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CITY OF LADE ELMO <br />WASHING'T'ON COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2003-005 <br />.. <br />WHEREAS, Eric Svendsen, the property owner, has requested a zoning variance <br />to place a detached garage structure within the setback from the front property line at <br />10920 32nd Street North, in accordance with plans staff dated December 31, 2002, and <br />based on the physical condition of the lot; and <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission heard evidence at a Public Hearing on <br />October 28, 2002 and referred the application to the City Council without <br />recommendation; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council considered the application on November 1.9, 2002 <br />and tabled it, and again considered an amended application reducing the degree of <br />variance applied for on January 7, 200' ) making the following Findings: <br />1. The applicant cannot get reasonable use of his property without a zoning <br />variance due to the extreme topography of the site. It is reasonable to <br />expect a residential site in this climate to have a garage structure. <br />2. The circumstances of the variance request are topographic and somewhat <br />unique, and not necessarily created by the property owner. <br />3. Economic considerations are not the sole basis for the hardship. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council for the City of <br />Lake Elmo hereby approves a zoning variance for construction of a garage structure at <br />10920 32nd Street North a minimum of eight feet from the the 32nd Street right -of -way <br />line in accordance with the plot plan staff dated December 31, 2002. <br />ADOPTED, by the Lake Elmo City Council on the 7"' day of January, 2003. <br />Lee Hunt, Mayor <br />ATTEST: <br />Sharon. Lumby, Deputy CIe k <br />