HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2002-242CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 2002-242
APPROVING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A SIDE YARD SETBACK OF 5.6 FEET AND AN
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE COVERAGE OF 48 PERCENT TO CONSTRUCT A PORCH AT
2660 E. MEDICINE LAKE BOULEVARD (2002039)
WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Joe Himmelberg and Karla Buerkle requesting
approval of a variance to allow a sideyard setback of 5.6 feet and an impervious surface coverage
of 48 percent to permit constriction of a porch for property legally described as follows:
Lot 20, Block 5, Medicine Lake Park Third Division, 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 Joe
Himmelberg and Karla Buerkle for a variance to allow a side yard setback of 5.6 feet and an
impervious surface coverage of 48 percent to permit constriction of a home addition, for
property located at 2660 E. Medicine Lake Boulevard, subject to the following findings and
conditions:
1. This variance is granted in accordance with the plans received by the City on April 9, 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-I zoning district. The subject lot
is 10,032 square feet in area which is roughly 54 percent of the minimum lot size in the RSF-
I 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 home under the
strict letter of the regulations.
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(b) The subject lot is smaller than the minimum lot size in the RSF-1 zoning district and was
created prior to both modern zoning district regulations and 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 condition of the home by replacing the old deck
with a new deck and porch addition.
(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 lot is landscaped with mulch and rock gardens that enhances on-
site absorption. In addition, the applicants have removed more impervious surface than the
area of the proposed addition.
(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. Due to
the design of the home, the applicants would not be able to move the addition to the west side
of the home without major changes to the main level. The proposed addition would be built
to match the exterior of the existing home.
3. The applicant shall remove the approximately 220 square foot area of river stone over plastic
underlay adjacent to the garage.
4. The exterior materials of the addition shall match the existing home.
5. Building permits shall be obtained prior to constriction of the addition.
6. 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 28, 2002
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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 May 28, 2002, 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