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RESOLUTION 2001-101
APPROVING A FRONT YARD SETBACK VARIANCE FOR DAVE AND ANNA
MCQUOID FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9930 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE (2001005)
WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Dave and Anna McQuoid which requests approval
of a variance for a 10 -foot front yard setback where 25 feet is specified for the addition of a two -
stall garage and remodel of the existing garage to a multipurpose room, for property legally
described as follows:
Lot 1, Block 1, East Medicine Lake 2"a 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
Dave and Anna McQuoid for a 10 -foot front yard setback where 25 feet is specified for property
located at 9930 South Shore Drive, subject to the following findings and conditions:
1. This variance request to permit a 10 -foot front yard setback is hereby approved in accordance
with the application and plans received by the City on January 11, 2001, except as amended
by this resolution.
2. The garage addition shall be finished to match the existing home and garage.
3. This resolution is approved with the finding that the applicable variance standards have been
met. Specifically:
a. The applicants state that the purpose of the addition is to allow all living necessities on one
level. If the applicants were to build the addition in any other part of their yard, they
would need to request a variance for impervious surface area coverage.
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The applicants would still have a 10 -foot front yard setback and 25 feet of right of way to
the street. Staff finds that 35 feet from a residential home to a local street is a typical
situation in Plymouth
b. A typical boulevard is roughly 10 feet along local streets. In this case, however, the
boulevard is roughly 25 -feet wide. Combining this wider than typical boulevard with the
proposed 10 -foot setback would maintain a roughly 35 -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 living space 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 hardship is caused by the Zoning Ordinance and has not been self-created. The
applicant's home is restricted to 25 -percent impervious surface area coverage. By placing
the addition on the existing driveway they would not increase the impervious surface on
the lot.
e. 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 applicants' request appears to be reasonable, and represents the minimum action
necessary to alleviate the hardship.
4. A building permit for the garage addition shall be obtained prior to constriction.
5. 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 March 20, 2001.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
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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 March 20, 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