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Variance Board Meeting City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Minutes - Wednesday, April 02, 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 Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd called the Roll. Members Present: Chair Daniel Boerigter; Commissioners Barbara Martinson; and Jim Doherty. Staff present: Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd. 3. Approval of Minutes MOTION Member Boerigter moved, seconded by Member Martinson, to approve meeting minutes of March 05, 2008 as presented. Ayes: 2 Nays: 0 Abstentions: 1 (Doherty) Motion carried. 4. Public Hearings a. PLANNING FILE 08-015 Request by Aaron Gjelhaug, 894 Lovell Avenue, 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 08-015. Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed the request of Mr. Gjelhaug for a variance to allow construction of a pillar-supported roof over the existing front stoop that would encroach four feet (4’) farther into the required setback from a front property line. Mr. Lloyd reviewed staff’s analysis of the request to allow better protection from the elements, with building permits being sought to add a second level to the home and to cover both of the entrances (front and side) with matching column-supported roofs. Mr. Lloyd advised that the parcel, along with its neighbors to the west and east, was created from an un-platted portion of the 1947 C. W. Michael’s Second Addition plat surrounding the parcel. Mr. Lloyd noted that in 1949, an additional twelve feet (12’) of right-of-way was added to this section of the Lovell Avenue around the time the house was built, and the expanded forty-two-foot (42’) right-of-way was reflected in the Registered Land Survey #301 prepared in 1975. Mr. Lloyd further advised that, in 1980, the southern half of the sixty- foot (60’) right-of-way was completed with the dedication of another eighteen feet (18’). Mr. Lloyd advised that determining precise existing setbacks had proven difficult due to maps incorrectly showing a fifty-eight-foot (58’) right-of-way, compared to the legal descriptions indicating a sixty-foot (60’) right-of-way, and misaligned aerial photos. Staff recommended APPROVAL of the request for a VARIANCE to Roseville City Code, §1004 (Residence Districts), to allow expansion of the principal structure; based on the comments and findings outlined in Section 5, and subject to the conditions detailed in Section 6 of the project report dated April 2, 2008. Discussion included a survey not being required as part of the application due to the minor nature of the proposed four foot (4’) addition; potential right-of-way boundary definition issues with adjoining properties on Lovell Avenue; clarification of the second story elevations; and the nature of an apparent easement to the west of the property.