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<br /> <br />5C <br />CONSENT ITEM <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> March 25, 2013 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members <br /> Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Meagan Beekman, City Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT:Planning Case #13-001 No public hearing required <br /> <br />Applicant: <br /> Mathew and Ann Wessberg <br /> Property Location: <br />1455 Skiles Lane <br /> Request: <br />Variance <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />Motion to approve Planning Case 13-001 for a variance at 1455 Skiles Lane, based on the <br />findings of fact, submitted plans, and conditions in the March 25, 2013, report to the City <br />Council. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The applicants submitted a substantially similar variance request in 2007, which was approved <br />by the City Council. The project was never built and the variance approval has since expired. <br /> <br />The applicants own the property at 1455 Skiles Lane, which is zoned R-1. The existing home <br />encroaches 9 feet into the required 40 foot front yard setback. The existing structure is a one- <br />story walk-out facing Skiles Lane towards the west. The topography drops towards the east and <br />rear of the home. Skiles lane curves to the east, wrapping around two sides of the parcel, which <br />also abuts Snelling Avenue to the east. The Code requires a 40-foot front yard setback on three <br />sides of the property, as it is wrapped on three sides by roadway. <br /> <br />Presently, the dwelling has a two car tuck under garage that faces the rear of the property. The <br />existing driveway enters the property from the south and curves to the west to access the existing <br />garage. <br />City of Arden Hills <br /> <br />City Council Meeting for March 25, 2013 <br /> <br />14 <br />Page of <br /> <br />