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CITY OF LA14CE ELMO COUNTY OF WASHINGTON STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO.2024-126 A RESOLUTIONAPPROVINGA VARIANCE TO ALLOW 56.31 % IMPERVIOUS SURFACE FOR THE PROPERTYLOCATED AT 1144120TH STREET NORTH WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo is a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and WHEREAS, Royal Golf Club LLC, 11455 2W' Street North, Lake Elmo, MN 55042 (the "Applicant"), have submitted an application to the City of Lake Elmo (the "City") to request a variance request to allow impervious surface coverage of 56.3 1% where a maximum of 30% is allowed; and WHEREAS, notice of a public hearing has been published, mailed, and posted pursuant to the Lake Elmo Zoning Code, Section 103.00.120; and WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission held a public hearing on said matter on November 13, 2024; and WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission has submitted its report and recommendation of approval of the variance to the City Council as part of a Staff Memorandum dated December 3, 2024; and WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the Variance at its meeting held on December 3, 2024 and made the following findings of fact: 1. That the procedures for obtaining a variance are found in Section 105.12.320 of the Lake Elmo Zoning Code. 2. That all submission requirements of Section 105.12.320 and 105.12.1260 of the Lake Elmo Zoning Code have been met by the Applicant. 3. That the proposed variance includes the following components: a. The applicant propose to construct two pickleball courts and add an expansion to the existing club house, adding 5,979 square feet of impervious surface. The proposed additions will bring the impervious surface to 56.3 1% which is over the allowed maximum of 30%. 4. Practical Difficulties. The owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by an official control: The lot is an existing legal nonconformity in terms of impervious surface and uniquely shaped (barbell), which encloses the nonresidential activities in the Golf Course Community. Nonresidential/commercial are anticipated in a golf course of this size.