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Mantorville council tables variance request for undersized lot after applicants change setback proposal
Summary
The council tabled a variance request to allow reduced setbacks and increased lot coverage for a recently split, small lot; the city clerk said a new public hearing and revised resolution will be required because the applicants changed their setback dimensions.
The Mantorville City Council on May 22 tabled a variance application that sought reduced setback requirements and permission for a home to cover more than the ordinance’s 25% lot-coverage limit.
At a public hearing opened by the council, applicants said they planned to build a one-story house on the smaller parcel of a recent lot split and asked for a 0-foot setback on Adams Street and a 10-foot setback along 7th Street West. Ron Pederson said Adams Street would be the front of the house and said neighbors they spoke with approve the project. Resident Bill Reding asked when driveway work would occur; Public Works Lead Joe Adams replied the contractor, Durst, should be coming this week.
City Clerk-Treasurer Gretchen Lohrbach told the council that because the setback request was revised from the original application, the city will need to post a new public hearing and that City Attorney David Anderson will prepare a revised resolution and notice. Councilmember Lyle Hoaglund moved to close the regular meeting and begin the public hearing; Councilmember Jeff Ingalls seconded. The minutes record that the motion carried (5 ayes / 0 nays). Later, after hearing the comments and the clerk’s procedural note, Councilmember Ingalls moved and Councilmember Bradford seconded to table the variance and hold a new public hearing at the next council meeting; the minutes record that motion as carried (4 ayes / 0 nays). The minutes do not specify the name of the seconder for the initial consent-motion recorded earlier in the meeting.
The variance affects an 82.65-by-100-foot lot; applicants said the lot’s small size motivated the requested reduced setbacks and increased coverage. The council did not make a substantive decision on the variance; the item will return for a newly noticed public hearing after the city posts revised setback information.
What happens next: City staff will work with the city attorney to prepare the revised resolution and public notice. The council will take the matter up at the next regular meeting following the new public hearing.
