HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2007-334CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 2007-334
APPROVING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW 53.6 IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
COVERAGE WHERE THE 25 PERCENT IS ALLOWED FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 192 SQUARE FOOT ROOM
ADDITION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15605 40TH AVENUE NORTH
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WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Valet Building Services, which requests
approval of a impervious surface coverage variance to permit constriction of a home
addition for property legally described as follows:
Lot 16, Block 2, Plymouth Creek 2" a Addition, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the request at a duly called public
meeting and recommends approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does approve the
request by Valet Building Services for an impervious surface coverage variance to allow
constriction of a home addition for property located at 15605 40t1' Avenue North, subject
to the following conditions:
1. This resolution approves a variance to allow 53.6 percent impervious surface
coverage where a maximum of 25 percent is allowed, in accordance with the plans
and application received by the City on June 20, 2007, except as amended by this
resolution.
2. The 12 -foot by 16 -foot addition shall be finished to match the existing home.
3. The impervious surface coverage variance is approved with the finding that the
applicable variance standards are met. Specifically:
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a. The home was constricted in 1983 under a PUD that was approved prior to the
application of the maximum impervious surface coverage restriction. Had the
applicants constricted the addition prior to 1996 when the PUD was rescinded,
they would not have been restricted by impervious surface coverage
b. Because the home was part of a PUD, the City approved setbacks and other
design guidelines different from those in the current shoreland management
overlay district.
c. The request is not based exclusively upon a desire to increase value or income
potential of the property.
d. The hardship is caused by the Zoning Ordinance and has not been self-created.
The existing home was constricted as part of a PUD, not according to the
maximum impervious surface coverage regulation established in the Zoning
Ordinance.
e. Granting of the variance would not be detrimental to the public welfare or
injurious to other land or improvements in the neighborhood as the subdivision
is fully developed and has three treatment ponds. The request allows continued
re -investment into an existing neighborhood
f. The variance would not impair an adequate supply of light and air to adjacent
property, nor would it substantially increase the congestion of the public streets,
or increase the danger of fire, or endanger the public safety, or substantially
diminish or impair property values within the neighborhood.
g. The requested variance is not the minimum action to eliminate the hardship as
the applicant could replace the concrete patio with a deck. If this change is
made, the request would be reduced by 7.3 percent to a total of 53.6 percent.
4. A building permit for the addition shall be obtained prior to construction.
5. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the applicant shall revise the plans to
indicate that a deck with no plastic weed barrier or other impervious surface shall be
constricted instead of a concrete patio.
5. Any subsequent phases or expansions are subject to required reviews and approvals
per Ordinance provisions.
6. This approval shall expire one year after the date of approval, unless the property
owner or applicant has substantially started constriction of the project, or unless the
landowner or applicant has received prior approval from the City to extend the
expiration date for up to one additional year, as regulated under Section 21030.06 of
the Zoning Ordinance.
Adopted by the City Council on August 14, 2007.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of
Plymouth, Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a
meeting of the Plymouth City Council on August 14, 2007, with the original thereof on
file in my office, and the same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this
day of
City Clerk