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. 01 -46 Council Member • • Boschee Variance page 4 introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption. CITY OF LINO LAKES RESOLUTION NO. 00-46 RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE FROM THE COLLECTOR ROAD SETBACK FOR LOT 8 BLOCK 1 PEREGRINE PASS WHEREAS, a request has been submitted to the City Council for a Variance from the City of Lino Lakes Zoning Code, and WHEREAS, the legal description of the property is: Lot 8 Block 1, Peregrine Pass WHEREAS, Section 6, Subd. 2.B.4.2 of the City Zoning Ordinance requires a forty (40) foot setback from a collector road, and WHEREAS, 12th Ave. is classified as a collector road, and WHEREAS, the applicant desires to construct a building 28.5 feet from the right of way of 12th Ave, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes makes following findings of fact: 1. The property in question cannot be put to a reasonable use if used under conditions allowed by the official controls. The lot shape and the double street setbacks combined with the wetland and extra buffer easements create unusual circumstances. 2. The plight of the landowners is due to physical circumstances unique to his property not created by the land owner. The lot shape and the double street setbacks combined with the wetland and extra buffer easements create unusual circumstances. 3. The hardship is not due to economic considerations alone. It is not reticence to spend extra money to avoid the need for a variance, but rather the desire to build a home of a high enough value to fit in with the neighborhood: it is the desire for a higher expenditure rather than a lower one. The surrounding neighborhoods are R -1X, and the Peregrine Pass planned development requires Rl -X houses sizes. Higher value homes are the reason for the R -1X district compared to the R -1, and the house proposed is in keeping with that goal. 4. Granting the variance requested will not confer on the applicant any special privilege that would be denied by this ordinance to other lands, structures, or buildings in the same district. The other lots in the development do not have the same