HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2002-209CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 2002-209
APPROVING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW AN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE COVERAGE OF
27.1 PERCENT TO CONSTRUCT AN ADDITION AT 12405 29TH AVENUE NORTH
(2002031)
WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Remodeling Dimensions requesting approval of a
variance to allow an impervious surface coverage of 27.1 percent to permit constriction of a
home addition for property legally described as follows:
Lot 16, Block 3, Medicine Lake Estates, 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
Remodeling Dimensions for a variance to allow an impervious surface coverage of 27.1 percent to
permit constriction of a home addition, for property located at 12405 29"' Avenue North, subject
to the following findings and conditions:
1. This variance is granted in accordance with the plans received by the City on March 22, 2002
and additional materials submitted on April 23, 2002, except as may be amended by this
resolution.
2. The variance is granted based upon findings that the applicable variance standards have been
met, as follows:
(a) The lot is smaller than the minimum lot size in the RSF-1 zoning district. The subject lot is
11,020 square feet in area which is roughly 60 percent of the minimum lot size in the RSF-
1 zoning district (18,500 square feet). Due to the small size of the lot, the owner would
not be allowed any reasonably sized addition to increase the size of the existing small
rooms in the home under the strict letter of the regulations.
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(b) The conditions for the subject lot are unique in that the subject lot is smaller than the
minimum lot size in the RSF-1 zoning district. The smaller lots in the Medicine Lake
Estates were created prior to the shoreland overlay district regulations.
(c) The request is not based exclusively upon a desire to increase value or income potential of
the property. The proposed addition would allow the applicants to increase the livability of
their home and would not detract from the appearance of the home or surrounding
properties. The proposed addition would upgrade the existing condition of the aging porch
and deck.
(d) The conditions relating to the hardship (size of the parcel) were not created by the
applicant, but rather were created by the original platting of the development.
(e) Granting the variance would result in a minor increase in surface water runoff that would
go to Medicine Lake. The increased runoff would be filtered through a wetland. The lot is
heavily landscaped which will help with absorption.
(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 requested variance is the minimum action required to eliminate the hardship. The
proposed addition would be built to match the exterior of the existing home.
3. Building permits shall be obtained prior to constriction of the addition.
4. This approval shall expire one year after the date of approval, unless the applicant has
substantially started constriction 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 2 103 0. 06 of the Zoning Ordinance.
ADOPTED by the City Council on May 14, 2002
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 May 14, 2002, with the original thereof on file in my office, and the
same is a correct transcription thereof.
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WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this
day of
City Clerk