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28 <br /> DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP + <br /> Planning Commission September 10, 2000 <br /> Page 2 <br /> 3. Access. The Preliminary Plat shows access to all three lots from 37`h Avenue <br /> Northeast. <br /> 4. Setbacks. <br /> A. Animal Clinic. If the animal clinic is zoned Commercial, the front yard must <br /> have a depth equal to the greater of 35 feet or a distance equal to the average of the two adjacent lots. <br /> Since there is no adjacent lot to the west, I would recommend that the 35 foot front setback apply: <br /> The survey does not appear to show the distance of the front setback for the existing building, but to the <br /> extent it is less than 35 feet, it would be grandfathered. The side yard setbacks are 10 feet, and those <br /> are clearly met. The rear yard is to have a depth of 20 feet. It appears that a portion of the building is <br /> much closer than 20 feet from the rear lot line. It too, however, will be grandfathered as an existing <br /> • building. As noted in my earlier letter to you, the animal clinic owners intend to acquire a strip of land <br /> from the railroad to add to their property, in which case the rear setback would be met. <br /> B. Industrial Lots. The front setback for the industrial lots is 40 feet or a distance <br /> equal to the average of the setbacks of the structures on the two adjoining lots. Again, the existing <br /> industrial building would be grandfathered. Any new development on Lot 3 would require that this <br /> front setback be met. The side yards are to be 15 feet in width and 40 feet adjoining a street. The rear <br /> yard is to be 15 feet in depth. The existing industrial building does not meet the 15-foot rear yard <br /> requirement, but it again would be grandfathered. Any new development on Lot 3 or expansion on Lot <br /> 2 would be required.to meet the setbacks. <br /> 5. Floor Areas. The floor area ratio within the C.District may not exceed 1.0, and the <br /> animal clinic meets this requirement. The floor area ratio for the industrial lots may not.exceed.1.5 and <br /> the existing industrial building meets this requirement. There is no building on Lot 3, but any new <br /> building would be required to meet these floor area requirements. <br /> 6. Lot Coveraize. Based on the letter from the Surveyor, the existing animal clinic building <br /> would cover only 3.08% of the new Lot 1. According to the surveyor, the existing industrial building <br /> would cover 49% of Lot 2. No building is located on Lot 3. - <br /> - 1 <br />