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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - July 19, 1993 Page - 15 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Council Member Corbett asked if there was some reason the garage structure needs to remain. Mr. Weisbrod said it could be removed. He said the BZA's recommendation was to remove the doors. He said he believed the water heater was located in the garage, but it could be relocated. Council Member Myers asked, if the Applicant added to the unit but moved the top story back, would he still need a Variance on the south side. Mr. Weisbrod said he would not need a Variance. He would only need it on the north side and for the separation between the homes. Jerome Porter, 13031 Neptune Drive, the Appellant, said his property is located on the south side of this property. He said there has been a lot of exaggeration and lying concerning what this is really about. He said this house, which is going to be enlarged and improved, is actually a squatter's shack -- a one-room house and a bathroom. He said the owner built a concrete patio and then put a scrap-wood roof over it. He said in order to build and enlarge a place you have to use part of the existing place. He said this cannot be done with this structure because they cannot use the existing foundation. He said the weight would be prohibitive, and the existing foundation is collapsing into the sea wall . He said both the house and the garage were illegal under County zoning. He said what they are doing is building another house on the same spot and using the regulations as if the existing facility was being enlarged. He said, when he received the first card from the City, it did not say that this was going to be a two-story building. He said he called Mr. Weisbrod, and Mr. Weisbrod did not mention it was a two-story building. He said he does not want a 20- foot wall , 3 feet from the side of his home. He said Mr. Weisbrod told him the setback would be approximately 7 feet from the property line to the foundation of the building, and the only part that would be 3 feet from the property line would be the deck. He said Mr. Weisbrod lied so his friend could get his Building Permit. He said Mr. Weisbrod has been giving Variances all over the place to one of his friends. He said the property at 13025 Neptune has never been connected to the sewer line. He said the property owner told Mr. Porter he has juice with the City and can get by with things. He said the property owner has gotten by with maintaining an open cesspool with raw sewage going down onto the beach. Mr. Porter said this will create another rental , and no more rentals are needed on Neptune Drive. He said the City seems to want to create nothing but rentals along the shoreline. He said it used to be that you had to have an agreement from property owners 100 feet on either side but that has disappeared. He said his name was forged on an approval form.