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CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 97-353
APPROVING VARIANCE REQUEST FOR RUSSEL AND LYNETTE DRAKE FOR
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 12810 - 37TH AVENUE NORTH (97044).
WHEREAS. Russel and Lynette Drake have requested approval of a Variance to allow
a 9 -foot front yard setback where 25 feet is required, in order to construct an attached
garage with a second floor family room on their property at 12810 - 37th Avenue
North, and;
WHEREAS. the subject property is legally described as:
That part of the South 'A of the Southeast % of the Southeast % of Section 15.
Township 118, Range 22, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the North line
of said South % of the Southeast u of the Southeast W distant 669.7 feet East from the
Northwest corner thereof; thence South at right angles to said North line a distance of
100 fat to true beginning; thence South on the extension of the last described course
distance of 100 fat; thence East at right angles and parallel with the North line of said
South 'h of the Southeast % of the Southeast W to the center line of Medicine Lake
Road, so called; thence Northwesterly along said center line to the intersection of a line
drawn from true beginning and parallel with the North line of said South 1/2 of the
Southeast % of the Southeast %; thence West along said parallel line, so drawn to true
beginning, according to the United States Government Survey thereof.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed said 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 Russel and Lynette Drake for a Variance based on the finding that the
Variance Standards have been met, subject to the following findings and conditions:
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1. This Variance allows construction of an attached garage with a second floor family
room with a Moot front yard setback where 25 feet is required, in accordance
with the application received by the City on April 28, 1997.
2. The existing driveway shall be removed when the new driveway is completed.
3. A particular hardship to the owner has been demonstrated due to the location of the
existing home and the three street fronts on this lot.
4. The Variance is required due to the location of the existing home and is unique to
this property.
5. The Variance request is not based exclusively upon a desire to increase the value of
the property.
6. The hardship is based upon the location of the existing home and is not a self-
created hardship.
7. Granting the Variance will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to
other land in the neighborhood.
8. Construction of the proposed garage will not interfere with traffic visibility or
impedle safety by obstructing vision of pedestrians or motor vehicle operators.
9. The existing garage is only six -feet from the front lot line, and granting this
variance will actually result in an increased setback.
Adopted by City Council on June 18, 1997.
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 18, 1997 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