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Excerpt DRAFT Lake Elmo Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of June 12, 2006 Variances: 9429 Jane Road PUBLIC HEARING: Variances at 9429 Jane Road The Planner explained that the orientation of the existing garage on this parcel forces residents to back out onto Jane Road. The home is setback far enough from the lake but is situated very close to Jane Road. The proposed new garage will be side loading. M/S/P, Ptacek/Van Zandt to recommend approval of the variance to side yard setback and front setback at 9429 Jane Road North to demolish an existing garage and construct a small home addition and new garage based upon the following Findings: 1. The property cannot be put to reasonable use without the granting of the variances requested. Reasonable use must be defined in the context of the reasonable availability of locations that comply with R-1 setbacks to construct a garage of the dimensions proposed in a manner that will improve the safety for motorists on Jane Road North. 2. The variance requested results from physical circumstances unique to this property relative to elevations/drainage created by others from reconstructed Jane Road to the existing garage, and the extensive setback of the house/septic system location that results in no other locational alternative for a reconstructed garage. 3. Granting of the variances will not change the essential character of the neighborhood. And especially because it will improve safety for motorists on Jane Road, subject to the condition that any structure, including eaves, roof overhang, gutters, etc., not encroach closer than the minimum existing distance between the existing garage to the side property line, and subject to the condition that gutters must be installed along the entire south eave line to direct roof water away from the neighboring property to the south precluding roof drainage from encroaching upon that neighboring property. Vote: 9:0.