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<br />Variance Board Meeting <br />City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Minutes - Wednesday, May 02, 2012 - 5:30 p.m. <br />1. Call to Order <br />1 <br />Chair Gisselquist called to order the Variance Board meeting at approximately 5:30 p.m. and <br />2 <br />reviewed the role and purpose of the Variance Board. <br />3 <br />2. Roll Call & Introductions <br />4 <br />City Planner Thomas Paschke called the Roll. <br />5 <br />Members Present: <br />Chair John Gisselquist, and Commissioners Michael Boguszewski <br />6 <br />and Peter Strohmeier <br />7 <br />Staff present: <br /> City Planner Thomas Paschke; Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd <br />8 <br />3. Organizational Business <br />9 <br />MOTION <br />10 <br />Member Boguszewski moved, seconded by Member Strohmeier, to elect Member John <br />11 <br />Gisselquist as Chair of the Variance Board through March of 2013. <br />12 <br />Ayes: 3 <br />13 <br />Nays: 0 <br />14 <br />Motion carried. <br />15 <br />MOTION <br />16 <br />Member Boguszewski moved, seconded by Member Gisselquist, to elect Member Peter <br />17 <br />Strohmeier as Vice Chair of the Variance Board through March of 2013. <br />18 <br />Ayes: 3 <br />19 <br />Nays: 0 <br />20 <br />Motion carried. <br />21 <br />4. Review of Minutes <br />22 <br />MOTION <br />23 <br />Member Strohmeier moved, seconded by Member Boguszewski, to approve meeting <br />24 <br />minutes of November 2, 2011 as presented. <br />25 <br />Ayes: 3 <br />26 <br />Nays: 0 <br />27 <br />Motion carried. <br />28 <br />5. Public Hearings <br />29 <br />Chair Gisselquist read the meeting protocol for Public Hearings. <br />30 <br />Planning File 11-027 <br />31 <br />Request by Josh & Valerie Kath for approval of a VARIANCE to Chapter 1004 <br />32 <br />(Residential Districts) of City Code to allow excess accessory structure floor area at <br />33 <br />3079 Sandy Hook Drive <br />34 <br />Chair Gisselquist opened the Public Hearing at approximately 5:35 p.m. <br />35 <br />Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd summarized the request of the Mr. & Mrs. Kath to construct a <br />36 <br />detached, garage/shop/storage building with floor area exceeding the maximum allowance. <br />37 <br />Details of the request were outlined in staff’s written analysis. Staff recommended DENIAL of <br />38 <br />the request, based on Section 8 of the Request for Variance Board Action dated May 2, 2012. <br />39 <br />Mr. Lloyd noted that 1,008 square feet was the standard square footage under City Code; and <br />40 <br />that the proposed 1,043 square feet exceeded the allowable footage by thirty-seven (37) <br />41 <br /> <br />