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5 <br />• City of Falcon Heights <br />Planning Commission <br />June 26, 1995 <br />ITEM: Request for variance of two feet from the required five foot <br />side yard setback for the construction of a deck for 1865 <br />N. Hamline Avenue, Chapter 9-2.05 subd. 2 (a) <br />SUBMITTED BY: Keith Mays, property owner <br />REVIEWED BY: Carla Asleson, Planner (report) <br />Susan Hoyt, City Administrator <br />EXPLANATION/DESCRIPTION: <br />¢. <br />A. REQUEST FOR VARIANCE <br />Mr. Keith Mays, 1865 N. Hamline Avenue, is requesting a variance to construct a <br />deck at a setback of three feet rather than the minimum of five feet from the interior <br />• side lot line. <br />B. BACKGROUND <br />Chapter 9-2.05 subd. 2 (a) of the zoning code requires that decks be constructed at <br />a setback of five feet from interior side and rear lot lines (on corner lots, the street <br />side setback minimum is 20% of the lot width. Decks are not permitted in the front <br />yard without a variance. The side and rear setback requirements are necessary to <br />keep living space from being constructed too closely to abutting properties. <br />Therefore, both decks and house additions are required to have an interior side yard <br />setback of at least five feet. <br />C. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPERTY AND HOUSE <br />This property is a corner lot located at the corner of Hamline and Ruggles Avenues. <br />It is unusual in that while the address and front lot line (the shortest lot frontage) are <br />located on Hamline Avenue, the actual front entrance and garage are located on <br />Ruggles Avenue (see Attachment 1, site plan. <br />In 1983, when this house was first constructed, a variance was obtained to build the <br />home with a rear yard setback of 21', where a 30' rear yard setback would ordinarily <br />be required. <br />i <br />