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AGENDA ITEM 5 D <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Mary Kay y Vli'_yland <br />DATE: 5/20/98 <br />TOPIC: Charles Votel, 7306 24th Avenue No., Variance <br />BACKGROUND: <br />This application involves a request for a variance on the number of accessory <br />buildings and total square footage. Mr. Votel has a 10 1/2 acre parcel of property <br />in the R -BR Zoning District. He currently operates an apple orchard on the site <br />and another 10 acre parcel on the opposite side of the roadway in Hugo. The <br />City Zoning Ordinance, Section 3, Subd. 4 D. 8.b. provides as follows: <br />Ten (10) to less than Twenty (20) Acres (R, R -X, R -BR, and PSP Districts) <br />1) The combination of accessory buildings) and garage(s) shall not exceed five thousand <br />(5,000) square feet, <br />(2) Total allowable accessory building space shall be limited to the following: <br />a. One (1) attached garage and <br />b. Two (2) detached accessory structures. <br />Mr. Votel has the following buildings on his site <br />1. A 40 x 80 (3200 sq. ft:) pole barn <br />2. A 24 x 32 (768 sq. ft.) detached garage <br />3. A'24 x 20 (480 sq. ft.) shed <br />4. A 9 x 24 (288 sq. ft. ) corn crib <br />A total of 4,756 sq. ft. of accessory building (4,448 sq. ft. w/o corn crib). <br />(For this discussion we have excluded the corn crib from the number of <br />accessory buildings and area requirement). <br />The applicant has indicated that it is "vital" to his apple orchard business to <br />construct a storage /sales budding on the site He would like the building to be 24 <br />x 32 for 768 square feet. This would bring the total number of buildings to four <br />(4) requiring a variance for number of buildings and the total square footage to <br />5,234. The area variance necessary would be 234 sq. ft. <br />In considering a variance, the Planning and Zoning Board must consider the <br />following Findings of Fact <br />A. That the property in question cannot be put to a reasonable use if used under conditions <br />allowed by the official controls. The property is currently put to a reasonable use, however, <br />the applicant maintains this additional storage /sales space is vital to his business. <br />