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Variance Request; R 2 Zone Lot Landscape Coverage and Lot Structure Coverage Any addition will be out of compliance with the current minirnum lot size requirement,itnplernented.ui the 1980's,given that the current strucuueI is,already out of compliaricc.with these lot-size requirements.Therefore, we are requesting a variance from the lot-ecavetage regtlirernent for total structure (principle and accessory) of 18.2 percent to 25,7 percent and the landscaped area to,65.1. percent coverageA- Review of Seven Hardship Cdtexia for Request 1. The properly in question cannot lie pal to a masonable use(fused finder conditions'alloyed by the q cial conttolr,� The property could still be put to a reasonable use without the proposed variance to the lot coverage requirement with which the house is currently out of compliance due to changes in lot area requirements post-construction,causing any size.addition to be out of compliance.As stated above in response to this<criterion,without the proposed addition,the house will remain unsuitable to out , current needs as a family,and we will necessarily have to;move. 2. The plight of the landoivveris due to dimmslances-;unigue•to the pmpet0 not dated by the landowner As stated above,;'the propertywas developed as.pan of aligh-density neighborhood.The property was constructed in 1975; the current owner purchased the property in 1996,thus inheriting the current structure and lot size,which is smaller than current lot size mini mums;allowed by the City of Arden Hills.The plight has been exacerbated by the adoption of the current R-2 zoning requiremmnts by the Planned unit development rather than the original''zoning requirements that wereui place when the; planned unit development was constructed:. 3. The demanon, mm the Ordinance with any attached eovdwonJ W/I s#11 be in keeping n4lb the ph it and intent of the Ordinance 'Ihe intent of the current ordinance is not applicable to the Hunter's Park Plarxned Unit Development because the otiginal planned unit development was for a'higb-density,'single-dwelling;area on smaller parcels of].and and not:the current law-detasity zoning ordinances being applied.The addition will be in keeping with the regulations and Mules of the Hunter's Park Home e O w-aets Association and in keeping with lot coverages in use at the time of the planned unit development. 4. The vatiance will not create a land use not petrnilted in the Zone; Tlie variance is not creating or facilitating any new land use.The property will continue to be used;as a single-family dwelling. 5. the variance will nol alter the essential djraracter cif the Gi y; The variance will not alter the character of the area;rather,it allows the incorporation of the new addition without impacting an adjacent structure. 6, The vatzance is not for economic reasons alone: 'lie variance is not for economic,`"reasons alone.'Pie property and current.single-family unit are located in a wonderful;wooded area;the property is within the Mounds View Scbo<l District,and'we see the addition as a lower irnpact land-use approach to addressing oiit family s deed,for mote space than could be moving to a.larger home with a bigger foot.print or building new construction. 7 The proposed use is pemitled within Me Zone. There is:no prohibition applicable to the proposed addition use. 3