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Variance Board Meeting City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Minutes - Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1. Call to Order 1 Chair Daniel Boerigter called to order the Variance Board meeting at 5:30 p.m. and reviewed the 2 role and purpose of the Variance Board. 3 2. Roll Call & Introductions 4 City Planner Thomas Paschke called the Roll. 5 Members Present: Chair Daniel Boerigter; and Commissioners John Gisselquist and Andre Best. 6 Members Absent: None. 7 Staff present: City Planner Thomas Paschke and Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd. 8 3. Review of Minutes 9 MOTION 10 Member Boerigter moved, seconded by Member Best, to approve meeting minutes of 11 February 4, 2009 as presented. 12 Ayes: 2 13 Nays: 0 14 Abstentions: 1 (Gisselquist) 15 Motion carried. 16 4. Public Hearings 17 a. PLANNING FILE 09-016: Request by Thomas Martin for approval of a VARIANCE to 18 Roseville City Code, Section 1017 (Shoreland Management) to allow a porch 19 expansion that would encroach further into the required shoreland setback at 361 20 South Owasso Boulevard 21 Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 09-016. 22 City Planner Thomas Paschke reviewed staff’s analysis of the request to allow 23 construction of a porch that would encroach four feet (4’) farther into the required setback 24 from the ordinary high water level of Lake Owasso, to allow for better use of that space. 25 Staff recommended APPROVAL of the requested VARIANCE, based on the comments 26 and findings of Section 5 and the conditions of Section 6 of the project report dated July 27 01, 2009. 28 Mr. Paschke advised that staff had received no verbal and/or written comments related to 29 this case. 30 Applicant, Thomas Martin, 361 South Owasso Boulevard 31 Mr. Martin concurred with staff’s analysis; advising that the existing structure was ready 32 to fall down; and that the current dimensions built to accommodate two (2) previously 33 existing trees, were no longer necessary, as the trees had been removed. Mr. Martin 34 noted that his intent was to raise the roof line and add the additional height to allow for 35 more light into the home and porch itself. Mr. Martin noted that there was an adjacent 36 cabin setting on the lot line blocking their view of the lake. 37 Mr. Martin confirmed, at the request of Chair Boerigter, that he had spoken to 38 surrounding property owners, who voiced no opposition to the proposed variance. 39 Chair Boerigter closed the Public Hearing, with no one appearing for or against. 40 MOTION 41 Member Boerigter moved, seconded by Member Gisselquist to APPROVE Variance 42 Board Resolution No. 86 entitled, “A Resolution APPROVING a VARIANCE to 43 Roseville City Code, Section 1017 (Shoreland Management) for Thomas Martin, 361 44 South Owasso Boulevard (PF09-016);” to allow construction of a porch that would 45