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RESOLUTION 2003-570
APPROVING A VARIANCE FOR A STORAGE SHED IN THE FRONT YARD FOR STEVE
MOHN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10525 45TH AVENUE NORTH (2003122)
WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Steve Mohn which requests approval of a variance
for a 10 -foot by 12 -foot storage in the front yard for property legally described as follows:
Lot 4, Block 1, Hamm Berg, 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 variance request for
a 10 -foot by 12 -foot storage in the front yard for property located at 10525 45th Avenue North,
subject to the following findings and conditions:
This variance request to permit a 10 -foot by 12 -foot storage shed in the front yard is hereby
approved in accordance with the application and plans received by the City on November 3,
2003 and addition information on November 14, 2003, except as amended by this resolution.
2. The storage shed shall be finished to match the existing apartment and detached garage.
This resolution is approved with the finding that the applicable variance standards have been
met. Specifically:
a) The parcel is long and narrow which limits the amount of side yard area for an accessory
use.
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b) The conditions of the parcel are unique due to the shape of the lot being long and narrow.
The lot also contains frontage on two public streets which is not typical.
c) The request is not based exclusively upon a desire to increase value or income potential of
the property. The proposed storage shed would allow the applicant to provide additional
storage space for lawn and snow removal equipment to be used at the property.
d) The hardship is caused by the Zoning Ordinance and is not self-created. The four -unit
apartment was built in 1986; the current owners purchased the complex in 1993. The
applicant did not choose the placement of the apartment on the lot.
e) Granting the variance would not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to other
and or improvements in the neighborhood. The proposed storage shed location would not
be visible from Trenton Lane as it would be screened by an existing berm. The materials of
the storage shed would meet or match the architecture of the existing apartment and
detached garage.
f) The variance would not impair an adequate supply of light and air to adjacent property, or
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 variances would not impair an adequate supply of light and air to adjacent property, or
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.
h) The requested variance is the minimum action required to allow the applicant to provide
additional storage space for lawn and snow removal equipment.
4. A building permit for the addition shall be obtained prior to construction.
5. This approval shall expire one year after the date of approval, unless the applicant has
substantially started construction of the project, or unless the 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 December 16, 2003.
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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 December 16, 2003, 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