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Sessic~ 1639, Minutes Page 3 April 24, 1995 neighboring hcm~s, and a six foot side yard on the east. He said the addi- tion will make the house reach larger than all but o~e on the block, but it will be less obtrusive if it meets setback rules. Council may approve sub- ject to staff ~eview of the k~vised plan to be certain it meets setback re- quir~ents. Any additional site plan review fees should be waived. The applicants, ~r. and Mrs. Raphael Williams, 7577 Ahem, came fo~rd. Dr. Williams said the porch on the house to be enlarged encroaches on the fro~t setback, leavir~ 32.3 instead of 40 feet, and that the house never had a set- back of 40 feet. He also wanted to put a fence or wall in front of the house as he did at 7577 Ahem, but was told he oould not. He said extensive im- provements will be made to 7568 Ahem, and he wanted a minimum setback of 25 feet with a wall or fence at that point. He felt the improvements would serve as an motivator in the neighborhood to upgrade other properties. He also noted that the h~e at 7568 was very small but was on a large piece of ground (87 by 125 feet) which could support a much larger house. Mayor Majerus said the City is delighted this house is to be upgraded, how- ever, consistent7 in neighborhoods is encouraged so that one house does not Mr. Cotton asked if the house at 7577 Ahem b~-~ an appropriate setback and if the wall was co~structmd without a variance. Mr. Ollendorff said he would get that information. Mr. Cotton noted that the 7577 Ahem house is consid- erably different than the other houses on the street, and he wond_ered if the new oonstructio~ might serve as a catalyst in the neighborhood to enoourage Director of Planning A1 Goldman said he had not reviewed whetbmr the house at 7577 Ahem met all setback requirements, but a review was made of setbacks of houses on both sides of the street and they are all quite different. ~he two houses ~-~t of ~ pr~ construction are set back 40 feet, and others on that side are frc~ 33 to 41 feet. On the north side, houses have setbacks frc~ 17 to 30.5 feet, except for the wmsterr~0~t house. He said review of the new house s~ow~d considerable deviation in height and mass frc~ the rest of the houses o~ the south side, and it wuuld dwarf the house next door. In cases like this, Council must approve such deviation; staff cannot. However, staff did feel ~he new ~ion would be a good addition to the neighbor- hood, provided t~e setbacks are complied with. Mrs. Schuman said she would not object to a slightly smaller setback than 40 feet beca,,.~e there seems to be sc~e variation on that side of the block, but 25 feet puts it far in frc~t of the other houses on that side. She asked why the addition was not put on the west side of the house sinoe that would pro- said the addition was designed to utilize the existing plumbing system and to take advantage of the sunroc~ location to provide passive solar energy. Mr. Scho~_r withdrew his motion, since he now felt a 40 foot setback was too