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1tei�i P�o: 5 <br />�e�fiir�g ��t�: Julv 16, 2003 <br />Type o� �ea�er�e��: Public Hear�nq <br />�`�,� I �� � , � <br />� '�.� �. <br />��; Mounds View Plar�ning Gommission <br />�r��: James Ericson, Interim Ci#y P,dministrator <br />Itern ii�le/Se�bj�ct: Public Hearing and Consideratio� of a Variance to AIlow a <br />Reduced Front Yard Setback for a Buildi�g Addition 2229 <br />County Road H2. <br />.;..;. . : <br />Joan Bosard, property ovuner of 2229 �ounty �oad 1�2, has requested a variance to <br />constrtacfi ar� expansion to her i�ome which would be six feet closer t� �i�e stree� thar� the <br />existing building. All of the homes fronting County Road H2 �n this block are se� back the <br />same disfance�-approximaieCy 75 �ieet fror� the c�rb or appraximately 50 feet from the <br />properky iirte. <br />� . <br />Sefiback requirements are addre�sed in Section i 10�.01 of the �onit�g Gode. �ach zoning <br />disfrict is listed wiih fihe correspondirtg front, side and rear setbacks. In ar� R-1, Singfe <br />Family Resideniia{ district, the �ypical �etbacks are as �oliows: Front, 3� #eet; Side, 10 feet; <br />and Rear, 30 feet. It is #ootr�oted in the Code that �heds and garages, attached or detached, <br />can have side and rear setbac{cs of 5 feet. (No accessory buiiding can be located in a front <br />yard unless ii is attached to fhe principal structure, and ever� �hen th� minimum set back is <br />thirty feefi.) The front yard setback is furfher faotnoted to address the issue of "prevaiii�g <br />setbacks", articulated as follows: <br />"Where principa! buildings in exisience on lofs wifhin the same block on the <br />same side of ihe sfreet have front yard setbacks �Pifferent from fhose required, <br />fhe minimum fronf yard setback for any r�ew principa! buildings shal! be the <br />minimr�m froraf yard setback in existence for any one lot. ln no case shal! fhe <br />front yard sefback be less than fhirty feef (30}." <br />The home at 2229 Couniy Road Fi2 is set back approximately 50 feet from the fron� properky <br />line, as are all the oiher homes on this block, which means �he preva�iling setback is 50 feet. <br />No home or part thereof shall encroach infio the prevaiii�g setback except by v�riance. <br />. . . <br />For a variar�ce to be approved, the applicant need� to demonstrate a hardship or practical <br />difficuf�y associated wifh the properiy fihat makes a literal interpretation of the Code overly <br />burdensome or restrictiv�. Minn�sota sfat�tes require tha# ihe governi�g body (th� Planning <br />Commissior�, in this c�se) review a set of specified cri�eria for each appficatior� and make its <br />decision in accordar�ce with thESe criteria. Tf�ese criteria are set forfh in Section 1125.02, <br />__ �ubdi�isio� 2, of t�e City Code. i�te Code clea�rly sta�es tha� a hardship exis#s when a!! of <br />ihe crit�ria ar� rr��t. The criteria are as fallow�: <br />