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Session 1242, Minutes April 14,. 1980 Ms Anne C. Christopher, 147 N. Hanley Road, asked to Christopher said she lives next door to the property would be impropertosubdivide this .Lo.t..-She.thought lot where only one.now stands would -look -peculiar. . Page 6 address the Council. Ms in question, and felt it .putting two houses on a Ms Nancy Rosenbaum, 153 N. Hanley, asked to address the Council. She was con- cerned because she had not been notified -of the possible splitting of this lot until this evening. Mr. Goldman said it was not required that adjacent property owners be notified of the splitting of a.lot, but the Zoning Administrator did notify them that this -was to be discussed at this ;_ouncil meeting. Mrs. Metcalfe suggested that in the future adjacent property owne s l;e notified when property is to be subdivided. Ms Rosenbaum said she was opposed to the subdividing of this lot, and felt that building another house on the subdivided lot would make it too crowded.- Councilmember Lieberman said he wished to make the other councilmembers aware of some of the discussion at the Plan Commission meeting on this subject. He said the width.of the "subdivided lot would be 50 feet, whereas the required amount is 60 feet. If the bay window is not removed, only 1� feet separate the house from the lot line; if the bay window is removed, it is 4.85 feet, whereas six feet are required. He said there were four lots in the general area that are 50 feet, one that is 60 feet, and one that is 75 feet. Mr. Lieberman said the Zoning Code does allow a 20% variance on lot size and width, and the Council has the legal prerog- ative in this case to allow the variance, if it wishes. Mr. Lawrence Tesson, 149 N. Hanley, owner of the lot in question, asked to address the Council. Mr. Tesson said the roof overhang does not extend beyond the prop- erty line. He said the overhang was 3� feet, and the side yard was 4.8 feet. Mr. 011endorff said the side yard from the bay window (which is considered part of the house) to the property line is 2.4 feet. Mr.' Tesson said he would be willing to remove the bay window, if necessary. Councilmember Sabol asked Mr. Tesson if he had a purchaser for the subdivided lot, and Mr. Tesson said he did. Mr. Sabol said Mr. Tesson had told him he planned to use the proceeds from sale of the lot to finish another project in University City which he and his father started sometime_ago.. Councilmember Lieberman asked if it were possible to_attach conditions to the sale of this lot, and Mr. O.11endarff said..he did._uot...think cDaditions could.be attached to the splitting of a lot. Mr -Lieberman said he -would like to _increase the tax base, but at the.s.ame,time would like to attach minimum conditions as to what kind of house could be.. built. on,. the .site. Craugcilmembar Metcalfe concurred.. Mrs. Met- calfe said the issue of.a,elling .the.lot so.another.project could be completed is irrelevant, and that this issue should .be decided. on its own -.merits, .that is, wheth- er or not it will be an asset to the neighborhood and to University City.. She does feel that the subdivided lot would not be.substantially different from other lots in the area, but was also concerned_about_the type of -house to be built on the lot. Mr. 011endorff said the Zoning Code says that a lot that does not conform to the Zoning Code should not be created from a subdivided lot, although it does allow, with Council approval, a variance to an already -existing lot which does not conform to the Zoning Code.