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? . ?_e .. that of the house. The building will be divided, the rear is to be used for storage since they own 4 vehicles, a 16 foot boat and trailer, and plan to buy a recreational vehicle, the front area is for a work shop, but there are no plans to do commercial work which is illegal, Mr. Creadon only maintains his own cars, his mother's car and Ms. Shield's. She pointed out that he also did his own body work including painting. Ms. Shields stated that they do not want to do this work in an attached garage because the dirt and fiimes would get into the house and that a two car garage would not be large enough to park their vehicles inside. She maintained, that considering the size of the lot and the rnunber of vehicles that they maintain, the size of the out building was justifiable. They will start construction of both build.ings at approxima.tely the same time, the out building will be finished in two weeks and the house will take 6 months. They intend to store building ma.terials and tools in the building since there are trespassers an the property now and are concerned about vandalism. Some of the,finishing work will be done inside this building since the house will be built during the winter. The location of the Kobernas' house was shown on the drawing and she noted that the far back side of their house is approximately where the front side of this building will begin. They also want their house as far away from the Kobernas' as possible since the Kobernas' windows will overlook their home. The Kobernas' home is set farther back than the houses to the east thus blocking the neighbors' view of this building. She explained that they have planted 22 arborvitaes which will cover the 60 foot building and will grow to be 30 feet high and 4 feet in cliameter. More landscaping will be installed after the bw.ldings are completed and will include: corkscrew willows along the bank, flowering pears, and mouratain laurel. They had previously advised Mr. Koberna that he could continue to landscape the property east of the creek which is actually theirs as long as he would sign doctunents to prevent adverse possession. The Kobernas' did not schedule a meeting with the other neighbors as they offered at the last meeting, and Ms. Shields was rebuffed when she asked to meet with neighbors individually. She maintained that the neighbors did meet at the Kobernas' with their Councilman, bu.t they were not invited. Mr. Creadon stated that if this variance is not granted, they will have the lot subdivided into three, fully developed 60 foot lots which will be sold. All the neighbors listed above spoke against the proposal stating many objections: the building is larger than some of their houses, it looks like a warehouse and will have a 12 foot garage door; (at this point Chairman Gomersall administered the oath to all present) a subsequent ownex could run a business out of this buiTding, and it is frequently hard to prove that a business is being conducted; there is another barn in the neighborhood which is an eyesore and a neighbor had to request a variance for a taller fence to block the view; an oversize building will ruiri the park like setting of the area; builcling is too big for the neighborhood since since most of the lots and homes are smaller; there will be noise coming from the work shop; other people ha.ve hobbies and vehicles, but they do not ask for oversized buildings; if this is granted it would set a precedent when other vacant lots are being developed; they believe that the zoning codes should be followed; that the owners should have looked into the zoning restrictions prior to buying the lots; a building this size does not belong in a residential area; there could be two storie:> in a building this high; other residents store such vehicles off their property; the building is behind the adjacent house so neighbors will see 50 feet of wall; residents purchased homes in this area because of the park like setting; this will box-in the neighborhood; it will spoil the view from their decks; concerned that Mr. Creadon will work on cars other than his own and might work late at night; and this structure will devalue their property. Mrs. Koberna presented 2 letters (included in file), one from a 2