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Agenda Number G.6 CITY OF HUGO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PLANNING AND ZONING APPLICATION STAFF REPORT TO: Bryan Bear, City Administrator FROM: Emily Weber, Community Development Assistant SUBJECT: Pamela Oman, 6900 170th Street North – Variance request from the Shoreland Overlay District setback requirements. DATE: June 27, 2019 for the City Council Meeting on July 1, 2019. ZONING: Future Urban Service (FUS). REVIEW DEADLINE: July 7 , 2019. 1. BOARD OF ZONING UPDATE: At its June 13, 2019 meeting, the Board considered the variance request and held a public hearing. Staff provided background on the request and recommended approval. Jerold Philipson, Pamela Oman’s husband, shared his reasons for the variance request at the public hearing. The Board agreed that the request met the criteria necessary to approve the variance and recommended approval of the resolution for the variance request to the City Council. 2. DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST: The applicant is requesting a variance from the Shoreland Overlay District setback requirements for a proposed house addition. The request is to allow a house addition to be setback 80 feet from the ordinary high water (OHW) mark of Horseshoe Lake, where 200 feet is required by the Shoreland Overlay District. The existing home is legal nonconforming and the applicant is proposing an addition to the house. The property 0.8 acres and is located within the Future Urban Service (FUS) zoning district. 3. LEVEL OF CITY DISCRETION IN DECISION-MAKING: The City’s discretion in approving or denying a variance is limited to whether or not the proposed project meets the standards in the Zoning Ordinance for a variance. The City has a higher level of discretion with a variance because the burden of proof is on the applicant to show that they meet the standards in the ordinance.