HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2001-011CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 2001-011
APPROVING A SIDE YARD SETBACK VARIANCE FOR DAN AND SUE STROM FOR
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 16320 9TH AVENUE NORTH (20175)
WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Dan and Sue Strom which requests approval of a
variance for a 6.76 -foot side yard setback where 15 feet is specified for the addition of a third -stall
garage addition, for property legally described as follows:
Lot 4, Block 1, Birch Briar Addition, 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 of
Dan and Sue Strom for a 6.76 -foot side yard setback where 15 feet is specified for property
located at 16320 Wh Avenue North, subject to the following findings and conditions:
This variance request to permit a 6.76 -foot side yard setback is hereby approved in
accordance with the application and plans received by the City on November 13, 2000, 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 location of the house limits the opportunities for additional home and garage space on
the property and creates a hardship. The home was originally constricted in the eastern
portion of the lot. If the home had been centered on the lot, the applicant would have
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adequate space for constriction of a garage addition on the east side of the home without
the need for a variance.
b. The conditions relating to the hardship are not generally applicable to other properties in
the RSF-1 zoning district. This home was constricted in the eastern portion of the lot and
the proposed two- stall garage could not be constricted without the requested variance,
creating an atypical condition on this property.
c. The request is not based exclusively upon a desire to increase value or income potential of
the property. The proposal would allow two -stall garage for the convenience and
improved livability of the property owners and would not detract from the appearance of
the home or surrounding properties. The applicant is proposing to constrict the garage
addition with materials and design compatible with the exterior of the home.
d. The existing home was constricted off -center on the lot with the attached garage on the
east side. This condition was not created by the applicants, as the home was constricted
in 1961 and the applicants purchased the home in 1998.
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 variance is the minimum action necessary to allow constriction of the proposed
garage addition.
4. A building permit for the garage addition shall be obtained prior to constriction.
5. Property irons shall be identified prior to issuance of a building permit.
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.
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ADOPTED by the City Council on January 9, 2001.
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 January 9, 2001, 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