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DSiT, INC. 11042/414 • CON3[ILTING PLANNERS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS 300 FIRST AVENUE NQRTH SUITE 214 MINNfiAPOLIS, MN 55401 6t2.339~3340 PHONB 6I2.33~-Sb01 FAX City of Falcon Heights Planning Report DATE: December $, 1995 TO: Falcon Heights Planning Commission FRQNI: Philip Carlson, AICP, Dahlgren, Shardlow, and Uban, Inc, RE: Variance Application, 1596 Northrop (SchiffmanlKloser} INTRODUCTION • Dr. Eric Schiffman and his wife, Karen Kloser, have a purchase agreement to buy the single-family home at 1596 Northrop Street (at the corner with FoIweIC Street} in the C~Id Grove neighborhood. The house is awned now by the Ziebarths and has cone-car garage. Schiffman and Kloser want to be able to buikf a two-car garage sometime in the future, but the design they propose would encroach on the front yard (Folwell Street} setback, They report that the purchase agreement is contingent on approval from the City of a variance to construct atwo-car garage in accordance with the basic design they developed, and have applied to the City for a variance to the front yard setback to accomplish their garage project BACKGROUND The lot in question is a comer !ot whose short side fronts on Falwell (see attached sketch, Figure 1}. According to City Zoning Code definitions, this is the front yard and requires a 30-foot setback for buildings and attached garages. The lot varies in width from 53 feet at the south edge to about 89 feet at the widest point. The street side yard -facing Northrop - is required to-be at least 20% of the lot width, which means this stree# side yard setback also varies, from 1Q.6 feet to 18.8 feet. The rear setback is 3(} feet for an attached garage, 5 feet for a detached garage. 1 have not been able to verify exact lot dimensions (several map sources give conflicting numbers) but the numbers in question do not affect the conclusions about the variance request. Given this situation, a lot survey should be submitted before any building project is started.