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Variance Board Meeting City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Minutes - Wednesday, February 06, 2008 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 and Members Barbara Martinson; and Jim Doherty. Staff present: City Planner Thomas Paschke; and Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd. 3. Approval of Minutes MOTION Member Doherty moved, seconded by Member Martinson, to approve meeting minutes of December 05, 2007 as presented. Ayes: 3 Nays: 0 Motion carried. 4. Public Hearings a. PLANNING FILE 08-002 Request by Cindi Linell, 2028 Cohansey Boulevard, for a VARIANCE to Roseville City Code, §1004 (Residence Districts) to allow a principal structure encroachment into the required setback from the front property line. Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 08-002. Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed the request of Ms. Linell to allow construction of an enclosed entryway at 2028 Cohansey Boulevard. Mr. Lloyd advised that staff would have processed the request administratively, except that the footings for the covered walkway extended into the encroachment. Mr. Lloyd noted that eaves were not considered as an encroachment, but the footings were, and were deemed necessary to preserve the architectural detail of the front entry. Mr. Lloyd further noted that the pillars would be flush with the new front building wall, and while the exact dimensions were not currently available, it was anticipated that they would unlikely be more than 18” deep; thus the requested variance for a magnitude of 7.5’, leaving 18” for the pillars beyond the main addition Mr. Lloyd noted that he had spoken to two neighbors regarding the request; one seeking additional information, and one not opposed, and actually questioning the need for a variance. Staff recommended APPROVAL of the VARIANCE request for a 7.5 foot variance to the required principal structure setback from a front property line. established in Roseville City Code, §1004.016 (Residential Setbacks) to allow the construction of the proposed addition on the property at 2028 Cohansey Boulevard, based on the comments and findings outlined in Section 5, and subject to conditions detailed in Section 6 of the staff report dated February 6, 2008. Applicant, Cindi Linell, 2028 Cohansey Boulevard Ms. Linell was present, but had no comment beyond staff’s presentation. Chair Boerigter closed the Public Hearing, with no one appearing for or against. Board consensus was enthusiastically supportive of the addition and improvement.