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• • • CITY OF LINO LAKES RESOLUTION NO. 04-51 RESOLUTION DENYING VARIANCES FOR LOT AREA AND LOT WIDTH, 1612 BIRCH STREET WHEREAS, a request has been submitted to the City for the approval of variances for lot area and lot width to allow a minor subdivision at 1612 Birch Street, and WHEREAS, review and approvals of variances are governed by state statutes and City ordinances, and WHEREAS, the Lino Lakes City Council makes the following findings: a. The property in question can be put to a reasonable use if used under conditions allowed by the official controls. The site is being used for a single family home. Under the current comprehensive plan, the site will be eligible for development and MUSA after year 2010. b. The plight of the landowners is not due to physical circumstances unique to his property not created by the land owner. The lot was created in year 2000, the result of splitting 40 acres into 15 acres and 25 acres. The site is rectangular and developable in the time frame laid out by the comprehensive plan. c. The variance request is based on economic considerations. d. Granting the variance requested will confer on the applicant special privilege that would be denied by this ordinance to other lands, structures, or buildings in the same district. e. The proposed actions will not be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the ordinance. The Rural district purposes include the statement that the district is designed and intended to aid in guiding development toward fulfillment of the Comprehensive Plan and to serve the following functions: 1. To preserve productive land for agricultural use and maintain "open space" within and near to urban areas. 2. To help guide development of urban and rural areas along an orderly design to preserve continuity and efficiency of service. 3. To provide a method by which the urban farm can be guided so as to control urban sprawl and still conserve land in an economic status until such time as the need is present for an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. 4. To reduce the possibilities of rural-urban conflicts in establishing types and levels of service, methods of financing the services and needs. To maintain an acceptable per capita cost for such services as sanitary sewer, water, police, fire, road maintenance, school transportation, and other necessary services.