HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2017-182CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 2017-182
RESOLUTION DENYING A REQUEST FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT AND VARIANCE TO CREATE
AN UNDERSIZED LOT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1415 GARLAND LANE NORTH AND
ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT (2017010)
WHEREAS, Ken Heyda Design, LLC, has requested approval of a preliminary plat and lot area
variance for roughly 0.83 acres of land presently legally described as follows:
Lot 4, Block 1, Kreatz Highview Acres 3rd Addition, Hennepin County, Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed said request at a duly called public hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA that it denies the request for a preliminary plat and variance to create an undersized lot,
based on the following findings:
1. The subject property is guided LA -1 on the Plymouth Comprehensive Plan Land Use Plan.
2. The subject property is zoned RSF-1 on the Plymouth Zoning Map.
3. The applicant is requesting to subdivide the existing 36,050 square -foot parcel into two single-
family lots. One lot would contain 17,550 square feet in lot area where 18,500 square feet is
required in the RSF-1 zoning district (950 square feet short of the conforming lot size). The
second lot would contain 18,500 square feet and meet the minimum lot size.
4. The applicant has not shown that there are practical difficulties or unique circumstances in
complying with the Chapter. A lot larger than the minimum lot size in the district is not
unique and is not a practical difficulty.
5. The variance, if granted, would alter the essential character of the neighborhood as the
proposed lot would be smaller than the adjacent lots.
6. The variance request is based exclusively upon economic considerations.
7. The current use of the property for a home provides a reasonable use of the property for the
applicant.
ADOPTED by the Plymouth City Council on this 9th day of May, 2017.
Res. 2017-182
File 2017010
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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
May 9, 2017 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