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MEMORANDUM <br />To: <br />From: <br />Date: <br />WSB Project No. <br />Request: <br />�ain th�ory <br />i la e C% <br />St. Anthony Village Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />Mark Casey, City Manager <br />Breanne Rothstein, AICP, City Planner <br />City Council regular meeting for July 11, 2017 <br />0- 010201 -000 <br />Request for a variance to the rear yard setback requirement to allow a <br />deck to be set back 17 feet from rear property line, a reduction from the <br />required 25 -foot rear yard setback. <br />The Applicant is requesting to construct an attached deck behind their home at 3204 Townview Avenue. <br />The proposed deck is 14 feet by 14 feet in size. Currently, the applicant's home is set back 31 feet from <br />their rear property line. The addition of a 14 -foot deck would reduce their rear -yard setback to 17 feet. <br />The minimum required setback in the R -1 district is 25 feet. The applicants are therefore requesting an <br />eight -foot variance to the 25 -foot setback requirement to allow their deck to be set back 17 feet from <br />their rear property line. <br />The applicant's lot length, at 119 feet, is a short lot compared to nearly all other lots on this block of <br />Townview Avenue. Both neighboring lots, and all lots on the block, have a lot length closer to 137 feet. <br />Were the applicant's lot to be sized similarly in terms of length, the proposed deck would not require a <br />variance as the rear setback would exceed 25 feet. Because the applicant's plight is due to a unique <br />feature of their property dimensions, staff are recommending approval of the variance request. <br />The Planning Commission met on June 25, 2017, held a public hearing, and recommended unanimous <br />approval of the request, as proposed. One person, the backyard neighbor, spoke against the variance, <br />claiming that the proposal impeded on their privacy. <br />GENERAL INFORMATION <br />Applicant: Viktor & Katherine Adamcsek <br />Owner: Viktor & Katherine Adamcsek <br />Location: 3204 Townview Avenue <br />Existing Land Use / Low - Density Residential / Zoned: R -1 Single Family District <br />Zoning: <br />Surrounding Land North: Low - Density Residential / Zoned: <br />R -1 Single Family District <br />Use / Zoning: East: Low - Density Residential / Zoned: <br />R -1 Single Family District <br />South: High Density Residential / Zoned: <br />R -1 Single Family District <br />West: Low - Density Residential / Zoned: <br />R -1 Single Family District <br />irA <br />