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Item No: ___5B <br />Meeting Date: Oct 19, 2016 <br />Type of Business: Planning Case AV2016-001 <br /> <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Jon Sevald, Planner <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 1059-16, Review of a Preliminary <br />Administrative Variance at 7801 Eastwood Rd; Planning <br />Case AV16-001 <br /> <br />Introduction <br />The applicant, Chad Born of Born Construction, has applied for an Administrative Variance <br />to construct a 5’ X 5’ covered front stoop (porch) for property located at 7801 Eastwood Rd. <br />The stoop is to replace an existing concrete stoop (no roof), and will be set back 40’ from <br />the front property line, whereas a minimum 45’ is required. <br /> <br />Discussion <br />An Administrative Variance may be granted by the Community Development Director (City <br />Administrator) if the property is zoned R-1 or R-2, and the request is: (1) within 25% of <br />minimum City Code requirements and does not result in a setback of less than 5’; or (2) the <br />request is related to a pre-existing non-conforming driveway. Additionally, the <br />Administrative Variance request must comply with the seven criteria for granting a Variance, <br />as stipulated in City Code, Section 1125.02, Subd 2 (see attached Resolution #1059-16). <br /> <br />The City Code allows the Community Development Director to “preliminarily” approve an <br />Administrative Variance, providing notice to adjacent property owners, and upon review by <br />the Planning Commission. A Public Hearing is not required. Administrative Variances are <br />relatively rare. The last case was in 2008. <br /> <br />Analysis <br />The property is zoned R-1 Single-Family Residential. Within the R-1 District, the minimum <br />front yard setback is 30’, unless homes on the same side of the street have a greater <br />setback, then the minimum setback shall be equal to the hom e with the smallest front yard <br />setback 1. According to Ramsey County aerial photos (2015), homes on this side of the <br />street are setback approximately 45’ – 77’, thus the minimum front yard building setback on <br />this side of the street is 45’. The Administrative Variance request is to allow a 40’ setback. <br /> <br />This setback requirement is not applicable to non-covered stoops, in which the stoop does <br />not exceed the height of the ground floor of the home (excluding handrails).2 <br /> <br /> <br />1 City Code, Section 1104.01, Subd 3(a) <br />2 City Code, Section 1104.02, Subd 5(c)