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Leach: Hornbostel property. wondered about We'll record covenants that will establish the Homeowner's Association against the property, before we deed any lots to anybody. We would be happy to provide those to the City Attorney to review. the foxes reported to live on the Leach: The foxes live off of the property in a shed that one of the neighbors has. Hgrnbostel asked that before construction is begun, the Division of Wildlife make sure that there are no foxes in dens on the property. Davidson asked the City Attorney that since this property is already annexed and zoned, is the City really obligated to use-by- right to allow development. Griffiths: Yes, unless you wish to rezone it in some fashion and you have some basis for the rezoning. Davidson stated that there are several exceptions to the RE zoning being made, such as: some of the lot widths don't meet the minimum requirements, some of the setbacks don't meet the minimum requirements, proposed Lot 8 meets the provisions of RE zoning with the exception of lot width, 100' minimum. He wondered why non- standard lots are being allowed in the RE zoning and wondered what the benefit to the City would be. Wood: It's clearly a variance. In our discussions with the applicant we have been very careful to state that the margin of variance is under a lot of scrutiny with City Council. My intent was to show the amount and the scope of the variance requested. The lot width I define is different than the lot frontage. The lot frontage on a cul-de-sac is 35', 50' otherwise. We've got a 12,000 s.f. lot and the lot coverage is within the RE zone requirements. We're just trying to show the scope. Davidson asked for an explanation on the sub-standard streets. Phare explained that the standard street requirement is for the reasonable ease and efficiency of maintenance. The 36' street 8