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1 <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM 6A <br /> <br /> <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Katie Larsen, City Planner <br /> <br />MEETING DATE: August 24, 2020 <br /> <br />TOPIC: Consider Resolution No. 20-91 Approving Variances for <br />Building Setbacks and Fence Height for 6508 West <br />Shadow Lake Drive <br /> <br />VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 <br /> <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Staff is requesting City Council consideration of Resolution No. 20-91 approving variances for <br />building setbacks and fence height for 6508 West Shadow Lake Drive. <br /> <br />Complete Application Date: July 10, 2020 <br />60-Day Review Deadline: September 8, 2020 <br />Planning & Zoning Board Meeting: August 12, 2020 <br />Tentative City Council Meeting: August 24, 2020 <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Anoka County Highway Department, on behalf of Patrick and Patricia Barry, submitted a Land <br />Use Application for building setbacks and fence height variances. This is related to the 2021 <br />reconstruction project of Birch Street from Hokah Drive to Old Birch Street and necessary <br />acquisition of road right-of-way. <br /> <br />ANALYSIS <br /> <br />Anoka County is proposing to reconstruct Birch Street from Hokah Drive to Old Birch Street in <br />2021. The improvements include construction of roundabouts at Tomahawk Trail and West <br />Shadow Lake Drive, storm water quality improvements, utility and pedestrian trail <br />improvements and appurtenant work. The roundabout design at West Shadow Lake Drive has <br />been modified to minimize property impacts to the greatest extent possible. Road right-of-way <br />acquisition is necessary which will result in building setbacks along CSAH 34 (Birch Street) <br />being reduced less than required by zoning ordinance. <br /> <br />The property is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential. The lot size outside of the road right-of- <br />way will be 11,214 sf. which exceeds the minimum 10,800 sf requirement. The house was <br />constructed 1935 according to Anoka County GIS Tax Link data. CSAH 34 (Birch Street) is a <br />minor arterial road and West Shadow Lake Drive is a local road. <br />