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Variance Board Meeting City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Minutes - Wednesday, December 5, 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. Staff present: City Planner Thomas Paschke; Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd; Community Development Director Patrick Trudgeon. 3. Approval of Minutes MOTION Member Doherty moved, seconded by Member Martinson, to approve meeting minutes of November 07, 2007 as presented. Ayes: 3 Nays: 0 Motion carried. 4. Public Hearings a. PLANNING FILE 07-067 Request by Peter Zeller, 1773 Alameda Street, 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 07-067. Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed the request of Mr. Zeller to allow the expansion of the attached garage as close as eighteen feet (18’) from the property line adjacent to the Alameda Street right-of-way, to accommodate more than one vehicle. Staff recommended APPROVAL of the VARIANCE request for an eleven foot (11’) VARIANCE to the principal structure setback from a front property line, established in Roseville City Code, §1004.016 (Residential Setbacks) to allow the proposed expansion of the attached garage at 1773 Alameda Street, based on the comments and findings outlined in Section 5, and the conditions detailed in Section 6 of the staff report dated December 5, 2007. Chair Boerigter questioned the project report’s reference to former code provisions, and why they were considered if not in current code. Mr. Lloyd noted the difficulty in determining why that provision was no longer in the code; that in staff’s research, no records were found indicating removal, and staff’s conclusion was that it was an inadvertent omission. City Planner Thomas Paschke advised that it appeared that the provision was omitted in 2003; and that it would be staff’s intent to reincorporate it into the text in the near future. Mr. Paschke advised that it was staff’s goal in 2008 to perform an overall rewrite, or at a minimum to review specific chapters of the zoning code and chart, and recommend a comprehensive update. Mr. Paschke advised that to-date, staff had consistently enforced the provision, as if it was still in code. Applicant, Peter Zeller Mr. Zeller was present; and concurred with staff’s report and presentation.