to put in the structure as well. <br />Chairperson Nixt commented the policy of the Commission has been to advocate getting things <br />indoors and covered, rather than storing things outdoors. He asked if there has been any <br />opposition to this request. <br />Planning Commission/November 2, 2006 <br />Page 3 of 9 <br />