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<br />Regular City Council Minutes - 4/28/03 <br />Page 16 <br /> <br />neighborhood, and his personal property, if the <br />Council were to approve the variance request. <br /> <br />Mr. Gruntner's "positives" with the variance <br />included increased property values; improved home <br />brought up to or above minimum standards; and the <br />Beans remaining in the neighborhood and retaining <br />their backyard, with the addition of a workshop, boat <br />storage and family room. <br /> <br />Mr. Gruntner's "negatives" included setting a <br />precedent for long variances and reducing his <br />property value; disruption of good neighborly <br />relations and change in the neighborhood's <br />character; blocking his southerly view, sunlight, and <br />air flow; drainage issues; damage to existing trees; <br />noise from workshop; and the huge, overwhelming, <br />two and one-half story brick wall. <br /> <br />Mr. Gruntner presented several alternatives for the <br />Bean family to consider including a double-wide <br />driveway; retaining the house as is; buying another <br />appropriately-sized home in the school district; <br />construction of a double-deep garage on the south <br />side; or a detached garage behind the house plus <br />other improvements. <br /> <br />Mr. Gruntner concluded by reviewing code language <br />and disputing the property meeting 8 of the <br />conditions for setback permits; encouraged rejection <br />of the variance request; or tabling of the variance <br />request to allow the staff, applicants and himself to <br />continue to find an option that was agreeable to all <br />parties. <br /> <br />Mayor Kysylyczyn sought clarification from staff <br />regarding the roof angles and pitch; and spoke in <br />favor of granting this variance in the City's <br />continuing efforts to update this style of home to <br />increase sales. <br />