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Variance Board Meeting City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Minutes – Wednesday, August 3, 2016 – 5:30 p.m. 1. Call to Order 1 Chair Murphy called to order the Variance Board meeting at approximately 5:30 p.m. and 2 reviewed the role and purpose of the Variance Board. 3 2. Roll Call & Introductions 4 At the request of Chair Murphy, City Planner Thomas Paschke called the Roll. 5 Members Present: Chair Robert Murphy, Vice Chair James Daire, Member Chuck 6 Gitzen, and Alternate Member Julie Kimble 7 Staff Present: City Planner Thomas Paschke and Senior Planner Bryan Lloyd 8 3. Review of Minutes 9 MOTION 10 Member Gitzen moved, seconded by Member Daire to approve meeting minutes of 11 July 13, 2016 as presented. 12 Ayes: 3 13 Nays: 0 14 Motion carried. 15 4. Public Hearings 16 Chair Murphy reviewed protocol for Public Hearings and public comment. 17 a. PLANNING FILE 16-020 18 Request by Greg Sampson for a VARIANCE to Roseville City Code, Section 19 1004.08 (Residential Setbacks), to allow a proposed attached garage 20 addition to encroach into the required setback from a side yard adjacent to 21 a street at 3005 Woodbridge Street 22 Chair Murphy opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 16-020 at 6:34 p.m. 23 Senior Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed the applicant’s request and staff’s analysis 24 as detailed in the staff report and related attachments dated August 3, 2016. As 25 detailed in the staff report, Mr. Lloyd reported that the applicant proposes to 26 replace the existing detached garage and its driveway to S Owasso Boulevard, 27 with the attached garage with new driveway accessing Woodbridge Street. 28 Mr. Lloyd referenced the written narrative from the applicant included as 29 Attachment C; and shared photographic evidence of the current issues with the 30 steep driveway and busy street access onto S Owasso Boulevard. Mr. Lloyd 31 summarized the proposed new attached garage (lines 12 – 16) of the staff report. 32 As requested in the applicant’s narrative (RVBA Attachment C), Mr. Lloyd noted 33 that Mr. Sampson was requesting two variances: one for a 3’ variance from 34 Woodbridge Street and another 20’ from S. Owasso Boulevard. 35 Mr. Lloyd advised that staff recommends variance for side yard setback as 36 conditioned. However, Mr. Lloyd advised that staff could not support the proposed 37 encroachment into the reverse-corner side yard setback area, as there were no 38 findings of fact to allow an extra extension of the garage door to the front under 39 current city code specifications. 40 At the request of Chair Murphy, Mr. Lloyd advised that to-date staff had not 41 discussed with the applicant the future of the existing storage shed. However, Mr. 42 Lloyd noted that both could remain on the property and still comply with city code 43 allowing two accessory storage buildings. Mr. Lloyd opined he anticipated the 44 smaller shed would remain, but again noted there had been no discussion 45 regarding that. 46