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Jonathon Naylor Editor City council will let a new house go up unusually close to the roadway, but only because it replaces an existing home. Council voted Tuesday to vary the lot requirements for 20 Main St., where an insurance company is paying to rebuild a home on the present foundation. Coun. Bill Hanson said council would not permit residential construction so close to the road if the home had not already been in place. 'It's sort of grandfathered, I guess you could say,' said Coun. Hanson, who made the motion to allow construction. Coun. Hanson said the home dates back to the 1930s and, if rebuilt in accordance with today's standards, would be under 200 square feet. 'Flin Flon has very special circumstances on most of our lots, so we have to consider everything as a one-off,' he said. Coun. Hanson, chair of the Engineering Services Committee, said that approach applies not only to variation requests for homes, but also garages. He said the city has been receiving a growing number of requests for large garages, with some people wanting to go up two storeys. Some two-storey garages are okay as long as neighbours are not affected, while others are turned down because a neighbour 'will never see the sun again,' Coun. Hanson said. At Tuesday's meeting, council voted to approve a large new garage at 200 and 202 Milton Street. Coun. Hanson also motioned to allow the homeowner at 126 Green St. _ the last house before Kin Park _ to lease land adjacent to his property in order to expand his lot. Coun. Hanson said the land in question was designated as a roadway in the early days of Flin Flon but will never be used as such. The motion did not proceed to a vote, as it was tabled for review at the committee level.
