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C ITY OF P LYMOUTH
R ESOLUTION N O. 2017-259
R ESOLUTION A PPROVING V ARIANCES FOR W AYZATA P UBLIC S CHOOL D ISTRICT
FOR P ROPERTY LOCATED AT 4955 P EONY L ANE (2017 060)
WHEREAS, Wayzata Public School District has requested approval of variances for: 1) a baseball
scoreboard that is 275 square feet in area where 150 square feet is allowed; and 2) a softball scoreboard
that is 190 square feet in area where 150 square feet is allowed at Wayzata High School at 4955 Peony
Lane; and
WHEREAS, the variances would allow construction of two scoreboards on the Wayzata High
School Athletic Complex; and
WHEREAS, the subject property is legally described as Lot 1, Block 1, Wayzata Senior High School
Addn., Hennepin County, Minnesota; and
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 does approve the request by Wayzata Public School District for variances
for a baseball and softball scoreboard at Wayzata High School, subject to the following findings and
conditions:
1. The requested variances are approved, in accordance with the application and plans received by
the City on May 22, 2017, except as may be amended by this resolution.
2. The requested variances are approved, based on the finding that all applicable variance standards
have been met. Specifically,
a. The variances permitting the oversized scoreboards would be in harmony with the general
purposes and intent of the P-I zoning regulations, which are intended to serve public activities
and uses such as the high school and would be consistent with the City’s comprehensive plan.
b. The applicant has demonstrated that there are practical difficulties in complying with the
ordinance regulations because permitting the oversized scoreboards on the athletic complex
allows the property to be used in a reasonable manner.
c. The plight of the school district is unique. The only other public high school athletic complex in
the city (Armstrong High School) has oversized scoreboards that were approved at a time when
the City allowed larger scoreboards.
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d. The variances, if granted, would not alter the essential character of the locality: a) there is an
existing scoreboard on the baseball field and b) the scoreboard on the softball field would be
located roughly 450 feet away from the residential neighborhood to the south and given the
orientation of the scoreboard and vegetation along the railroad tracks, it would have limited
visibility from the neighborhood.
e. The purpose for the variation is not based exclusively on economic considerations; but rather,
the variances are requested to allow adequate and pertinent scoring information and to provide
a ‘home court’ atmosphere for the student athletes.
f. Granting the variances would not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to other land
or improvements in the neighborhood as there is an existing scoreboard on the baseball field
and the location and orientation of softball scoreboard limits visibility from the neighborhood to
the south.
3. A sign permit is required for each scoreboard prior to commencement of construction.
4. The variances shall expire one year after the date of approval, unless the property owner or
applicant has commenced the authorized improvement or use, or unless the applicant, with the
consent of the property owner, 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.
APPROVED by the City Council on this 8th day of August, 2017.
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 8, 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
_____________________, _____.
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City Clerk