HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2005-144CITY OF LAKE ELMO
WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2005 -144
A RESOLUTION DENYING A ZONING VARIANCE FOR ARDELL HUTTON
WHEREAS, Ardell and Debbie Hutton has made application for zoning variances
at 1094132 d Street to construct a new home (replacing an existing small home).
WHEREAS, at its November 28th and December 12th meeting, the Lake Elmo
Planning Commission reviewed and recommended denial of the zoning variances for
OHW Setback, Side Yard Setback and home construction on a lake lot substandard by area
requested by Ardell and Debbie Hutton,
WHEREAS, at its December 201h meeting, the Lake Elmo City Council reviewed
the zoning variances requested by Ardell and Debbie Hutton located at 1094132 nd Street,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Lake
Elmo does hereby deny the application for zoning variances at 1094132 nd Street based on
the recommendation of the Planning Commission and based on the following finding:
1. The proposed use of the land resulting in the variances requested exceeds what is
deemed reasonable for the parcel area and neighborhood.
2. The OHW setback variance and the variance to construct a house on. a non-
conforming parcel resulting from circumstances unique to properties platted and
developed prior to adoption of Zoning, Platting and Shoreland Regulations; anal,
the circumstances of the variances were not solely created by the applicant, but
related to the adjacent property OHW setbacks and unregulated property
transactions of earlier years.
3. Granting the variances will change the essential character of the neighborhood by
introducing a house out -of -scale with the parcel size /parcel configuration and
existing houses in the immediate neighborhood.
ADOPTED by the Lake Elmo Q- ty,,Council pn tlxe 20th day,, Pecember, 2005.
Johnston, Mayor