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Planning & Zoning Board June 13, 2001 Page 2 VI. ACTION ITEMS A. Glenn Valentine, 64th Street and 20th Avenue, Variance Staff presented the application by explaining applicant had applied for a variance from the required setback from a collector road. The site lies between I -35E and 20th Avenue (Co. Rd. 54). Most of the site was wetland. Only a small portion of the site was upland: the area along the 20th Avenue. Variances from required road setbacks would be needed if a house and driveway were to be built. Some wetland fill would be required. Staff presented its analysis of its request by explaining in the R -X Rural Executive zoning district, the City's zoning ordinance required a 40' building setback from a collector road such as 20th Ave. This site had only a small area of upland. Some wetland fill would be required if a home was to be built. The greater the road setback, the more wetland f : s. ld occur. The request was to allow the structure to be 10 feet from the right of way Vii` 20`h g-nue. Staff stated the driveway must be at least 30 feet from the inter of the property (Sec. 3 Subd. 5.C.8.f of the zoning ordinanc additional wetland fill for the driveway. Therefore, a vari .r'' e w driveway as shown on the submitted survey was 10 fe rom he int With respect to future right -of -way, staff explai foresaw the need for an additional five feet of r occurred, the garage and driveway would b on undesirable situation, it was a trade -off wetland. The City could not simply Staff stated the site was located Management Organization WLAWMO was pending. needed. The plan showed just Increasing the road se ed from the corner is would require d for this as well. The section. a County had informed the City that it on each side of the road. If this from the ROW. While this was an oser to the road and filling more erty owner from using the land. e ju ''diction of the Vadnais Lake Area Watershed Because of the wetland impact, a review by f the house would determine the amount of wetland fill er 1000 sf of fill, as noted on the attached VLAWMO notice. increase the wetland fill. The VLAWO staff reco endation was to approve the plan. With respect to a septic system, staff explained any new home on well and septic must have an alternate drain field site designated. This was to ensure that a new drain field could be constructed if the first one failed. Staff reviewed the five findings for variance, as stated in the zoning ordinance that the City shall make in considering all requests for variance in taking subsequent action. Staff pointed out that the site was extremely restricted because of the wetlands. Without variance from setback requirements, the property could not be used. The physical circumstances were not created by the landowner. The hardship was not due to economic considerations. No special privilege was being granted. This type of hardship was the reason for the variance. Staff recommended approval of both variances to allow structure to be 10 feet from the collector road and approve variance to allow the driveway to be 10 feet from the intersection.