08-25-2014 Council Special Meeting

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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763.231 .2561 planners(g7nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: August 8, 2014 RE: Little Canada — Warming House Rezoning and Setback Variance FILE NO: 758.10 — 14.10 Background and Analysis The City operates a park facility on the Old Fire Hall property on and along the St. Paul Water Department right of way, south of Little Canada Road. The park sits currently sits on three parcels including one which has no street frontage. That parcel includes a portion of the skating rink area and the warming house facility. The City needs to update the warming house with accessible restrooms, which has raised two zoning issues: 1. Zoning. It has been discovered that the land -locked parcel in question is zoned R-1, although all of the property around it is zoned Public -Semi Public. The City proposes to combine the parcel with the Old Fire Hall property along Little Canada Road. This necessitates that the added parcel be rezoned to the same Public -Semi Public district as the surrounding properties. 2. The warming house currently sits 9.98 feet from the east property line, where a 15 foot side yard setback would be required. To permit the additional space for accessible restrooms, the City proposes to shift the building slightly south. However, it is not possible to move the building closer to the rink itself, and St. Paul Water will not permit further encroachment into their right of way. As such, the reconstructed building will need to shift about one foot closer to the side property line, with a resulting setback of 8.93 feet at the closest (northeast) corner. The southeast corner will be at 12.74 feet from the property line. A variance is necessary to consider this setback encroachment.