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RESOLUTION 2002-289
APPROVING A FRONT YARD SETBACK VARIANCE FOR BILL WEIMER FOR
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3675 DALLAS LANE NORTH (2002029)
WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Bill Weimer which requests approval of a variance to
allow a garage addition that would encroach 5 feet where 25 feet is specified for property legally
described as follows:
Lot 7, Block 1, Criterion M.P.U.D., Hennepin County, Minnesota.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the request at a duly called public meeting.
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 of Bill
Weimer for a variance to allow a garage addition that would encroach 5 feet into the required 25 -
foot front yard setback for property located at 3675 Dallas Lane North, based upon the following
findings findings and conditions:
1. This variance request to permit a 20 -foot front yard setback is hereby approved in accordance
with the application and plans received by the City on March 21, 2002, except as amended by
this resolution.
2. The garage addition shall be finished to match the existing home and garage.
This resolution is approved with the finding that the applicable variance standards have been
met. Specifically:
a. The applicant stated that the purpose of the addition is to utilize the existing garage space
for a shop and storage area. The applicant would still have a 20 -foot front yard setback
and an average of 19 feet of right of way to the street. Staff finds that 39 feet from a
residential home to a local street is a typical situation in Plymouth.
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b. A common boulevard found within the City is 8.5 feet along each side of a local street. In
this case, however, the average boulevard is roughly 19 -feet wide. Combining this wider
than typical boulevard with the proposed 20 -foot setback would maintain a roughly 39 -
foot separation between the actual roadway to the proposed garage addition.
c. The request is not based upon a desire to increase value or income potential of the
property. The proposal would allow the addition of a two -stall garage and a remodel of
the existing garage to a shop and storage area for the convenience and improved livability
of the property owners.
d. The hardship is caused due to the shape of the applicant's lot and the platting of the Dallas
Lane cul-de-sac. Unlike many other cul-de-sacs within the City, the right-of-way for the
Dallas Lane cul-de-sac does not follow the shape of the street (see attached location map).
If the applicant's lot were platted similar to other cul-de-sacs within the City and if the
right-of-way were smaller than eight feet, the applicant would not require a variance.
e. The granting of the variance would not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to
other land or improvements in the neighborhood. The applicant would design the garage
addition to be consistent with the character of the home.
f. The variance would not impair an adequate supply of light and air to adjacent property,
nor would it 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.
ADOPTED by the City Council this 25"' day of June, 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 June 25, 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