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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION – October 9, 2019 14 <br /> <br /> <br />1. Recommend Approval with Conditions <br />2. Recommend Approval as Submitted. <br />3. Recommend Denial <br />4. Table <br /> <br />Chair Gehrig opened the floor to Commissioner comments. <br /> <br />Commissioner Subramanian asked if the tree will be removed or preserved. <br /> <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla explained the tree will be preserved. <br /> <br />Commissioner Lambeth questioned when this home was built. <br /> <br />Julie Gronquist, 1932 County Road E W, reported the home was built in 1969. <br /> <br />Commissioner Lambeth stated he did not believe the detached garage would propose any type <br />of inconvenience or threat to the property or surrounding properties. <br /> <br />Commissioner Jones asked if the proposed detached garage would square up with the <br />neighbor’s detached garage. <br /> <br />Ms. Gronquist indicated she was trying to fit her garage behind the neighbor’s garage so that it <br />would not be visible from her neighbor’s home. <br /> <br />Commissioner Jones explained he fully supported the proposed request. <br /> <br />Commissioner Vijums inquired if the applicant was requesting to encroach 13 feet or 17 feet <br />into the setback. <br /> <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla stated the applicant was proposing <br />to encroach 13 feet into the setback. <br /> <br />Commissioner Vijums asked how many vehicles a property could have in their driveway. <br /> <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla explained the maximum number of <br />cars that could be parked in a driveway was four. <br /> <br />Commissioner Vijums questioned if the Gronquist’s could now have eight cars parked on their <br />property given the fact they would have two driveways. <br /> <br />Ms. Gronquist commented there was no parking allowed on New Brighton Road or County <br />Road E and for this reason all of her guests were required to park in her driveway. <br /> <br />Commissioner Vijums stated he could more than four vehicles being allowed on a temporary <br />basis, but indicated he would like to see a condition for approval added that stated no more than <br />four vehicles could be parked between the driveways, except on a temporary basis. <br />