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0 N VARIANCE AND PERMIT COMMISSION Town of Los Altos Hills 26379 Fremont Road Los Altos Hills, California MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, March 26, 1980 Reel 84, Side 1, Tr. 1, 795 to 1014 The meeting of the Variance and Permit Commission was called to order by Chairman Rydell at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL: Present: Commissioners Lachenbruch, Stewart and Rydell Absent: None Also Present: City Engineer/Planner John Carlson, Secretary Ethel Hopkins APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The Minutes of March 12 were amended as follows: The last line of page one was changed to read ..located in another location other than above the heat storage tank." Thereafter the Minutes were approved as amended on The—motion of Commissioner Stewart seconded by Commissioner Lachenbruch. Commissioner Rydell abstained from the voting. The Minutes were declared approved on the "aye" votes of the two ow Commissioners. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. LANDS OF MAREK, File #VAR. 3-80, 25151 Tepa Way, Request for Recommendation of pp Aroval of Variance in Side and Rear Setback for the Construction of a Garage: Mr. Carlson reviewed the above request as covered in his staff report of March 20, noting that there was no additional impervious surface with the garage addition proposed and that the present garage use was restricted because of the original lot development. Commissioner Lachenbruch asked about the crack in the retaining wall near the pro- posed garage addition, and requested that it be determined whether this would affect the new construction. He also asked about the ownership of the common driveway ease- ment. Thereafter the hearing was opened to the public discussion. John Marek, Applicant, noted that the underlying fee title was owned by Mr. and Mrs. David Hu�at the Mareks and Hobarts have a non-exclusive driveway and parking easement for the driveway. He questioned the accuracy of the staff report in stating the amount of the variance request. Also, he noted that they had been observing the crack in the retaining wall, that it had changed very little in the past ten years, that the vertical displacement had been caused by the movement of the ground below the retaining wall, and that the retaining wall had very little to do with the 4 proposed construction. He suggested that perhaps the building inspector may wish to observe the area during inspections on the addition. He asked that the variance be approved. The public hearinq was closed and discussion returned to the Commissioners.