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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - OCTOBER 25, 1999 II 1. The northern accessory structure setback be the required 10 feet rather than the requested . six feet by moving the garage to the south, or by verifying that the current setback is 10 feet 2, The dimensions of the new garage be the same or smaller than the existing garage being replaced. Ms, Randall noted that a letter from the applicant was handed out at the October 6, 1999, Planning Commission meeting. This should have been included in the October 6, 1999, Planning Commission packet. Mayor Probst asked if the applicant intended to build the new garage on the current slab or if the slab will be replaced. ML Nathan Fjeld stated that the garage currently has a dirt floor with a gravel driveway. The intent had been to replace the garage in the samc place, If the garage is moved four feet to the south, he would loose four feet of yard space, Adding four feet to the back of the garage would be wasted space. He added that, on the north side of a driveway there is a small retaining wall that would have to be removed if the garage is moved. Councilmember Larson confirn1ed that the applicant believed the rear yard setback is currently 10 feet Mr. Fjeld stated that he had rented a metal post detector and attempted to find the property markers. He believed that he had found the marker but was not positive. Ms. Randall stated that it was possible that the applicant was accurate, She indicated that tl1e information she had used was aerial photographs and there have been some aerial photographs that have not . coincided with surveys. Councilmember Aplikowski stated that the applicant was most likely accurate since the adjacent park had been built long after the home. She felt that the boundary lines would have been verified at that time. Mayor Probst stated that he was inclined to approve the new garage to be placed in the same location as the current garage. He stated that he was more concerned about the possible damage to the tree than he was about the setback. He felt that this was not an area that would be negatively affected by the replacement of the garage in its current place. In fact it would be a significant improvement to the property, He added that the facts for finding do not relate directly to the property line issue, Mr. Fjeld stated that the new garage will have a lower profile, as the existing garage has an eight foot ceiling in the upper floor. Councilmember Larson concurred with Mayor Probst He asked why the Planning Commission had felt it important that the 10 foot setback be maintained when there is no adjacent residence, Ms. Randall stated that there had not been a great deal of discussion at the Planning Commission meeting regarding this issue. . Councilmember Rem agreed that this had not been a major issue at the Planning Commission meeting. Since the property line is shared by Hazelnut Park and there most likely will not be any sort of structure built near the property line, she did not feel that the four foot difference in