HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2005-247CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 2005-247
DENYING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A DETACHED GARAGE IN A FRONT YARD FOR
MARK WARREN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 200 VICKSBURG LANE NORTH
(2005043)
WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Mark Warren which requests approval of a variance
to permit a detached garage in a front yard for property legally described as follows:
Lot 20, Block 2, Plymouth Manor 2"a Addition, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the request at a duly called public meeting.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does deny the request by Mark
Warren for a variance to permit a detached garage in a front yard for property located at 200
Vicksburg Lane North, subject to the following findings:
1. There are no physical or topographical conditions on the property that require the applicant to
build a 24 -foot by 24 -foot detached garage in the location proposed. The applicant could
constrict a two -car garage on their property that would not require a variance.
2. The conditions upon which the variance request are based are not unique to this property.
There are many residential properties in the RSF-I Zoning classification that front on two
public streets. The home is also positioned 50 feet from the front property line along
Vicksburg Lane. Since Vicksburg Lane is classified as an arterial roadway, the Zoning
Ordinance requires a 50 -foot setback. Therefore, the home could not have been positioned
differently to increase the side yard area of the property from what currently exists. In
addition, the applicant could still constrict a two -car garage on the lot without the need for a
variance.
3. The alleged hardship is not caused by this Chapter. Although the applicant may be
inconvenienced by having to comply with the Zoning Ordinance requirement, there is no
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hardship. All residential properties within the City of Plymouth must comply with the same
restriction.
4. The requested variance does not appear to be the minimum action required to eliminate the
hardship because the applicant could constrict a garage of the same size in the same general
location without a variance.
ADOPTED by the City Council this 28"' day of June, 2005.
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 June 28, 2005 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