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Planning Commission <br />• Date:2/28l'94 <br />Agenda Item= <br />ITEM = Request for variances to §9-4.oi Subd. 4~c) of fifteen feet three inches <br />{15'~"} to the required tfhi~ - ~?3neto the~aqubed five foot ~ ~ yard ubd. <br />1 {c) of two feet three me ( } <br />setback fer 1775 Asbury Street. <br />SUBMITTED 81(: Theodore Wiger, property owner <br />REVIEUyEa BY: Philip Carlson, AIGP, City Planning Consultant <br />EXPLANATIONIDESG RIPTION <br />Mr. Wiger is requesting variances tote ~~ seYand a ne and o double ~ ~ inThe r <br />to construct atwo-story addrt~on to <br />addtion and garage are shown an the attached aid aflane~n egrated bu', ding ~ro1e~- <br />separate variance requests, although they are fa <br />They will be discussed together in this report, but there are two separate staff <br />recommendations, and the Planning Commission should make separate <br />recommendations on the two requests. <br />The rear yard setback variance is requested ~n order to accommodate exp ~~ bepleves it <br />far the kitchen, living roam, dining room, and upstairs bed~ra nstead of south into the <br />is necessary to extend west, encroaching on the rear y <br />• available lot area on the south side of the house.~The e,dreplac theCexisting $ feat <br />requested to accommodate a new 22-foot wide g 9 9 <br />wide garage, which is in poor shape and too narrow by today's standards. <br />Stafif Analysts: <br />• The Wiger lot is below the minimum size requirement for the R-1 Distric:t_ The lot <br />is 79'x96', or about 7,545 sr~uare feet in size; the ordinance mini~aul ~~ desirab e. <br />Sq~e #eet. The width is adequate, but the depth is Tess than typi <br />The ordinance statQS, in §~-~-of the ots on the blk betwe nlAsbury and North re <br />intensively developed". Many <br />Snelling Drive are of similar dimensions aS the Wiger lat. <br />they are <br />• Even though the existing lot and house are non-confiorming as to area, <br />conforming in their use, and the orc~inanca standards in §9-2.92, Subd_ 8{b} and <br />9[a} apply. These standards allow alterations, additions, or enlargement of <br />non-conforming uses as long as elf other standards including setbacks} are <br />adhered tv. The proposed project lees not meet #his test, since both the house <br />end garage need setback variances. <br /> <br />