HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2004-284CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 2004-284
APPROVING A VARIANCE FOR BRADLEY & DIANE HESSLUND FOR PROPERTY
LOCATED AT 3220 PINEVIEW LANE NORTH (2004060)
WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Bradley and Diane Hesslund which requests
approval of a variance for an impervious surface coverage of 29.7 percent to allow constriction
of a 14 -foot by 14 -foot screened porch for property legally described as follows:
Lot 9, Block 3, Heritage Ridge Plat Two, 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 Bradley
and Diane Hesslund for an impervious surface coverage variance to allow constriction of a 14 -
foot by 14 -foot screened porch at 3220 Pineview Lane North, subject to the following conditions:
1. This resolution approves a variance to allow an impervious surface coverage of 29.7 percent,
in accordance with the application and plans received by the City on June 3, 2004, except as
may be amended by this resolution.
2. The variance is approved with the findings that the applicable variance standards are met, as
follows:
a) The lot, at 11,936 square feet, is smaller than the minimum lot size of 12,500 square feet
specified for the RSF-2 zoning district, and is one of the smallest lots in the Heritage
Ridge Plat Two Subdivision. All of the surrounding lots are larger. Due to the relatively
small size of this lot, the applicants would not be allowed add any additional impervious
surface under the strict letter of the regulations.
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b) The conditions are somewhat unique in that this lot is smaller than the minimum lot size
required in the RSF-2 zoning district. The applicants are requesting an impervious surface
coverage of 29.7 percent, which was allowable at the time the lot was approved and
developed.
c) The request is not based upon a desire to increase value or income potential of the
property. The applicants state that the proposed screened porch would improve livability
of their property by allowing them to enjoy of their back yard without insects.
d) The conditions were not created by the applicant, but rather are created by the platting of
the lot, the design of the home, and the changes that occurred to the shoreland regulations
after the home was occupied. The applicants had no control over any of those factors.
e) Granting the variance would not affect the water quality of Medicine Lake because the
storm water runoff from this site is treated in an existing water quality pond prior to
reaching the lake. Additionally, the proposed screened porch would not detract from the
appearance of the home or surrounding properties.
f) The proposed screen porch would not impair an adequate supply of light and air to
adjacent property, nor would it substantially increase the congestion of the public streets,
increase the danger of fire, endanger the public safety, or substantially impair property
values within the neighborhood.
g) The requested variance is the minimum action required to eliminate the hardship.
3. Any changes or fi ture expansions are subject to required reviews and approvals per
Ordinance provisions.
4. 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 2 103 0. 06 of the Zoning Ordinance.
ADOPTED by the City Council on July 27, 2004.
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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 July 27, 2004, 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