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Item No: 5 Meeting Date: October 6, 2004 Type of Business: Commission Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Kristin Prososki, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Final Approval of an Administrative Variance for a Reduced Rear Yard Setback at 7717 Long Lake Road; Planning Case AV2004-002 Introduction: The applicant, The Phoenix Residence, is proposing to construct a single-family home that would serve six adults with developmental and physical disabilities. The home would be located at 7717 Long Lake Road. Mounds View Zoning Code requires a thirty (30) foot rear setback. The requested variance is for a twenty-five (25) foot rear setback. This property was granted a front setback variance by the Planning Commission on April 21, 2004. Discussion: Staff reviewed this request and determined that it qualified for an administrative variance, as it is within 25% of setback requirements. Staff reviewed the proposed site plan and spoke with the applicant about the hardship claim. The hardship for the rear setback request is that the lot is of substandard size and that the buildable area of the lot is very limited. The lot is located on the corner of County Road I and Long Lake Road and has only ninety-four feet of frontage on County Road I. The Mounds View Zoning Code requires that corner lots have a minimum of one hundred feet of frontage on both street fronts. Due to the fact that it is a corner lot, the property is required to have two front setbacks, which in this case are thirty feet from County Road I and thirty-two feet from Long Lake Road. In addition, the home must maintain a ten-foot side yard setback (from the east property line) and a thirty-foot rear setback (from the north property line). The applicant is requesting a twenty-five foot rear (north) setback in order to fit the one level, handicapped accessible home that they are proposing to construct on the lot. There is a twenty-five foot drainage and utility easement on the north side of the property, which the proposed home would not encroach into. Staff feels that there is sufficient hardship to warrant a variance. Staff also considered any negative affects that the proposed setback might have on the surrounding area and found that the house would not negatively impact the neighborhood. The Community Development Director granted preliminary approval. The adjacent neighbors have been notified of the variance request. One of the adjacent neighbors spoke with Staff about this request. The neighbor simply wanted to see a copy of the proposed site plan and did not oppose the administrative variance.