HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2001-366CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 2001-366
APPROVING VARIANCE FOR JEAN MERSCH FOR A THIRD STALL GARAGE
ADDITION THAT WOULD ENCROACH 6.5 FEET INTO THE REQUIRED 15 -FOOT SIDE
YARD SETBACK FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1625 SHADYVIEW LANE NORTH
(2001054)
WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Jean Mersch which requests approval of a variance
for a third stall garage addition that would encroach 6.5 feet where 15 feet is specified for
property legally described as follows:
Lot 2, Block 3, Imperial Hills Annex, 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 Jean
Mersch for a variance to allow a third stall garage addition that would encroach 6.5 feet into the
required 15 -foot side yard setback for property located at 1625 Shadyview Lane North, based
upon the following findings:
1. This variance request to permit a 6.5 -foot side yard setback is hereby approved in accordance
with the application and plans received by the City on May 29, 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 location of the house limits the opportunities for additional garage space on the
property and creates a hardship. The home was originally constricted in the center of the
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lot. If the home had been constricted on the south setback line, the applicant would have
been one foot over the required setback for constriction of a garage addition and may
have been able to modify plans to have no 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 center 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 in the center on the lot with the attached garage on the
north side. This condition was not created by the applicants, as the home was constricted
in 1975 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. 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 this 28th day of August, 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 August 28, 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