4B, Planning Case #11-014 for a Variance at 1145 Amble Drive

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� EN HILLS MEMOItANDUM DATE: July 25, 2011 TO: Honorahle Mayor and City Council Members Patrick Klaers, City Administrator FROM: Meagan Beekman, City Planner SUBJECT: Planning Case #11-014 -� Not a Public Hearing Applicant: Bryan Lillehaugen Property Location: 1145 Amble Drive Request: Variance Repuested Action Motion to Approve Planning Case ll-014 far a Variance at 1145 Amble Drive, Based an tl�.e Findings of Fact and the Sub�itted Plans, as Amended by the Five Conditions in the July 25, 2011, R�port to the City Council. Back�round The applicant is the owner of ihe home at 1145 Amble Drive. The property is �ocated in the R-1 District, and is a corner lot. The existing home is setback appxoximately 40 feet from the front property line, which abuts Amble Drive, and 30 feei from the side property line, which abuts Pleasant Drive. The existzng home is a noncon%rming structure because the curreni Zaning Code requires a 40-%ot setback from both property lines abufting public streets on a corner lot. The home was constructed in 1979, a.nd the original building permit indicates that the hame was conforming when it was built, meaning that the City's ordinance for corner �ots has been amended since that time. The applicants are requesting a variance io consiruct a 408 square foot additian. The single-story addition v�rould extend 24 feet off the rear of the garage, and fill in the eastern corner of ihe existing home. The addition would not decrease any of the existing setbacks of the pz�ncipal City of Arden Hills Ciry Council Meeting for July 25, 2011 1': IPlanninglPlanning Cases12011111-014 -1145.4mble Drrve - i�ariance -(PC ApprovedJl07-25-11 - CC Report.rloc Page 1 of 4