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Variance Board Meeting City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Minutes - Wednesday, November 07, 2007 1. Call to Order Chair Daniel Boerigter called to order the Variance Board meeting at 5:30 p.m. and reviewed the role and purpose of the Variance Board. 2. Roll Call & Introductions City Planner Thomas Paschke called the Roll. Members Present: Chair Daniel Boerigter; Commissioners Barbara Martinson; and Jim Doherty. Commissioner Thomas Gottfried was also present in the audience. Staff present: City Planner Thomas Paschke; Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd; City Engineer Debra Bloom; and Economic Development Associate Jamie Radel. 3. Approval of Minutes MOTION Member Doherty moved, seconded by Member Martinson, to approve meeting minutes of October 03, 2007 as presented. Ayes: 3 Nays: 0 Motion carried. There was no comment from the public on items not on the agenda. 4. Public Hearings a. PLANNING FILE 07-059 Request by Chet and Joann Kurtz, 3015 S Owasso Boulevard, for a VARIANCE to Roseville City Code, §1004 (Residence Districts) to resolve the existing, non- conforming side yard setbacks of the principal structure and driveway. Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 07-059. Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed the request of Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz, and provided a background on recent survey comparisons with older ones indicating that the Kurtz’s attached garage was inadvertently constructed as close as 2.8 feet from the south property line, and that the driveway extended over the property line and onto the neighboring property, by up to 12.5 feet. Mr. Lloyd advised that earlier this year, the Kurtz’s were co-applicants with the neighboring property owners in a request to relocate the common property boundary as a means to rectify the existing non-conformities. Mr. Lloyd noted that, while the application had been approved, the land is not proposed to be transferred, and that instead the Kurtz’s are attempting to resolve the nonconforming conditions while maintaining the existing property boundary. Mr. Lloyd advised that it was the applicant’s intent to remove driveway pavement to achieve a minimum 2.8 foot separation from the southern property line, and that the applicant has further requested variances to bring the substandard setbacks of the reduced driveway and the existing principal structure into compliance with City Code. Mr. Lloyd advised that, as City Code, Section 602.04 (Parking on Boulevard Prohibited), a condition of approval was that the applicant remove the unpermitted concrete parking space that had been recently paved in the South Owasso Boulevard right-of-way prior to January 1, 2008.