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The applicant's attorney has compiled a packet of exhibits and findings seekinq your approval (See Exhibit G). The property is located on a very busy curve. Remember the road at the north is Tonkaview not Park Avenue. Park Avenue is probably located at the grassed -in old driveway access where the utility poles have been placed. Access to this site is crucial. Staff and Planning Commission recommend the access be from Tonkaview via Adams Avenue and Park Avenue. Applicant has agreed to this access and has placed the house and garage accordingly. Sewer is available and the original assessment payment will be paid to the City over the ten-year period. The house has been placed on the site meeting all required setbacks. Note that this is a "corner" lot for setback purpose, and the proposed house exceeds the required 35' front setback (54' proposed) and meets the 10' side setback requirements (20' and 10' proposed). Two lots combined as a building site was a typical development pattern in earlier years, but in recent years, the pattern has been to combine three or four lots as a building site. At their April 16, 1984 meeting, Planning Commission advised Caples that the city would approve of the partial vacation of Park Avenue. The vacation would enable applicant to acquire additional lots on north side of Park Avenue for combination with subject property. I have enclosed copies cf letters to the two property owners advising them of Caples intent. Turney and Campbell as joint owners of Lots 15, 16, 17 and 18 plan to develop the property as one building site. They have not had the area confirmed by a surveyor but it is their guess that they have .8 acres or 80%. They have advised Caples that based on the 80% standard for sewered properties, they would have no interest in selling off one of the lots. The second exchange of letters asked for the 15' of right-of-way that would revert back to parcels 15, 16, 17 and 18 (Lots 6-10, Block 2) upon vacation of Park Avenue. Paul Campbell called Jeanne Mahusth from Washingtcn to seek confirmation of the area of the four lots and was advised that only a surveyor could do this. He understood Caples dilemma but based on the approximate guess on area, he would not be willing to release the 3,000 s.f. of additional area. If a survey is made confirming the area of Lots 6-10, they would he willing to release the vacated right-of-way for sale to Caples. Caples declined to spend additional money for a survey of Campbell'F. properties. At their July 16, 1984 meeting, Planning Commission recommended conceptual approval of the variance application based on Council's approval of the partial vacation of Park Avenue,which would increase the lot area to 0.42 acre.