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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for July 9, 2014 <br /> <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2014\PC 14-020 - Variance - 3200 Lake Lane\Memo_Reports_14-020 <br /> <br />Page 4 of 10 <br /> <br />The existing detached accessory structure is considered a nonconforming structure <br />because of its location within the forty (40) foot designated setback for a through-lot 1 <br />determined as properties along Lake Lane have varying setback encroachments and <br />principal and accessory structure orientation. The existing accessory structure <br />encroaches thirty (30) feet into the secondary front yard setback, leaving a setback of ten <br />(10) feet from the east property line. The existing accessory structure does not encroach <br />into either side yard setback on the property. The Zoning Code permits detached <br />accessory structures within this district; however, they are not permitted within the <br />designated setbacks for a through-lot. <br />. In <br />this case, staff has not determined that one of the front yards is in fact a rear yard based <br />on the Through-Lot criteria. New setbacks requirements for this property were not <br /> <br />As indicated by the applicant, the proposed accessory structure would encroach twenty <br />(20) feet into the secondary front yard setback. This would leave a setback of twenty <br />(20) feet from the east property line. The proposed structure would increase the footprint <br />of the existing detached garage from sixteen and one half (16.5) feet by twenty-two and <br />one half (22.5) feet to twenty (20) feet by twenty-four (24) feet. This would be an <br />increase of 108.75 square feet. <br /> <br />C. Lot Coverage – Variance Required <br /> <br />The existing and proposed lot coverage both exceed the lot coverage limitations of the R- <br />2 Zoning District. The maximum lot coverage for impervious surfaces is 35% and the <br />minimum landscape coverage is 65%. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 Through-Lot: <br />A lot that has a pair of opposite lot lines abutting two (2) substantially parallel streets, <br />and which is not a corner lot. On a through-lot, the determination of whether the street <br />frontage is to be considered a front yard or rear yard shall be as subject to the provisions <br />in the Zoning Code. <br /> <br />The Zoning Administrator may determine that one of the front yards may be deemed a <br />rear yard and shall determine appropriate rear yard setback regulations. Factors to be <br />considered shall include topography, location of structures on the lot, location of <br />structures on adjacent lots, and the type of streets or thoroughfares abutting the lot.