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35 <br />CITY OF ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE <br />HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br />RESOLUTION NO. 12-079 <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW AN ACCESSORY <br />STRUCTURE IN THE FRONT YARD FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT <br />2653 STINSON BOULEVARD <br />WHEREAS, the City of St. Anthony Village received a request from the <br />Applicants Patricia LaBossiere and Nina Guertin for a variance to allow an a storage shed <br />in the front yard for the property located at 2653 Stinson Boulevard on August 15, 2012, <br />legally described as follows: <br />LOT 28, BLOCK 8, MURRAY HEIGHTS ADDITION TO MINNEAPOLIS <br />WHEREAS, the Applicants have requested a variance to allow a shed in the front <br />yard on the property; and <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed and considered the request <br />based on the related documents shown in the Applicants' application at their regular <br />meeting on September 18, 2012; and <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of <br />St. Anthony Village approves the Applicants' variance request based on the following <br />findings: <br />The requested variance is consistent with all the standards for granting a <br />variance as described in Section 152.245 of the St. Anthony Village Zoning <br />Code. More specifically, the City Council finds that the requested variance is <br />justified for the following reasons: <br />a. The property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner. <br />The shed will be used to store equipment such as a lawn mower, snow <br />blower, and outdoor lawn furniture, which is currently stored in the <br />existing garage. <br />b. The rear yard is the only place the Code allows for the shed; however, it is <br />not the property owners' fault that there is not sufficient room in the rear <br />yard to accommodate the shed. The existing home was constructed at a <br />time when present rules regarding setbacks were not in existence. The <br />home does not meet the required rear yard setback and does not provide <br />sufficient space to locate the proposed shed. <br />c. Granting the variance will not alter the essential character of the locality. <br />If the home were oriented with the front towards 27th Avenue rather than <br />Stinson Boulevard, the Applicants could propose the shed in the same <br />location and would not need a variance. The Applicants are proposing to <br />