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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Resolution 532-98 . . . MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 532-98 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING A 4 FOOT VARIANCE TO THE REQUIRED 30 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK FROM A PUBLIC ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY ALONG ARDAN AVENUE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME AT 8265 SPRING LAKE ROAD; PLANNING CASE NO. 513-98 WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the request of Preferred Builders, Inc. to allow a 4 foot variance to the required 30 foot building setback from a public road right-of-way for the construction of a single family home at 8265 Spring Lake Road; and, WHEREAS, this property is zoned R-l, Single Family Residential District and is legally described as: The North 53 feet of the West 2I8feet of Lot 34, and the South 27 feet of the West 218feet of Lot 35, all in Auditors Subdivision No. 89, Ramsey County WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents associated with this requcst 1. Planning Application 2. Location Map 3. Building Front Elevation 4. Letter from the Applicant 5. Encroachment Map 6. Survey of Previous Home WHEREAS, the applicant requests a 4 foot variance to the required 30 foot building setback from a public road as required in Section 1104.01, Subd. 3, of the Mounds View Municipal Code; and, WHEREAS, the applicant presented a hardship statement to the Plmming Commission stating that the lot dimensions were substandard for a corner lot and that the proposed home cannot meet the setback requirements without a variance; and, WHEREAS, the literal interpretation of the provisions of this Title would deprive the applicant of rights commonly enjoyed by other properties in the smne district in that homes in the surrounding neighborhood are comparable in size to the proposed home; and . . . PAGE TWO OF TWO PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 532-98 WHEREAS, special conditions or circumstances do not result from the actions of the applicant in that the redevelopment of a substandard lot presents difficulties in the construction of the proposed 1 ,900 square foot home on the proposed lot as required by the Mounds View Economic Development Authority; and WHEREAS, granting this variance requested will not confer on the applicant any special privilege that is denied by this Title to owners of other lands, structures or buildings in the same district in that the size ofthe proposed home is typical of the homes which currently exist in the surrounding neighborhood and that new corner lots would not be platted with a substandard size and only existing substandard lots may receive a variance; and WHEREAS, the variance would not be materially detrimental to the purpose of this Title and to other properties in the same zone in that the proposed home would encroach less than the home which had been previously located on the lot. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mounds View Planning Commission acting as the Board of Adjustment and Appeals approves the variance request of Preferred Builders. Inc. for a reduction in the building setback requirement to a public right-of- way from 30 feet to 26 feet for the construction of a single-family home at 8265 Spring Lake Road. Adopted this 18th day of March, 1998 ~t'~ Jerry terson. Chairman ATTEST ~4- :L,~ Rick Jopke. ~ Community Development Director SEAL ,..