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<br />City of Hastings <br />Planning Commission Minutes - September 24, 2007 <br /> <br />Page lof2 <br /> <br />Hastings Planning Commission <br /> <br />September 24, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting <br />7:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Chair Truax called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br /> <br />1. Roll Call <br /> <br />Commissioners Present: <br />Commissioners Absent: <br />Staff Present: <br /> <br />McInnis, Peine, Schmitt, Stevens, Truax, Zeyen <br />Hiedeman, <br />Associate Planner Justin Fortney <br /> <br />2. Approval of Minutes - August 27, 2007 <br /> <br />Motion by McInnis to approve the August 27, 2007, meeting minutes. Seconded by Stevens; <br />motion passed unanimously. <br /> <br />Public Hearings <br /> <br />3. John and Nancy Iverson - House Move Permit #2007-43 - 110 Chestnut Street <br /> <br />Associate Planner Fortney gave a staff report. <br /> <br />Chair Truax allowed time for the public to provide input at 7:08. Sandy Davis spoke to the <br />issue. She stated that she lives across the street and moving the proposed home on to this lot <br />would be a great improvement to the neighborhood. <br /> <br />John Iverson, applicant said that he owns this home and it is a rent property for them. He <br />added that in the past the property has barely passed City rental inspections and it is too <br />costly to fix-up. He stated that his son and another person rent the property and may want to <br />buy the home from them one day. Iverson also said that he grew-up just west of this <br />property. <br /> <br />Commissioner Stevens asked staff which side elevation was the left side, as both are labeled <br />as right. Fortney replied, the side elevation without a window is the left. The right elevation <br />that has a window will be facing Chestnut Street. Stevens then asked if it is allowable for a <br />home to face the alley rather than the street. Fortney replied, their mailbox would have to <br />face Chestnut Street. Commissioner Schmitt said that the lot is two half lots and the home <br />could not face Chestnut due to the shape of the lot. He added that this configuration is <br />common for the area. <br /> <br />Commissioner Peine asked the applicants if they knew of other types of homes that could <br />face the street. The applicants were unsure. Peine stated that the proposed home varies in <br />appearance from the surrounding homes. He added that there is a variety of home styles in <br />the area and this would add to that. <br />