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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 7 of 10 <br /> <br />• Is the variance in harmony with the purposes and intent of the ordinance? <br />• Is the variance consistent with the comprehensive plan? <br />• Does the proposal put property to use in a reasonable manner? <br />• Are there unique circumstances to the property not created by the landowner? <br />• Will the variance, if granted, alter the essential character of the locality? <br /> <br />As was the case before the new legislation took effect, economic considerations alone cannot <br />constitute a practical difficulty. Furthermore, the new law clarifies that conditions may be <br />imposed on granting of variances if those conditions are directly related to and bear a rough <br />proportionality to the impact created by the variance. <br /> <br /> <br />Findings of Fact <br /> <br />Staff offers the following eighteen (18) findings of fact for review: <br /> <br />General Findings <br /> <br />1. The property is in the R-2 Single & Two Family Residential Zoning District. <br />2. The lot is 8,276 square feet in size with approximate dimensions of 40 feet in width, and <br />200 feet in depth. <br />3. The existing accessory structure is a nonconforming structure within the R-2 Zoning <br />District because of its existing setbacks to the east property line. <br />4. The existing accessory structure is thirty (30) feet into the forty (40) foot secondary front <br />yard setback along Shoreline Lane. <br />5. The existing accessory structure does not encroach into either side yard setback. <br />6. The proposed accessory structure encroaches twenty (20) feet into the forty (40) foot <br />setback along Shoreline Lane. <br />7. The proposed accessory structure increases the footprint from sixteen and one half (16.5) <br />feet by twenty-two and one half (22.5) feet to twenty (20) feet by twenty-four (24) feet, <br />which is an increase of 108.75 square feet. <br />8. The proposed structure and landscaping coverages are not within the zoning district <br />requirements. The new structure will increase the lot coverage from 35.56% to 38.81% <br />and decreases the landscaping coverage from 64.44% to 61.19%. <br />9. The proposed accessory structure would not exceed fifteen (15) feet in height. <br />10. Detached accessory structures are permitted structures within the R-2 Zoning District. <br />11. All structures on the lot are outside of the 100-year flood plain, wetlands, and easements. <br /> <br />Variance Findings: <br />12. The proposal is in harmony with the purpose and intent of the Zoning Ordinance as the <br />Ordinance generally allows flexibility for unique parcels and situations when impacts to <br />surrounding properties are minimized.