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RESOLUTION 2000-450
APPROVING VARIANCE FOR WAYZATA HIGH SCHOOL FOR A SCOREBOARD TO BE
LOCATED ON SOFTBALL FIELD 3 AT THE ELM CREEK PLAYFIELDS AT 4905 PEONY
LANE NORTH (20119)
WHEREAS, Wayzata Public Schools has requested approval of a variance for a scoreboard at
softball field 3 at the Elm Creek Playfields located on property legally described as follows:
Lot 2, Block 1, Wayzata Senior High School Addition, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed said 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 variance for the
Wayzata High School baseball field at 4905 Peony Lane North, subject to the following findings
and conditions:
1. A sign variance is approved to allow an 18 -foot high, 160 -square foot scoreboard where one
8 -foot high, 40 -square foot scoreboard is permitted, in accordance with the plans and
application received by the City on July 19, 2000, based on the following findings:
a. The physical surroundings of the property create a unique hardship, as distinguished from
a mere inconvenience. Because of the size of the softball field, the applicant requires a
larger scoreboard in order to make the scoreboard visible to all players and spectators.
b. The conditions relating to the hardship are not generally applicable to other properties in
the P -I zoning district. The size of the high school and associated softball fields in the
City -owned Elm Creek Playfield creates the need for the larger scoreboard.
The request is not based exclusively upon a desire to increase value or income potential
of the property. The larger scoreboard would be visible to all players in the dugouts and
spectators in the bleachers.
d. The hardship is caused by the Zoning Ordinance and was not self-created.
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Granting the variance would not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to other
land or improvements in the neighborhood. The proposed scoreboard would be on the
southwest portion of Elm Creek Playfields and the face of the scoreboard would not be
visible from the adjacent homes.
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 variance is the minimum necessary in order to install a scoreboard that is visible to
all players in the dugouts and spectators at the softball game.
Advertising or sponsor panels are prohibited on the scoreboard. Prior to issuance of a sign
permit, the plans must be revised to remove the 32 -square foot sponsor panel proposed on
the bottom of the scoreboard.
4. Advertising on athletic field fence panels is prohibited.
5. The applicant must obtain the appropriate permits from the Building Division prior to
commencing any work on the fencing or scoreboard.
6. Any subsequent phases or expansions are subject to required reviews and approvals per
Ordinance provisions.
7. The permit is subject to all applicable codes, regulations and ordinances, and violation
thereof shall be grounds for revocation.
8. This approval shall expire one year after the date of approval, unless the property owner or
applicant has substantially started construction of the project, or unless the landowner or
applicant has received prior approval from the City to extend the expiration date for up to
one additional year, as regulated under Section 21030.06 of the Zoning Ordinance.
ADOPTED by the City Council on September 5, 2000.
Resolution 2000-450
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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 September 5, 2000, 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